The 2009 WNBA season is the 13th season for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association

Women's National Basketball Association

The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...

. The Mercury successfully won the WNBA Finals

WNBA Finals

The WNBA Finals is the championship series of the Women's National Basketball Association and the conclusion of the sport's postseason each fall. The series was named the WNBA Championship until 2002....

 for the second time in franchise history. On June 6, the Mercury and LifeLock entered a multi-year marketing partnership to launch the first-ever branded jersey in WNBA or NBA history. A press conference was held at the NBA Store in New York City with Phoenix Mercury President and COO Jay Parry and LifeLock CEO Todd Davis to make the announcement.
The partnership runs through 2011, and the LifeLock name will be on the front of Phoenix Mercury’s player jerseys and on warm-up suits. The Mercury and LifeLock are the first to finalize such an agreement following the WNBA’s decision this off-season to make this unique opportunity available for its teams and sponsors. As part of the partnership, LifeLock will be offering a one-year complimentary membership to season ticket holders of all WNBA teams.

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Mercury's 2008 record, they would pick 5th in the Houston Comets

Houston Comets

The Houston Comets were a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Houston, Texas, United States. Formed in 1997, the team was one of the best original eight WNBA teams and won the first four championships of the league's existence. The Comets were the first dynasty of the WNBA and...

 dispersal draft

Dispersal draft

A dispersal draft is a process in professional sports for assigning players to a new team when their current team goes out of business, consolidates with another team, or for some other reason ceases to exist. Since most sports drafts are held in North America, this is where most dispersal drafts...

. The Mercury picked Sequoia Holmes.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Mercury's selections in the 2009 WNBA Draft

2009 WNBA Draft

The 2009 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 9, 2009. The first round was shown on ESPN2 at 3:00pm ET, while the second and third rounds were shown on ESPNU and NBA TV at...

.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	5	DeWanna Bonner DeWanna Bonner DeWanna Bonner is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the forward position for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.-Personal life:...		Auburn Auburn University Auburn University is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 25,000 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of the largest universities in the state. Auburn was chartered on February 7, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts...
3	31	Sha Brooks		Florida University of Florida The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
3	34 (from N.Y. New York Liberty The New York Liberty is a professional basketball team based in New York City, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was one of the eight original franchises of the league... )	Jessica Adair		George Washington George Washington University The George Washington University is a private, coeducational comprehensive university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States...

Transactions

• July 17: The Mercury re-signed Penny Taylor.
• July 14: The Mercury waived Allie Quigley.
• June 3: The Mercury waived Alison Bales, Sha Brooks, and Laurie Koehn and claimed Ketia Swanier off waivers.
• June 2: The Mercury waived Yuko Oga.
• May 31: The Mercury waived Murriel Page.
• May 18: The Mercury signed Murriel Page.
• May 13: The Mercury waived Jessica Adair.
• April 30: The Mercury signed Laurie Koehn.
• April 20: The Mercury waived Kim Smith and A'Quonesia Franklin.
• March 26: The Mercury acquired Temeka Johnson from the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for a first-round 2010 WNBA Draft pick.
• March 20: The Mercury traded Barbara Farris to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for A'Quonesia Franklin and Kim Smith.
• March 16: The Mercury has withdrawn its qualifying offer to Belinda Snell.
• February 11: The Mercury signed Yuko Oga to a training camp contract.
• January 30: The Mercury traded Kelly Miller and LaToya Pringle to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Nicole Ohlde.
• January 21: The Mercury acquired Alison Bales from the Atlanta Dream in exchange for a second-round 2009 WNBA Draft pick.
• January 7: The Mercury signed Brooke Smith to a training-camp contract.
• May 7, 2008: The Mercury acquired a third-round pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft from the New York Liberty as part of the Leilani Mitchell transaction.

Date	Trade
March 7, 2008	To Phoenix Mercury Phoenix Mercury The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...	To New York Liberty New York Liberty The New York Liberty is a professional basketball team based in New York City, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was one of the eight original franchises of the league...
	third-round pick in 2009 WNBA Draft	Leilani Mitchell Leilani Mitchell Leilani Mitchell is an American basketball player in the WNBA for the New York Liberty.Mitchell was born to an American father, Dennis Mitchell, and an Australian mother of Asian descent , Eleanor Majid...
January 21, 2009	To Phoenix Mercury Phoenix Mercury The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...	To Atlanta Dream Atlanta Dream The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...
	Alison Bales Alison Bales Alison Marie Bales is an American professional basketball player who plays for the WNBA's Atlanta Dream.-High school:...	second-round pick in 2009 WNBA Draft
January 30, 2009	To Phoenix Mercury Phoenix Mercury The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...	To Minnesota Lynx Minnesota Lynx The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...
	Nicole Ohlde Nicole Ohlde Nicole Katherine Ohlde is an American professional basketball player. She recently played for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-College years:...	Kelly Miller and LaToya Pringle LaToya Pringle LaToya Pringle is an American professional basketball player. She was recently forward for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA.-Personal life:...
March 20, 2009	To Phoenix Mercury Phoenix Mercury The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...	To Sacramento Monarchs Sacramento Monarchs The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...
	A'Quonesia Franklin A'Quonesia Franklin A'Quonesia Krashun Franklin , also known as Aqua, is an assistant coach for the Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball team. She played two seasons in the WNBA. She was a three-year captain of the Texas A&M team from the 2005–06 to 2007–08 seasons...  and Kim Smith Kim Smith (basketball) Kim Smith is a Canadian professional women's basketball player, currently with the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.-University of Utah:...	Barbara Farris Barbara Farris Barbara Farris, born September 10, 1976, was a basketball player for the Detroit Shock in the WNBA.On May 29, 2009 Farris signed with the Detroit Shock....
March 26, 2009	To Phoenix Mercury Phoenix Mercury The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...	To Los Angeles Sparks Los Angeles Sparks The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...
	Temeka Johnson Temeka Johnson Temeka Rochelle Johnson is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA. Her primary position is point guard.-College years:...	first-round pick in 2010 WNBA Draft

Additions

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| Sequoia Holmes|| December 8, 2008 || Houston Comets

Houston Comets

The Houston Comets were a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Houston, Texas, United States. Formed in 1997, the team was one of the best original eight WNBA teams and won the first four championships of the league's existence. The Comets were the first dynasty of the WNBA and...

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| Brooke Smith

Brooke Smith (basketball)

Brooke Smith is a professional basketball player in the WNBA.-High school:Smith played for Marin Catholic High School in Kentfield, California, where she was named a WBCA All-American...

|| January 7, 2009 || re-signed

Phoenix Mercury

The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...

|- style="height:40px"
| Nicole Ohlde

Nicole Ohlde

Nicole Katherine Ohlde is an American professional basketball player. She recently played for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-College years:...

|| January 30, 2009 || Minnesota Lynx

Minnesota Lynx

The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...

|- style="height:40px"
| Temeka Johnson

Temeka Johnson

Temeka Rochelle Johnson is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA. Her primary position is point guard.-College years:...

|| March 26, 2009 || Los Angeles Sparks

Los Angeles Sparks

The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...

|- style="height:40px"
| Ketia Swanier

Ketia Swanier

Naketia "Ketia" Marie Swanier is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the guard position for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.-College career:...

|| June 3, 2009 || Connecticut Sun

Connecticut Sun

The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...

|- style="height:40px"
| Penny Taylor|| July 17, 2009 || re-signed

Phoenix Mercury

The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...

|}

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| style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Kelly Miller|| January 30, 2009 || Minnesota Lynx

Minnesota Lynx

The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...

|- style="height:40px"
| LaToya Pringle

LaToya Pringle

LaToya Pringle is an American professional basketball player. She was recently forward for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA.-Personal life:...

|| January 30, 2009 || Minnesota Lynx

Minnesota Lynx

The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...

|- style="height:40px"
| Barbara Farris

Barbara Farris

Barbara Farris, born September 10, 1976, was a basketball player for the Detroit Shock in the WNBA.On May 29, 2009 Farris signed with the Detroit Shock....

|| March 20, 2009 || Detroit Shock

Detroit Shock

The Detroit Shock was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006 and 2008 WNBA champion...

|- style="height:40px"
| Yuko Oga

Yuko Oga

is a Japanese professional basketball player. She is a point guard currently playing for JX Sunflowers of the Women's Japan Basketball League. She formerly played for Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA. Her nickname is Shin.-Career:...

|| June 2, 2009 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

|- style="height:40px"
| Sha Brooks|| June 3, 2009 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

|- style="height:40px"
| Allie Quigley

Allie Quigley

Allie Quigley is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.-High school:Quigley played for Joliet Catholic Academy in Joliet, Illinois, where she was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2004 WBCA High School All-America Game .-External links:*...

|| July 14, 2009 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

|- style="height:40px"
| Jennifer Derevjanik

Jennifer Derevjanik

Jennifer Derevjanik is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the point guard position for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA....

|| 2009 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

|- style="height:40px"
| Olympia Scott

Olympia Scott

Olympia Scott, formerly known under her married name of Olympia Scott-Richardson, is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA a former college coach and the co-founder, President & CEO of Super Parenting LLC and A Wonderful Life! Coaching....

|| 2009 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

|}

Roster

Preseason

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The 2009 WNBA season is the 13th season for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association

Women's National Basketball Association

The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...

. The Mercury successfully won the WNBA Finals

WNBA Finals

The WNBA Finals is the championship series of the Women's National Basketball Association and the conclusion of the sport's postseason each fall. The series was named the WNBA Championship until 2002....

 for the second time in franchise history. On June 6, the Mercury and LifeLock entered a multi-year marketing partnership to launch the first-ever branded jersey in WNBA or NBA history. A press conference was held at the NBA Store in New York City with Phoenix Mercury President and COO Jay Parry and LifeLock CEO Todd Davis to make the announcement.
The partnership runs through 2011, and the LifeLock name will be on the front of Phoenix Mercury’s player jerseys and on warm-up suits. The Mercury and LifeLock are the first to finalize such an agreement following the WNBA’s decision this off-season to make this unique opportunity available for its teams and sponsors. As part of the partnership, LifeLock will be offering a one-year complimentary membership to season ticket holders of all WNBA teams.

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Mercury's 2008 record, they would pick 5th in the Houston Comets

Houston Comets

The Houston Comets were a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Houston, Texas, United States. Formed in 1997, the team was one of the best original eight WNBA teams and won the first four championships of the league's existence. The Comets were the first dynasty of the WNBA and...

 dispersal draft

Dispersal draft

A dispersal draft is a process in professional sports for assigning players to a new team when their current team goes out of business, consolidates with another team, or for some other reason ceases to exist. Since most sports drafts are held in North America, this is where most dispersal drafts...

. The Mercury picked Sequoia Holmes.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Mercury's selections in the 2009 WNBA Draft

2009 WNBA Draft

The 2009 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 9, 2009. The first round was shown on ESPN2 at 3:00pm ET, while the second and third rounds were shown on ESPNU and NBA TV at...

.
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| DeWanna Bonner

DeWanna Bonner

DeWanna Bonner is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the forward position for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.-Personal life:...

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| Auburn

Auburn University

Auburn University is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 25,000 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of the largest universities in the state. Auburn was chartered on February 7, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts...

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| 3
| 31
| Sha Brooks
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| Florida

University of Florida

The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...

|-
| 3
| 34 (from N.Y.

New York Liberty

The New York Liberty is a professional basketball team based in New York City, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was one of the eight original franchises of the league...

)
| Jessica Adair
|
| George Washington

George Washington University

The George Washington University is a private, coeducational comprehensive university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States...

|-
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Transactions

• July 17: The Mercury re-signed Penny Taylor.
• July 14: The Mercury waived Allie Quigley.
• June 3: The Mercury waived Alison Bales, Sha Brooks, and Laurie Koehn and claimed Ketia Swanier off waivers.
• June 2: The Mercury waived Yuko Oga.
• May 31: The Mercury waived Murriel Page.
• May 18: The Mercury signed Murriel Page.
• May 13: The Mercury waived Jessica Adair.
• April 30: The Mercury signed Laurie Koehn.
• April 20: The Mercury waived Kim Smith and A'Quonesia Franklin.
• March 26: The Mercury acquired Temeka Johnson from the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for a first-round 2010 WNBA Draft pick.
• March 20: The Mercury traded Barbara Farris to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for A'Quonesia Franklin and Kim Smith.
• March 16: The Mercury has withdrawn its qualifying offer to Belinda Snell.
• February 11: The Mercury signed Yuko Oga to a training camp contract.
• January 30: The Mercury traded Kelly Miller and LaToya Pringle to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Nicole Ohlde.
• January 21: The Mercury acquired Alison Bales from the Atlanta Dream in exchange for a second-round 2009 WNBA Draft pick.
• January 7: The Mercury signed Brooke Smith to a training-camp contract.
• May 7, 2008: The Mercury acquired a third-round pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft from the New York Liberty as part of the Leilani Mitchell transaction.

{| class="navbox wikitable" style="width:80%"
! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00; width=200"|Date
! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" colspan=2|Trade
|-
| rowspan=2|March 7, 2008
| width=350|To Phoenix Mercury

Phoenix Mercury

The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...

| width=350|To New York Liberty

New York Liberty

The New York Liberty is a professional basketball team based in New York City, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was one of the eight original franchises of the league...

|-
| third-round pick in 2009 WNBA Draft
| Leilani Mitchell

Leilani Mitchell

Leilani Mitchell is an American basketball player in the WNBA for the New York Liberty.Mitchell was born to an American father, Dennis Mitchell, and an Australian mother of Asian descent , Eleanor Majid...

|-
| rowspan=2|January 21, 2009
| width=350|To Phoenix Mercury

Phoenix Mercury

The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...

| width=350|To Atlanta Dream

Atlanta Dream

The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...

|-
| Alison Bales

Alison Bales

Alison Marie Bales is an American professional basketball player who plays for the WNBA's Atlanta Dream.-High school:...

| second-round pick in 2009 WNBA Draft
|-
| rowspan=2|January 30, 2009
| width=350|To Phoenix Mercury

Phoenix Mercury

The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...

| width=350|To Minnesota Lynx

Minnesota Lynx

The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...

|-
| Nicole Ohlde

Nicole Ohlde

Nicole Katherine Ohlde is an American professional basketball player. She recently played for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-College years:...

| Kelly Miller and LaToya Pringle

LaToya Pringle

LaToya Pringle is an American professional basketball player. She was recently forward for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA.-Personal life:...

|-
| rowspan=2|March 20, 2009
| width=350|To Phoenix Mercury

Phoenix Mercury

The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...

| width=350|To Sacramento Monarchs

Sacramento Monarchs

The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...

|-
| A'Quonesia Franklin

A'Quonesia Franklin

A'Quonesia Krashun Franklin , also known as Aqua, is an assistant coach for the Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball team. She played two seasons in the WNBA. She was a three-year captain of the Texas A&M team from the 2005–06 to 2007–08 seasons...

 and Kim Smith

Kim Smith (basketball)

Kim Smith is a Canadian professional women's basketball player, currently with the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.-University of Utah:...

| Barbara Farris

Barbara Farris

Barbara Farris, born September 10, 1976, was a basketball player for the Detroit Shock in the WNBA.On May 29, 2009 Farris signed with the Detroit Shock....

|-
| rowspan=2|March 26, 2009
| width=350|To Phoenix Mercury

Phoenix Mercury

The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...

| width=350|To Los Angeles Sparks

Los Angeles Sparks

The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...

|-
| Temeka Johnson

Temeka Johnson

Temeka Rochelle Johnson is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA. Her primary position is point guard.-College years:...

| first-round pick in 2010 WNBA Draft
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| Sequoia Holmes|| December 8, 2008 || Houston Comets

Houston Comets

The Houston Comets were a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Houston, Texas, United States. Formed in 1997, the team was one of the best original eight WNBA teams and won the first four championships of the league's existence. The Comets were the first dynasty of the WNBA and...

|- style="height:40px"
| Brooke Smith

Brooke Smith (basketball)

Brooke Smith is a professional basketball player in the WNBA.-High school:Smith played for Marin Catholic High School in Kentfield, California, where she was named a WBCA All-American...

|| January 7, 2009 || re-signed

Phoenix Mercury

The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...

|- style="height:40px"
| Nicole Ohlde

Nicole Ohlde

Nicole Katherine Ohlde is an American professional basketball player. She recently played for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-College years:...

|| January 30, 2009 || Minnesota Lynx

Minnesota Lynx

The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...

|- style="height:40px"
| Temeka Johnson

Temeka Johnson

Temeka Rochelle Johnson is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA. Her primary position is point guard.-College years:...

|| March 26, 2009 || Los Angeles Sparks

Los Angeles Sparks

The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...

|- style="height:40px"
| Ketia Swanier

Ketia Swanier

Naketia "Ketia" Marie Swanier is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the guard position for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.-College career:...

|| June 3, 2009 || Connecticut Sun

Connecticut Sun

The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...

|- style="height:40px"
| Penny Taylor|| July 17, 2009 || re-signed

Phoenix Mercury

The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...

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| Kelly Miller|| January 30, 2009 || Minnesota Lynx

Minnesota Lynx

The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...

|- style="height:40px"
| LaToya Pringle

LaToya Pringle

LaToya Pringle is an American professional basketball player. She was recently forward for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA.-Personal life:...

|| January 30, 2009 || Minnesota Lynx

Minnesota Lynx

The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...

|- style="height:40px"
| Barbara Farris

Barbara Farris

Barbara Farris, born September 10, 1976, was a basketball player for the Detroit Shock in the WNBA.On May 29, 2009 Farris signed with the Detroit Shock....

|| March 20, 2009 || Detroit Shock

Detroit Shock

The Detroit Shock was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006 and 2008 WNBA champion...

|- style="height:40px"
| Yuko Oga

Yuko Oga

is a Japanese professional basketball player. She is a point guard currently playing for JX Sunflowers of the Women's Japan Basketball League. She formerly played for Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA. Her nickname is Shin.-Career:...

|| June 2, 2009 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

|- style="height:40px"
| Sha Brooks|| June 3, 2009 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

|- style="height:40px"
| Allie Quigley

Allie Quigley

Allie Quigley is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.-High school:Quigley played for Joliet Catholic Academy in Joliet, Illinois, where she was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2004 WBCA High School All-America Game .-External links:*...

|| July 14, 2009 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

|- style="height:40px"
| Jennifer Derevjanik

Jennifer Derevjanik

Jennifer Derevjanik is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the point guard position for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA....

|| 2009 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

|- style="height:40px"
| Olympia Scott

Olympia Scott

Olympia Scott, formerly known under her married name of Olympia Scott-Richardson, is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA a former college coach and the co-founder, President & CEO of Super Parenting LLC and A Wonderful Life! Coaching....

|| 2009 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

|}

Roster

Preseason

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The 2009 WNBA season is the 13th season for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association

Women's National Basketball Association

The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...

. The Mercury successfully won the WNBA Finals

WNBA Finals

The WNBA Finals is the championship series of the Women's National Basketball Association and the conclusion of the sport's postseason each fall. The series was named the WNBA Championship until 2002....

 for the second time in franchise history. On June 6, the Mercury and LifeLock entered a multi-year marketing partnership to launch the first-ever branded jersey in WNBA or NBA history. A press conference was held at the NBA Store in New York City with Phoenix Mercury President and COO Jay Parry and LifeLock CEO Todd Davis to make the announcement.
The partnership runs through 2011, and the LifeLock name will be on the front of Phoenix Mercury’s player jerseys and on warm-up suits. The Mercury and LifeLock are the first to finalize such an agreement following the WNBA’s decision this off-season to make this unique opportunity available for its teams and sponsors. As part of the partnership, LifeLock will be offering a one-year complimentary membership to season ticket holders of all WNBA teams.

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Mercury's 2008 record, they would pick 5th in the Houston Comets

Houston Comets

The Houston Comets were a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Houston, Texas, United States. Formed in 1997, the team was one of the best original eight WNBA teams and won the first four championships of the league's existence. The Comets were the first dynasty of the WNBA and...

 dispersal draft

Dispersal draft

A dispersal draft is a process in professional sports for assigning players to a new team when their current team goes out of business, consolidates with another team, or for some other reason ceases to exist. Since most sports drafts are held in North America, this is where most dispersal drafts...

. The Mercury picked Sequoia Holmes.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Mercury's selections in the 2009 WNBA Draft

2009 WNBA Draft

The 2009 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 9, 2009. The first round was shown on ESPN2 at 3:00pm ET, while the second and third rounds were shown on ESPNU and NBA TV at...

.
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! style="background:#32127A; color:#FFFF00;" width="10%"| Player
! style="background:#32127A; color:#FFFF00;" width="10%"| Nationality
! style="background:#32127A; color:#FFFF00;" width="10%"| School/Team/Country
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| 1
| 5
| DeWanna Bonner

DeWanna Bonner

DeWanna Bonner is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the forward position for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.-Personal life:...

|
| Auburn

Auburn University

Auburn University is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 25,000 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of the largest universities in the state. Auburn was chartered on February 7, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts...

|-
| 3
| 31
| Sha Brooks
|
| Florida

University of Florida

The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...

|-
| 3
| 34 (from N.Y.

New York Liberty

The New York Liberty is a professional basketball team based in New York City, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was one of the eight original franchises of the league...

)
| Jessica Adair
|
| George Washington

George Washington University

The George Washington University is a private, coeducational comprehensive university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States...

|-
|}

Transactions

• July 17: The Mercury re-signed Penny Taylor.
• July 14: The Mercury waived Allie Quigley.
• June 3: The Mercury waived Alison Bales, Sha Brooks, and Laurie Koehn and claimed Ketia Swanier off waivers.
• June 2: The Mercury waived Yuko Oga.
• May 31: The Mercury waived Murriel Page.
• May 18: The Mercury signed Murriel Page.
• May 13: The Mercury waived Jessica Adair.
• April 30: The Mercury signed Laurie Koehn.
• April 20: The Mercury waived Kim Smith and A'Quonesia Franklin.
• March 26: The Mercury acquired Temeka Johnson from the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for a first-round 2010 WNBA Draft pick.
• March 20: The Mercury traded Barbara Farris to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for A'Quonesia Franklin and Kim Smith.
• March 16: The Mercury has withdrawn its qualifying offer to Belinda Snell.
• February 11: The Mercury signed Yuko Oga to a training camp contract.
• January 30: The Mercury traded Kelly Miller and LaToya Pringle to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Nicole Ohlde.
• January 21: The Mercury acquired Alison Bales from the Atlanta Dream in exchange for a second-round 2009 WNBA Draft pick.
• January 7: The Mercury signed Brooke Smith to a training-camp contract.
• May 7, 2008: The Mercury acquired a third-round pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft from the New York Liberty as part of the Leilani Mitchell transaction.

{| class="navbox wikitable" style="width:80%"
! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00; width=200"|Date
! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" colspan=2|Trade
|-
| rowspan=2|March 7, 2008
| width=350|To Phoenix Mercury

Phoenix Mercury

The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...

| width=350|To New York Liberty

New York Liberty

The New York Liberty is a professional basketball team based in New York City, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was one of the eight original franchises of the league...

|-
| third-round pick in 2009 WNBA Draft
| Leilani Mitchell

Leilani Mitchell

Leilani Mitchell is an American basketball player in the WNBA for the New York Liberty.Mitchell was born to an American father, Dennis Mitchell, and an Australian mother of Asian descent , Eleanor Majid...

|-
| rowspan=2|January 21, 2009
| width=350|To Phoenix Mercury

Phoenix Mercury

The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...

| width=350|To Atlanta Dream

Atlanta Dream

The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...

|-
| Alison Bales

Alison Bales

Alison Marie Bales is an American professional basketball player who plays for the WNBA's Atlanta Dream.-High school:...

| second-round pick in 2009 WNBA Draft
|-
| rowspan=2|January 30, 2009
| width=350|To Phoenix Mercury

Phoenix Mercury

The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...

| width=350|To Minnesota Lynx

Minnesota Lynx

The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...

|-
| Nicole Ohlde

Nicole Ohlde

Nicole Katherine Ohlde is an American professional basketball player. She recently played for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-College years:...

| Kelly Miller and LaToya Pringle

LaToya Pringle

LaToya Pringle is an American professional basketball player. She was recently forward for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA.-Personal life:...

|-
| rowspan=2|March 20, 2009
| width=350|To Phoenix Mercury

Phoenix Mercury

The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...

| width=350|To Sacramento Monarchs

Sacramento Monarchs

The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...

|-
| A'Quonesia Franklin

A'Quonesia Franklin

A'Quonesia Krashun Franklin , also known as Aqua, is an assistant coach for the Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball team. She played two seasons in the WNBA. She was a three-year captain of the Texas A&M team from the 2005–06 to 2007–08 seasons...

 and Kim Smith

Kim Smith (basketball)

Kim Smith is a Canadian professional women's basketball player, currently with the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.-University of Utah:...

| Barbara Farris

Barbara Farris

Barbara Farris, born September 10, 1976, was a basketball player for the Detroit Shock in the WNBA.On May 29, 2009 Farris signed with the Detroit Shock....

|-
| rowspan=2|March 26, 2009
| width=350|To Phoenix Mercury

Phoenix Mercury

The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...

| width=350|To Los Angeles Sparks

Los Angeles Sparks

The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...

|-
| Temeka Johnson

Temeka Johnson

Temeka Rochelle Johnson is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA. Her primary position is point guard.-College years:...

| first-round pick in 2010 WNBA Draft
|}

Additions

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| style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00; width:100px"|Signed
| style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00; width:210px"|Former team
|- style="height:40px"
| Sequoia Holmes|| December 8, 2008 || Houston Comets

Houston Comets

The Houston Comets were a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Houston, Texas, United States. Formed in 1997, the team was one of the best original eight WNBA teams and won the first four championships of the league's existence. The Comets were the first dynasty of the WNBA and...

|- style="height:40px"
| Brooke Smith

Brooke Smith (basketball)

Brooke Smith is a professional basketball player in the WNBA.-High school:Smith played for Marin Catholic High School in Kentfield, California, where she was named a WBCA All-American...

|| January 7, 2009 || re-signed

Phoenix Mercury

The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...

|- style="height:40px"
| Nicole Ohlde

Nicole Ohlde

Nicole Katherine Ohlde is an American professional basketball player. She recently played for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-College years:...

|| January 30, 2009 || Minnesota Lynx

Minnesota Lynx

The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...

|- style="height:40px"
| Temeka Johnson

Temeka Johnson

Temeka Rochelle Johnson is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA. Her primary position is point guard.-College years:...

|| March 26, 2009 || Los Angeles Sparks

Los Angeles Sparks

The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...

|- style="height:40px"
| Ketia Swanier

Ketia Swanier

Naketia "Ketia" Marie Swanier is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the guard position for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.-College career:...

|| June 3, 2009 || Connecticut Sun

Connecticut Sun

The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...

|- style="height:40px"
| Penny Taylor|| July 17, 2009 || re-signed

Phoenix Mercury

The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...

|}

Subtractions

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| style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Kelly Miller|| January 30, 2009 || Minnesota Lynx

Minnesota Lynx

The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...

|- style="height:40px"
| LaToya Pringle

LaToya Pringle

LaToya Pringle is an American professional basketball player. She was recently forward for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA.-Personal life:...

|| January 30, 2009 || Minnesota Lynx

Minnesota Lynx

The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...

|- style="height:40px"
| Barbara Farris

Barbara Farris

Barbara Farris, born September 10, 1976, was a basketball player for the Detroit Shock in the WNBA.On May 29, 2009 Farris signed with the Detroit Shock....

|| March 20, 2009 || Detroit Shock

Detroit Shock

The Detroit Shock was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006 and 2008 WNBA champion...

|- style="height:40px"
| Yuko Oga

Yuko Oga

is a Japanese professional basketball player. She is a point guard currently playing for JX Sunflowers of the Women's Japan Basketball League. She formerly played for Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA. Her nickname is Shin.-Career:...

|| June 2, 2009 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

|- style="height:40px"
| Sha Brooks|| June 3, 2009 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

|- style="height:40px"
| Allie Quigley

Allie Quigley

Allie Quigley is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.-High school:Quigley played for Joliet Catholic Academy in Joliet, Illinois, where she was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2004 WBCA High School All-America Game .-External links:*...

|| July 14, 2009 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

|- style="height:40px"
| Jennifer Derevjanik

Jennifer Derevjanik

Jennifer Derevjanik is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the point guard position for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA....

|| 2009 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

|- style="height:40px"
| Olympia Scott

Olympia Scott

Olympia Scott, formerly known under her married name of Olympia Scott-Richardson, is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA a former college coach and the co-founder, President & CEO of Super Parenting LLC and A Wonderful Life! Coaching....

|| 2009 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

|}

Roster

Preseason

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