2008 Chicago Sky season

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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.

Transactions

Atlanta Dream Expansion Draft

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

Player Nationality College New Team
Carla Thomas Script error: No such module "flag". Vanderbilt Atlanta Dream

WNBA draft

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Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 2 Sylvia Fowles Script error: No such module "flag". LSU
2 19 Quianna Chaney Script error: No such module "flag". LSU
3 33 Angela Tisdale Script error: No such module "flag". Baylor

Trades and Roster Changes

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

Roster

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Depth

Pos. Starter Bench
C Chasity Melvin Sylvia Fowles
Tye'sha Fluker
PF Candice Dupree Catherine Joens
SF Brooke Wyckoff Armintie Price
Leah Rush
SG Jia Perkins K.B. Sharp
PG Dominique Canty Quianna Chaney

Schedule

Regular Season

Template:Game log start Template:Game log section start |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 | May 17 | @ Seattle | 61-67 | Chasity Melvin (15) | Candice Dupree (10) | Perkins
Price (2) | KeyArena
12,079 | 0-1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 2 | May 22 | Sacramento | 87-77 | Dupree
Price (22) | Sylvia Fowles (7) | Dominique Canty (6) | UIC Pavilion
4,188 | 1-1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 | May 29 | Minnesota | 69-75 | Sylvia Fowles (16) | Sylvia Fowles (11) | Dominique Canty (6) | UIC Pavilion
3,014 | 1-2 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 | June 1 | Connecticut | 73-75 | Jia Perkins (21) | Sylvia Fowles (12) | Dominique Canty (5) | UIC Pavilion
2,276 | 1-3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 | June 3 | Los Angeles | 77-81 (OT) | Candice Dupree (22) | Candice Dupree (11) | Dominique Canty (8) | UIC Pavilion
6,304 | 1-4 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6 | June 6 | @ Atlanta | 86-72 | Canty
Perkins (16) | Dupree
Perkins (9) | Price (5) | Philips Arena
7,418 | 2-4 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 7 | June 7 | Atlanta | 91-70 | Candice Dupree (20) | Chasity Melvin (7) | Dominique Canty (6) | UIC Pavilion
3,182 | 3-4 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 | June 13 | Washington | 57-64 | Jia Perkins (17) | Candice Dupree (8) | Canty
Price (4) | UIC Pavilion
2,600 | 3-5 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 | June 18 | @ Los Angeles | 67-80 | Jia Perkins (18) | Candice Dupree (8) | Canty
Dupree (3) | STAPLES Center
7,245 | 3-6 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 | June 20 | @ Phoenix | 105-112 (OT) | Jia Perkins (30) | Candice Dupree (12) | Candice Dupree (5) | US Airways Center
7,311 | 3-7 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 11 | June 22 | @ Sacramento | 70-82 | Jia Perkins (22) | Candice Dupree (11) | Dominique Canty (8) | ARCO Arena
6,107 | 3-8 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 12 | June 26 | Phoenix | 79-89 | Chasity Melvin (19) | Chasity Melvin (15) | Brooke Wyckoff (9) | UIC Pavilion
3,103 | 3-9 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 13 | June 28 | Detroit | 76-59 | Candice Dupree (18) | Dupree
Melvin (8) | Chasity Melvin (5) | UIC Pavilion
3,407 | 4-9 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 14 | July 1 | @ Minnesota | 73-71 | Candice Dupree (26) | Chasity Melvin (11) | Dominique Canty (5) | Target Center
4,765 | 5-9 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 15 | July 2 | @ Indiana | 67-74 | Candice Dupree (20) | Candice Dupree (13) | Dupree
Wyckoff (4) | Conseco Fieldhouse
6,196 | 5-10 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 16 | July 5 | @ Atlanta | 84-91 | Jia Perkins (24) | Candice Dupree (8) | Dominique Canty (6) | Philips Arena
8,468 | 5-11 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 17 | July 10 | San Antonio | 67-75 | Jia Perkins (17) | Candice Dupree (8) | Canty
Perkins (4) | UIC Pavilion
3,040 | 5-12 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 18 | July 12 | @ Indiana | 57-66 | Candice Dupree (19) | Chasity Melvin (12) | Chasity Melvin (5) | Conseco Fieldhouse
7,134 | 5-13 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 19 | July 13 | Atlanta | 79-66 | Dupree
Perkins (18) | Armintie Price (7) | Dupree
Perkins
Wyckoff
Fluker (3) | UIC Pavilion
2,907 | 6-13 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 20 | July 16 | @ Detroit | 63-66 | Jia Perkins (26) | Candice Dupree (12) | Dupree
Melvin (4) | Palace of Auburn Hills
15,210 | 6-14 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 21 | July 18 | Connecticut | 73-65 | Jia Perkins (15) | Candice Dupree (9) | K.B. Sharp (4) | UIC Pavilion
3,379 | 7-14 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 22 | July 20 | @ Connecticut | 67-74 | Armintie Price (15) | Chasity Melvin (10) | Jia Perkins (5) | Mohegan Sun Arena
7,367 | 7-15 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 23 | July 22 | Indiana | 68-60 | Candice Dupree (20) | Jia Perkins (10) | Jia Perkins (8) | UIC Pavilion
3,035 | 8-15 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 24 | July 24 | @ San Antonio | 67-78 | Candice Dupree (20) | Candice Dupree (10) | Perkins
Sharp (3) | AT&T Center
9,372 | 8-16 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 25 | July 26 | @ Houston | 65-79 | Candice Dupree (28) | Jia Perkins (7) | Jia Perkins (5) | Reliant Arena
6,569 | 8-17 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- | colspan="10" align="center" valign="middle" | Summer Olympic break |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 26 | August 28 | @ New York | 69-60 | Jia Perkins (19) | Sylvia Fowles (10) | Armintie Price (5) | Madison Square Garden
8,566 | 9-17 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 27 | August 29 | @ Washington | 79-75 | Jia Perkins (28) | Sylvia Fowles (13) | Armintie Price (4) | Verizon Center
10,043 | 10-17 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 28 | August 31 | Detroit | 82-81 (OT) | Candice Dupree (24) | Sylvia Fowles (12) | Candice Dupree (7) | UIC Pavilion
4,197 | 11-17 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 29 | September 4 | Seattle | 62-70 | Jia Perkins (22) | Candice Dupree (6) | Dominique Canty (6) | UIC Pavilion
3,829 | 11-18 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 30 | September 5 | @ Connecticut | 75-80 | Jia Perkins (18) | Sylvia Fowles (6) | Dominique Canty (7) | Mohegan Sun Arena
8,088 | 11-19 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 31 | September 7 | @ New York | 61-69 | Jia Perkins (18) | Sylvia Fowles (12) | Canty
Sharp (2) | Madison Square Garden
7,903 | 11-20 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 32 | September 9 | Washington | 78-59 | Jia Perkins (17) | Candice Dupree (10) | Candice Dupree (6) | UIC Pavilion
3,087 | 12-20 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 33 | September 12 | New York | 62-69 | Candice Dupree (18) | Dupree
Fowles (6) | Canty
Wyckoff (4) | UIC Pavilion
5,681 | 12-21 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 34 | September 14 | Houston | 76-79 | Candice Dupree (20) | Armintie Price (7) | Dominique Canty (6) | UIC Pavilion
4,917 | 12-22 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log end

Standings

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

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
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

Awards and honors

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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