2016 Chicago Sky season

The 2016 Chicago Sky season will be the franchise's 11th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Offseason

Draft picks

See also: 2016 WNBA draft

The Sky made the following selections in the 2016 WNBA draft:

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	10	Imani Boyette	United States	Texas
3	34	Jordan Jones	United States	Texas A&M

Preseason

• The Sky was designated the home team for the May 1 and May 5 neutral-site games.

Regular season

Roster

2016 Chicago Sky roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From C 7001340000000000000♠34 Boyette, Imani 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) (1994-10-11)October 11, 1994 (aged 21) Texas F 7001510000000000000♠51 Breland, Jessica 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) (1988-02-23)February 23, 1988 (aged 28) North Carolina F/C 7001410000000000000♠41 de Souza, Érika 7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) (1982-03-03)March 3, 1982 (aged 34) Brazil G/F 7001110000000000000♠11 Delle Donne, Elena 7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 188 lb (85 kg) (1989-09-05)September 5, 1989 (aged 26) Delaware C 7000800000000000000♠8 dos Santos, Clarissa 7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 196 lb (89 kg) (1988-03-10)March 10, 1988 (aged 28) Brazil G 7001210000000000000♠21 Faulkner, Jamierra 7000167640000000000♠5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 141 lb (64 kg) (1992-03-09)March 9, 1992 (aged 24) Southern Miss G/F 7001440000000000000♠44 Laney, Betnijah 7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) (1993-10-29)October 29, 1993 (aged 22) Rutgers F 7001320000000000000♠32 Parker, Cheyenne 7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) (1992-08-22)August 22, 1992 (aged 23) Middle Tennessee G 7001230000000000000♠23 Pondexter, Cappie 7000175260000000000♠5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 160 lb (73 kg) (1983-01-07)January 7, 1983 (aged 33) Rutgers G 7001140000000000000♠14 Quigley, Allie 7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 140 lb (64 kg) (1986-06-20)June 20, 1986 (aged 29) DePaul G 7001220000000000000♠22 Vandersloot, Courtney 7000172720000000000♠5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 145 lb (66 kg) (1989-02-08)February 8, 1989 (aged 27) Gonzaga F 7000100000000000000♠1 Young, Tamera 7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) (1986-10-30)October 30, 1986 (aged 29) James Madison	Head coach Pokey Chatman (LSU) Assistant coaches Jonah Herscu (Lake Forest College) Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech) Athletic trainer Heidi Wlezien Strength and conditioning coach Ann Crosby (Western Michigan) Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured Notes Age of player is as of the start of the regular season.

Playoffs

The Sky's 18–16 regular season record was good for second in the Eastern Conference and fourth overall in the WNBA. This standing led to Chicago being seeded fourth and being granted an automatic bye from the first of two single elimination rounds. In the second single elimination round, the Sky drew sixth-seeded Atlanta, defeating the Dream 108–98 and advancing to the best-of-five semifinal round. The Sky fell to second-seeded Los Angeles in the semifinals, losing in four games.

Note: Teams re-seeded after second round and semi-finals.

Semifinals

WNBA Finals

References