2008 Chicago Sky season

2008 Chicago Sky season

Head Coach

Arena

UIC Pavilion

Attendance

3,656 per game

Results
Record	12–22 (.353)
Place	5th (Eastern)
Playoff Finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Jia Perkins
Rebounds	Candice Dupree
Assists	Dominique Canty
Chicago Sky seasons
< 2007	2009 >

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

Offseason

Expansion Draft

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

Carla Thomas

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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.

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Trades

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

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Tye'sha Fluker	June 5, 2008	Los Angeles Sparks
Jia Perkins	February 22, 2008	re-signed
Chasity Melvin	April 22, 2008	re-signed

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Stacey Dales	April 5, 2008	retired

Roster

Chicago Sky roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Height	Weight	From
2.5 !G/F	3	USA !	Canty, Dominique	7000175260000000000♠5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	162 lb (73 kg)	Alabama
2.0 !SG	15	USA !	Chaney, Quianna	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	LSU
4.5 !PF	4	USA !	Dupree, Candice	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	162 lb (73 kg)	Temple
6.0 !C	42	USA !	Fluker, Tye'sha	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	Tennessee
6.0 !C	34	USA !	Fowles, Sylvia	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	LSU
2.5 !G/F	9	USA !	Joens, Cathy	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	George Washington
5.5 !F/C	44	USA !	Melvin, Chasity	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	North Carolina State
2.0 !SG	11	USA !	Perkins, Jia	7000172720000000000♠5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	Texas Tech
2.5 !G/F	22	USA !	Price, Armintie	7000175260000000000♠5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	133 lb (60 kg)	Mississippi
3.0 !SF	24	USA !	Rush, Leah	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Oklahoma
1.0 !PG	32	USA !	Sharp, K.B.	7000175260000000000♠5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	146 lb (66 kg)	Cincinnati
3.0 !SF	21	USA !	Wyckoff, Brooke	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	Florida State

Head coach

Steven Key (Boston)

Assistant coaches

Stephanie White (Purdue)
Michael Mitchell (Fresno State)

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 ^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

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 !Dominique Canty	28	28	26.3	.394	.167	.669	2.5	4.1	1.0	0.1	8.1
Quianna Chaney !Quianna Chaney	28	0	8.6	.277	.240	.833	1.0	0.9	0.6	0.1	2.4
Candice Dupree !Candice Dupree	34	34	32.9	.457	.143	.780	7.9	2.3	1.1	1.3	16.3
Tye'sha Fluker !Tye'sha Fluker	26	2	8.9	.385	.333	.760	1.3	0.4	0.2	0.3	2.7
Sylvia Fowles !Sylvia Fowles	17	14	25.3	.513	.000	.585	7.5	0.3	1.1	2.1	10.5
Cathy Joens !Cathy Joens	26	0	10.5	.374	.369	.875	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.1	3.8
Chasity Melvin !Chasity Melvin	34	18	22.3	.443	.333	.614	5.1	1.5	0.9	0.3	8.2
Jia Perkins !Jia Perkins	34	34	31.9	.436	.363	.891	4.0	2.8	1.9	0.3	17.0
Armintie Price !Armintie Price	34	11	22.4	.438	.000	.520	3.7	1.7	1.0	0.4	6.9
Leah Rush !Leah Rush	2	0	6.0	.000	.000	.750	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5
K.B. Sharp !K.B. Sharp	34	6	17.6	.433	.321	.655	1.3	1.4	0.4	0.0	3.1
Brooke Queenan !Brooke Queenan	8	0	4.5	.125	.000	.000	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3
Brooke Wyckoff !Brooke Wyckoff	34	23	17.5	.342	.314	.563	2.3	1.4	0.4	0.6	2.2

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

↑ WNBA.com: Atlanta Dream Expansion Draft
↑ "WNBA.com: 2008 WNBA Transactions". Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

2008 WNBA season by team

Draft Playoffs Finals

Eastern	Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Detroit Shock Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics

Western	Houston Comets Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Sacramento Monarchs San Antonio Silver Stars Seattle Storm

← 2007 WNBA season 2009 →

Chicago Sky

Founded in 2005
Based in Chicago, Illinois

Franchise

Franchise
Current season

Arenas

UIC Pavilion
Allstate Arena

Head coaches

Administration

Owner:	Michael J. Alter

General Manager:	Dave Cowens Bo Overton Steven Key Pokey Chatman

All-Stars

Seasons

Playoff appearances

Conference Championships

2014

WNBA Championships

None

Rivals

Media

Radio:	WVON

TV:	Comcast Network (CN100) The U Too (WMEU-CD)

Announcers:	Patricia Babcock-McGraw Stephen Bardo Lisa Byington Eric Collins Brent Stover Brooke Weisbrod

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