The Lynx qualified for the WNBA Playoffs for the first time since 2004 and won their first Western Conference championship.
They then defeated the San Antonio Silver Stars in three games and the Phoenix Mercury in two to reach the 2011 WNBA Finals.
The Lynx held the first overall pick in the 2011 draft, and surprised nobody by selecting Maya Moore, a 6'0" forward out of Connecticut.
Instead, they signed veteran center Taj McWilliams-Franklin and center/forward Jessica Adair, who had played one game with the Lynx in the 2010 season.
They traded Felicia Chester to the Atlanta Dream for Rachel Jarry and a second-round pick in the 2012 draft.