2007 Chicago Sky season

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The 2007 Chicago Sky season was the 2nd season in the WNBA for the Chicago Sky. Bo Overton was hired to be the new head coach and general manager after Dave Cowens resigned following the 2006 season.[1]

Armintie Price became the first player in Sky history to be named WNBA Rookie of the Year.[2]

Transactions

Charlotte Sting Dispersal Draft

With the Charlotte Sting ceasing operation and based on the 2006 records of teams, the Sky selected 1st in the Dispersal Draft.[3]

Pick Player Nationality College Previous Team
1 Monique Currie Script error: No such module "flag". Duke Charlotte Sting

WNBA draft

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Round Pick Player Nationality College
1 3 Armintie Price Script error: No such module "flag". Ole Miss
1 10 Carla Thomas Script error: No such module "flag". Vanderbilt
2 20 Stephanie Raymond Script error: No such module "flag". Northern Illinois
2 21 Jessica Dickson Script error: No such module "flag". South Florida
3 27 Jenna Rubino Script error: No such module "flag". DePaul

Trades and Roster Changes

Date Transaction
February 12, 2007 Signed Dominique Canty
March 1, 2007 Signed Kayte Christensen[4]
March 20, 2007 Signed Cisti Greenwalt to a Training Camp Contract
March 23, 2007 Traded Chelsea Newton and the 21st Pick in the 2007 WNBA draft to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for the 10th Pick in the 2007 Draft[5]
April 6, 2007 Signed Elisha Turek to a Training Camp Contract [6]
April 9, 2007 Signed Chelsi Welch to a Training Camp Contract[7]
April 10, 2007 Signed Armintie Price, Stephanie Raymond, Carla Thomas, and Jenna Rubino to Rookie Scale Contracts
Signed Christina Quaye to a Training Camp Contract
April 16, 2007 Renounced the rights to Francesca Zara
April 20, 2007 Signed Claire Coggins and Dionnah Jackson to Training Camp Contracts
May 1, 2007 Waived Elisha Turek
May 7, 2007 Waived Chelsi Welch, Christina Quaye, and Cisti Greenwalt
May 8, 2007 Signed Catherine Joens to a Training Camp Contract
May 14, 2007 Waived Dionnah Jackson
May 18, 2007 Waived Amanda Lassiter, Deanna Jackson, and Jenna Rubino[8]
May 24, 2007 Waived Catherine Joens
Traded Monique Currie to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Chasity Melvin[9]
July 5, 2007 Signed Catherine Joens

Roster

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Depth

Pos. Starter Bench
C Chasity Melvin Kayte Christensen
PF Candice Dupree Liz Moeggenberg
Carla Thomas
SF Armintie Price Brooke Wyckoff
Katie Cronin
SG Stacey Dales Claire Coggins
PG Dominique Canty Jia Perkins
Stephanie Raymond

Schedule

Regular Season

Template:Game log start Template:Game log section start |- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | May 20 | @ New York | 71-83 | Monique Currie (20) | Dupree
Curre (10) | Armintie Price (8) | Madison Square Garden
11,341 | 0-1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | May 22 | Los Angeles | 64-81 | Dominique Canty (18) | Kayte Christensen (8) | Dominique Canty (4) | UIC Pavilion
5,140 | 0-2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | May 25 | @ Minnesota | 82-77 | Candice Dupree (25) | Kayte Christensen (7) | Stacey Dales (6) | Target Center
4,891 | 1-2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 | May 31 | Connecticut | 97-102 OT | Candice Dupree (29) | Dupree
Wyckoff (7) | Brooke Wyckoff (10) | UIC Pavilion
2,634 | 1-3 Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 | June 1 | @ Washington | 75-70 | Dupree
Perkins (19) | Chasity Melvin (15) | Dominique Canty (7) | Verizon Center
6,391 | 2-3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 | June 3 | Minnesota | 78-72 | Candice Dupree (20) | Candice Dupree (11) | Dominique Canty (5) | UIC Pavilion
3,477 | 3-3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 | June 7 | @ Phoenix | 66-80 | Chasity Melvin (15) | Chasity Melvin (11) | Canty
Melvin (3) | US Airways Center
6,161 | 3-4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 8 | June 9 | @ San Antonio | 70-60 | Candice Dupree (22) | Chasity Melvin (12) | Stacey Dales (5) | AT&T Center
9,899 | 4-4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 9 | June 12 | Seattle | 69-81 | Candice Dupree (18) | Armintie Price (12) | Stacey Dales (7) | UIC Pavilion
2,645 | 4-5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 10 | June 15 | New York | 73-66 | Candice Dupree (24) | Candice Dupree (13) | Armintie Price (6) | UIC Pavilion
3,236 | 5-5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 11 | June 17 | @ Connecticut | 87-74 | Candice Dupree (28) | Dupree
Melvin (8) | Dominique Canty (6) | Mohegan Sun Arena
7,614 | 6-5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 12 | June 19 | Sacramento | 52-54 | Candice Dupree (21) | Candice Dupree (14) | Dominique Canty (7) | UIC Pavilion
2,505 | 6-6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 13 | June 23 | Washington | 86-99 | Candice Dupree (26) | Melvin
Price (9) | Armintie Price (6) | UIC Pavilion
3,617 | 6-7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 14 | June 26 | @ Seattle | 76-94 | Jia Perkins (19) | Dupree
Price
Perkins (7) | Price
Dupree
Raymond (4) | KeyArena
6,752 | 6-8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 15 | June 29 | @ Sacramento | 92-84 2OT | Jia Perkins (39) | Armintie Price (9) | Jia Perkins (10) | ARCO Arena
6,862 | 7-8 Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- style="background:#cfc;" | 16 | July 1 | @ Los Angeles | 74-71 OT | Candice Dupree (24) | Candice Dupree (11) | Armintie Price (6) | Staples Center
7,522 | 8-8 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 17 | July 7 | Washington | 73-77 | Candice Dupree (24) | Candice Dupree (11) | Stacey Dales (6) | UIC Pavilion
3,161 | 8-9 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 18 | July 8 | @ Indiana | 70-86 | Catherine Joens (16) | Candice Dupree (9) | Jia Perkins (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse
8,247 | 8-10 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 19 | July 10 | @ Detroit | 84-92 | Jia Perkins (22) | Candice Dupree (10) | Jia Perkins (4) | Palace of Auburn Hills
8,975 | 8-11 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 20 | July 12 | Detroit | 65-78 | Jia Perkins (17) | Candice Dupree (6) | Catherine Joens (5) | UIC Pavilion
3,085 | 8-12 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 21 | July 18 | @ Indiana | 74-75 | Jia Perkins (24) | Armintie Price (7) | Price
Canty (3) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse
10,542 | 8-13 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 22 | July 21 | Indiana | 68-65 | Jia Perkins (17) | Armintie Price (8) | Dominique Canty (5) | UIC Pavilion
3,383 | 9-13 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 23 | July 22 | San Antonio | 84-82 OT | Jia Perkins (27) | Armintie Price (7) | Stacey Dales (4) | UIC Pavilion
3,286 | 10-13 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 24 | July 26 | @ Detroit | 83-73 | Candice Dupree (24) | Candice Dupree (12) | Dominique Canty (5) | Palace of Auburn Hills
9,238 | 11-13 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 25 | July 27 | Phoenix | 96-98 | Stacey Dales (23) | Melvin
Price (8) | Dominique Canty (8) | UIC Pavilion
4,053 | 11-14 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 26 | July 29 | Houston | 88-70 | Stacey Dales (18) | Chasity Melvin (5) | Dominique Canty (8) | UIC Pavilion
3,469 | 12-14 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 27 | July 31 | @ Connecticut | 56-74 | Jia Perkins (17) | Dupree
Perkins (7) | Canty
Joens (3) | Mohegan Sun Arena
8,048 | 12-15 Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- style="background:#fcc;" | 28 | August 3 | Detroit | 60-66 | Jia Perkins (19) | Jia Perkins (7) | Price
Canty
Perkins (3) | UIC Pavilion
4,635 | 12-16 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 29 | August 5 | @ Washington | 66-71 | Candice Dupree (18) | Chasity Melvin (12) | Dominique Canty (5) | Verizon Center
8,395 | 12-17 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 30 | August 7 | Indiana | 70-75 2OT | Chasity Melvin (26) | Candice Dupree (20) | Canty
Dales
Perkins (4) | UIC Pavilion
5,029 | 12-18 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 31 | August 11 | Connecticut | 66-88 | Candice Dupree (18) | Candice Dupree (6) | Melvin
Perkins (4) | UIC Pavilion
4,261 | 12-19 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 32 | August 14 | New York | 77-65 | Jia Perkins (24) | Brooke Wyckoff (10) | Dominique Canty (9) | UIC Pavilion
5,443 | 13-19 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 33 | August 16 | @ Houston | 81-70 | Stacey Dales (17) | Candice Dupree (9) | Dominique Canty (7) | Toyota Center
6,814 | 14-19 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 34 | August 19 | @ New York | 52-58 | Dominique Canty (14) | Brooke Wyckoff (9) | Dominique Canty (2) | Madison Square Garden
9,520 | 14-20 Template:Game log section end Template:Game log end

Standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Detroit Shock x 24 10 .706 12–5 12–5 14–6
Indiana Fever x 21 13 .618 3.0 12–5 9–8 12–8
Connecticut Sun x 18 16 .529 6.0 8–9 10–7 10–10
New York Liberty x 16 18 .471 8.0 10–7 6–11 10–10
Washington Mystics o 16 18 .471 8.0 8–9 8–9 8–12
Chicago Sky o 14 20 .412 10.0 6–11 8–9 6–14

Statistics

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
Candice Dupree 33 33 32.7 44.6 0.0 77.5 7.7 1.4 0.9 1.2 16.5
Monique Currie 2 2 30.5 29.6 18.2 73.3 6.0 2.0 0.5 0.0 14.5
Jia Perkins 33 5 23.1 46.4 43.3 77.4 3.3 2.3 1.5 0.2 11.7
Stacey Dales 31 30 27.3 34.7 33.8 84.6 1.8 2.7 0.6 0.0 10.3
Chasity Melvin 29 25 29.4 46.8 20.0 62.7 6.7 1.3 1.1 0.8 9.9
Dominique Canty 30 27 25.9 36.1 25.0 70.4 2.1 4.1 1.0 0.1 8.6
Armintie Price 34 34 26.3 40.9 33.3 51.7 6.0 2.9 1.2 0.2 7.9
Catherine Joens 19 0 14.3 39.2 48.9 84.6 1.7 1.7 0.9 0.1 5.0
Stephanie Raymond 20 0 9.0 32.8 31.8 53.8 0.7 1.4 0.2 0.0 3.1
Brooke Wyckoff 34 7 15.3 37.6 35.8 76.9 3.2 1.4 0.6 0.5 2.9
Claire Coggins 20 1 9.8 24.7 20.0 25.0 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.1 2.5
Carla Thomas 17 0 7.2 39.5 0.0 92.9 1.6 0.2 0.1 0.2 2.5
Kayte Christensen 23 7 9.2 41.7 0.0 44.4 1.9 0.3 0.4 0.2 2.1
Liz Moeggenberg 23 0 9.0 41.5 16.7 40.0 1.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 1.6

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Armintie Price WNBA Rookie of the Year September 8 [10]
WNBA All-Rookie Team September 8 [11]
Candice Dupree Eastern Conference Player of the Week June 20 [12]
WNBA All-Star Selection July 8 [13]
Jia Perkins Eastern Conference Player of the Week July 2 [14]

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