2022 Washington Mystics season

The 2022 Washington Mystics season was the franchise's 25th season in the Women's National Basketball Association. The regular season will tip off versus the Indiana Fever on May 6, 2022.[1]

2022 Washington Mystics season
CoachMike Thibault
ArenaEntertainment and Sports Arena
Attendanceper game
Results
Record0–0
Place0th (Eastern)
2023 season →

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]

Transactions

WNBA Draft
See also: 2022 WNBA Draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 3 Shakira Austin  United States Ole Miss
2 14 Christyn Williams  United States UConn

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]

Roster
Washington Mystics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G7Atkins, Ariel5' 8" (1.73m)167 lb (76kg)1996-07-30Texas4
F/C0Austin, Shakira6' 5" (1.96m)190 lb (86kg)2000-07-25MississippiR
GBenzan, Katie5' 6" (1.68m)130 lb (59kg)1998-05-16MarylandR
F32Clark, Alysha5' 11" (1.8m)167 lb (76kg)1987-07-07Middle Tennessee9
G9Cloud, Natasha5' 9" (1.75m)160 lb (73kg)1992-02-22Saint Joseph's6
G/F11Delle Donne, Elena6' 5" (1.96m)187 lb (85kg)1989-09-05Delaware8
F21Hawkins, Tianna6' 3" (1.91m)186 lb (84kg)1991-03-02Maryland8
F2Hines-Allen, Myisha6' 1" (1.85m)200 lb (91kg)1996-05-30Louisville4
G13Machida, Rui5' 4" (1.63m)126 lb (57kg)1993-03-08JapanR
G32Walker-Kimbrough, Shatori5' 9" (1.75m)140 lb (64kg)1995-05-18Maryland5
C1Williams, Elizabeth6' 3" (1.91m)200 lb (91kg)1993-06-23Duke7
Head coach
Mike Thibault (St. Martin's)
Assistant coaches
Eric Thibault (Missouri)
Shelley Patterson (Washington State)
LaToya Sanders (North Carolina)
Athletic trainer
Chalisa Fonza (Western Illinois)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured
  WNBA roster page
East
ATL
CHI
CON
IND
NY
WAS
West
DAL
LV
LA
MIN
PHO
SEA

Schedule

Preseason
2022 pre-season game logTotal: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
April: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 April 24 @ Atlanta L 69–88 Shatori Walker-Kimbrough (13) Shakira Austin (12) Myisha Hines-Allen (7) Gateway Center Arena
854		 0–1
2 April 27 Minnesota W 78–66 Elena Delle Donne (21) Shakira Austin (13) Natasha Cloud (4) Entertainment and Sports Arena
3,220		 1–1
3 April 30 @ New York Canceled Barclays Center
 1–1
2022 pre-season schedule

Regular Season
2022 game log
Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 May 6 Indiana Entertainment and Sports Arena
2 May 8 @ Minnesota Target Center
3 May 10 Las Vegas Entertainment and Sports Arena
4 May 13 Dallas Entertainment and Sports Arena
5 May 17 @ Dallas College Park Center
6 May 20 @ Atlanta Gateway Center Arena
7 May 22 Chicago Entertainment and Sports Arena
8 May 24 Atlanta Entertainment and Sports Arena
9 May 28 @ Connecticut Mohegan Sun Arena
10 May 31 @ Indiana Indiana Farmers Coliseum
June : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
11 June 3 New York Entertainment and Sports Arena
12 June 5 @ Chicago Entertainment and Sports Arena
13 June 8 Chicago Entertainment and Sports Arena
14 June 10 @ Minnesota Target Center
15 June 12 Phoenix Entertainment and Sports Arena
16 June 14 Phoenix Entertainment and Sports Arena
17 June 14 Phoenix Entertainment and Sports Arena
18 June 16 @ New York Barclays Center
19 June 21 @ Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena
20 June 23 @ Seattle Climate Pledge Arena
21 June 25 @ Las Vegas Michelob Ultra Arena
22 June 28 Atlanta Entertainment and Sports Arena
July : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
23 July 3 @ Connecticut Mohegan Sun Arena
24 July 6 @ Atlanta Gateway Center Arena
25 July 12 @ Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena
26 July 14 @ Phoenix Footprint Center
27 July 17 Minnesota Entertainment and Sports Arena
28 July 21 New York Capital One Arena
29 July 28 @ Dallas College Park Center
30 July 30 Seattle Entertainment and Sports Arena
31 July 31 Seattle Entertainment and Sports Arena
August : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
32 August 2 Las Vegas Entertainment and Sports Arena
33 August 5 @ Chicago Wintrust Arena
34 August 7 Los Angeles Entertainment and Sports Arena
35 August 12 @ Indiana Hinkle Fieldhouse
36 August 14 Indiana Entertainment and Sports Arena
2022 season schedule

Standings
# Team W L PCT GB Conf. Home Road Cup
1 Atlanta Dream00.000–0–00–00–00–0
2 Chicago Sky00.000–0–00–00–00–0
3 Connecticut Sun00.000–0–00–00–00–0
4 Dallas Wings00.000–0–00–00–00–0
5 Indiana Fever00.000–0–00–00–00–0
6 Las Vegas Aces00.000–0–00–00–00–0
7 Los Angeles Sparks00.000–0–00–00–00–0
8 Minnesota Lynx00.000–0–00–00–00–0
9 New York Liberty00.000–0–00–00–00–0
10 Phoenix Mercury00.000–0–00–00–00–0
11 Seattle Storm00.000–0–00–00–00–0
12 Washington Mystics00.000–0–00–00–00–0

Notes

(#) – League Standing
x – Clinched playoff berth
e – Eliminated from playoff contention
Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings

Awards and honors
Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.

References
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  14. "Player Movement". acrossthetimeline.com. Across the Timeline. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  15. "JUST ANNOUNCED We've signed Linnae Harper to a Training Camp Contract". twitter.com. Twitter. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  16. "𝙅𝙐𝙎𝙏 𝘼𝙉𝙉𝙊𝙐𝙉𝘾𝙀𝘿 We've signed Stephanie Mavunga to a Training Camp Contract". twitter.com. Twitter. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
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  19. "Just Announced!". twitter.com. Twitter. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  20. Copeland, Kareem. "Mystics have waived Stephanie Mavunga and Linnae Harper". twitter.com. Twitter. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
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