Swoopes, one of the originals of the WNBA and one of its most successful players, will be playing for the Tulsa Shock this summer after a two-season hiatus.

"There was the misconception out there that I retired after the 2008 season," Swoopes says, "but that was never the case. I wasn't done with basketball yet, and I'm still not done."

She had won four championships, collected three MVP awards and played in six All-Star Games. She was the first player assigned to the Houston Comets when the league began in 1997 and was a mainstay of the league's first dynasty from 1997 until 2007, when the team disbanded.