SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Flau’jae Johnson considers one of her talents to be adapting to anything that comes her way, so getting traded from Golden State to Seattle on draft night hardly threw off her rhythm during a whirlwind couple of weeks as she begins her professional career.
Now, she can’t wait to get going as a WNBA rookie — and made her preseason debut in the starting lineup for the Storm in a 78-76 loss to the Valkyries on Saturday night at Chase Center.
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