The Storm added center Cisti Greenwalt to its roster Saturday, one day after waiving center Kaayla Chones.
"We're looking for a young post that we can develop for the future," Storm coach Anne Donovan said. "After a week, we discovered that wouldn't be the case for Kaayla. But we have the [salary-] cap room, so why not [try again]?"
If Seattle is successful in finding a deep-reserve post player in addition to center Tiffani Johnson, she could help shave minutes from players who probably will be forced to cope with nagging injuries throughout the season, such as Lauren Jackson (shins), Janell Burse (shoulder) and Wendy Palmer (Achilles tendon).
The 6-foot-5 Greenwalt, who practiced Saturday, was cut in Sacramento's training camp twice — first in 2005 after being drafted 35th overall, and May 18 after averaging 2.5 points and 2.0 rebounds in two exhibitions. Greenwalt, 23, played college ball at Texas Tech.
Saturday's games
Shock 77, at Sun 73 (OT)
Katie Smith scored 23 points, including a three-pointer in the closing seconds of regulation, to lead Detroit (2-1) over Connecticut (2-1).
The Shock went on a 5-1 run in the final 15.3 seconds of regulation, and scored the first six points in overtime to pull away. Detroit's Cheryl Ford contributed 18 points and 11 rebounds.
Katie Douglas led Connecticut with 18 points.
At Mystics 90, Lynx 75
Alana Beard scored 25 points, and Latasha Byears added 20 to help Washington (2-1) defeat Minnesota (0-3).
Seimone Augustus led the Lynx with 23 points.
Times reporter Jayda Evans contributed to this report.
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