2011 Phoenix Mercury season
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The 2011 WNBA season is the 15th 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...

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WNBA Draft

The following are the Mercury'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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Transaction log

  • February 9: The Mercury signed Brooke Smith, Sequoia Holmes, and Taylor Lilley to training camp contracts.
  • February 22: The Mercury signed Lauren Ervin to a training camp contract.
  • February 24: The Mercury signed Marie Ferdinand-Harris and Nakia Sanford.
  • February 25: The Mercury signed Alexis Gray-Lawson and Amanda Thompson.
  • March 14: The Mercury waived Sequoia Holmes and Brooke Smith.
  • April 10: The Mercury signed Erlana Larkins to a training camp contract.
  • April 11: The Mercury traded draft rights to Tahnee Robinson to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2012 Draft.
  • April 15: The Mercury waived Amanda Thompson.
  • April 22: The Mercury signed Yuko Oga and Olayinka Sanni to training camp contracts.
  • April 28: The Mercury waived Lauren Ervin.
  • May 19: The Mercury waived Erlana Larkins.
  • May 30: The Mercury waived Taylor Lilley and Brittany Spears.
  • June 2: The Mercury waived Yuko Oga.
  • August 4: The Mercury traded Kara Braxton to the New York Liberty in exchange for Sidney Spencer.
  • August 12: The Mercury signed Krystal Thomas and waived Olayinka Sanni.

Trades


Additions

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| style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00; width:210px"|Former team
|- style="height:40px"
| Marie Ferdinand-Harris || February 24, 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"
| Nakia Sanford
Nakia Sanford
Nakia Sanford is a professional basketball player. She currently plays the center position for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.-College career:...

|| February 24, 2011 || 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"
| Alexis Gray-Lawson
Alexis Gray-Lawson
Alexis Gray-Lawson is a basketball player who most recently played for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association. She was the 2010 recipient of the Frances Pomeroy Naismith award, which is presented by the WBCA annually to 'the nation's most outstanding NCAA Division I...

|| February 25, 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"
| Olayinka Sanni
Olayinka Sanni
Olayinka Sanni is an American professional basketball player. She most recently played the center / power forward position for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.-College career:...

|| April 20, 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"
| Sidney Spencer
Sidney Spencer
Sidney Spencer is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA.Sidney attended the University of Tennessee, and in April 2007 led the team to the national championship. That same month, she was selected in the 2nd round of the WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks...

|| August 4, 2011 || 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...


|- style="height:40px"
| Krystal Thomas
Krystal Thomas
Krystal Thomas is a basketball player who most recently played for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Thomas was selected in the third round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm.-References:...

|| August 12, 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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|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#32127A;color:#FDE910; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#32127A;color:#FDE910; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#32127A;color:#FDE910; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Tangela Smith
Tangela Smith
-External links:***...

|| February 2, 2011 || 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...


|- style="height:40px"
| Sequoia Holmes
Sequoia Holmes
Sequoia Holmes is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.-External links:*...

|| March 14, 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"
| 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...

|| March 14, 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"
| Taylor Lilley
Taylor Lilley
Taylor Paige Lilley is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.Free agent signed by the Phoenix Mercury, made the team roster for 2010 season over the two draft picks of the year...

|| May 30, 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"
| Kara Braxton
Kara Braxton
Kara Liana Braxton is an American professional basketball player for the New York Liberty in the WNBA.-Early life:...

|| August 4, 2011 || 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...


|- style="height:40px"
| Olayinka Sanni
Olayinka Sanni
Olayinka Sanni is an American professional basketball player. She most recently played the center / power forward position for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.-College career:...

|| August 12, 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:#32127A; color:#FFFF00"
!width="50"|Pos.
!width="250"|Starter
!width="250"|Bench
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#DC143C" | 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...


| Nakia Sanford
Nakia Sanford
Nakia Sanford is a professional basketball player. She currently plays the center position for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.-College career:...


| Krystal Thomas
Krystal Thomas
Krystal Thomas is a basketball player who most recently played for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Thomas was selected in the third round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm.-References:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#DC143C" | 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...


| Candice Dupree
Candice Dupree
-External links:**...


| 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:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#DC143C" | 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...


| Penny Taylor
| Marie Ferdinand-Harris
Sidney Spencer
Sidney Spencer
Sidney Spencer is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA.Sidney attended the University of Tennessee, and in April 2007 led the team to the national championship. That same month, she was selected in the 2nd round of the WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#DC143C" | 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...


| Diana Taurasi
Diana Taurasi
Diana Lorena Taurasi is a professional basketball player who plays for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA and Galatasaray Medical Park from Turkey...


| Alexis Gray-Lawson
Alexis Gray-Lawson
Alexis Gray-Lawson is a basketball player who most recently played for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association. She was the 2010 recipient of the Frances Pomeroy Naismith award, which is presented by the WBCA annually to 'the nation's most outstanding NCAA Division I...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#DC143C" | 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...


| 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:...


| 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:...


|}

Preseason

{| class="toccolours" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"
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! colspan=2 style="background:#32127A; color:#FFFF00" | 2011 Game Log: Preseason
|- valign="top"
|
The 2011 WNBA season is the 15th 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...

.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Mercury'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:#32127A; color:#FFFF00;" width="10%"| Nationality
! style="background:#32127A; color:#FFFF00;" width="10%"| School/Team/Country
|-
| 2
| 19
| Brittany Spears
Brittany Spears (basketball)
Brittany Spears is a guard for the University of Colorado's Women's Basketball team. At 6'1", Spears averaged 18 points and eight rebounds in her senior season for the Buffaloes. During her four years at Colorado, Spears scored 2,185 points and averaged 17 points per game for her career, which is...


|
| Colorado
University of Colorado
The University of Colorado system is a system of public universities in Colorado consisting of three universities in four campuses: University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, and University of Colorado Denver in downtown Denver and at the Anschutz Medical Campus in...


|-
| 3
| 31
| Tahnee Robinson
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| Nevada
University of Nevada, Reno
The University of Nevada, Reno , is a teaching and research university established in 1874 and located in Reno, Nevada, USA...


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Transaction log

  • February 9: The Mercury signed Brooke Smith, Sequoia Holmes, and Taylor Lilley to training camp contracts.
  • February 22: The Mercury signed Lauren Ervin to a training camp contract.
  • February 24: The Mercury signed Marie Ferdinand-Harris and Nakia Sanford.
  • February 25: The Mercury signed Alexis Gray-Lawson and Amanda Thompson.
  • March 14: The Mercury waived Sequoia Holmes and Brooke Smith.
  • April 10: The Mercury signed Erlana Larkins to a training camp contract.
  • April 11: The Mercury traded draft rights to Tahnee Robinson to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2012 Draft.
  • April 15: The Mercury waived Amanda Thompson.
  • April 22: The Mercury signed Yuko Oga and Olayinka Sanni to training camp contracts.
  • April 28: The Mercury waived Lauren Ervin.
  • May 19: The Mercury waived Erlana Larkins.
  • May 30: The Mercury waived Taylor Lilley and Brittany Spears.
  • June 2: The Mercury waived Yuko Oga.
  • August 4: The Mercury traded Kara Braxton to the New York Liberty in exchange for Sidney Spencer.
  • August 12: The Mercury signed Krystal Thomas and waived Olayinka Sanni.

Trades

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! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00; width=125"|Date
! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" colspan=2|Trade
|-
| rowspan=2|April 11, 2011
| width=325|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=325|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...


|-
| third-round pick in 2012 Draft
| Tahnee Robinson
|-
| rowspan=2|August 4, 2011
| width=325|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=325|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...


|-
| Sidney Spencer
Sidney Spencer
Sidney Spencer is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA.Sidney attended the University of Tennessee, and in April 2007 led the team to the national championship. That same month, she was selected in the 2nd round of the WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks...


| Kara Braxton
Kara Braxton
Kara Liana Braxton is an American professional basketball player for the New York Liberty in the WNBA.-Early life:...


|}

Additions

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|- style="height:40px"
| Marie Ferdinand-Harris || February 24, 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"
| Nakia Sanford
Nakia Sanford
Nakia Sanford is a professional basketball player. She currently plays the center position for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.-College career:...

|| February 24, 2011 || 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"
| Alexis Gray-Lawson
Alexis Gray-Lawson
Alexis Gray-Lawson is a basketball player who most recently played for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association. She was the 2010 recipient of the Frances Pomeroy Naismith award, which is presented by the WBCA annually to 'the nation's most outstanding NCAA Division I...

|| February 25, 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"
| Olayinka Sanni
Olayinka Sanni
Olayinka Sanni is an American professional basketball player. She most recently played the center / power forward position for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.-College career:...

|| April 20, 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"
| Sidney Spencer
Sidney Spencer
Sidney Spencer is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA.Sidney attended the University of Tennessee, and in April 2007 led the team to the national championship. That same month, she was selected in the 2nd round of the WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks...

|| August 4, 2011 || 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...


|- style="height:40px"
| Krystal Thomas
Krystal Thomas
Krystal Thomas is a basketball player who most recently played for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Thomas was selected in the third round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm.-References:...

|| August 12, 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:#32127A;color:#FDE910; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#32127A;color:#FDE910; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#32127A;color:#FDE910; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Tangela Smith
Tangela Smith
-External links:***...

|| February 2, 2011 || 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...


|- style="height:40px"
| Sequoia Holmes
Sequoia Holmes
Sequoia Holmes is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.-External links:*...

|| March 14, 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"
| 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...

|| March 14, 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"
| Taylor Lilley
Taylor Lilley
Taylor Paige Lilley is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.Free agent signed by the Phoenix Mercury, made the team roster for 2010 season over the two draft picks of the year...

|| May 30, 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"
| Kara Braxton
Kara Braxton
Kara Liana Braxton is an American professional basketball player for the New York Liberty in the WNBA.-Early life:...

|| August 4, 2011 || 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...


|- style="height:40px"
| Olayinka Sanni
Olayinka Sanni
Olayinka Sanni is an American professional basketball player. She most recently played the center / power forward position for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.-College career:...

|| August 12, 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:#32127A; color:#FFFF00"
!width="50"|Pos.
!width="250"|Starter
!width="250"|Bench
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#DC143C" | 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...


| Nakia Sanford
Nakia Sanford
Nakia Sanford is a professional basketball player. She currently plays the center position for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.-College career:...


| Krystal Thomas
Krystal Thomas
Krystal Thomas is a basketball player who most recently played for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Thomas was selected in the third round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm.-References:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#DC143C" | 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...


| Candice Dupree
Candice Dupree
-External links:**...


| 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:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#DC143C" | 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...


| Penny Taylor
| Marie Ferdinand-Harris
Sidney Spencer
Sidney Spencer
Sidney Spencer is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA.Sidney attended the University of Tennessee, and in April 2007 led the team to the national championship. That same month, she was selected in the 2nd round of the WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#DC143C" | 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...


| Diana Taurasi
Diana Taurasi
Diana Lorena Taurasi is a professional basketball player who plays for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA and Galatasaray Medical Park from Turkey...


| Alexis Gray-Lawson
Alexis Gray-Lawson
Alexis Gray-Lawson is a basketball player who most recently played for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association. She was the 2010 recipient of the Frances Pomeroy Naismith award, which is presented by the WBCA annually to 'the nation's most outstanding NCAA Division I...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#DC143C" | 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...


| 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:...


| 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:...


|}

Preseason

{| class="toccolours" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#32127A; color:#FFFF00" | 2011 Game Log: Preseason
|- valign="top"
|
The 2011 WNBA season is the 15th 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...

.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Mercury'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:#32127A; color:#FFFF00;" width="2%"| Round
! style="background:#32127A; color:#FFFF00;" width="5%"| Pick
! 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
|-
| 2
| 19
| Brittany Spears
Brittany Spears (basketball)
Brittany Spears is a guard for the University of Colorado's Women's Basketball team. At 6'1", Spears averaged 18 points and eight rebounds in her senior season for the Buffaloes. During her four years at Colorado, Spears scored 2,185 points and averaged 17 points per game for her career, which is...


|
| Colorado
University of Colorado
The University of Colorado system is a system of public universities in Colorado consisting of three universities in four campuses: University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, and University of Colorado Denver in downtown Denver and at the Anschutz Medical Campus in...


|-
| 3
| 31
| Tahnee Robinson
|
| Nevada
University of Nevada, Reno
The University of Nevada, Reno , is a teaching and research university established in 1874 and located in Reno, Nevada, USA...


|-
|}

Transaction log

  • February 9: The Mercury signed Brooke Smith, Sequoia Holmes, and Taylor Lilley to training camp contracts.
  • February 22: The Mercury signed Lauren Ervin to a training camp contract.
  • February 24: The Mercury signed Marie Ferdinand-Harris and Nakia Sanford.
  • February 25: The Mercury signed Alexis Gray-Lawson and Amanda Thompson.
  • March 14: The Mercury waived Sequoia Holmes and Brooke Smith.
  • April 10: The Mercury signed Erlana Larkins to a training camp contract.
  • April 11: The Mercury traded draft rights to Tahnee Robinson to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2012 Draft.
  • April 15: The Mercury waived Amanda Thompson.
  • April 22: The Mercury signed Yuko Oga and Olayinka Sanni to training camp contracts.
  • April 28: The Mercury waived Lauren Ervin.
  • May 19: The Mercury waived Erlana Larkins.
  • May 30: The Mercury waived Taylor Lilley and Brittany Spears.
  • June 2: The Mercury waived Yuko Oga.
  • August 4: The Mercury traded Kara Braxton to the New York Liberty in exchange for Sidney Spencer.
  • August 12: The Mercury signed Krystal Thomas and waived Olayinka Sanni.

Trades

{| class="navbox wikitable" style="width:80%"
! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00; width=125"|Date
! style="background:#32127A;color:#FFFF00;" colspan=2|Trade
|-
| rowspan=2|April 11, 2011
| width=325|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=325|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...


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| third-round pick in 2012 Draft
| Tahnee Robinson
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| rowspan=2|August 4, 2011
| width=325|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=325|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...


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| Sidney Spencer
Sidney Spencer
Sidney Spencer is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA.Sidney attended the University of Tennessee, and in April 2007 led the team to the national championship. That same month, she was selected in the 2nd round of the WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks...


| Kara Braxton
Kara Braxton
Kara Liana Braxton is an American professional basketball player for the New York Liberty in the WNBA.-Early life:...


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Additions

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{|class="navbox wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| 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"
| Marie Ferdinand-Harris || February 24, 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"
| Nakia Sanford
Nakia Sanford
Nakia Sanford is a professional basketball player. She currently plays the center position for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.-College career:...

|| February 24, 2011 || 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"
| Alexis Gray-Lawson
Alexis Gray-Lawson
Alexis Gray-Lawson is a basketball player who most recently played for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association. She was the 2010 recipient of the Frances Pomeroy Naismith award, which is presented by the WBCA annually to 'the nation's most outstanding NCAA Division I...

|| February 25, 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"
| Olayinka Sanni
Olayinka Sanni
Olayinka Sanni is an American professional basketball player. She most recently played the center / power forward position for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.-College career:...

|| April 20, 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"
| Sidney Spencer
Sidney Spencer
Sidney Spencer is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA.Sidney attended the University of Tennessee, and in April 2007 led the team to the national championship. That same month, she was selected in the 2nd round of the WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks...

|| August 4, 2011 || 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...


|- style="height:40px"
| Krystal Thomas
Krystal Thomas
Krystal Thomas is a basketball player who most recently played for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Thomas was selected in the third round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm.-References:...

|| August 12, 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:#32127A;color:#FDE910; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#32127A;color:#FDE910; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#32127A;color:#FDE910; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Tangela Smith
Tangela Smith
-External links:***...

|| February 2, 2011 || 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...


|- style="height:40px"
| Sequoia Holmes
Sequoia Holmes
Sequoia Holmes is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.-External links:*...

|| March 14, 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"
| 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...

|| March 14, 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"
| Taylor Lilley
Taylor Lilley
Taylor Paige Lilley is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.Free agent signed by the Phoenix Mercury, made the team roster for 2010 season over the two draft picks of the year...

|| May 30, 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"
| Kara Braxton
Kara Braxton
Kara Liana Braxton is an American professional basketball player for the New York Liberty in the WNBA.-Early life:...

|| August 4, 2011 || 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...


|- style="height:40px"
| Olayinka Sanni
Olayinka Sanni
Olayinka Sanni is an American professional basketball player. She most recently played the center / power forward position for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.-College career:...

|| August 12, 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="50"|Pos.
!width="250"|Starter
!width="250"|Bench
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#DC143C" | 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...


| Nakia Sanford
Nakia Sanford
Nakia Sanford is a professional basketball player. She currently plays the center position for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.-College career:...


| Krystal Thomas
Krystal Thomas
Krystal Thomas is a basketball player who most recently played for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Thomas was selected in the third round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm.-References:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#DC143C" | 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...


| Candice Dupree
Candice Dupree
-External links:**...


| 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:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#DC143C" | 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...


| Penny Taylor
| Marie Ferdinand-Harris
Sidney Spencer
Sidney Spencer
Sidney Spencer is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA.Sidney attended the University of Tennessee, and in April 2007 led the team to the national championship. That same month, she was selected in the 2nd round of the WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#DC143C" | 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...


| Diana Taurasi
Diana Taurasi
Diana Lorena Taurasi is a professional basketball player who plays for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA and Galatasaray Medical Park from Turkey...


| Alexis Gray-Lawson
Alexis Gray-Lawson
Alexis Gray-Lawson is a basketball player who most recently played for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association. She was the 2010 recipient of the Frances Pomeroy Naismith award, which is presented by the WBCA annually to 'the nation's most outstanding NCAA Division I...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#DC143C" | 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...


| 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:...


| 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:...


|}

Preseason

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! colspan=2 style="background:#32127A; color:#FFFF00" | 2011 Game Log: Preseason
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