2008 Chicago Sky season

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]

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 – 17.0
ReboundsCandice Dupree – 7.9
AssistsDominique Canty – 4.1

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  United States Vanderbilt Atlanta Dream

WNBA draft
See also: 2008 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

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
2008 Chicago Sky Roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.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
Assistant coaches



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

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

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

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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