2008 Chicago Sky season (original) (raw)

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WNBA team season

2008 Chicago Sky season
Coach Steven Key
Arena UIC Pavilion
Attendance 3,656 per game
Results
Record 12–22 (.353)
Place 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points Jia Perkins – 17.0
Rebounds Candice Dupree – 7.9
Assists Dominique Canty – 4.1
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The 2008 WNBA season was the third season in the WNBA for the Chicago Sky. The Sky, were once again, were looking for a new coach after Bo Overton resigned following one season with the Sky.[1] Assistant coach Steven Key was hired as the new head coach and general manager.[2]

The Sky received the second over pick in the 2008 WNBA draft from the draft lottery system.[3] They were able to use this pick on star center Sylvia Fowles out of LSU.

Atlanta Dream Expansion Draft

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The following player was selected in the Atlanta Dream expansion draft from the Chicago Sky:[4]

Player Nationality College New Team
Carla Thomas United States Vanderbilt Atlanta Dream
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 2 Sylvia Fowles United States LSU
2 19 Quianna Chaney United States LSU
3 33 Angela Tisdale United States Baylor

Trades and Roster Changes

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Date Transaction
January 14, 2008 Extended Qualifying Offers to Catherine Joens and Claire Coggins
January 15, 2008 Cored Chasity Melvin
February 22, 2008 Signed Jia Perkins[5]
March 12, 2008 Head coach Bo Overton resigned
Hired Steven Key as Head coach and General Manager[2]
April 2, 2008 Signed Carrie Moore to a Training Camp Contract[6]
April 5, 2008 Stacey Dales announced her retirement from the WNBA
April 15, 2008 Signed Sylvia Fowles, Quianna Chaney, and Angela Tisdale to their Rookie Scale Contracts
April 16, 2008 Signed Nina Stone and Amanda Jackson to Training Camp Contracts[7]
April 18, 2008 Signed Brooke Queenan to a Training Camp Contract[8]
April 22, 2008 Signed Chasity Melvin
April 24, 2008 Signed Catherine Joens to a Training Camp Contract
April 28, 2008 Signed Claire Coggins to a Training Camp Contract
May 4, 2008 Waived Nina Stone, Claire Coggins, and Angela Tisdale[9]
May 6, 2008 Signed Erin Grant to a Training Camp Contract
May 9, 2008 Waived Amanda Jackson and Carrie Moore
May 14, 2008 Traded Bernadette Ngoyisa to the Indiana Fever in exchange for K.B. Sharp[10]
May 15, 2008 Waived Erin Grant and Stephanie Raymond[11]
May 16, 2008 Temporarily Suspend Liz Moeggenberg
May 20, 2008 Waived Kayte Christensen[12]
May 31, 2008 Exercised the 4th-Year Team Option on Candice Dupree
June 5, 2008 Signed Tye'sha Fluker[13]
June 28, 2008 Waived Brooke Queenan[14]
July 1, 2008 Signed Brooke Queenan to a 7-Day Contract
July 8, 2008 Signed Brooke Queenan to a 2nd 7-Day Contract
Signed Leah Rush to a 7-Day Contract
July 15, 2008 Signed Brooke Queenan to a 3rd 7-Day Contract
July 22, 2008 Signed Brooke Queenan to a 4th 7-Day Contract
August 14, 2008 Waived Brooke Queenan
Signed Leah Rush to a 2nd 7-Day Contract
September 4, 2008 Signed Leah Rush to a 3rd 7-Day Contract
September 11, 2008 Signed Leah Rush
Signed Brooke Wyckoff to a Contract Extension
September 14, 2008 Signed Dominique Canty to a One-Year Extension
2008 Chicago Sky Roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From G/F 3 United States Canty, Dominique 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 162 lb (73 kg) Alabama SG 15 United States Chaney, Quianna 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 160 lb (73 kg) LSU PF 4 United States Dupree, Candice 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 162 lb (73 kg) Temple C 42 United States Fluker, Tye'sha 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 209 lb (95 kg) Tennessee C 34 United States Fowles, Sylvia 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) LSU G/F 9 United States Joens, Catherine 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) George Washington F/C 44 United States Melvin, Chasity 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) NC State SG 11 United States Perkins, Jia 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Texas Tech G/F 22 United States Price, Armintie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 133 lb (60 kg) Mississippi SF 24 United States Rush, Leah 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Oklahoma PG 32 United States Sharp, K.B. 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 146 lb (66 kg) Cincinnati SF 21 United States Wyckoff, Brooke 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 183 lb (83 kg) Florida State Head coach United States Steven Key (Boston University) Assistant coaches United States Stephanie White (Purdue) United States Michael Mitchell (Fresno State) Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured Injured
Pos. Starter Bench
C Chasity Melvin Sylvia FowlesTye'sha Fluker
PF Candice Dupree Catherine Joens
SF Brooke Wyckoff Armintie PriceLeah Rush
SG Jia Perkins K.B. Sharp
PG Dominique Canty Quianna Chaney
2008 Regular Season ScheduleTotal: 12–22 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–1)
May: 1–2 (Home: 8–9; Road: 4–13) Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 17 @ Seattle 61-67 Chasity Melvin (15) Candice Dupree (10) PerkinsPrice (2) KeyArena12,079 0-1 2 May 22 Sacramento 87-77 DupreePrice (22) Sylvia Fowles (7) Dominique Canty (6) UIC Pavilion4,188 1-1 3 May 29 Minnesota 69-75 Sylvia Fowles (16) Sylvia Fowles (11) Dominique Canty (6) UIC Pavilion3,014 1-2
June: 3–7 (Home: 2–4; Road: 1–3) Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 4 June 1 Connecticut 73-75 Jia Perkins (21) Sylvia Fowles (12) Dominique Canty (5) UIC Pavilion2,276 1-3 5 June 3 Los Angeles 77-81 (OT) Candice Dupree (22) Candice Dupree (11) Dominique Canty (8) UIC Pavilion6,304 1-4 6 June 6 @ Atlanta 86-72 CantyPerkins (16) DupreePerkins (9) Price (5) Philips Arena7,418 2-4 7 June 7 Atlanta 91-70 Candice Dupree (20) Chasity Melvin (7) Dominique Canty (6) UIC Pavilion3,182 3-4 8 June 13 Washington 57-64 Jia Perkins (17) Candice Dupree (8) CantyPrice (4) UIC Pavilion2,600 3-5 9 June 18 @ Los Angeles 67-80 Jia Perkins (18) Candice Dupree (8) CantyDupree (3) STAPLES Center7,245 3-6 10 June 20 @ Phoenix 105-112 (OT) Jia Perkins (30) Candice Dupree (12) Candice Dupree (5) US Airways Center7,311 3-7 11 June 22 @ Sacramento 70-82 Jia Perkins (22) Candice Dupree (11) Dominique Canty (8) ARCO Arena6,107 3-8 12 June 26 Phoenix 79-89 Chasity Melvin (19) Chasity Melvin (15) Brooke Wyckoff (9) UIC Pavilion3,103 3-9 13 June 28 Detroit 76-59 Candice Dupree (18) DupreeMelvin (8) Chasity Melvin (5) UIC Pavilion3,407 4-9
July: 4–8 (Home: 3–1; Road: 1–7) Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 14 July 1 @ Minnesota 73-71 Candice Dupree (26) Chasity Melvin (11) Dominique Canty (5) Target Center4,765 5-9 15 July 2 @ Indiana 67-74 Candice Dupree (20) Candice Dupree (13) DupreeWyckoff (4) Conseco Fieldhouse6,196 5-10 16 July 5 @ Atlanta 84-91 Jia Perkins (24) Candice Dupree (8) Dominique Canty (6) Philips Arena8,468 5-11 17 July 10 San Antonio 67-75 Jia Perkins (17) Candice Dupree (8) CantyPerkins (4) UIC Pavilion3,040 5-12 18 July 12 @ Indiana 57-66 Candice Dupree (19) Chasity Melvin (12) Chasity Melvin (5) Conseco Fieldhouse7,134 5-13 19 July 13 Atlanta 79-66 DupreePerkins (18) Armintie Price (7) DupreePerkinsWyckoffFluker (3) UIC Pavilion2,907 6-13 20 July 16 @ Detroit 63-66 Jia Perkins (26) Candice Dupree (12) DupreeMelvin (4) Palace of Auburn Hills15,210 6-14 21 July 18 Connecticut 73-65 Jia Perkins (15) Candice Dupree (9) K.B. Sharp (4) UIC Pavilion3,379 7-14 22 July 20 @ Connecticut 67-74 Armintie Price (15) Chasity Melvin (10) Jia Perkins (5) Mohegan Sun Arena7,367 7-15 23 July 22 Indiana 68-60 Candice Dupree (20) Jia Perkins (10) Jia Perkins (8) UIC Pavilion3,035 8-15 24 July 24 @ San Antonio 67-78 Candice Dupree (20) Candice Dupree (10) PerkinsSharp (3) AT&T Center9,372 8-16 25 July 26 @ Houston 65-79 Candice Dupree (28) Jia Perkins (7) Jia Perkins (5) Reliant Arena6,569 8-17
August: 3–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 2–0) Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record Summer Olympic break 26 August 28 @ New York 69-60 Jia Perkins (19) Sylvia Fowles (10) Armintie Price (5) Madison Square Garden8,566 9-17 27 August 29 @ Washington 79-75 Jia Perkins (28) Sylvia Fowles (13) Armintie Price (4) Verizon Center10,043 10-17 28 August 31 Detroit 82-81 (OT) Candice Dupree (24) Sylvia Fowles (12) Candice Dupree (7) UIC Pavilion4,197 11-17
September: 1–5 (Home: 1–3; Road: 0–2) Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 29 September 4 Seattle 62-70 Jia Perkins (22) Candice Dupree (6) Dominique Canty (6) UIC Pavilion3,829 11-18 30 September 5 @ Connecticut 75-80 Jia Perkins (18) Sylvia Fowles (6) Dominique Canty (7) Mohegan Sun Arena8,088 11-19 31 September 7 @ New York 61-69 Jia Perkins (18) Sylvia Fowles (12) CantySharp (2) Madison Square Garden7,903 11-20 32 September 9 Washington 78-59 Jia Perkins (17) Candice Dupree (10) Candice Dupree (6) UIC Pavilion3,087 12-20 33 September 12 New York 62-69 Candice Dupree (18) DupreeFowles (6) CantyWyckoff (4) UIC Pavilion5,681 12-21 34 September 14 Houston 76-79 Candice Dupree (20) Armintie Price (7) Dominique Canty (6) UIC Pavilion4,917 12-22
Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Detroit Shock x 22 12 .647 – 14–3 8–9 16–4
Connecticut Sun x 21 13 .618 1.0 13–4 8–9 13–7
New York Liberty x 19 15 .559 3.0 11–6 8–9 11–9
Indiana Fever x 17 17 .500 5.0 11–6 6–11 12–8
Chicago Sky o 12 22 .353 10.0 8–9 4–13 10–10
Washington Mystics o 10 24 .294 12.0 6–11 4–13 6–14
Atlanta Dream o 4 30 .118 18.0 1–16 3–14 2–18
Legend
GP Games played GS Games started MPG Minutes per game RPG Rebounds per game
APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per game
FG% Field-goal percentage 3P% 3-point field-goal percentage FT% Free-throw percentage TO Turnovers per game
PF Fouls per game Team leader League leader
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Jia Perkins 34 34 31.9 43.6 36.3 89.1 4.0 2.8 1.9 0.3 17.0
Candice Dupree 34 34 32.9 45.7 14.3 78.0 7.9 2.3 1.1 1.3 16.3
Sylvia Fowles 17 14 25.3 51.3 0.0 58.5 7.5 0.3 1.1 2.1 10.5
Chasity Melvin 34 18 22.3 44.3 33.3 61.4 5.1 1.5 0.9 0.3 8.2
Dominique Canty 28 28 26.3 39.4 16.7 66.9 2.5 4.1 1.0 0.1 8.1
Armintie Price 34 11 22.4 43.8 0.0 52.0 3.7 1.7 1.0 0.4 6.9
Catherine Joens 26 0 10.5 37.4 36.9 87.5 1.3 0.5 0.2 0.1 3.8
K.B. Sharp 34 6 17.6 43.3 32.1 65.5 1.3 1.4 0.4 0.0 3.1
Tye'sha Fluker 26 2 8.9 38.5 33.3 76.0 1.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 2.7
Quianna Chaney 28 0 8.6 27.7 24.0 83.3 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.1 2.4
Brooke Wyckoff 34 23 17.5 34.2 31.4 56.3 2.3 1.4 0.4 0.6 2.2
Leah Rush 2 0 6.0 0.0 0.0 75.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5
Brooke Queenan 8 0 4.5 12.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3
Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Sylvia Fowles WNBA All-Defense Second Team September 19 [15]
WNBA All-Rookie Team October 3 [16]
Jia Perkins Eastern Conference Player of the Week September 2 [17]
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