2009 Chicago Sky season

2009 Chicago Sky season

Head Coach

Arena

Attendance

3,933 per game

Results
Record	16–18 (.471)
Place	4th (Eastern)
Playoff Finish	Did Not Qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Dupree (15.7)
Rebounds	Dupree (7.9)
Assists	Canty (3.2)
Media
Television	CN100
Chicago Sky seasons
< 2008	2010 >

The 2009 WNBA season is the 4th for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Sky were unable to qualify for the WNBA Playoffs for the first time in franchise history.

Offseason

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Sky's 2008 record, they would pick 3rd in the Houston Comets dispersal draft. The Sky picked Mistie Williams. ^[1]

WNBA Draft

The following are the Sky's selections in the 2009 WNBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	3	Kristi Toliver	United States	Maryland
1	16	Danielle Gant	United States	Texas A&M
3	29	Jenifer Risper	United States	Vanderbilt

^[2]

Transactions

August 21: The Sky signed Mistie Bass and waived Chen Nan.
August 12: The Sky traded Armintie Price to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for Tamera Young.
June 4: The Sky waived Mistie Bass.
May 31: The Sky waived Jennifer Risper.
May 25: The Sky waived Quianna Chaney and Danielle Gant.
April 28: The Sky signed Chen Nan.^[3]
January 12: The Sky signed free agent Shyra Ely.
January 9: The Sky re-signed free agent K.B. Sharp.
January 7: The Sky signed free agent Erin Thorn.
October 9, 2008: The Sky signed Dominique Canty and Brooke Wyckoff through the 2009 season.

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Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Dominique Canty	October 9, 2008	re-signed
Brooke Wyckoff	October 9, 2008	re-signed
Erin Thorn	January 7, 2009	New York Liberty
K.B. Sharp	January 9, 2009	re-signed
Shyra Ely	January 12, 2009	Seattle Storm
Chen Nan	April 28, 2009	free agent
Tamera Young	August 12, 2009	Atlanta Dream
Mistie Bass	August 21, 2009	free agent

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Chasity Melvin	February 9, 2009	Washington Mystics
Quianna Chaney	May 25, 2009	free agent
Danielle Gant	May 25, 2009	free agent
Jennifer Risper	May 31, 2009	free agent
Armintie Price	August 12, 2009	Atlanta Dream
Chen Nan	August 21, 2009	free agent
Tye'sha Fluker	2009	free agent
Cathy Joens	2009	free agent

Roster

Chicago Sky roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Height	Weight	From
4.0 !F	8	USA !	Bass, Mistie	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	Duke
2.5 !G/F	3	USA !	Canty, Dominique	7000175260000000000♠5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	162 lb (73 kg)	Alabama
4.5 !PF	4	USA !	Dupree, Candice	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	162 lb (73 kg)	Temple
3.0 !SF	0	USA !	Ely, Shyra	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	Tennessee
6.0 !C	34	USA !	Fowles, Sylvia	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	LSU
6.0 !C	44	USA !	Mattera, Katie	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Liberty University
2.0 !SG	11	USA !	Perkins, Jia	7000172720000000000♠5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	Texas Tech
1.0 !PG	32	USA !	Sharp, K.B.	7000175260000000000♠5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	146 lb (66 kg)	Cincinnati
2.0 !SG	5	USA !	Thorn, Erin	7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	Brigham Young
1.5 !G	7	USA !	Toliver, Kristi	7000170180000000000♠5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	130 lb (59 kg)	Maryland
4.0 !F	1	USA !	Young, Tamera	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)		James Madison University

Head coach

Steven Key (Boston)

Assistant coaches

Stephanie White (Purdue)
Michael Mitchell (Fresno State)

Athletic trainer

Nick Rubel

Strength and conditioning coach

Ann Crosby

Legend

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

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Indiana Fever ^x	22	12	.647	–	14–3	8–9	17–5
Atlanta Dream ^x	18	16	.529	4.0	12–5	6–11	10–12
Detroit Shock ^x	18	16	.529	4.0	11–6	7–10	11–11
Washington Mystics ^x	16	18	.471	6.0	11–6	5–12	10–12
Chicago Sky ^o	16	18	.471	6.0	12–5	4–13	10–12
Connecticut Sun ^o	16	18	.471	6.0	12–5	4–13	9–12
New York Liberty ^o	13	21	.382	9.0	8–9	5–12	8–13

Schedule

Preseason

2009 Game Log: Preseason

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	May 22	8:30pm	Detroit	71-67	Fowles (21)	Fowles (9)	Perkins (5)	UIC Pavilion 3,283	1-0
2	May 27	11:00am	@ Detroit	68-78	Toliver (17)	Dupree, Bass (7)	Price, Toliver (3)	Palace of Auburn Hills 3,952	1-1
3	May 28	7:00pm	@ Indiana	67-74	Dupree, Chen (15)	Ely (8)	Dupree (3)	Conseco Fieldhouse 6,457	1-2
4	June 2	8:00pm	E League	102-55	Dupree (20)	Dupree, Fowles (7)	Toliver (6)	UIC Pavilion 3,488	2-2

Regular season

2009 Game Log: Regular Season

Watch all games live on WNBA LiveAccess

June

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	June 6	8:00pm	@ Minnesota	NBA TV FSN-N	85-102	Perkins (24)	Perkins (6)	Canty (6)	Target Center 8,708	0-1
2	June 12	8:30pm	Atlanta	CN100 NBA TV	81-73	Dupree (23)	Dupree (8)	Perkins (8)	UIC Pavilion 5,689	1-1
3	June 14	6:00pm	Seattle		64-57	Dupree (14)	Fowles (15)	Wyckoff (3)	UIC Pavilion 2,681	2-1
4	June 16	8:00pm	Connecticut		78-75	Perkins (25)	Fowles (10)	Perkins (5)	UIC Pavilion 2,396	3-1
5	June 19	7:00pm	@ Connecticut		61-91	Toliver (14)	Fowles (9)	Price (3)	Mohegan Sun Arena 5,892	3-2
6	June 20	7:00pm	@ Washington		72-81	Perkins (15)	Price (7)	Perkins (6)	Verizon Center 11,745	3-3
7	June 23	12:00pm	@ Atlanta		99-98 (OT)	Perkins (22)	Dupree (10)	Perkins (6)	Philips Arena 10,351	4-3
8	June 27	8:00pm	Washington		68-63	Dupree (23)	Fowles (10)	Perkins (5)	UIC Pavilion 3,918	5-3
9	June 30	8:00pm	Sacramento		74-72	Perkins (17)	Fowles (14)	Perkins (8)	UIC Pavilion 2,721	6-3

July

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
10	July 3	8:00pm	@ San Antonio		72-85	Price (17)	Ely (5)	Canty (5)	AT&T Center 6,662	6-4
11	July 7	10:00pm	@ Sacramento		73-83	Perkins (21)	Perkins (5)	Perkins (6)	ARCO Arena 5,672	6-5
12	July 8	10:00pm	@ Phoenix		70-90	Dupree (22)	Dupree (12)	Price (2)	US Airways Center 5,597	6-6
13	July 10	8:30pm	Indiana		54-83	Ely (12)	Dupree (8)	Toliver (4)	UIC Pavilion 4,021	6-7
14	July 12	9:00pm	@ Seattle	NBA TV FSN-NW	86-81	Dupree (28)	Dupree (7)	Toliver (7)	KeyArena 6,796	7-7
15	July 15	1:00pm	@ Indiana		74-84	Dupree (17)	Dupree (10)	Canty, Chen, Toliver (3)	Conseco Fieldhouse 10,050	7-8
16	July 19	6:00pm	San Antonio	NBA TV CN100	85-75	Perkins (29)	Dupree (11)	Canty (6)	UIC Pavilion 3,282	8-8
17	July 22	12:30pm	New York		70-77	Fowles (15)	Dupree (11)	Canty (4)	UIC Pavilion 5,881	8-9
18	July 23	7:00pm	@ Washington	ESPN2	64-75	Perkins (14)	Fowles (7)	Toliver (2)	Verizon Center 11,651	8-10
19	July 29	8:00pm	Los Angeles		75-63	Perkins (18)	Fowles (7)	Dupree (5)	UIC Pavilion 5,633	9-10

August

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
20	August 1	8:00pm	Connecticut	NBA TV WCTX	84-72	Dupree (23)	Dupree (8)	Canty (6)	UIC Pavilion 3,071	10-10
21	August 5	7:00pm	@ Indiana	NBA TV CN100	67-76	Dupree (19)	Dupree (13)	Canty (4)	Conseco Fieldhouse 6,581	10-11
22	August 8	7:00pm	@ Atlanta		82-80	Thorn (20)	Dupree (11)	Perkins (5)	Philips Arena 5,424	11-11
23	August 9	6:00pm	@ Detroit		58-64	Dupree (16)	Fowles (18)	Wyckoff (3)	Palace of Auburn Hills 6,893	11-12
24	August 14	7:30pm	@ New York	NBA TV CN100 MSG	88-77	Fowles (22)	Dupree, Fowles (9)	Canty (6)	Madison Square Garden 9,832	12-12
25	August 15	8:00pm	Minnesota		79-76	Thorn (17)	Dupree (14)	Canty (8)	UIC Pavilion 3,877	13-12
26	August 18	8:00pm	Phoenix		99-106	Ely (26)	Dupree (7)	Dupree (5)	UIC Pavilion TBA	13-13
27	August 22	8:00pm	Detroit		67-76	Dupree (20)	Dupree (14)	Canty, Dupree, Thorn (3)	UIC Pavilion 5,167	13-14
28	August 25	10:00pm	@ Los Angeles	ESPN2	63-75	Ely (16)	Dupree (8)	Canty (4)	STAPLES Center 9,615	13-15
29	August 28	8:30pm	New York	NBA TV CN100 MSG	96-77	Dupree (26)	Dupree (6)	Dupree (4)	UIC Pavilion 3,707	14-15
30	August 30	4:00pm	@ New York		63-77	Dupree (15)	Dupree (13)	Thorn (7)	Madison Square Garden 8,685	14-16

September

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
31	September 4	8:30pm	Washington	92-86	Fowles (13)	Dupree (10)	Perkins (5)	UIC Pavilion 3,241	15-16
32	September 6	6:00pm	@ Detroit	75-84	Dupree, Ely (18)	Ely (8)	Ely, Sharp (3)	Palace of Auburn Hills 6,619	15-17
33	September 10	8:00pm	Indiana	86-79	Toliver (19)	Dupree (9)	Canty (6)	UIC Pavilion 2,902	16-17
34	September 12	8:00pm	Detroit	69-80	Dupree (27)	Dupree (7)	Canty (6)	UIC Pavilion 5,334	16-18

Regular Season 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

Player Statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Bass, Mistie !Mistie Bass	8	5	15.8	3.4	0.4	0.63	0.38	6.1
Canty, Dominique !Dominique Canty	34	34	22.8	1.9	3.2	0.82	0.15	6.9
Dupree, Candice !Candice Dupree	34	34	34.9	7.9	2.2	1.03	1.21	15.7
Ely, Shyra !Shyra Ely	34	9	14.6	2.6	0.6	0.35	0.24	6.8
Fowles, Sylvia !Sylvia Fowles	24	20	28.8	7.8	0.8	0.88	1.46	11.3
Mattera, Katie !Katie Mattera	2	0	11.5	3.0	0.0	0.00	0.50	5.5
Nan, Chen !Chen Nan	26	5	12.3	2.1	0.2	0.31	0.35	3.7
Perkins, Jia !Jia Perkins	34	34	27.4	3.4	2.9	2.15	0.18	13.2
Price, Armintie !Armintie Price	22	0	14.7	2.7	1.2	0.60	0.10	3.5
Sharp, K.B. !K.B. Sharp	27	0	12.0	0.7	0.9	0.30	0.07	2.6
Thorn, Erin !Erin Thorn	34	0	17.0	1.6	1.6	0.59	0.00	6.2
Toliver, Kristi !Kristi Toliver	27	0	14.3	1.4	1.9	0.37	0.11	7.6
Wyckoff, Brooke !Brooke Wyckoff	27	23	19.7	2.7	1.4	0.37	0.74	3.1
Young, Tamera !Tamera Young	10	6	12.9	3.0	0.7	0.70	0.40	5.0

Team Statistics

Team	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG
Chicago Sky	.435	.395	.760	31.9	15.6	7.3	4.1	15.6	17.8	75.7
Opponents	.442	.347	.781	34.0	17.9	8.0	3.6	14.4	18.7	79.2

Awards and honors

Candice Dupree was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 15, 2009.
Candice Dupree was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Eastern Conference starter.
Sylvia Fowles was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Eastern Conference starter.
Jia Perkins was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Eastern Conference reserve.

References

↑ http://www.wnba.com/news/comets_dispersal_081208.html
↑ "WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Draft Board". Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
↑ http://www.wnba.com/sky/news/Sky_Sign_Chinese_National_Tea-311148-844.html
↑ WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Transactions

External links

2009 WNBA season by team

Draft Transactions Schedule All-Star Game Playoffs Finals

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

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

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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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