However, after being quickly embraced by the Seattle fans, the redubbed "Vodka" became the centerpiece of the offense, with Edna Campbell as the outside threat.
The team did not improve from its initial poor showings until Vodičková got a running mate inside, Australian Lauren Jackson.
Vodičková refused to go home,[citation needed] and the decision proved prescient, as the Storm ran to a championship that year.
Despite strong play from Vodičková, Penny Taylor, Anna DeForge, Maria Stepanova, and Diana Taurasi, the Mercury missed the playoffs in 2005.
After the Mercury missed the playoffs again in 2006, Vodičková announced she was expecting a child and would be on maternity leave during the entire 2007 WNBA season.