2008 Detroit Shock season

Offseason

• Katie Feenstra

  WNBA Draft

Transactions

• September 4: The Shock signed Ashley Shields.
• August 19: The Shock signed Ashley Shields to a seven-day contract.
• August 12: The Shock traded Tasha Humphrey, Eshaya Murphy and a second-round pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft to the Washington Mystics for Taj McWilliams-Franklin.
• August 8: The Shock waived Stacey Lovelace.
• July 26: The Shock signed Kelly Schumacher.
• July 25: The Shock waived Nancy Lieberman.
• July 24: The Shock signed Nancy Lieberman to a seven-day contract.
• July 11: The Shock signed Stacey Lovelace.
• June 27: The Shock waived Chrissy Givens.
• June 22: The Shock traded LaToya Thomas to the Minnesota Lynx for Eshaya Murphy.
• June 18: The Shock waived Wanisha Smith and signed Chrissy Givens.
• May 15: The Shock waived Michelle Campbell and Wanisha Smith.
• May 8: The Shock signed Wanisha Smith to a training camp contract.
• May 7: The Shock signed free agent Sheri Sam.
• May 5: The Shock waived Valeriya Berezhynska, Natasha Lacy and Tyresa Smith.
• April 26: The Shock waived Chakhia Cole, Fantasia Goodwin and Samantha Mahoney.
• April 18: The Shock waived Nina Norman.
• April 17: The Shock signed Samantha Mahoney to a training camp contract.
• April 16: The Shock signed Chakhia Cole to a training camp contract.
• March 31: The Shock signed Elaine Powell to a training camp contract.
• March 10: The Shock re-signed free agents Cheryl Ford, Deanna Nolan and Katie Smith.
• March 4: The Shock signed Tyresa Smith and Michelle Campbell to training camp contracts.
• February 29: The Shock signed Nina Norman to a training camp contract.
• February 28: The Shock re-signed free agent Plenette Pierson and signed Chrissy Givens to a training camp contract.
• February 19: The Shock traded Swin Cash to the Seattle Storm in exchange for the 4th pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft.
• February 6: The Shock traded Ivory Latta to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for LaToya Thomas and the 18th pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft.

  Trades

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

Season Highlights

Malice at the Palace

• The Sparks–Shock brawl was an altercation that occurred in a game between the Detroit Shock and Los Angeles Sparks on July 21, 2008 at The Palace of Auburn Hills. With 4.2 seconds before the game was officially over, the fighting began on the court after Plenette Pierson made a hard block out after a free throw on Candace Parker. This was the second brawl to occur at the Palace, the other being the Pacers–Pistons brawl.

  Nancy Lieberman

Roster

Season standings

Schedule

Regular season

Postseason

Player stats

Regular season

Postseason

Awards and honors

• Katie Smith, WNBA Player of the Week
• Deanna Nolan, WNBA Player of the Week
• Deanna Nolan, All-WNBA Defensive Second Team
• Katie Smith, All-WNBA Defensive Second Team
• Deanna Nolan, All-WNBA Second Team
• Katie Smith, WNBA Finals MVP