2007 Chicago Sky season

2007 Chicago Sky season
CoachBo Overton
ArenaUIC Pavilion
Attendance3,915 per game
Results
Record14–20 (.412)
Place6th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
PointsCandice Dupree – 16.5
ReboundsCandice Dupree – 7.7
AssistsDominique Canty – 4.1

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  United States Duke Charlotte Sting

WNBA draft

See also: 2007 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality College
1 3 Armintie Price  United States Ole Miss
1 10 Carla Thomas  United States Vanderbilt
2 20 Stephanie Raymond  United States Northern Illinois
2 21 Jessica Dickson  United States South Florida
3 27 Jenna Rubino  United States 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

2007 Chicago Sky roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightFrom
G3Canty, Dominique5' 9" (1.75m)166 lb (75kg)Alabama
F20Christensen, Kayte6' 2" (1.88m)171 lb (78kg)UC Santa Barbara
G14Coggins, Claire5' 11" (1.8m)170 lb (77kg)Kansas State
G12Dales, Stacy6' 0" (1.83m)155 lb (70kg)Oklahoma
F4Dupree, Candice6' 2" (1.88m)178 lb (81kg)Temple
G/F9Joens, Catherine5' 11" (1.8m)165 lb (75kg)George Washington
C44Melvin, Chasity6' 3" (1.91m)195 lb (88kg)NC State
F52Moeggenberg, Liz6' 1" (1.85m)195 lb (88kg)Michigan State
G11Perkins, Jia5' 8" (1.73m)165 lb (75kg)Texas Tech
G22Price, Armintie5' 9" (1.75m)132 lb (60kg)Mississippi
G33Raymond, Stephanie5' 5" (1.65m)139 lb (63kg)Northern Illinois
F42Thomas, Carla6' 3" (1.91m)200 lb (91kg)Vanderbilt
F21Wyckoff, Brooke6' 1" (1.85m)183 lb (83kg)Florida State
Head coach
Bo Overton (Oklahoma)
Assistant coaches
Steven Key (Boston University)
Stephanie White (Purdue)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

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

2007 Regular Season Schedule
Total: 14–20 (Home: 6–11; Road: 8–9)
May: 1–4 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 May 20 @ New York 71-83 Monique Currie (20) Dupree
Curre (10) 		Armintie Price (8) Madison Square Garden
11,341 		0-1
2 May 22 Los Angeles 64-81 Dominique Canty (18) Kayte Christensen (8) Dominique Canty (4) UIC Pavilion
5,140 		0-2
3 May 25 @ Minnesota 82-77 Candice Dupree (25) Kayte Christensen (7) Stacey Dales (6) Target Center
4,891 		1-2
4 May 31 Connecticut 97-102 OT Candice Dupree (29) Dupree
Wyckoff (7) 		Brooke Wyckoff (10) UIC Pavilion
2,634 		1-3
June: 6–5 (Home: 2–4; Road: 4–1)
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
5 June 1 @ Washington 75-70 Dupree
Perkins (19) 		Chasity Melvin (15) Dominique Canty (7) Verizon Center
6,391 		2-3
6 June 3 Minnesota 78-72 Candice Dupree (20) Candice Dupree (11) Dominique Canty (5) UIC Pavilion
3,477 		3-3
7 June 7 @ Phoenix 66-80 Chasity Melvin (15) Chasity Melvin (11) Canty
Melvin (3) 		US Airways Center
6,161 		3-4
8 June 9 @ San Antonio 70-60 Candice Dupree (22) Chasity Melvin (12) Stacey Dales (5) AT&T Center
9,899 		4-4
9 June 12 Seattle 69-81 Candice Dupree (18) Armintie Price (12) Stacey Dales (7) UIC Pavilion
2,645 		4-5
10 June 15 New York 73-66 Candice Dupree (24) Candice Dupree (13) Armintie Price (6) UIC Pavilion
3,236 		5-5
11 June 17 @ Connecticut 87-74 Candice Dupree (28) Dupree
Melvin (8) 		Dominique Canty (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,614 		6-5
12 June 19 Sacramento 52-54 Candice Dupree (21) Candice Dupree (14) Dominique Canty (7) UIC Pavilion
2,505 		6-6
13 June 23 Washington 86-99 Candice Dupree (26) Melvin
Price (9) 		Armintie Price (6) UIC Pavilion
3,617 		6-7
14 June 26 @ Seattle 76-94 Jia Perkins (19) Dupree
Price
Perkins (7) 		Price
Dupree
Raymond (4) 		KeyArena
6,752 		6-8
15 June 29 @ Sacramento 92-84 2OT Jia Perkins (39) Armintie Price (9) Jia Perkins (10) ARCO Arena
6,862 		7-8
July: 5–6 (Home: 3–3; Road: 2–3)
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
16 July 1 @ Los Angeles 74-71 OT Candice Dupree (24) Candice Dupree (11) Armintie Price (6) Staples Center
7,522 		8-8
17 July 7 Washington 73-77 Candice Dupree (24) Candice Dupree (11) Stacey Dales (6) UIC Pavilion
3,161 		8-9
18 July 8 @ Indiana 70-86 Catherine Joens (16) Candice Dupree (9) Jia Perkins (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
8,247 		8-10
19 July 10 @ Detroit 84-92 Jia Perkins (22) Candice Dupree (10) Jia Perkins (4) Palace of Auburn Hills
8,975 		8-11
20 July 12 Detroit 65-78 Jia Perkins (17) Candice Dupree (6) Catherine Joens (5) UIC Pavilion
3,085 		8-12
21 July 18 @ Indiana 74-75 Jia Perkins (24) Armintie Price (7) Price
Canty (3) 		Bankers Life Fieldhouse
10,542 		8-13
22 July 21 Indiana 68-65 Jia Perkins (17) Armintie Price (8) Dominique Canty (5) UIC Pavilion
3,383 		9-13
23 July 22 San Antonio 84-82 OT Jia Perkins (27) Armintie Price (7) Stacey Dales (4) UIC Pavilion
3,286 		10-13
24 July 26 @ Detroit 83-73 Candice Dupree (24) Candice Dupree (12) Dominique Canty (5) Palace of Auburn Hills
9,238 		11-13
25 July 27 Phoenix 96-98 Stacey Dales (23) Melvin
Price (8) 		Dominique Canty (8) UIC Pavilion
4,053 		11-14
26 July 29 Houston 88-70 Stacey Dales (18) Chasity Melvin (5) Dominique Canty (8) UIC Pavilion
3,469 		12-14
27 July 31 @ Connecticut 56-74 Jia Perkins (17) Dupree
Perkins (7) 		Canty
Joens (3) 		Mohegan Sun Arena
8,048 		12-15
August: 2–5 (Home: 1–3; Road: 1–2)
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
28 August 3 Detroit 60-66 Jia Perkins (19) Jia Perkins (7) Price
Canty
Perkins (3) 		UIC Pavilion
4,635 		12-16
29 August 5 @ Washington 66-71 Candice Dupree (18) Chasity Melvin (12) Dominique Canty (5) Verizon Center
8,395 		12-17
30 August 7 Indiana 70-75 2OT Chasity Melvin (26) Candice Dupree (20) Canty
Dales
Perkins (4) 		UIC Pavilion
5,029 		12-18
31 August 11 Connecticut 66-88 Candice Dupree (18) Candice Dupree (6) Melvin
Perkins (4) 		UIC Pavilion
4,261 		12-19
32 August 14 New York 77-65 Jia Perkins (24) Brooke Wyckoff (10) Dominique Canty (9) UIC Pavilion
5,443 		13-19
33 August 16 @ Houston 81-70 Stacey Dales (17) Candice Dupree (9) Dominique Canty (7) Toyota Center
6,814 		14-19
34 August 19 @ New York 52-58 Dominique Canty (14) Brooke Wyckoff (9) Dominique Canty (2) Madison Square Garden
9,520 		14-20

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]

References

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  2. ^ "Chicago�s Armintie Price Named 2007 WNBA Rookie of the Year". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  3. ^ "WNBA Holds Dispersal Draft for Former Members of the Charlotte Sting". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  4. ^ "Sky Signs Kayte Christensen". wnba.com. Women's National Basketball Association. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  5. ^ "CHELSEA NEWTON RETURNS TO SACRAMENTO MONARCHS THROUGH TRADE DEAL WITH CHICAGO SKY". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  6. ^ "Turek signs with WNBA's Chicago Sky". nonpareilonline.com. The Daily Nonpareil. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  7. ^ "Former Sooner Invited To WNBA Camp". newson6.com. News on 6. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  8. ^ "Chicago Sky Releases Lassiter and Rubino". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  9. ^ "Sky Trades Monique Curry to Mystics for Chasity Melvin". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  10. ^ "Former Ole Miss All-American Armintie Price Named WNBA Rookie Of The Year". olemisssports.com. Ole Miss Athletics. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  11. ^ "WNBA Names 2007 All-Rookie Team". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  12. ^ "FORMER OWL DUPREE NAMED WNBA'S EASTERN CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK". owlsports.com. Temple Athletics. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
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