The 2002 WNBA season was the fifth season for the Detroit Shock. The team went 0–13 in their first thirteen games, finishing with a franchise worst 9–23.
See also: 2002 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Swin Cash | UConn | ||
| 2 | 18 | Lenae Williams | DePaul | ||
| 2 | 20 | Ayana Walker | Louisiana Tech | ||
| 2 | 21 | Jill Chapman | Indiana | ||
| 2 | 22 | Kathy Wambe | Dexia Namur (Belgium) | ||
| 3 | 47 | Ericka Haney | Notre Dame |
| Date | Transaction | |
|---|---|---|
| April 19, 2002 | Drafted Swin Cash, Lenae Williams, Ayana Walker, Jill Chapman, Kathy Wambe and Ericka Haney in the 2002 WNBA Draft[1] | |
| April 26, 2002 | Waived Rachael Sporn | |
| May 3, 2002 | Traded Claudia Neves to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for a 2003 4th Round Pick | |
| May 10, 2002 | Traded a 2003 4th Round Pick to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for Stacy Clinesmith | |
| May 24, 2002 | Waived Ericka Haney and Stacy Clinesmith | |
| June 19, 2002 | Fired Greg Williams as Head Coach | |
| Hired Bill Laimbeer as Head Coach | ||
| June 21, 2002 | Waived Oksana Zakalyuzhnaya | |
| June 27, 2002 | Waived Begoña García | |
| June 28, 2002 | Signed Stacy Clinesmith | |
| July 7, 2002 | Traded Wendy Palmer and a 2003 2nd Round Pick to the Orlando Miracle in exchange for Elaine Powell and a 2003 1st Round Pick | |
|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| May 30| @ Orlando| L 66–80| Swin Cash (16)| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (7)| Deanna Nolan (5)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 0–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| June 1| @ Indiana| L 62–79| Deanna Nolan (15)| Edwina Brown (6)| Brown
Cash (5)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 0–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 3| June 2| Indiana| L 65–78| Wendy Palmer (16)| Wendy Palmer (5)| Edwina Brown (6)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 0–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4| June 5| @ New York| L 59–60| Swin Cash (15)| Cash
Palmer (8)| Edwina Brown (6)| Madison Square Garden| 0–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5| June 6| @ Cleveland| L 55–72| Wendy Palmer (15)| Edwina Brown (5)| Dominique Canty (6)| Gund Arena| 0–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 6| June 9| New York| L 63–70| Swin Cash (14)| Wendy Palmer (15)| Edwina Brown (5)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 0–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 7| June 11| @ Los Angeles| L 80–90| Deanna Nolan (18)| Swin Cash (8)| Dominique Canty (3)| Staples Center| 0–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8| June 13| @ Phoenix| L 67–70| Wendy Palmer (20)| Cash
Ndiaye-Diatta (7)| Dominique Canty (5)| America West Arena| 0–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 9| June 15| @ Portland| L 60–67| Wendy Palmer (14)| Swin Cash (12)| Edwina Brown (5)| Rose Garden| 0–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 10| June 18| @ Washington| L 67–75| Nolan
Palmer (16)| Wendy Palmer (9)| Dominique Canty (5)| MCI Center| 0–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 11| June 21| Orlando| L 59–80| Swin Cash (20)| Palmer
Walker (9)| Canty
Ndiaye-Diatta (2)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 0–11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 12| June 26| Charlotte| L 73–80| Dominique Canty (17)| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (7)| Dominique Canty (6)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 0–12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 13| June 28| Miami| L 74–78 (OT)| Swin Cash (17)| Wendy Palmer (9)| Dominique Canty (8)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 0–13|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 14| June 30| Sacramento| W 71–60| Swin Cash (19)| Swin Cash (11)| Dominique Canty (6)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 1–13|- style="background:#fcc;"| 15| July 1| @ Minnesota| L 80–85 (OT)| Swin Cash (16)| Swin Cash (8)| Swin Cash (5)| Target Center| 1–14|- style="background:#fcc;"| 16| July 6| @ Houston| L 40–61| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (12)| Cash
Ndiaye-Diatta (6)| Deanna Nolan (3)| Compaq Center| 1–15 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 17| July 8| @ Utah| L 76–94| Swin Cash (25)| Swin Cash (6)| Deanna Nolan (5)| Delta Center| 1–16 |- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 18| July 10| New York| W 66–63| Swin Cash (16)| Swin Cash (10)| Dominique Canty (4)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 2–16 |- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 19| July 12| Minnesota| W 72–69| Swin Cash (18)| Swin Cash (6)| Elaine Powell (5)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 3–16|- style="background:#fcc;"| 20| July 18| @ Washington| L 59–63| Swin Cash (16)| Swin Cash (15)| Edwina Brown (5)| MCI Center| 3–17 |- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 21| July 20| Miami| W 69–48| Swin Cash (11)| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (6)| Nolan
Powell (5)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 4–17|- style="background:#fcc;"| 22| July 23| Utah| L 75–86| Swin Cash (21)| Swin Cash (11)| Elaine Powell (5)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 4–18|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 23| July 25| Washington| W 64–58| Swin Cash (17)| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (12)| Elaine Powell (6)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 5–18|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 24| July 27| @ Charlotte| W 74–66| Swin Cash (20)| Swin Cash (10)| Elaine Powell (8)| Charlotte Coliseum| 6–18|- style="background:#fcc;"| 25| July 28| Seattle| L 59–72| Swin Cash (15)| Ndiaye-Diatta
Powell (7)| Elaine Powell (4)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 6–19|- style="background:#fcc;"| 26| August 1| Cleveland| L 66–68| Swin Cash (19)| Swin Cash (10)| Elaine Powell (5)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 6–20|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 27| August 3| @ Cleveland| W 68–57| Swin Cash (24)| Swin Cash (14)| Elaine Powell (6)| Gund Arena| 7–20|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 28| August 4| Phoenix| W 91–75| Swin Cash (14)| Swin Cash (9)| Dominique Canty (7)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 8–20|- style="background:#fcc;"| 29| August 6| Charlotte| L 65–76| Elaine Powell (15)| Kelly Santos (7)| Swin Cash (5)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 8–21|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 30| August 9| Indiana| W 55–54| Brown
Cash (10)| Elaine Powell (5)| Elaine Powell (4)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 9–21|- style="background:#fcc;"| 31| August 11| @ Orlando| L 58–71| Elaine Powell (15)| Elaine Powell (8)| Elaine Powell (4)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 9–22|- style="background:#fcc;"| 32| August 13| @ Miami| L 56–61| Swin Cash (13)| Swin Cash (8)| Swin Cash (4)| American Airlines Arena| 9–23
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swin Cash | 32 | 32 | 33.7 | .408 | .206 | .762 | 6.9 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 14.8 | |
| Wendy Palmer | 16 | 16 | 29.0 | .425 | .317 | .660 | 6.0 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 11.5 | |
| Elaine Powell | 15 | 13 | 26.5 | .446 | .273 | .850 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 9.9 | |
| Deanna Nolan | 32 | 32 | 25.1 | .415 | .368 | .806 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 8.7 | |
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta | 32 | 32 | 24.3 | .467 | .000 | .590 | 5.1 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 8.6 | |
| Dominique Canty | 28 | 12 | 22.3 | .338 | .200 | .724 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 5.7 | |
| Edwina Brown | 28 | 7 | 19.6 | .328 | .500 | .719 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 4.1 | |
| Barbara Farris | 32 | 16 | 17.6 | .419 | .000 | .738 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 4.5 | |
| Ayana Walker | 32 | 0 | 17.1 | .377 | .222 | .694 | 3.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 5.1 | |
| Kelly Santos | 12 | 0 | 14.1 | .381 | N/A | .600 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 3.7 | |
| Stacy Clinesmith | 12 | 0 | 8.8 | .381 | .400 | .833 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.3 | |
| Begoña García | 8 | 0 | 8.0 | .182 | .333 | .500 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.0 | |
| Lenae Williams | 27 | 0 | 6.6 | .297 | .241 | .000 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.7 | |
| Jill Chapman | 19 | 0 | 6.3 | .370 | .000 | .667 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.2 | |
| Oksana Zakaluzhnaya | 3 | 0 | 3.3 | .333 | N/A | N/A | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 |