2008 Chicago Sky season

The 2008 WNBA season was the third season for the Chicago Sky. The Sky were not able to have their first winning season.

2008 Chicago Sky season
CoachSteven Key
ArenaUIC Pavilion
Attendance3,656 per game
Results
Record12–22 (.353)
Place5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
PointsJia Perkins
ReboundsCandice Dupree
AssistsDominique Canty

Offseason

Expansion Draft

The following player was lost in the Atlanta Dream expansion draft:

  • Carla Thomas

[1]

WNBA Draft
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

Transactions
  • September 14: The Sky signed Dominique Canty to a one-year extension.
  • September 11: The Sky signed Leah Rush and extended the contract of Brooke Wyckoff to include the 2009 season.
  • August 14: The Sky waived Brooke Queenan and re-signed Leah Rush to a seven-day contract.
  • July 22: The Sky signed Brooke Queenan to another seven-day contract.
  • July 15: The Sky signed Brooke Queenan to another seven-day contract while Leah Rush's seven-day contract has expired.
  • July 8: The Sky signed Leah Rush to a seven-day contract.
  • July 1: The Sky signed Brooke Queenan to a seven-day contract.
  • June 5: The Sky signed Tye'sha Fluker.
  • May 20: The Sky waived Kayte Christensen.
  • May 16: The Sky changed the status of Liz Moeggenberg to suspended.
  • May 15: The Sky waived Erin Grant and Stephanie Raymond.
  • May 14: The Sky traded center Bernadette Ngoyisa to the Indiana Fever for guard K.B. Sharp.
  • May 9: The Sky waived Amanda Jackson and Carrie Moore.
  • April 22: The Sky re-signed free agent Chasity Melvin.
  • April 18: The Sky signed Brooke Queenan to a training camp contract.
  • April 16: The Sky signed Nina Stone and Amanda Jackson to training camp contracts.
  • April 5: The Sky announced the retirement of Stacey Dales.
  • April 4: The Sky signed Carrie Moore to a training camp contract.
  • February 22: The Sky re-signed free agent Jia Perkins.

[2]

Trades
Date Trade
May 14, 2008 To Chicago Sky To Indiana Fever
K.B. Sharp Bernadette Ngoyisa

Free agents

Roster
Chicago Sky roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
G/F 3 Canty, Dominique 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 162 lb (73 kg) Alabama
SG 15 Chaney, Quianna 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 160 lb (73 kg) LSU
PF 4 Dupree, Candice 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 162 lb (73 kg) Temple
C 42 Fluker, Tye'sha 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 209 lb (95 kg) Tennessee
C 34 Fowles, Sylvia 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) LSU
G/F 9 Joens, Cathy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) George Washington
F/C 44 Melvin, Chasity 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) North Carolina State
SG 11 Perkins, Jia 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Texas Tech
G/F 22 Price, Armintie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 133 lb (60 kg) Mississippi
SF 24 Rush, Leah 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Oklahoma
PG 32 Sharp, K.B. 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 146 lb (66 kg) Cincinnati
SF 21 Wyckoff, Brooke 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 183 lb (83 kg) Florida State
Head coach
Assistant coaches



Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Season standings
Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Detroit Shock x2212.647–14–38–916–4
Connecticut Sun x2113.6181.013–48–913–7
New York Liberty x1915.5593.011–68–911–9
Indiana Fever x1717.5005.011–66–1112–8
Chicago Sky o1222.35310.08–94–1310–10
Washington Mystics o1024.29412.06–114–136–14
Atlanta Dream o430.11818.01–163–142–18

Schedule

Regular season
2008 Game Log: Regular Season
May
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 May 17 @ Seattle 61-67 Melvin (15) Dupree (10) Perkins, Price (2) KeyArena
12,079		 0-1
2 May 22 Sacramento 87-77 Dupree, Price (22) Fowles (7) Canty (6) UIC Pavilion
4,188		 1-1
3 May 29 Minnesota 69-75 Fowles (16) Fowles (11) Canty (6) UIC Pavilion
3,014		 1-2
June
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
4 June 1 Connecticut 73-75 Perkins (21) Fowles (12) Canty (5) UIC Pavilion
2,276		 1-3
5 June 3 Los Angeles 77-81 (OT) Dupree (22) Dupree (11) Canty (8) UIC Pavilion
6,304		 1-4
6 June 6 @ Atlanta 86-72 Canty, Perkins (16) Dupree, Perkins (9) Price (5) Philips Arena
7,418		 2-4
7 June 7 Atlanta 91-70 Dupree (20) Melvin (7) Canty (6) UIC Pavilion
3,182		 3-4
8 June 13 Washington 57-64 Perkins (17) Dupree (8) Canty, Price (4) UIC Pavilion
2,600		 3-5
9 June 18 @ Los Angeles 67-80 Perkins (18) Dupree (8) Canty, Dupree (3) STAPLES Center
7,245		 3-6
10 June 20 @ Phoenix 105-112 (OT) Perkins (30) Dupree (12) Dupree (5) US Airways Center
7,311		 3-7
11 June 22 @ Sacramento 70-82 Perkins (22) Dupree (11) Canty (8) ARCO Arena
6,107		 3-8
12 June 26 Phoenix 79-89 Melvin (19) Melvin (15) Wyckoff (9) UIC Pavilion
3,103		 3-9
13 June 28 Detroit 76-59 Dupree (18) Dupree, Melvin (8) Melvin (5) UIC Pavilion
3,407		 4-9
July
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
14 July 1 @ Minnesota 73-71 Dupree (26) Melvin (11) Canty (5) Target Center
4,765		 5-9
15 July 2 @ Indiana 67-74 Dupree (20) Dupree (13) Dupree, Wyckoff (4) Conseco Fieldhouse
6,196		 5-10
16 July 5 @ Atlanta 84-91 Perkins (24) Dupree (8) Canty (6) Philips Arena
8,468		 5-11
17 July 10 San Antonio 67-75 Perkins (17) Dupree (8) Canty, Perkins (4) UIC Pavilion
3,040		 5-12
18 July 12 @ Indiana 57-66 Dupree (19) Melvin (12) Melvin (5) Conseco Fieldhouse
7,134		 5-13
19 July 13 Atlanta 79-66 Dupree, Perkins (18) Price (7) 4 players (3) UIC Pavilion
2,907		 6-13
20 July 16 @ Detroit 63-66 Perkins (26) Dupree (12) Dupree, Melvin (4) Palace of Auburn Hills
15,210		 6-14
21 July 18 Connecticut 73-65 Perkins (15) Dupree (9) Sharp (4) UIC Pavilion
3,379		 7-14
22 July 20 @ Connecticut 67-74 Price (15) Melvin (10) Perkins (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,367		 7-15
23 July 22 Indiana 68-60 Dupree (20) Perkins (10) Perkins (8) UIC Pavilion
3,035		 8-15
24 July 24 @ San Antonio 67-78 Dupree (20) Dupree (10) Perkins, Sharp (3) AT&T Center
9,372		 8-16
25 July 26 @ Houston 65-79 Dupree (28) Perkins (7) Perkins (5) Reliant Arena
6,569		 8-17
August
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
Summer Olympic break
26 August 28 @ New York 69-60 Perkins (19) Fowles (10) Price (5) Madison Square Garden
8,566		 9-17
27 August 29 @ Washington 79-75 Perkins (28) Fowles (13) Price (4) Verizon Center
10,043		 10-17
28 August 31 Detroit 82-81 (OT) Dupree (24) Fowles (12) Dupree (7) UIC Pavilion
4,197		 11-17
September
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
29 September 4 Seattle 62-70 Perkins (22) Dupree (6) Canty (6) UIC Pavilion
3,829		 11-18
30 September 5 @ Connecticut 75-80 Perkins (18) Fowles (6) Canty (7) Mohegan Sun Arena
8,088		 11-19
31 September 7 @ New York 61-69 Perkins (18) Fowles (12) Canty, Sharp (2) Madison Square Garden
7,903		 11-20
32 September 9 Washington 78-59 Perkins (17) Dupree (10) Dupree (6) UIC Pavilion
3,087		 12-20
33 September 12 New York 62-69 Dupree (18) Dupree, Fowles (6) Canty, Wyckoff (4) UIC Pavilion
5,681		 12-21
34 September 14 Houston 76-79 Dupree (20) Price (7) Canty (6) UIC Pavilion
4,917		 12-22

Player stats
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

Regular season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Dominique Canty 282826.3.394.167.6692.54.11.00.18.1
Quianna Chaney 2808.6.277.240.8331.00.90.60.12.4
Candice Dupree 343432.9.457.143.7807.92.31.11.316.3
Tye'sha Fluker 2628.9.385.333.7601.30.40.20.32.7
Sylvia Fowles 171425.3.513.000.5857.50.31.12.110.5
Cathy Joens 26010.5.374.369.8751.30.50.20.13.8
Chasity Melvin 341822.3.443.333.6145.11.50.90.38.2
Jia Perkins 343431.9.436.363.8914.02.81.90.317.0
Armintie Price 341122.4.438.000.5203.71.71.00.46.9
Leah Rush 206.0.000.000.7500.00.00.00.01.5
K.B. Sharp 34617.6.433.321.6551.31.40.40.03.1
Brooke Queenan 804.5.125.000.0000.50.30.00.00.3
Brooke Wyckoff 342317.5.342.314.5632.31.40.40.62.2

Awards and honors
  • Jia Perkins was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 28, 2008.
  • Sylvia Fowles was named to the All-Defensive Second Team.
  • Sylvia Fowles was named to the All-Rookie Team.

References
  1. "WNBA.com: Atlanta Dream Expansion Draft". Archived from the original on 2009-08-20. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  2. "WNBA.com: 2008 WNBA Transactions". Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
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