Seattle Storm 2025 WNBA Season Preview: TV Channel, Start Time, Schedule

Seattle Storm face the challenge of replacing leading scorer Jewell Loyd as they enter the 2025 WNBA season

Last season, the Seattle Storm more than doubled their win total from 2023, returning to the playoffs after a 25-15 season that was good for fifth place in the WNBA but were quickly swept by the Las Vegas Aces in the first round. Leading scorer Jewell Loyd requested a trade and was eventually dealt to the Aces, leaving a hole the Storm will have to fill as coach Noelle Quinn returns for her fourth full season leading the club. But Skylar Diggins-Smith and Nneka Ogwumike bring back their combined 13 All-WNBA selections and will serve as the veteran leaders both on and off the court.

How to Watch the Seattle Storm All Season Long

The Storm will be featured on 19 national broadcasts across ion, NBA TV, ESPN, CBS, ABC and CBSSN, while 12 regular-season games are set to be carried on the local ABC affiliate, KOMO (Channel 4). KOMO will also carry Seattle’s lone preseason game as well.

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Seattle Storm 2024 Season Recap

Ogwumike and Loyd were All-Star selections last season as the Storm put together a couple of very strong stretches last season, going 12-3 from May 22-July 1 before closing the regular season with five wins in their final six games.

Loyd put up 19.7 points per game while Ogwumike posted 16.7 points a night and Diggins-Smith averaged 15.1 points and 6.4 assists. Ezi Magbegor made All-Defensive first team after averaging 11.7 points, 8.0 rebounds and 2.2 blocks, with Ogwumike making All-Defensive second team.

But the Storm were quickly dispatched by Las Vegas in the first round of the playoffs before heading into the offseason.

Seattle Storm 2025 Season Outlook/Stories To Watch

Replacing Loyd will be the biggest challenge for Seattle in 2025 and they will play the season without injured Jordan Horston and Nika Mühl. Horston, who started 14 games and provided 22.3 minutes of frontcourt action off the bench, tore an ACL while playing with Athletes Unlimited in February. Mühl sustained the same injury in October while playing for Turkish club Beşiktaş.

The Storm was all but certain to take Notre Dame’s Olivia Miles with the No. 2 pick in April’s draft before Miles opted to retain her college eligiblity. Instead, Seattle selected French center Dominique Malonga with the pick, which was acquired as part of the deal that sent Loyd to Las Vegas.

Seattle finished fifth in the league in scoring and fourth in opponent scoring but will need to find other scoring options. A plus will be having forward Gabby Williams available for the full season. She missed more than half of 2024 due to international commitments to the French national team at the Paris Olympics. She was designated as a core player in January.

Seattle Storm Arrivals and Departures

Arrivals

• C Li Yueru (trade, Las Vegas Aces)
• F Alysha Clark (free agent, Las Vegas Aces)
• G Erica Wheeler (free agent, Indiana Fever)
• F Mackenzie Holmes (2024 draft pick)
• G Zia Cooke (free agent, Los Angeles Sparks)
• G Lexie Brown (trade, Los Angeles Sparks)
• F Brianna Fraser (free agent, Galatasaray)
• F Katie Lou Samuelson (free agent, Indiana Fever)
• C Dominique Malonga (2025 No. 2 overall pick, France)
• G Serena Sundell (2025 third-round pick, Kansas State)
• G Madison Conner (2025 third-round pick, TCU)
• G Jordan Hobbs (2025 third-round pick, Michigan)

Departures

• F Joyner Holmes (free agent, Dallas Wings)
• G Sami Whitcomb (free agent, Phoenix Mercury)
• C Mercedes Russell (free agent, Los Angeles Sparks)
• G Victoria Vivians (free agent, unsigned)

Seattle Storm 2025 Schedule

Date	Opponent	Time (EDT)	National TV	Local TV
Sun, May 4	vs. Sun (pre)	6 p.m.		KOMO
Sat, May 17	at Mercury	10 p.m.		KOMO
Mon, May 19	at Wings	8 p.m.	NBA TV
Fri, May 23	vs. Mercury	10 p.m.	ION
Sun, May 25	vs. Aces	6 p.m.		KOMO
Tue, May 27	at Lynx	8 p.m.		KOMO
Fri, May 30	vs. Dream	10 p.m.	ION
Sun, June 1	vs. Aces	6 p.m.		KOMO
Tue, June 3	vs. Wings	9:30 p.m.	ESPN
Sat, June 7	at Mercury	10 p.m.
Wed, June 11	vs. Lynx	10 p.m.
Sat, June 14	at Valkyries	8:30 p.m.
Tue, June 17	at Sparks	10 p.m.	NBA TV
Fri, June 20	at Aces	10 p.m.	ION
Sun, June 22	vs. Liberty	7 p.m.	NBA TV	KOMO
Tue, June 24	vs. Fever	10 p.m.	NBA TV
Fri, June 27	vs. Sun	10 p.m.	ION
Sun, June 29	at Valkyries	8:30 p.m.
Thu, July 3	at Dream	7:30 p.m.
Sun, July 6	at Liberty	1 p.m.	CBS
Wed, July 9	at Sun	11 a.m.
Fri, July 11	vs. Sun	10 p.m.	ION
Sun, July 13	vs. Mystics	6 p.m.
Wed, July 16	vs. Valkyries	3 p.m.
Tue, July 22	vs. Wings	10 p.m.
Thu, July 24	at Sky	8:30 p.m.		KOMO
Sat, July 26	at Mystics	7:30 p.m.		KOMO
Mon, July 28	at Sun	7 p.m.
Fri, Aug. 1	vs. Sparks	10 p.m.	ION
Sun, Aug. 3	vs. Fever	3 p.m.	ABC
Tue, Aug. 5	vs. Lynx	10 p.m.
Fri, Aug. 8	at Aces	10 p.m.	ION
Sun, Aug. 10	at Sparks	8 p.m.		KOMO
Wed, Aug. 13	vs. Dream	10 p.m.
Fri, Aug. 15	at Dream	10 p.m.	ION
Sun, Aug. 17	vs. Mercury	6 p.m.		KOMO
Tue, Aug. 19	at Sky	8 p.m.		KOMO
Fri, Aug. 22	at Wings	7:30 p.m.	ION
Sun, Aug. 24	at Mystics	3 p.m.
Tue, Aug. 26	at Fever	7 p.m.	CBSSN	KOMO
Thu, Aug. 28	at Lynx	8 p.m.
Sat, Aug. 30	vs. Sky	9 p.m.
Mon. Sept. 1	vs. Sparks	10 p.m.	NBA TV
Fri, Sept. 5	vs. Liberty	10 p.m.	ION
Tue, Sept. 9	vs. Valkyries	10 p.m.

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