2006 Chicago Sky season

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2006 Chicago Sky season
Coach Dave Cowens
Arena UIC Pavilion
Attendance3,390 per game
Results
Record5–29 (.147)
Place7th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
Points Candice Dupree – 13.7
Rebounds Bernadette Ngoyisa – 5.7
Assists Jia Perkins – 3.2

The 2006 WNBA season was the first for the Chicago Sky. On February 8, 2005, the David Stern announced that the WNBA would be expanding to Chicago beginning with the 2006 season. Chicago became the second team in league history to be owned and operated outside of the NBA entity. [1] [2] On September 20, 2005, the Chicago franchise announced their team name to be the Sky. [3]

Contents

Dave Cowens was named the first head coach of the Sky. [4] The year was much of a struggle for the Sky, as they went 5–29 in their first season. Rookie Candice Dupree was named to the All-Rookie Team following the season for her solid rookie season. [5] Cowens left the team following the year.

Transactions

Expansion draft

Chicago had the right to acquire one player from each of the 13 WNBA teams. Each team had designated a maximum of six players who would not be available for selection in the expansion draft. [6]

PlayerNationalityNationality
Jia Perkins Flag of the United States.svg  United States Charlotte Sting
Brooke Wyckoff Flag of the United States.svg  United States Connecticut Sun
Elaine Powell Flag of the United States.svg  United States Detroit Shock
Kiesha Brown Flag of the United States.svg  United States Houston Comets
Deanna Jackson Flag of the United States.svg  United States Indiana Fever
Laura Macchi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Los Angeles Sparks
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert Flag of the United States.svg  United States Minnesota Lynx
DeTrina WhiteFlag of the United States.svg  United States New York Liberty
Ashley Robinson Flag of the United States.svg  United States Phoenix Mercury
Chelsea Newton Flag of the United States.svg  United States Sacramento Monarchs
Bernadette Ngoyisa Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo San Antonio Silver Stars
Francesca ZaraFlag of Italy.svg  Italy Seattle Storm
Stacey Dales-Schuman Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Washington Mystics

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalityCollege
16 Candice Dupree Flag of the United States.svg  United States Temple
220 Jennifer Harris Flag of the United States.svg  United States Washburn
334 Kerri Gardin Flag of the United States.svg  United States Virginia Tech

Trades and roster changes

DateTransaction
April 7, 2006Signed Candice Dupree, Jennifer Harris, and Kerri Gardin to rookie-scale contracts
April 13, 2006Signed Mfon Udoka
April 18, 2006Signed Missy Traversi to a training-camp contract
April 19, 2006Signed Steffanie Blackmon to a training-camp contract
April 30, 2006Waived Missy Traversi and Mfon Udoka [7]
May 1, 2006Signed Holly Tyler and Julie McBride [8]
Waived Steffanie Blackmon
May 4, 2006Waived Holly Tyler
May 8, 2006Signed Tera Bjorklund
May 12, 2006Claimed Rita Williams off of waivers
Traded the 14th pick in the 2007 WNBA draft to the Houston Comets in exchange for Liz Moeggenberg and the 21st pick in the 2007 WNBA draft
May 13, 2006Waived Julie McBride
May 16, 2006Waived Jennifer Harris and Kerri Gardin
Full-season suspend Francesca Zara due to overseas commitments
May 18, 2006Waived Rita Williams
June 28, 2006 Nikki McCray announces her retirement from the WNBA [9]
June 29, 2006Traded Ashley Robinson to the Seattle Storm in exchange for Cisti Greenwalt and the 20th pick in the 2007 WNBA draft [10]
Waived Cisti Greenwalt
July 5, 2006Signed Katie Cronin to a 7-day contract
July 24, 2006Signed Katie Cronin and Coretta Brown
September 13, 2006 Dave Cowens resigns as head coach [11]

Roster

2006 Chicago Sky Roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
G 14 Flag of the United States.svg Brown, Coretta 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)150 lb (68 kg) North Carolina
G/F 33 Flag of the United States.svg Cronin, Katie 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)155 lb (70 kg) Colorado State
G 12 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dales, Stacy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)155 lb (70 kg) Oklahoma
F 4 Flag of the United States.svg Dupree, Candice 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)178 lb (81 kg) Temple
F 23 Flag of the United States.svg Jackson, Deanna 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)155 lb (70 kg) UAB
F 24 Flag of the United States.svg Lassiter, Amanda 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)160 lb (73 kg) Missouri
C 32 Flag of the United States.svg Lovelace, Stacey 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)170 lb (77 kg) Purdue
F 52 Flag of the United States.svg Moeggenberg, Liz 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)195 lb (88 kg) Michigan State
G 2 Flag of the United States.svg Newton, Chelsea 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)154 lb (70 kg) Rutgers
C 50 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Ngoyisa, Bernadette 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)195 lb (88 kg) Republic of the Congo
G 11 Flag of the United States.svg Perkins, Jia 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)165 lb (75 kg) Texas Tech
G 5 Flag of the United States.svg Powell, Elaine 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)150 lb (68 kg) LSU
F 21 Flag of the United States.svg 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
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Depth

Pos.StarterBench
C Bernadette Ngoyisa Stacey Lovelace
PF Candice Dupree Liz Moeggenberg
Deanna Jackson
SF Amanda Lassiter Brooke Wyckoff
Katie Cronin
SG Stacey Dales Chelsea Newton
Elaine Powell
PG Jia Perkins Coretta Brown

Schedule

Regular season

2006 Regular Season Schedule
Total: 5–29 (Home: 3–14; Road: 2–15)
May: 1–3 (Home: 0–3; Road: 1–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 20@ Charlotte 83-82 Candice Dupree (19) Candice Dupree (6) Elaine Powell (3) Time Warner Cable Arena
6,010		1-0
2May 23 Sacramento 63-76 Stacey Lovelace (11) Ashley Robinson (8) Elaine Powell (7) UIC Pavilion
5,112		1-1
3May 26 Indiana 60-75 Jia Perkins (16) Ashley Robinson (7) Powell
Newton
Perkins (3)		 UIC Pavilion
3,151		1-2
4May 30 Los Angeles 55-64 Jia Perkins (12) Stacey Lovelace (11) Brooke Wyckoff (4) UIC Pavilion
3,086		1-3
June: 1–10 (Home: 1–4; Road: 0–6)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
5June 2@ Houston 60-71 Amanda Lassiter (14) Deanna Jackson (7) Perkins
Lassiter
Jackson (3)		 Toyota Center
5,397		1-4
6June 4 Detroit 66-81 Amanda Lassiter (20) Candice Dupree (7) Candice Dupree (4) UIC Pavilion
3,135		1-5
7June 7@ Seattle 73-86 Dupree
Ngoyisa (16)		 Bernadette Ngoyisa (8) Amanda Lassiter (6) KeyArena
5,741		1-6
8June 9@ Los Angeles 65-73 Jia Perkins (19) Jia Perkins (9) Jia Perkins (4) Staples Center
7,282		1-7
9June 10@ Sacramento 70-80 Perkins
Dupree (17)		 Bernadette Ngoyisa (10) Jia Perkins (7) ARCO Arena
10,416		1-8
10June 15 Seattle 61-74 Stacey Lovelace (15) Candice Dupree (12) Jia Perkins (7) UIC Pavilion
2,956		1-9
11June 17 San Antonio 65-69 Jia Perkins (21) Jia Perkins (10) Brooke Wyckoff (4) UIC Pavilion
2,806		1-10
12June 21@ Indiana 55-77 Stacey Lovelace (13) Deanna Jackson (8) Ashley Robinson (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,310		1-11
13June 23 Connecticut 79-84 Jia Perkins (13) Candice Dupree (7) Perkins
Wyckoff (4)		 UIC Pavilion
2,818		1-12
14June 25@ Phoenix 77-90 Candice Dupree (15) Dupree
Perkins
Jackson (5)		 Newton
Powell (2)		 US Airways Center
6,124		1-13
15June 29 Charlotte 75-69 Candice Dupree (15) Candice Dupree (7) Chelsea Newton (4) UIC Pavilion
2,570		2-13
July: 2–9 (Home: 2–4; Road: 0–5)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
16July 1@ San Antonio 57-69 Candice Dupree (16) Candice Dupree (9) Dupree
Newton (4)		 AT&T Center
6,060		2-14
17July 7 New York 78-73 Candice Dupree (20) Candice Dupree (6) Dupree
Newton (3)		 UIC Pavilion
3,375		3-14
18July 9@ Washington 83-89 Lassiter
Ngoyisa (17)		 Amanda Lassiter (7) Amanda Lassiter (5) Verizon Center
7,618		3-15
19July 14 Houston 77-82 Bernadette Ngoyisa (16) Dupree
Lovelace (5)		 Jia Perkins (6) UIC Pavilion
3,626		3-16
20July 16 Washington 75-83 Stacey Dales (15) Bernadette Ngoyisa (6) Jia Perkins (4) UIC Pavilion
2,983		3-17
21July 19@ Minnesota 82-90 Candice Dupree (14) Bernadette Ngoyisa (11) Jia Perkins (6) Target Center
14,793		3-18
22July 20@ Connecticut 72-86 Jia Perkins (21) Bernadette Ngoyisa (6) Jia Perkins (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,740		3-19
23July 22@ Detroit 70-89 Perkins
Dales (12)		 Candice Dupree (7) Dupree
Newton
Dales (3)		 Palace of Auburn Hills
10,456		3-20
24July 25 New York 72-79 Candice Dupree (22) Amanda Lassiter (8) Candice Dupree (5) UIC Pavilion
3,435		3-21
25July 27@ Washington 74-92 Ngoyisa
Dales (18)		 Bernadette Ngoyisa (5) Jia Perkins (10) Verizon Center
9,290		3-22
26July 28 Minnesota 79-65 Stacey Dales (20) Ngoyisa
Perkins (7)		 Dales
Ngoyisa (4)		 UIC Pavilion
2,967		4-22
27July 30 Indiana 64-69 Candice Dupree (25) Bernadette Ngoyisa (6) Perkins
Lassiter (6)		 UIC Pavilion
3,430		4-23
August: 1–6 (Home: 0–3; Road: 1–3)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
28August 1 Phoenix 70-90 Stacey Lovelace (14) Bernadette Ngoyisa (9) Liz Moeggenberg (4) UIC Pavilion
5,219		4-24
29August 4 Detroit 49-76 Stacey Lovelace (10) Bernadette Ngoyisa (8) Liz Moeggenberg (3) UIC Pavilion
3,455		4-25
30August 5@ New York 69-80 Candice Dupree (24) Candice Dupree (6) Chelsea Newton (5) Madison Square Garden
8,872		4-26
31August 8 Connecticut 59-85 Bernadette Ngoyisa (11) Candice Dupree (10) Brown
Dales (4)		 UIC Pavilion
3,520		4-27
32August 10@ Detroit 48-82 Candice Dupree (12) Stacey Lovelace (7) Amanda Lassiter (3) Palace of Auburn Hills
11,226		4-28
33August 12@ Charlotte 57-84 Bernadette Ngoyisa (23) Dupree
Ngoyisa (10)		 Coretta Brown (4) Time Warner Cable Arena
8,339		4-29
34August 13@ Indiana 80-73 Candice Dupree (24) Chelsea Newton (9) Amanda Lassiter (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
8,381		5-29

Standings

Eastern Conference
W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
z - Connecticut Sun 268.765–14–312–515–5
x - Detroit Shock 2311.6763.014–39–814–6
x - Indiana Fever 2113.6185.012–59–812–8
x - Washington Mystics 1816.5298.013–45–1212–8
e - New York Liberty 1123.32415.07–104–137–13
e - Charlotte Sting 1123.32415.07–104–36–14
e - Chicago Sky 529.14721.03–142–154–16

Statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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 gameTeam leaderLeague leader

Regular season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Candice Dupree 343130.445.70.077.95.51.81.30.713.7
Bernadette Ngoyisa 302320.952.80.059.25.70.90.50.210.1
Jia Perkins 302728.035.127.780.63.63.21.40.49.4
Amanda Lassiter 322924.436.632.971.02.82.01.30.58.0
Stacey Lovelace 34618.541.530.278.64.00.60.60.67.4
Stacey Dales 231619.735.430.969.61.21.70.40.07.0
Chelsea Newton 271124.033.526.573.82.62.11.30.36.5
Deanna Jackson 22115.039.533.364.73.00.60.40.16.0
Elaine Powell 14318.143.30.070.81.82.60.90.24.9
Brooke Wyckoff 151322.924.223.380.02.72.20.90.83.3
Coretta Brown 15216.827.127.350.01.51.70.70.03.2
Katie Cronin 11012.130.030.828.61.10.20.50.22.2
Liz Moeggenberg 27110.131.733.346.71.70.60.40.22.1
Nikki McCray 1127.536.420.071.40.50.50.60.12.0
Ashley Robinson 12510.431.0100.033.32.80.50.20.71.8

Awards and honors

RecipientAwardDate awardedRef.
Candice Dupree WNBA All-Star Selection July 11 [12]
WNBA All-Rookie Team August 20 [5]

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