2009 Connecticut Sun season
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The 2009 WNBA season
2009 WNBA season
The 2009 WNBA Season is the 13th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is the first WNBA season ever without a Houston franchise, the Comets having folded in December 2008...

 is the 11th season for the 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...

 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 7th in Connecticut. The Sun attempted to advance to the WNBA Playoffs
WNBA Playoffs
The WNBA Playoffs is a best-of-three elimination tournament between eight teams in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association , ultimately deciding the final two teams who will play in the WNBA Finals....

 for the seventh consecutive season, but did not qualify for the postseason.

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Sun's 2008 record, they would pick 10th 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 Sun waived their pick.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Sun'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...

.

Transactions

  • July 4: The Sun waived Lauren Ervin due to the arrival of Sandrine Gruda.
  • June 28: The Sun waived Barbara Turner due to the arrival of Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota.
  • June 19: The Sun signed Tan White and waived Kristi Cirone.
  • June 5: The Sun waived Lyndra Littles, Danielle Page and Carrem Gay.
  • June 3: The Sun claimed Kiesha Brown off waivers.
  • June 1: The Sun waived Ketia Swanier and Ashley Hayes.
  • April 20: The Sun signed Carrem Gay to a training camp contract.
  • April 20: The Sun announced that Tamika Raymond would sit out the 2009 season.
  • April 13: The Sun announced Jamie Carey's retirement.
  • April 13: The Sun signed Ashley Hayes to a training camp contract.
  • April 10: The Sun signed Kristi Cirone to a training camp contract.
  • February 13: The Sun signed Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota to a training camp contract.
  • January 23: The Sun signed Lauren Ervin to a rookie-scale contract.
  • January 21: The Sun signed Barbara Turner, Kerri Gardin, and Danielle Page for the 2009 season.
  • January 7: The Sun signed Kerri Gardin and Danielle Page to training camp contracts.



Additions

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|- style="height:40px"
| Kerri Gardin
Kerri Gardin
Kerri Gardin is an American professional basketball player. She most recently played the forward position for the Washington Mystics in the WNBA.-College career:...

|| January 21, 2009 || re-signed
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"
| Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota|| February 13, 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"
| 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...

|| June 3, 2009 || Washington Mystics
Washington Mystics
The Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'...


|- style="height:40px"
| Tan White
Tan White
LaTanya "Tan" Chantella White, born September 27, 1982 in Tupelo, Mississippi is a professional basketball player of the WNBA, playing for the Connecticut Sun. White is 5'7" tall and weighs 154 lb...

|| June 19, 2009 || Indiana Fever
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...


|}

Subtractions

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|- style="height:40px"
| Jamie Carey
Jamie Carey
Jamie Leigh Carey was a professional basketball player, playing the point guard position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA until her retirement in 2009...

|| April 13, 2009 || retired
Retirement
Retirement is the point where a person stops employment completely. A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours.Many people choose to retire when they are eligible for private or public pension benefits, although some are forced to retire when physical conditions don't allow the person to...


|- style="height:40px"
| Tamika Raymond|| April 20, 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"
| 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 1, 2009 || 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...


|- style="height:40px"
| Lyndra Littles|| June 5, 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"
| Danielle Page|| June 5, 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"
| Barbara Turner
Barbara Turner (basketball)
Barbara Renee Turner is an American professional basketball player. She plays for Tarsus in Turkey and formerly the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. A small forward, she is 6 feet tall and 78 kg weight....

|| June 28, 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"
| Lauren Ervin
Lauren Ervin
Lauren Ervin is a female basketball player currently playing in the Women's National Basketball Association. She attended the University of Arkansas and was drafted by the Connecticut Sun in the third round of the 2008...

|| July 4, 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"
| Svetlana Abrosimova
Svetlana Abrosimova
Svetlana Olegovna Abrosimova is a Russian basketball player who has played in college, the Olympics, and in professional leagues. She currently plays for the Seattle Storm in the WNBA. She is usually called by her nickname, "Svet" or "Sveta".Abrosimova was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR,...

|| 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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|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#092C57; color:#FFC322" | 2009 Game Log: Preseason
|- valign="top"
|
The 2009 WNBA season
2009 WNBA season
The 2009 WNBA Season is the 13th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is the first WNBA season ever without a Houston franchise, the Comets having folded in December 2008...

 is the 11th season for the 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...

 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 7th in Connecticut. The Sun attempted to advance to the WNBA Playoffs
WNBA Playoffs
The WNBA Playoffs is a best-of-three elimination tournament between eight teams in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association , ultimately deciding the final two teams who will play in the WNBA Finals....

 for the seventh consecutive season, but did not qualify for the postseason.

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Sun's 2008 record, they would pick 10th 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 Sun waived their pick.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Sun'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:#14345B; color:#ffc322;" width="10%"| Nationality
! style="background:#14345B; color:#ffc322;" width="10%"| School/Team/Country
|-
| 1
| 10
| Chante Black
|
| Duke
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...


|-
| 2
| 17 (from Minn.
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...

)
| Lyndra Littles
|
| Virginia
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...


|-
| 3
| 36
| Alba Torrens
|
| Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...


|-
|}

Transactions

  • July 4: The Sun waived Lauren Ervin due to the arrival of Sandrine Gruda.
  • June 28: The Sun waived Barbara Turner due to the arrival of Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota.
  • June 19: The Sun signed Tan White and waived Kristi Cirone.
  • June 5: The Sun waived Lyndra Littles, Danielle Page and Carrem Gay.
  • June 3: The Sun claimed Kiesha Brown off waivers.
  • June 1: The Sun waived Ketia Swanier and Ashley Hayes.
  • April 20: The Sun signed Carrem Gay to a training camp contract.
  • April 20: The Sun announced that Tamika Raymond would sit out the 2009 season.
  • April 13: The Sun announced Jamie Carey's retirement.
  • April 13: The Sun signed Ashley Hayes to a training camp contract.
  • April 10: The Sun signed Kristi Cirone to a training camp contract.
  • February 13: The Sun signed Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota to a training camp contract.
  • January 23: The Sun signed Lauren Ervin to a rookie-scale contract.
  • January 21: The Sun signed Barbara Turner, Kerri Gardin, and Danielle Page for the 2009 season.
  • January 7: The Sun signed Kerri Gardin and Danielle Page to training camp contracts.

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! style="background:#14345B;color:#ffc322;" colspan=2|Trade
|-
| rowspan=2|March 14, 2008
| width=375|To 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...


| width=375|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...


|-
| Minnesota's second-round 2009 Draft pick and Tamika Raymond
| Connecticut's second-round 2009 Draft pick and Kristen Rasmussen
Kristen Rasmussen
Kristen Rasmussen is a professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for CSS LMK BC Sepsi of Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania....


|}

Additions

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|- style="height:40px"
| Kerri Gardin
Kerri Gardin
Kerri Gardin is an American professional basketball player. She most recently played the forward position for the Washington Mystics in the WNBA.-College career:...

|| January 21, 2009 || re-signed
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"
| Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota|| February 13, 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"
| 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...

|| June 3, 2009 || Washington Mystics
Washington Mystics
The Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'...


|- style="height:40px"
| Tan White
Tan White
LaTanya "Tan" Chantella White, born September 27, 1982 in Tupelo, Mississippi is a professional basketball player of the WNBA, playing for the Connecticut Sun. White is 5'7" tall and weighs 154 lb...

|| June 19, 2009 || Indiana Fever
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...


|}

Subtractions

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|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
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|- style="height:40px"
| Jamie Carey
Jamie Carey
Jamie Leigh Carey was a professional basketball player, playing the point guard position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA until her retirement in 2009...

|| April 13, 2009 || retired
Retirement
Retirement is the point where a person stops employment completely. A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours.Many people choose to retire when they are eligible for private or public pension benefits, although some are forced to retire when physical conditions don't allow the person to...


|- style="height:40px"
| Tamika Raymond|| April 20, 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"
| 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 1, 2009 || 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...


|- style="height:40px"
| Lyndra Littles|| June 5, 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"
| Danielle Page|| June 5, 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"
| Barbara Turner
Barbara Turner (basketball)
Barbara Renee Turner is an American professional basketball player. She plays for Tarsus in Turkey and formerly the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. A small forward, she is 6 feet tall and 78 kg weight....

|| June 28, 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"
| Lauren Ervin
Lauren Ervin
Lauren Ervin is a female basketball player currently playing in the Women's National Basketball Association. She attended the University of Arkansas and was drafted by the Connecticut Sun in the third round of the 2008...

|| July 4, 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"
| Svetlana Abrosimova
Svetlana Abrosimova
Svetlana Olegovna Abrosimova is a Russian basketball player who has played in college, the Olympics, and in professional leagues. She currently plays for the Seattle Storm in the WNBA. She is usually called by her nickname, "Svet" or "Sveta".Abrosimova was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR,...

|| 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

{| class="toccolours" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#092C57; color:#FFC322" | 2009 Game Log: Preseason
|- valign="top"
|
The 2009 WNBA season
2009 WNBA season
The 2009 WNBA Season is the 13th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is the first WNBA season ever without a Houston franchise, the Comets having folded in December 2008...

 is the 11th season for the 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...

 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 7th in Connecticut. The Sun attempted to advance to the WNBA Playoffs
WNBA Playoffs
The WNBA Playoffs is a best-of-three elimination tournament between eight teams in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association , ultimately deciding the final two teams who will play in the WNBA Finals....

 for the seventh consecutive season, but did not qualify for the postseason.

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Sun's 2008 record, they would pick 10th 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 Sun waived their pick.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Sun'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:#14345B; color:#ffc322;" width="2%"| Round
! style="background:#14345B; color:#ffc322;" width="5%"| Pick
! style="background:#14345B; color:#ffc322;" width="10%"| Player
! style="background:#14345B; color:#ffc322;" width="10%"| Nationality
! style="background:#14345B; color:#ffc322;" width="10%"| School/Team/Country
|-
| 1
| 10
| Chante Black
|
| Duke
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...


|-
| 2
| 17 (from Minn.
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...

)
| Lyndra Littles
|
| Virginia
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...


|-
| 3
| 36
| Alba Torrens
|
| Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...


|-
|}

Transactions

  • July 4: The Sun waived Lauren Ervin due to the arrival of Sandrine Gruda.
  • June 28: The Sun waived Barbara Turner due to the arrival of Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota.
  • June 19: The Sun signed Tan White and waived Kristi Cirone.
  • June 5: The Sun waived Lyndra Littles, Danielle Page and Carrem Gay.
  • June 3: The Sun claimed Kiesha Brown off waivers.
  • June 1: The Sun waived Ketia Swanier and Ashley Hayes.
  • April 20: The Sun signed Carrem Gay to a training camp contract.
  • April 20: The Sun announced that Tamika Raymond would sit out the 2009 season.
  • April 13: The Sun announced Jamie Carey's retirement.
  • April 13: The Sun signed Ashley Hayes to a training camp contract.
  • April 10: The Sun signed Kristi Cirone to a training camp contract.
  • February 13: The Sun signed Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota to a training camp contract.
  • January 23: The Sun signed Lauren Ervin to a rookie-scale contract.
  • January 21: The Sun signed Barbara Turner, Kerri Gardin, and Danielle Page for the 2009 season.
  • January 7: The Sun signed Kerri Gardin and Danielle Page to training camp contracts.

{| class="navbox wikitable" style="width:80%"
! style="background:#14345B;color:#ffc322; width=125"|Date
! style="background:#14345B;color:#ffc322;" colspan=2|Trade
|-
| rowspan=2|March 14, 2008
| width=375|To 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...


| width=375|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...


|-
| Minnesota's second-round 2009 Draft pick and Tamika Raymond
| Connecticut's second-round 2009 Draft pick and Kristen Rasmussen
Kristen Rasmussen
Kristen Rasmussen is a professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for CSS LMK BC Sepsi of Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania....


|}

Additions

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|- style="height:40px"
| Kerri Gardin
Kerri Gardin
Kerri Gardin is an American professional basketball player. She most recently played the forward position for the Washington Mystics in the WNBA.-College career:...

|| January 21, 2009 || re-signed
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"
| Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota|| February 13, 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"
| 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...

|| June 3, 2009 || Washington Mystics
Washington Mystics
The Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'...


|- style="height:40px"
| Tan White
Tan White
LaTanya "Tan" Chantella White, born September 27, 1982 in Tupelo, Mississippi is a professional basketball player of the WNBA, playing for the Connecticut Sun. White is 5'7" tall and weighs 154 lb...

|| June 19, 2009 || Indiana Fever
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...


|}

Subtractions

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|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#14345B;color:#ffc322; width:140px"|Player || style="background:#14345B;color:#ffc322; width:100px"|Left || style="background:#14345B;color:#ffc322; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Jamie Carey
Jamie Carey
Jamie Leigh Carey was a professional basketball player, playing the point guard position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA until her retirement in 2009...

|| April 13, 2009 || retired
Retirement
Retirement is the point where a person stops employment completely. A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours.Many people choose to retire when they are eligible for private or public pension benefits, although some are forced to retire when physical conditions don't allow the person to...


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| Tamika Raymond|| April 20, 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....


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| 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 1, 2009 || 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...


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| Lyndra Littles|| June 5, 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....


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| Danielle Page|| June 5, 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....


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| Barbara Turner
Barbara Turner (basketball)
Barbara Renee Turner is an American professional basketball player. She plays for Tarsus in Turkey and formerly the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. A small forward, she is 6 feet tall and 78 kg weight....

|| June 28, 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....


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| Lauren Ervin
Lauren Ervin
Lauren Ervin is a female basketball player currently playing in the Women's National Basketball Association. She attended the University of Arkansas and was drafted by the Connecticut Sun in the third round of the 2008...

|| July 4, 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....


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| Svetlana Abrosimova
Svetlana Abrosimova
Svetlana Olegovna Abrosimova is a Russian basketball player who has played in college, the Olympics, and in professional leagues. She currently plays for the Seattle Storm in the WNBA. She is usually called by her nickname, "Svet" or "Sveta".Abrosimova was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR,...

|| 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....


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Roster

Preseason

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