Roger Griffith WNBA Basketball Executive Record

Franchises

Minnesota Lynx: 2003 to December 29, 2017

Draft Picks, Trades, and Free Agent Signings

In some cases the starting date and/or ending date for an executive could not be found, so conservative estimates are used in their place.
Therefore, transactions from the beginning and/or end of an executive's tenure with a particular franchise may be missing from the register below.

Minnesota Lynx Franchise (2003 - December 29, 2017)

January 21, 2003
Hired Suzie McConnell Serio as Head Coach.
April 24, 2003
Drafted Sheri Sam from the Miami Sol in the dispersal draft.
April 25, 2003
Drafted Teresa Edwards in the 2nd round (14th pick) of the 2003 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Jordan Adams in the 2nd round (18th pick) of the 2003 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Carla Bennett in the 3rd round (29th pick) of the 2003 WNBA Draft.
May 7, 2003
Waived Sonja Tate.
May 12, 2003
Waived Carla Bennett.

Waived Lindsey Meder.
May 15, 2003
Waived Carolyn Moos.
May 19, 2003
Traded Tamara Moore to the Detroit Shock for a 2004 3rd round pick (Kate Bulger later selected).
May 20, 2003
Waived Gwen Slaughter.

Waived Sonia Chase.
July 6, 2003
Waived Lynn Pride.
January 6, 2004
Drafted Helen Darling from the Cleveland Rockers in the dispersal draft.
April 15, 2004
Traded Sheri Sam and Janell Burse to the Seattle Storm for Amanda Lassiter and a 2004 1st round pick (Nicole Ohlde later selected).
April 17, 2004
Drafted Nicole Ohlde in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 2004 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Vanessa Hayden in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 2004 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Tasha Butts in the 2nd round (20th pick) of the 2004 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Amber Jacobs in the 3rd round (33rd pick) of the 2004 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Kate Bulger in the 3rd round (38th pick) of the 2004 WNBA Draft.
April 26, 2004
Signed Gwen Slaughter as a free agent.

Signed Michele Van Gorp as a free agent.

Signed Shaunzinski Gortman as a free agent.
April 27, 2004
Signed Katie Smith.
May 7, 2004
Signed Stacey Lovelace as a free agent.
May 12, 2004
Waived Jordan Adams.
May 17, 2004
Waived Kate Bulger.
May 18, 2004
Waived Shaunzinski Gortman.
June 7, 2004
Waived Gwen Slaughter.
July 16, 2004
Suspended contract of Nuria Martinez.
February 11, 2005
Traded Helen Darling and a 2005 2nd round pick (Jessica Moore later selected) to the Charlotte Sting for a 2005 2nd round pick (Jacqueline Batteast later selected).
March 16, 2005
Signed Petra Ujhelyi.
April 16, 2005
Drafted Kristen Mann in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 2005 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Jacqueline Batteast in the 2nd round (17th pick) of the 2005 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Monique Bivins in the 3rd round (37th pick) of the 2005 WNBA Draft.
April 24, 2005
Signed Susan King Borchardt.

Signed Tamika Williams.
April 28, 2005
Waived Monique Bivins.
May 15, 2005
Waived Petra Ujhelyi.
May 20, 2005
Waived Tasha Butts.
July 7, 2005
Waived Susan King Borchardt.
July 10, 2005
Signed Tynesha Lewis.
July 30, 2005
Traded Katie Smith and a 2006 2nd round pick (Ambrosia Anderson later selected) to the Detroit Shock for Chandi Jones, Stacey Thomas, and a 2006 1st round pick (Shona Thorburn later selected).
August 25, 2005
Suspended contract of Svetlana Abrosimova.
November 16, 2005
Lost Stacey Lovelace to the Chicago Sky in the WNBA expansion draft.
February 1, 2006
Signed Adrian Williams-Strong.
April 5, 2006
Traded Jacqueline Batteast and a 2007 3rd round pick (Leah Rush later selected) to the Detroit Shock for Ambrosia Anderson and a 2007 2nd round pick (Kathrin Ress later selected).

Drafted Seimone Augustus in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 2006 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Shona Thorburn in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 2006 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Megan Duffy in the 3rd round (31st pick) of the 2006 WNBA Draft.
May 9, 2006
Waived Ambrosia Anderson.
July 23, 2006
Suzie McConnell Serio resigns as Head Coach.

Hired Carolyn Jenkins as Interim Head Coach.
December 13, 2006
Hired Don Zierden as Head Coach.
January 8, 2007
Drafted Tangela Smith from the Charlotte Sting in the dispersal draft.
February 14, 2007
Traded Adrian Williams-Strong to the Sacramento Monarchs for a 2007 2nd round pick (Brooke Smith later selected).
February 21, 2007
Signed Svetlana Abrosimova.
March 28, 2007
Signed Katryna Gaither.
April 4, 2007
Traded Tangela Smith to the Phoenix Mercury for Lindsey Harding.

Drafted Noelle Quinn in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 2007 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Brooke Smith in the 2nd round (23rd pick) of the 2007 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Kathrin Ress in the 2nd round (24th pick) of the 2007 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Shay Murphy in the 2nd round (15th pick) of the 2007 WNBA Draft.
April 26, 2007
Waived Brooke Smith.

Waived Megan Duffy.
May 14, 2007
Waived Katryna Gaither.

Waived Shona Thorburn.
May 18, 2007
Waived Chandi Jones.
May 25, 2007
Waived Kiesha Brown.

Signed Tiffany Stansbury.
August 6, 2007
Suspended contract of Kathrin Ress.
August 7, 2007
Signed Megan Duffy.
February 6, 2008
Lost Kristen Mann to the Atlanta Dream in the WNBA expansion draft.
February 19, 2008
Signed Anna DeForge as a free agent.
March 14, 2008
Traded a 2009 2nd round pick (Lyndra Littles later selected) to the Connecticut Sun for Kristen Rasmussen, Tamika Williams, and a 2009 2nd round pick (Camille LeNoir later selected).
April 9, 2008
Drafted Candice Wiggins in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 2008 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Nicky Anosike in the 2nd round (16th pick) of the 2008 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Charde Houston in the 3rd round (30th pick) of the 2008 WNBA Draft.
May 2, 2008
Claimed Crystal Smith on waivers.
May 15, 2008
Waived Tiffany Stansbury.
May 18, 2008
Waived Crystal Smith.

Signed Sharnee Zoll.
June 22, 2008
Traded Shay Murphy to the Detroit Shock for LaToya Thomas.
June 26, 2008
Waived Sharnee Zoll.
December 8, 2008
Drafted Roneeka Hodges from the Houston Comets in the dispersal draft.
January 9, 2009
Waived Kristen Rasmussen.
January 30, 2009
Traded Lindsey Harding, a 2009 2nd round pick (Camille LeNoir later selected), and a 2010 2nd round pick (Jenna Smith later selected) to the Washington Mystics for a 2009 1st round pick (Quanitra Hollingsworth later selected) and a 2009 2nd round pick (Rashanda McCants later selected).

Traded Vanessa Hayden to the Los Angeles Sparks for Christi Thomas.

Traded Nicole Ohlde to the Phoenix Mercury for Kelly Miller and LaToya Sanders.
March 25, 2009
Signed Navonda Moore to a training camp contract.
April 9, 2009
Drafted Renee Montgomery in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 2009 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Quanitra Hollingsworth in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 2009 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Rashanda McCants in the 2nd round (15th pick) of the 2009 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Emily Fox in the 3rd round (30th pick) of the 2009 WNBA Draft.
April 22, 2009
Waived Navonda Moore.
May 5, 2009
Traded Noelle Quinn to the Los Angeles Sparks for Raffaella Masciadri and a 2010 1st round pick (Tina Charles later selected).
May 7, 2009
Signed Roneeka Hodges as a free agent.
May 11, 2009
Signed Kamesha Hairston to a training camp contract.
May 30, 2009
Waived Kamesha Hairston.
June 1, 2009
Signed Tye'sha Fluker as a free agent.
June 3, 2009
Don Zierden resigns as Head Coach.

Hired Jennifer Gillom as Interim Head Coach.
June 5, 2009
Waived Anna DeForge.

Waived Tye'sha Fluker.
July 17, 2009
Waived Christi Thomas.

Signed Tasha Humphrey.
July 26, 2009
Waived LaToya Sanders.

Signed Anna Montanana.
December 8, 2009
Hired Cheryl Reeve as Head Coach.
December 14, 2009
Drafted Rebekkah Brunson from the Sacramento Monarchs in the dispersal draft.
January 12, 2010
Traded Renee Montgomery and a 2010 1st round pick (Tina Charles later selected) to the Connecticut Sun for Lindsay Whalen and a 2010 1st round pick (Monica Wright later selected).
February 9, 2010
Signed Seimone Augustus.
February 17, 2010
Signed Hamchetou Maiga-Ba as a free agent.
February 19, 2010
Traded Roneeka Hodges to the San Antonio Silver Stars for a 2011 2nd round pick (Right to swap picks).
April 8, 2010
Traded Kelsey Griffin to the Connecticut Sun for a 2011 1st round pick (Amber Harris later selected) and a 2011 2nd round pick (Jessica Breland later selected).

Drafted Monica Wright in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2010 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Kelsey Griffin in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 2010 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Gabriela Marginean in the 3rd round (26th pick) of the 2010 WNBA Draft.
April 20, 2010
Signed Nuria Martinez.
April 22, 2010
Signed Jessica Adair to a training camp contract.
May 12, 2010
Waived Jessica Adair.
May 24, 2010
Waived Gabriela Marginean.
July 26, 2010
Traded Rashanda McCants to the Tulsa Shock for Alexis Hornbuckle.
August 3, 2010
Signed Kristen Mann.

Waived Nuria Martinez.
August 12, 2010
Signed Lindsay Whalen.
August 19, 2010
Signed Jessica Adair.
February 1, 2011
Signed Jessica Adair.
February 18, 2011
Signed Taj McWilliams-Franklin.
April 9, 2011
Traded Nicky Anosike to the Washington Mystics for a 2012 1st round pick (Devereaux Peters later selected).
April 11, 2011
Traded Felicia Chester to the Atlanta Dream for Rachel Jarry and a 2012 2nd round pick (Nika Baric later selected).

Traded Jessica Breland to the New York Liberty for Angel Robinson and a 2012 2nd round pick (Kayla Standish later selected).

Drafted Maya Moore in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 2011 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Amber Harris in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 2011 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Jessica Breland in the 2nd round (13th pick) of the 2011 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Felicia Chester in the 2nd round (14th pick) of the 2011 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Kachine Alexander in the 3rd round (26th pick) of the 2011 WNBA Draft.
April 15, 2011
Signed Angel Robinson.

Signed Maya Moore.
April 20, 2011
Signed Amber Harris.
May 12, 2011
Waived Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.
May 27, 2011
Traded Quanitra Hollingsworth and a 2012 3rd round pick (Katelan Redmon later selected) to the New York Liberty for a 2012 3rd round pick (Jacki Gemelos later selected).

Waived Angel Robinson.
September 1, 2011
Signed Rebekkah Brunson to a contract extension.
February 2, 2012
Traded Alexis Hornbuckle (Sign-and-trade) to the Phoenix Mercury for a 2013 2nd round pick (Sugar Rodgers later selected).
February 13, 2012
Signed Erin Thorn.
February 28, 2012
Traded Charde Houston (Sign-and-trade) and a 2012 2nd round pick (C'eria Ricketts later selected) to the Phoenix Mercury for a 2012 2nd round pick (Julie Wojta later selected).
April 16, 2012
Drafted Devereaux Peters in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 2012 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Damiris Dantas in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 2012 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Julie Wojta in the 2nd round (18th pick) of the 2012 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Kayla Standish in the 2nd round (19th pick) of the 2012 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Nika Baric in the 2nd round (20th pick) of the 2012 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Jacki Gemelos in the 3rd round (31st pick) of the 2012 WNBA Draft.
April 26, 2012
Signed Julie Wojta.
May 2, 2012
Signed Devereaux Peters.
May 16, 2012
Waived Julie Wojta.
July 10, 2012
Signed Julie Wojta.
August 17, 2012
Waived Julie Wojta.
March 1, 2013
In a 3-team trade, the Minnesota Lynx traded Candice Wiggins to the Tulsa Shock; the New York Liberty traded Janel McCarville to the Minnesota Lynx; the Tulsa Shock traded a 2014 2nd round pick (Asya Bussie later selected) to the Minnesota Lynx.

Signed Candice Wiggins.
April 15, 2013
Drafted Lindsey Moore in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 2013 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Sugar Rodgers in the 2nd round (14th pick) of the 2013 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Chucky Jeffery in the 2nd round (24th pick) of the 2013 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Waltiea Rolle in the 3rd round (36th pick) of the 2013 WNBA Draft.
September 6, 2013
Signed Lindsay Whalen to a contract extension.
September 12, 2013
Signed Seimone Augustus to a contract extension.
April 2, 2014
Signed Damiris Dantas.
April 14, 2014
Drafted Tricia Liston in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 2014 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Asya Bussie in the 2nd round (15th pick) of the 2014 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Christina Foggie in the 2nd round (24th pick) of the 2014 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Asia Taylor in the 3rd round (36th pick) of the 2014 WNBA Draft.
April 16, 2014
Traded Sugar Rodgers and a 2015 3rd round pick (Shae Kelley later selected) to the New York Liberty for a 2015 3rd round pick (Michala Johnson later selected).

Signed Tan White.
April 27, 2014
Signed Asia Taylor.
August 16, 2014
Signed Rebekkah Brunson to a contract extension.
April 16, 2015
Drafted Reshanda Gray in the 2nd round (16th pick) of the 2015 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Shae Kelley in the 3rd round (35th pick) of the 2015 WNBA Draft.

Traded a 2015 1st round pick (Kiah Stokes later selected), a 2015 2nd round pick (Amber Orrange later selected), and a 2015 3rd round pick (Michala Johnson later selected) to the New York Liberty for Anna Cruz, a 2015 2nd round pick (Reshanda Gray later selected), and a 2015 3rd round pick (Shae Kelley later selected).
April 27, 2015
Signed Reshanda Gray.

Signed Shae Kelley.
May 7, 2015
Signed Maya Moore.
May 13, 2015
Traded a 2016 2nd round pick (Brianna Butler later selected) to the Connecticut Sun for Asjha Jones.
June 2, 2015
Waived Asia Taylor.
July 20, 2015
Traded Monica Wright to the Seattle Storm for Renee Montgomery and a 2016 2nd round pick (Jazmon Gwathmey later selected).
July 27, 2015
Traded Damiris Dantas, Reshanda Gray, and a 2016 1st round pick (Bria Holmes later selected) to the Atlanta Dream for Sylvia Fowles and a 2016 2nd round pick (Bashaara Graves later selected).
July 28, 2015
Signed Shae Kelley to a 7-day contract.
August 4, 2015
Signed Shae Kelley to a 2nd 7-day contract.
August 11, 2015
Signed Shae Kelley to a contract for the rest of the season.
September 2, 2015
Signed Kalana Greene.
February 2, 2016
Traded Devereaux Peters to the Indiana Fever for Natasha Howard.

Signed Sylvia Fowles.

Signed Devereaux Peters.

Signed Renee Montgomery.
April 14, 2016
Drafted Jazmon Gwathmey in the 2nd round (14th pick) of the 2016 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Bashaara Graves in the 2nd round (22nd pick) of the 2016 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Temi Fagbenle in the 3rd round (35th pick) of the 2016 WNBA Draft.

Traded Jazmon Gwathmey to the San Antonio Stars for Jia Perkins.
April 24, 2016
Signed Sydney Wallace to a training camp contract.
May 6, 2016
Waived Courtney Clements.
May 9, 2016
Waived Courtney Williams.

Waived Sydney Wallace.
June 28, 2016
Waived Bashaara Graves.
August 25, 2016
Signed Anna Cruz.
September 15, 2016
Signed Seimone Augustus to a contract extension.

Signed Lindsay Whalen to a contract extension.
April 13, 2017
Drafted Alexis Jones in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 2017 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Lisa Berkani in the 2nd round (24th pick) of the 2017 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Tahlia Tupaea in the 3rd round (36th pick) of the 2017 WNBA Draft.
April 14, 2017
Traded Keisha Hampton to the Chicago Sky for Chantel Osahor.
May 1, 2017
Signed Alexis Jones.
August 28, 2017
Signed Cecilia Zandalasini.
September 1, 2017
Signed Sylvia Fowles to a contract extension.

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