Storm's Skylar Diggins-Smith and Nneka Ogwumike find fresh start in Seattle alongside Loyd

Skylar Diggins-Smith knew she needed a fresh start. Now, she will get to have it while playing alongside WNBA scoring champion Jewell Loyd, former MVP Nneka Ogwumike, and All-Defensive second-team rising star Ezi Magbegor in her first season with the Seattle Storm.

“I connected with one player very early in the process, and that was Jewell. And If I wasn’t talking to Jewell, I was talking to Nneka,” the 33-year-old Diggins-Smith said Monday as she and Ogwumike, who both signed with the Storm as free agents in early February, had their first formal meeting with local reporters.

Diggins-Smith sat out last season after giving birth to her second child. She subsequently had a falling out with the Phoenix Mercury and made clear that she was looking to go elsewhere.

After averaging 19.7 points (third in the league), 5.5 assists (seventh), and 4.0 rebounds with the Mercury in 2022, the six-time All-Star and four-time All-WNBA first-teamer was regarded as one of the top point guards available in this year’s crop of free agents. That position is one the Storm clearly needed to fill after Sue Bird, who led the team to four championships, retired following the 2022 season.

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