2011 Tulsa Shock season
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The 2011 WNBA season is the 14th season for the Tulsa Shock franchise 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...

. It is their 2nd in Tulsa. The Shock finished the season with a league record for lowest winning percentage (.088).

WNBA Draft

The following are the Shock's selections in the 2011 WNBA Draft
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 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 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...

.

Transaction log

  • February 1: The Shock traded a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Andrea Riley.
  • February 16: The Shock re-signed Marion Jones.
  • February 25: The Shock signed Juanita Ward.
  • March 28: The Shock signed Sheryl Swoopes.
  • April 8: The Shock signed Miranda Ayim to a training camp contract.
  • April 30: The Shock signed Darxia Morris to a training camp contract.
  • May 2: The Shock traded Scholanda Robinson to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for second- and third-round picks in the 2012 Draft.
  • May 3: The Shock signed Betty Lennox.
  • May 12: The Shock announced Nicole Ohlde's retirement.
  • May 25: The Shock waived Italee Lucas and Juanita Ward.
  • June 1: The Shock waived Betty Lennox, Darxia Morris and Rashanda McCants.
  • June 15: The Shock waived Miranda Ayim.
  • June 16: The Shock signed Jacinta Monroe.
  • June 28: The Shock waived Jacinta Monroe.
  • July 4: The Shock signed Doneeka Lewis.
  • July 9: The Shock announced that Nolan Richardson resigned from head coach and general manager duties. Assistant coach Teresa Edwards was named interim head coach.
  • July 15: The Shock signed Betty Lennox and waived Chastity Reed.
  • July 21: The Shock signed Abi Olajuwon and waived Marion Jones.
  • July 22: The Shock signed Karima Christmas and waived Doneeka Lewis.

Trades


Additions

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| Andrea Riley
Andrea Riley
Andrea Riley is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She was drafted 8th overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft by the Sparks....

|| February 1, 2011 || 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"
| Sheryl Swoopes
Sheryl Swoopes
Sheryl Denise Swoopes is an American professional basketball player who, subsequent to being waived into free agency, signed to re-join the WNBA to play with the Tulsa Shock in 2011. She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA when it was created. She has won three Olympic Gold Medals and...

|| March 28, 2011 || 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"
| Miranda Ayim
Miranda Ayim
Miranda Ayim is a Canadian female basketball player, who most recently played for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...

|| April 8, 2011 || 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"
| Liz Cambage
Liz Cambage
Elizabeth "Liz" Cambage is an Australian basketball player who plays for the Bulleen Boomers of the Women's National Basketball League and the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She is also a member of the Australia women's national basketball team.Cambage was born in...

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 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 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...


|- style="height:40px"
| Kayla Pedersen
Kayla Pedersen
Kayla Pedersen is an American basketball forward for Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She was selected 7th overall in the 2011 WNBA Draft. She was selected for the 2006 State Farm Holiday Classic all-tournament as a senior at Red Mountain High School in Arizona...

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 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 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...


|- style="height:40px"
| Chastity Reed
Chastity Reed
Chastity Reed is a basketball player who most recently played for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Reed was selected in the third round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Tulsa Shock.-References:...

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 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 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...


|- style="height:40px"
| Betty Lennox
Betty Lennox
Betty Bernice Lennox is an American professional basketball player most recently playing for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. Her nicknames include "Betty Basketball," "Betty Big Buckets," and her most popular nickname "B-Money."-Childhood:Betty grew up in the small town of Grant, OK. Daughter of...

|| July 15, 2011 || 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"
| Abi Olajuwon
Abi Olajuwon
Alon Abisola Arisicate Ajoke Olajuwon, better known as Abi Olajuwon is an American female basketball player who plays for the Tulsa Shock.Olajuwon is the daughter of former NBA center Hakeem Olajuwon...

|| July 21, 2011 || 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"
| Karima Christmas
Karima Christmas
Karima Christmas an American professional basketball player who plays for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...

|| July 22, 2011 || 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....


|}

Subtractions

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| style="background:#B22222;color:#ffd700; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#B22222;color:#ffd700; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Kiesha Brown
Kiesha Brown
Kiesha Brown is an American professional basketball player.-High school:White attended Woodward Academy in Atlanta, where she was named a High School All-American by the WBCA...

|| 2011 || 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"
| Shanna Crossley || 2011 || knee injury
|- style="height:40px"
| Scholanda Robinson
Scholanda Robinson
Scholanda Robinson is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the San Antonio Silver Stars.-External links:*...

|| May 2, 2011 || San Antonio Silver Stars
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...

 
|- 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:...

|| May 12, 2011 || retired
|- style="height:40px"
| Chante Black
Chante Black
Chante Black is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the center position for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA.-High school:...

|| May 16, 2011 || back problems
|- style="height:40px"
| Rashanda McCants
Rashanda McCants
Rashanda McCants is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.Her brother is Rashad McCants of the NBA.-High school:...

|| June 1, 2011 || 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"
| Miranda Ayim
Miranda Ayim
Miranda Ayim is a Canadian female basketball player, who most recently played for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...

|| June 15, 2011 || 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"
| Chastity Reed
Chastity Reed
Chastity Reed is a basketball player who most recently played for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Reed was selected in the third round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Tulsa Shock.-References:...

|| July 15, 2011 || 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"
| Marion Jones
Marion Jones
Marion Lois Jones , also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is a former world champion track and field athlete, and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA...

|| July 21, 2011 || 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....


|}

Depth

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!width="250"|Starter
!width="250"|Bench
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#ffd700" | C
Center (basketball)
The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...


| Tiffany Jackson
Tiffany Jackson
Tiffany Jackson, born April 26, 1985, is a basketball player for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA.Jackson grew up in Duncanville, Texas.-High school:Jackson played for Duncanville High School in Duncanville, Texas, where she was named a WBCA All-American...


| Liz Cambage
Liz Cambage
Elizabeth "Liz" Cambage is an Australian basketball player who plays for the Bulleen Boomers of the Women's National Basketball League and the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She is also a member of the Australia women's national basketball team.Cambage was born in...


Abi Olajuwon
Abi Olajuwon
Alon Abisola Arisicate Ajoke Olajuwon, better known as Abi Olajuwon is an American female basketball player who plays for the Tulsa Shock.Olajuwon is the daughter of former NBA center Hakeem Olajuwon...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#ffd700" | PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...


| Kayla Pedersen
Kayla Pedersen
Kayla Pedersen is an American basketball forward for Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She was selected 7th overall in the 2011 WNBA Draft. She was selected for the 2006 State Farm Holiday Classic all-tournament as a senior at Red Mountain High School in Arizona...


| Jennifer Lacy
Jennifer Lacy
Jennifer Lacy is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.Lacy graduated from Agoura Hills High School in Agoura Hills, California in 2001. She played college basketball at Pepperdine, although she was recruited by Arizona, California, UC Santa Barbara, and Washington. She joined the...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#ffd700" | SF
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...


| Sheryl Swoopes
Sheryl Swoopes
Sheryl Denise Swoopes is an American professional basketball player who, subsequent to being waived into free agency, signed to re-join the WNBA to play with the Tulsa Shock in 2011. She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA when it was created. She has won three Olympic Gold Medals and...


| Karima Christmas
Karima Christmas
Karima Christmas an American professional basketball player who plays for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#ffd700" | SG
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...


| Amber Holt
Amber Holt
Amber Shirell Holt is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. Holt went to Meadowcreek High School.- Early life :...


| Betty Lennox
Betty Lennox
Betty Bernice Lennox is an American professional basketball player most recently playing for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. Her nicknames include "Betty Basketball," "Betty Big Buckets," and her most popular nickname "B-Money."-Childhood:Betty grew up in the small town of Grant, OK. Daughter of...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#ffd700" | PG
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...


| Ivory Latta
Ivory Latta
Ivory Latta is an American professional basketball player. A 5'6" guard noted for her three-point shooting and on-court enthusiasm, she played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels...


| Andrea Riley
Andrea Riley
Andrea Riley is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She was drafted 8th overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft by the Sparks....


|}

Preseason

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! colspan=2 style="background:#B22222; color:#ffd700" | 2011 Game Log: Preseason
|- valign="top"
|
The 2011 WNBA season is the 14th season for the Tulsa Shock franchise 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...

. It is their 2nd in Tulsa. The Shock finished the season with a league record for lowest winning percentage (.088).

WNBA Draft

The following are the Shock's selections in the 2011 WNBA Draft
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 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 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...

.
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! style="background:#B22222; color:#ffd700;" width="2%"| Round
! style="background:#B22222; color:#ffd700;" width="5%"| Pick
! style="background:#B22222; color:#ffd700;" width="10%"| Player
! style="background:#B22222; color:#ffd700;" width="10%"| Nationality
! style="background:#B22222; color:#ffd700;" width="10%"| School/Team/Country
|-
| 1
| 2
| Elizabeth Cambage
|
| Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...


|-
| 1
| 7 (from Pho.
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...

)
| Kayla Pedersen
Kayla Pedersen
Kayla Pedersen is an American basketball forward for Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She was selected 7th overall in the 2011 WNBA Draft. She was selected for the 2006 State Farm Holiday Classic all-tournament as a senior at Red Mountain High School in Arizona...


|
| Stanford
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...


|-
| 2
| 21 (from Ind.
Indiana Fever
The Indiana Fever is a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...

)
| Italee Lucas
|
| North Carolina
University of North Carolina
Chartered in 1789, the University of North Carolina was one of the first public universities in the United States and the only one to graduate students in the eighteenth century...


|-
| 3
| 25
| Chastity Reed
Chastity Reed
Chastity Reed is a basketball player who most recently played for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Reed was selected in the third round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Tulsa Shock.-References:...


|
| Arkansas-Little Rock
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
University of Arkansas at Little Rock , is a public research university located in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, and the second largest university by enrollment in the state of Arkansas....


|-
|}

Transaction log

  • February 1: The Shock traded a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Andrea Riley.
  • February 16: The Shock re-signed Marion Jones.
  • February 25: The Shock signed Juanita Ward.
  • March 28: The Shock signed Sheryl Swoopes.
  • April 8: The Shock signed Miranda Ayim to a training camp contract.
  • April 30: The Shock signed Darxia Morris to a training camp contract.
  • May 2: The Shock traded Scholanda Robinson to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for second- and third-round picks in the 2012 Draft.
  • May 3: The Shock signed Betty Lennox.
  • May 12: The Shock announced Nicole Ohlde's retirement.
  • May 25: The Shock waived Italee Lucas and Juanita Ward.
  • June 1: The Shock waived Betty Lennox, Darxia Morris and Rashanda McCants.
  • June 15: The Shock waived Miranda Ayim.
  • June 16: The Shock signed Jacinta Monroe.
  • June 28: The Shock waived Jacinta Monroe.
  • July 4: The Shock signed Doneeka Lewis.
  • July 9: The Shock announced that Nolan Richardson resigned from head coach and general manager duties. Assistant coach Teresa Edwards was named interim head coach.
  • July 15: The Shock signed Betty Lennox and waived Chastity Reed.
  • July 21: The Shock signed Abi Olajuwon and waived Marion Jones.
  • July 22: The Shock signed Karima Christmas and waived Doneeka Lewis.

Trades

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! style="background:#B22222;color:#ffd700;" colspan=2|Trade
|-
| rowspan=2|February 1, 2011
| width=375|To Tulsa Shock
| width=375|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...


|-
| Andrea Riley
Andrea Riley
Andrea Riley is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She was drafted 8th overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft by the Sparks....


| second-round pick in 2012 Draft
|-
| rowspan=2|May 2, 2011
| width=375|To Tulsa Shock
| width=375|To San Antonio Silver Stars
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...


|-
| second- and third-round picks in 2012 Draft
| Scholanda Robinson
Scholanda Robinson
Scholanda Robinson is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the San Antonio Silver Stars.-External links:*...


|}

Additions

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| style="background:#B22222;color:#ffd700; width:100px"|Signed
| style="background:#B22222;color:#ffd700; width:210px"|Former team
|- style="height:40px"
| Andrea Riley
Andrea Riley
Andrea Riley is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She was drafted 8th overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft by the Sparks....

|| February 1, 2011 || 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"
| Sheryl Swoopes
Sheryl Swoopes
Sheryl Denise Swoopes is an American professional basketball player who, subsequent to being waived into free agency, signed to re-join the WNBA to play with the Tulsa Shock in 2011. She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA when it was created. She has won three Olympic Gold Medals and...

|| March 28, 2011 || 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"
| Miranda Ayim
Miranda Ayim
Miranda Ayim is a Canadian female basketball player, who most recently played for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...

|| April 8, 2011 || 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"
| Liz Cambage
Liz Cambage
Elizabeth "Liz" Cambage is an Australian basketball player who plays for the Bulleen Boomers of the Women's National Basketball League and the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She is also a member of the Australia women's national basketball team.Cambage was born in...

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 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 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...


|- style="height:40px"
| Kayla Pedersen
Kayla Pedersen
Kayla Pedersen is an American basketball forward for Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She was selected 7th overall in the 2011 WNBA Draft. She was selected for the 2006 State Farm Holiday Classic all-tournament as a senior at Red Mountain High School in Arizona...

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 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 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...


|- style="height:40px"
| Chastity Reed
Chastity Reed
Chastity Reed is a basketball player who most recently played for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Reed was selected in the third round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Tulsa Shock.-References:...

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 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 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...


|- style="height:40px"
| Betty Lennox
Betty Lennox
Betty Bernice Lennox is an American professional basketball player most recently playing for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. Her nicknames include "Betty Basketball," "Betty Big Buckets," and her most popular nickname "B-Money."-Childhood:Betty grew up in the small town of Grant, OK. Daughter of...

|| July 15, 2011 || 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"
| Abi Olajuwon
Abi Olajuwon
Alon Abisola Arisicate Ajoke Olajuwon, better known as Abi Olajuwon is an American female basketball player who plays for the Tulsa Shock.Olajuwon is the daughter of former NBA center Hakeem Olajuwon...

|| July 21, 2011 || 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"
| Karima Christmas
Karima Christmas
Karima Christmas an American professional basketball player who plays for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...

|| July 22, 2011 || 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....


|}

Subtractions

{|class="navbox wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#B22222;color:#ffd700; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#B22222;color:#ffd700; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#B22222;color:#ffd700; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Kiesha Brown
Kiesha Brown
Kiesha Brown is an American professional basketball player.-High school:White attended Woodward Academy in Atlanta, where she was named a High School All-American by the WBCA...

|| 2011 || 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"
| Shanna Crossley || 2011 || knee injury
|- style="height:40px"
| Scholanda Robinson
Scholanda Robinson
Scholanda Robinson is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the San Antonio Silver Stars.-External links:*...

|| May 2, 2011 || San Antonio Silver Stars
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...

 
|- 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:...

|| May 12, 2011 || retired
|- style="height:40px"
| Chante Black
Chante Black
Chante Black is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the center position for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA.-High school:...

|| May 16, 2011 || back problems
|- style="height:40px"
| Rashanda McCants
Rashanda McCants
Rashanda McCants is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.Her brother is Rashad McCants of the NBA.-High school:...

|| June 1, 2011 || 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"
| Miranda Ayim
Miranda Ayim
Miranda Ayim is a Canadian female basketball player, who most recently played for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...

|| June 15, 2011 || 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"
| Chastity Reed
Chastity Reed
Chastity Reed is a basketball player who most recently played for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Reed was selected in the third round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Tulsa Shock.-References:...

|| July 15, 2011 || 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"
| Marion Jones
Marion Jones
Marion Lois Jones , also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is a former world champion track and field athlete, and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA...

|| July 21, 2011 || 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....


|}

Depth

{| style="text-align: center; background:#B22222; color:#ffd700"
!width="50"|Pos.
!width="250"|Starter
!width="250"|Bench
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#ffd700" | C
Center (basketball)
The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...


| Tiffany Jackson
Tiffany Jackson
Tiffany Jackson, born April 26, 1985, is a basketball player for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA.Jackson grew up in Duncanville, Texas.-High school:Jackson played for Duncanville High School in Duncanville, Texas, where she was named a WBCA All-American...


| Liz Cambage
Liz Cambage
Elizabeth "Liz" Cambage is an Australian basketball player who plays for the Bulleen Boomers of the Women's National Basketball League and the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She is also a member of the Australia women's national basketball team.Cambage was born in...


Abi Olajuwon
Abi Olajuwon
Alon Abisola Arisicate Ajoke Olajuwon, better known as Abi Olajuwon is an American female basketball player who plays for the Tulsa Shock.Olajuwon is the daughter of former NBA center Hakeem Olajuwon...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#ffd700" | PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...


| Kayla Pedersen
Kayla Pedersen
Kayla Pedersen is an American basketball forward for Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She was selected 7th overall in the 2011 WNBA Draft. She was selected for the 2006 State Farm Holiday Classic all-tournament as a senior at Red Mountain High School in Arizona...


| Jennifer Lacy
Jennifer Lacy
Jennifer Lacy is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.Lacy graduated from Agoura Hills High School in Agoura Hills, California in 2001. She played college basketball at Pepperdine, although she was recruited by Arizona, California, UC Santa Barbara, and Washington. She joined the...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#ffd700" | SF
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...


| Sheryl Swoopes
Sheryl Swoopes
Sheryl Denise Swoopes is an American professional basketball player who, subsequent to being waived into free agency, signed to re-join the WNBA to play with the Tulsa Shock in 2011. She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA when it was created. She has won three Olympic Gold Medals and...


| Karima Christmas
Karima Christmas
Karima Christmas an American professional basketball player who plays for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#ffd700" | SG
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...


| Amber Holt
Amber Holt
Amber Shirell Holt is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. Holt went to Meadowcreek High School.- Early life :...


| Betty Lennox
Betty Lennox
Betty Bernice Lennox is an American professional basketball player most recently playing for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. Her nicknames include "Betty Basketball," "Betty Big Buckets," and her most popular nickname "B-Money."-Childhood:Betty grew up in the small town of Grant, OK. Daughter of...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#ffd700" | PG
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...


| Ivory Latta
Ivory Latta
Ivory Latta is an American professional basketball player. A 5'6" guard noted for her three-point shooting and on-court enthusiasm, she played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels...


| Andrea Riley
Andrea Riley
Andrea Riley is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She was drafted 8th overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft by the Sparks....


|}

Preseason

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|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#B22222; color:#ffd700" | 2011 Game Log: Preseason
|- valign="top"
|
The 2011 WNBA season is the 14th season for the Tulsa Shock franchise 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...

. It is their 2nd in Tulsa. The Shock finished the season with a league record for lowest winning percentage (.088).

WNBA Draft

The following are the Shock's selections in the 2011 WNBA Draft
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 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 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...

.
{| class="navbox wikitable"
! style="background:#B22222; color:#ffd700;" width="2%"| Round
! style="background:#B22222; color:#ffd700;" width="5%"| Pick
! style="background:#B22222; color:#ffd700;" width="10%"| Player
! style="background:#B22222; color:#ffd700;" width="10%"| Nationality
! style="background:#B22222; color:#ffd700;" width="10%"| School/Team/Country
|-
| 1
| 2
| Elizabeth Cambage
|
| Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...


|-
| 1
| 7 (from Pho.
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...

)
| Kayla Pedersen
Kayla Pedersen
Kayla Pedersen is an American basketball forward for Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She was selected 7th overall in the 2011 WNBA Draft. She was selected for the 2006 State Farm Holiday Classic all-tournament as a senior at Red Mountain High School in Arizona...


|
| Stanford
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...


|-
| 2
| 21 (from Ind.
Indiana Fever
The Indiana Fever is a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...

)
| Italee Lucas
|
| North Carolina
University of North Carolina
Chartered in 1789, the University of North Carolina was one of the first public universities in the United States and the only one to graduate students in the eighteenth century...


|-
| 3
| 25
| Chastity Reed
Chastity Reed
Chastity Reed is a basketball player who most recently played for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Reed was selected in the third round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Tulsa Shock.-References:...


|
| Arkansas-Little Rock
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
University of Arkansas at Little Rock , is a public research university located in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, and the second largest university by enrollment in the state of Arkansas....


|-
|}

Transaction log

  • February 1: The Shock traded a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Andrea Riley.
  • February 16: The Shock re-signed Marion Jones.
  • February 25: The Shock signed Juanita Ward.
  • March 28: The Shock signed Sheryl Swoopes.
  • April 8: The Shock signed Miranda Ayim to a training camp contract.
  • April 30: The Shock signed Darxia Morris to a training camp contract.
  • May 2: The Shock traded Scholanda Robinson to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for second- and third-round picks in the 2012 Draft.
  • May 3: The Shock signed Betty Lennox.
  • May 12: The Shock announced Nicole Ohlde's retirement.
  • May 25: The Shock waived Italee Lucas and Juanita Ward.
  • June 1: The Shock waived Betty Lennox, Darxia Morris and Rashanda McCants.
  • June 15: The Shock waived Miranda Ayim.
  • June 16: The Shock signed Jacinta Monroe.
  • June 28: The Shock waived Jacinta Monroe.
  • July 4: The Shock signed Doneeka Lewis.
  • July 9: The Shock announced that Nolan Richardson resigned from head coach and general manager duties. Assistant coach Teresa Edwards was named interim head coach.
  • July 15: The Shock signed Betty Lennox and waived Chastity Reed.
  • July 21: The Shock signed Abi Olajuwon and waived Marion Jones.
  • July 22: The Shock signed Karima Christmas and waived Doneeka Lewis.

Trades

{| class="navbox wikitable" style="width:80%"
! style="background:#B22222;color:#ffd700; width=125"|Date
! style="background:#B22222;color:#ffd700;" colspan=2|Trade
|-
| rowspan=2|February 1, 2011
| width=375|To Tulsa Shock
| width=375|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...


|-
| Andrea Riley
Andrea Riley
Andrea Riley is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She was drafted 8th overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft by the Sparks....


| second-round pick in 2012 Draft
|-
| rowspan=2|May 2, 2011
| width=375|To Tulsa Shock
| width=375|To San Antonio Silver Stars
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...


|-
| second- and third-round picks in 2012 Draft
| Scholanda Robinson
Scholanda Robinson
Scholanda Robinson is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the San Antonio Silver Stars.-External links:*...


|}

Additions

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| valign="top" |
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|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#B22222;color:#ffd700; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#B22222;color:#ffd700; width:100px"|Signed
| style="background:#B22222;color:#ffd700; width:210px"|Former team
|- style="height:40px"
| Andrea Riley
Andrea Riley
Andrea Riley is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She was drafted 8th overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft by the Sparks....

|| February 1, 2011 || 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"
| Sheryl Swoopes
Sheryl Swoopes
Sheryl Denise Swoopes is an American professional basketball player who, subsequent to being waived into free agency, signed to re-join the WNBA to play with the Tulsa Shock in 2011. She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA when it was created. She has won three Olympic Gold Medals and...

|| March 28, 2011 || 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"
| Miranda Ayim
Miranda Ayim
Miranda Ayim is a Canadian female basketball player, who most recently played for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...

|| April 8, 2011 || 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"
| Liz Cambage
Liz Cambage
Elizabeth "Liz" Cambage is an Australian basketball player who plays for the Bulleen Boomers of the Women's National Basketball League and the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She is also a member of the Australia women's national basketball team.Cambage was born in...

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 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 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...


|- style="height:40px"
| Kayla Pedersen
Kayla Pedersen
Kayla Pedersen is an American basketball forward for Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She was selected 7th overall in the 2011 WNBA Draft. She was selected for the 2006 State Farm Holiday Classic all-tournament as a senior at Red Mountain High School in Arizona...

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 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 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...


|- style="height:40px"
| Chastity Reed
Chastity Reed
Chastity Reed is a basketball player who most recently played for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Reed was selected in the third round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Tulsa Shock.-References:...

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 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 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...


|- style="height:40px"
| Betty Lennox
Betty Lennox
Betty Bernice Lennox is an American professional basketball player most recently playing for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. Her nicknames include "Betty Basketball," "Betty Big Buckets," and her most popular nickname "B-Money."-Childhood:Betty grew up in the small town of Grant, OK. Daughter of...

|| July 15, 2011 || 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"
| Abi Olajuwon
Abi Olajuwon
Alon Abisola Arisicate Ajoke Olajuwon, better known as Abi Olajuwon is an American female basketball player who plays for the Tulsa Shock.Olajuwon is the daughter of former NBA center Hakeem Olajuwon...

|| July 21, 2011 || 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"
| Karima Christmas
Karima Christmas
Karima Christmas an American professional basketball player who plays for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...

|| July 22, 2011 || 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....


|}

Subtractions

{|class="navbox wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#B22222;color:#ffd700; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#B22222;color:#ffd700; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#B22222;color:#ffd700; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Kiesha Brown
Kiesha Brown
Kiesha Brown is an American professional basketball player.-High school:White attended Woodward Academy in Atlanta, where she was named a High School All-American by the WBCA...

|| 2011 || 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"
| Shanna Crossley || 2011 || knee injury
|- style="height:40px"
| Scholanda Robinson
Scholanda Robinson
Scholanda Robinson is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the San Antonio Silver Stars.-External links:*...

|| May 2, 2011 || San Antonio Silver Stars
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...

 
|- 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:...

|| May 12, 2011 || retired
|- style="height:40px"
| Chante Black
Chante Black
Chante Black is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the center position for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA.-High school:...

|| May 16, 2011 || back problems
|- style="height:40px"
| Rashanda McCants
Rashanda McCants
Rashanda McCants is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.Her brother is Rashad McCants of the NBA.-High school:...

|| June 1, 2011 || 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"
| Miranda Ayim
Miranda Ayim
Miranda Ayim is a Canadian female basketball player, who most recently played for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...

|| June 15, 2011 || 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"
| Chastity Reed
Chastity Reed
Chastity Reed is a basketball player who most recently played for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Reed was selected in the third round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Tulsa Shock.-References:...

|| July 15, 2011 || 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"
| Marion Jones
Marion Jones
Marion Lois Jones , also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is a former world champion track and field athlete, and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA...

|| July 21, 2011 || 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....


|}

Depth

{| style="text-align: center; background:#B22222; color:#ffd700"
!width="50"|Pos.
!width="250"|Starter
!width="250"|Bench
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#ffd700" | C
Center (basketball)
The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...


| Tiffany Jackson
Tiffany Jackson
Tiffany Jackson, born April 26, 1985, is a basketball player for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA.Jackson grew up in Duncanville, Texas.-High school:Jackson played for Duncanville High School in Duncanville, Texas, where she was named a WBCA All-American...


| Liz Cambage
Liz Cambage
Elizabeth "Liz" Cambage is an Australian basketball player who plays for the Bulleen Boomers of the Women's National Basketball League and the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She is also a member of the Australia women's national basketball team.Cambage was born in...


Abi Olajuwon
Abi Olajuwon
Alon Abisola Arisicate Ajoke Olajuwon, better known as Abi Olajuwon is an American female basketball player who plays for the Tulsa Shock.Olajuwon is the daughter of former NBA center Hakeem Olajuwon...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#ffd700" | PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...


| Kayla Pedersen
Kayla Pedersen
Kayla Pedersen is an American basketball forward for Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She was selected 7th overall in the 2011 WNBA Draft. She was selected for the 2006 State Farm Holiday Classic all-tournament as a senior at Red Mountain High School in Arizona...


| Jennifer Lacy
Jennifer Lacy
Jennifer Lacy is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.Lacy graduated from Agoura Hills High School in Agoura Hills, California in 2001. She played college basketball at Pepperdine, although she was recruited by Arizona, California, UC Santa Barbara, and Washington. She joined the...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#ffd700" | SF
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...


| Sheryl Swoopes
Sheryl Swoopes
Sheryl Denise Swoopes is an American professional basketball player who, subsequent to being waived into free agency, signed to re-join the WNBA to play with the Tulsa Shock in 2011. She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA when it was created. She has won three Olympic Gold Medals and...


| Karima Christmas
Karima Christmas
Karima Christmas an American professional basketball player who plays for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#ffd700" | SG
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...


| Amber Holt
Amber Holt
Amber Shirell Holt is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. Holt went to Meadowcreek High School.- Early life :...


| Betty Lennox
Betty Lennox
Betty Bernice Lennox is an American professional basketball player most recently playing for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. Her nicknames include "Betty Basketball," "Betty Big Buckets," and her most popular nickname "B-Money."-Childhood:Betty grew up in the small town of Grant, OK. Daughter of...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#ffd700" | PG
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...


| Ivory Latta
Ivory Latta
Ivory Latta is an American professional basketball player. A 5'6" guard noted for her three-point shooting and on-court enthusiasm, she played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels...


| Andrea Riley
Andrea Riley
Andrea Riley is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She was drafted 8th overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft by the Sparks....


|}

Preseason

{| class="toccolours" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#B22222; color:#ffd700" | 2011 Game Log: Preseason
|- valign="top"
|
 
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