2022 Washington Mystics season
WNBA team season
The 2022 Washington Mystics seasonWomen's National Basketball Association . The regular season will tip off versus the Indiana Fever on May 6, 2022.[ 1]
The Mystics won the Draft Lottery and received the 1st Overall pick in the 2022 WNBA draft , despite only having the third best odds to win. This is the first time in franchise history that the Mystics had the #1 Overall pick.[ 2] Atlanta and moved down to the third overall pick in the Draft.
The Mystics started the season on a three-game winning streak, before losing their first game. The continued on to win four of their next six games and finished the month of May 7–3. Their fortunes turned a little in June, with the team not being able to put together a streak of wins and they finished the month 6–6. The team improved in July, finishing 6–3 and winning five of six in the middle of the month. The Mystics finished August 3–2, losing two games in the middle but winning the final two games. Their overall record of 22–14 left them tied for fourth place with Seattle .
Seattle won the tiebreaker for the playoffs, by finishing the regular season 2–1 against the Mystics. The two teams would meet in the first round of the 2022 WNBA Playoffs , with Seattle being the fourth seed and Washington being the fifth seed. The first two games of the series were in Seattle and those were the only two games that were needed out of the possible three-game series. The Mystics lost the first game by three points and the second by thirteen to drop the series 0–2 and end their season.
Transactions
WNBA draft
Trades and Roster Changes
Date
Transaction
January 5, 2022
Extended Qualifying Offers to Myisha Hines-Allen and Megan Gustafson [ 3]
January 6, 2022
Signed Megan Gustafson to a Qualifying Offer [ 4]
January 27, 2022
Hired Shelley Patterson as an assistant coach [ 5]
February 1, 2022
Re-Signed Myisha Hines-Allen to a Multi-Year Deal[ 6] [ 7]
Signed Elizabeth Williams to a One-Year Deal[ 8]
Signed Klara Lundquist, Lee-Seul Kang , Tianna Hawkins , and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough to training-camp contracts[ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
February 14, 2022
Signed Rui Machida to a training-camp contract[ 12]
February 17, 2022
Signed MeMe Jackson to a training-camp contract[ 13]
February 18, 2022
Suspended Klara Lundquist's contract for the Full Season - Personal Decision[ 14]
February 22, 2022
Signed Linnae Harper to a training-camp contract[ 15]
February 24, 2022
Signed Stephanie Mavunga to a training-camp contract[ 16]
February 28, 2022
Waived Sydney Wiese
April 6, 2022
Traded the #1 Pick in the 2022 WNBA Draft to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for the #3 and #14 picks in the 2022 WNBA Draft, and the right to exchange 1st Round Picks in 2023 with the Los Angeles Sparks that the Dream received in an earlier trade[ 17]
April 14, 2022
Signed Shakira Austin to a rookie-scale contract
Signed Jennifer Coleman to a training-camp contract[ 18]
April 15, 2022
Signed Christyn Williams to rookie-scale contract
April 18, 2022
Waived Jennifer Coleman
April 20, 2022
Signed Katie Benzan to a training-camp contract[ 19]
April 22, 2022
Waived Christyn Williams
April 25, 2022
Waived MeMe Jackson
April 28, 2022
Waived Erica McCall , Megan Gustafson , and Lee-Seul Kang
May 3, 2022
Waived Stephanie Mavunga and Linnae Harper [ 20]
May 5, 2022
Temporarily Suspend Elizabeth Williams due to Overseas Commitments
May 6, 2022
Waived Katie Benzan
Claimed Kennedy Burke off of waivers and then temporarily suspended her due to Overseas commitments
Signed Stephanie Jones to a Hardship Contract
May 8, 2022
Signed Katie Benzan to a Hardship Contract
May 13, 2022
Released Stephanie Jones from her Hardship Contract
May 16, 2022
Released Katie Benzan from her Hardship Contract
Activated Kennedy Burke from her Temporary Suspension
May 19, 2022
Activated Elizabeth Williams from her Temporary Suspension
June 24, 2022
Waived Kennedy Burke [ 21]
June 27, 2022
Signed Evina Westbrook to a 7-day contract[ 22]
July 4, 2022
Signed Evina Westbrook to a 2nd 7-day contract
July 11, 2022
Signed Evina Westbrook to a 3rd 7-day contract
July 18, 2022
Signed Evina Westbrook [ 23]
August 10, 2022
Signed Jazmine Jones [ 24]
Roster
2022 Washington Mystics roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Nat.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB From
Yrs
G 7
Atkins, Ariel
5' 8" (1.73m)
167 lb (76kg)
1996-07-30
Texas
4
C 0
Austin, Shakira
6' 5" (1.96m)
190 lb (86kg)
2000-07-25
Mississippi
R
F 22
Clark, Alysha
5' 11" (1.8m)
167 lb (76kg)
07-07-1987
Middle Tennessee
9
G 9
Cloud, Natasha
5' 9" (1.75m)
160 lb (73kg)
1992-02-22
Saint Joseph's
6
G/F 11
Delle Donne, Elena
6' 5" (1.96m)
187 lb (85kg)
1989-09-05
Delaware
8
F 21
Hawkins, Tianna
6' 3" (1.91m)
186 lb (84kg)
1991-03-02
Maryland
8
F 2
Hines-Allen, Myisha
6' 2" (1.88m)
200 lb (91kg)
1996-05-30
Louisville
4
G 23
Jones, Jazmine
6' 0" (1.83m)
160 lb (73kg)
10-15-1996
Louisville
3
G 13
Machida, Rui
5' 4" (1.63m)
126 lb (57kg)
1993-03-08
Japan
R
G 32
Walker-Kimbrough, Shatori
5' 9" (1.75m)
140 lb (64kg)
1995-05-18
Maryland
5
G 4
Westbrook, Evina
6' 0" (1.83m)
158 lb (72kg)
09-28-1998
Connecticut
R
C 1
Williams, Elizabeth
6' 3" (1.91m)
200 lb (91kg)
1993-06-23
Duke
7
Head coach
Mike Thibault (St. Martin's )Assistant coaches
Missouri )LaToya Sanders (North Carolina )Shelley Patterson (Washington State )Athletic trainer
Western Illinois )Strength and conditioning coach
Vacant Legend (C) Team captain(FA) Free agent(IN) Inactive(S) Suspended
Depth
Schedule
Preseason
Regular Season
2022 game log
May: 7–3 (Home: 3–2; Road: 4–1)
June
: 6–6 (Home: 4–2; Road: 2–4)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location
Record
11
June 3
New York
L 70–74
Natasha Cloud (17)
Elena Delle Donne (8)
Natasha Cloud (8)
Entertainment and Sports Arena 7–4
12
June 5
@ Chicago
L 82–91
Tianna Hawkins (21)
Shakira Austin (7)
Rui Machida (9)
Wintrust Arena 7–5
13
June 8
Chicago
W 84–82
Ariel Atkins (19)
Ariel Atkins (7)
Atkins Cloud (5)
Entertainment and Sports Arena 8–5
14
June 10
@ Minnesota
W 76–59
Myisha Hines-Allen (17)
Shakira Austin (13)
Natasha Cloud (8)
Target Center 9–5
15
June 12
Phoenix
L 90–99 (OT)
Myisha Hines-Allen (18)
Myisha Hines-Allen (10)
Natasha Cloud (7)
Entertainment and Sports Arena 9–6
16
June 14
Phoenix
W 83–65
Shakira Austin (16)
Shakira Austin (10)
Natasha Cloud (10)
Entertainment and Sports Arena 10–6
17
June 16
@ New York
L 65–77
Natasha Cloud (17)
Shakira Austin (6)
Natasha Cloud (7)
Barclays Center 10–7
18
June 19
Connecticut
W 71–63
Elena Delle Donne (15)
Shakira Austin (8)
Ariel Atkins (6)
Entertainment and Sports Arena 11–7
19
June 21
@ Los Angeles
L 82–84
Ariel Atkins (22)
Myisha Hines-Allen (8)
Natasha Cloud (13)
Crypto.com Arena 11–8
20
June 23
@ Seattle
L 71–85
Elena Delle Donne (20)
Shakira Austin (9)
Natasha Cloud (8)
Climate Pledge Arena 11–9
21
June 25
@ Las Vegas
W 87–86 (OT)
Alysha Clark (20)
Elena Delle Donne (10)
Natasha Cloud (10)
Michelob Ultra Arena 12–9
22
June 28
Atlanta
W 92–74
Natasha Cloud (18)
Austin Hines-Allen (7)
Rui Machida (5)
Entertainment and Sports Arena 13–9
July
: 6–3 (Home: 3–1; Road: 3–2)
August
: 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1)
2022 season schedule
Playoffs
Standings
Notes
(#) x – Clinched playoff berthe – Eliminated from playoff contentionSource: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings
Playoffs
Bold Series winner
Statistics
Regular Season
‡ Waived/Released during the season
† Traded during the season
≠ Acquired during the season
Playoffs
Awards and honors
References
^ "2022 Washington Mystics Schedule" . WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA . Retrieved January 1, 2022 .^ "WASHINGTON MYSTICS TO PICK FIRST IN 2022 WNBA DRAFT" . mystics.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved January 1, 2022 .^ "Rachel Galligan Tweet" . twitter.com . Twitter. Retrieved January 6, 2022 .^ "Washington Mystics Tweet" . twitter.com . Twitter. Retrieved January 6, 2022 .^ "Washington Mystics Name Shelley Patterson Assistant Coach" . mystics.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved January 29, 2022 .^ "MYSTICS RE-SIGN MYISHA HINES-ALLEN" . mystics.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved February 1, 2022 .^ "Richard Cohen Tweet" . twitter.com . Twitter. Retrieved February 1, 2022 .^ "MYSTICS SIGN ELIZABETH WILLIAMS" . mystics.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved February 1, 2022 .^ "Rachel Galligan Tweet 2" . twitter.com . Twitter. Retrieved February 1, 2022 .^ "MYSTICS SIGN TIANNA HAWKINS" . mystics.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved February 1, 2022 .^ "MYSTICS RE-SIGN SHATORI WALKER-KIMBROUGH" . mystics.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved February 1, 2022 .^ "MYSTICS SIGN OLYMPIAN RUI MACHIDA" . mystics.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved February 16, 2022 .^ "Washington Mystics Tweet" . twitter.com . Twitter. Retrieved February 17, 2022 .^ "Player Movement" . acrossthetimeline.com . Across the Timeline. Retrieved February 19, 2022 .^ "JUST ANNOUNCED We've signed Linnae Harper to a training-camp contract" . twitter.com . Twitter. Retrieved February 27, 2022 .^ "𝙅𝙐𝙎𝙏 𝘼𝙉𝙉𝙊𝙐𝙉𝘾𝙀𝘿 We've signed Stephanie Mavunga to a training-camp contract" . twitter.com . Twitter. Retrieved February 27, 2022 .^ "Dream Lands 2022 Number One Overall Draft Pick" . dream.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved April 6, 2022 .^ "Can't wait to have you!" . twitter.com . Twitter. Retrieved April 15, 2022 .^ "Just Announced!" . twitter.com . Twitter. Retrieved April 20, 2022 .^ Copeland, Kareem. "Mystics have waived Stephanie Mavunga and Linnae Harper" . twitter.com . Twitter. Retrieved May 3, 2022 . ^ Washington Mystics [@WashMystics] (June 24, 2022). "𝙍𝙊𝙎𝙏𝙀𝙍 𝙐𝙋𝘿𝘼𝙏𝙀:The Mystics have waived forward Kennedy Burke" (Tweet ) – via Twitter . ^ Washington Mystics [@WashMystics] (June 27, 2022). "𝙍𝙊𝙎𝙏𝙀𝙍 𝙐𝙋𝘿𝘼𝙏𝙀: We've signed guard @evinawestbrook. Welcome to DC! #Mystics25 // #TogetherDC" (Tweet ) – via Twitter . ^ Washington Mystics [@WashMystics] (July 18, 2022). "𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁 We've signed @evinawestbrook to a rest of the season contract! #Mystics25 // #TogetherDC" (Tweet ) – via Twitter . ^ Washington Mystics [@WashMystics] (August 10, 2022). "𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄: We've signed guard @Jazmine_Jones4! Welcome to DC!! #Mystics25 // #TogetherDC // #TogetherDC" (Tweet ) – via Twitter . ^ "Chicago Sky Trio of Kahleah Copper, Emma Meesseman, Courtney Vandersloot Highlight Reserves for AT&T WNBA All-Star 2022" . wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved July 1, 2022 .^ a b @WNBA (August 30, 2022). "Your 2022 #WNBA All-Defensive First Team ⬇️ @_ajawilson22 @T_Cloud4 @SylviaFowles @breannastewart @arielatkinssvn #MoreThan" (Tweet ) – via Twitter . ^ @WNBA (July 18, 2022). "These two have been BALLING 👏 @SkyDigg4 & @De11eDonne are your #WNBA Players of the Week 🌟" (Tweet ) – via Twitter . ^ @WNBA (August 15, 2022). "THE BEST OF THE BEST 👏 Congratulations to @breannastewart, @SylviaFowles, and @T_Cloud4 for being named the 2022 WNBA Peak Performers 🙌 #MoreThan" (Tweet ) – via Twitter . ^ Maloney, Jack (August 25, 2022). "2022 WNBA Rookie of the Year: Dream's Rhyne Howard wins honor, highlights All-Rookie team" . cbssports.com . CBS . Retrieved August 25, 2022 .
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