2010 Chicago Sky season

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2010 Chicago Sky season
Coach Steven Key
Arena Allstate Arena
Attendance4,293 per game
Results
Record14–20 (.412)
Place6th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
Points Sylvia Fowles – 17.8
Rebounds Sylvia Fowles – 9.9
Assists Dominique Canty – 3.4
Media
Television CN100
NBATV, ESPN2

The 2010 WNBA season was the 5th season for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association. This was the first season for the Sky in Allstate Arena. The Sky previously played at UIC Pavilion. [1]

Contents

Transactions

Sacramento Monarchs Dispersal Draft

With the Sacramento Monarchs ceasing operation and based on the 2009 records of teams, the Sky selected 4th in the Dispersal Draft. [2]

PickPlayerNationalityCollegePrevious Team
4 Courtney Paris Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Oklahoma Sacramento Monarchs

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/team/country
14 Epiphanny Prince Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Rutgers
328 Abi Olajuwon Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Oklahoma

Trades and Roster Changes

DateTransaction
January 11, 2010Extended Qualifying Offers to Candice Dupree and Mistie Bass
January 30, 2010Traded Candice Dupree to the Phoenix Mercury and the 16th Pick in the 2010 WNBA draft to the New York Liberty in exchange for Shameka Christon and Cathrine Kraayeveld in a 3-Team Deal [3]
February 3, 2010Signed Dominique Canty
April 13, 2010Waived Mistie Bass
Signed Epiphanny Prince and Abi Olajuwon to Rookie Scale Contracts
April 16, 2010Signed Sandora Irvin to a Training Camp Contract
April 20, 2010Signed Kristi Cirone to a Training Camp Contract [4]
April 25, 2010Signed Sami Whitcomb and Larrissa Williams to Training Camp Contracts [5]
May 2, 2010Waived Shyra Ely and Kristi Cirone
May 9, 2010Waived Sami Whitcomb and Larrissa Williams
May 12, 2010Waived Courtney Paris
May 13, 2010Traded Kristi Toliver to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for a 2nd round Pick in the 2011 WNBA draft [6]
May 31, 2010Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on Sylvia Fowles and Tamera Young
June 1, 2010Waived Abi Olajuwon [7]
July 22, 2010Waived Sandora Irvin
Signed Eshaya Murphy to a 7-Day Contract
July 29, 2010Signed Eshaya Murphy to a 2nd 7-Day Contract
August 5, 2010Signed Eshaya Murphy to a 3rd 7-Day Contract
August 12, 2010Signed Eshaya Murphy to a 4th 7-Day Contract
August 19, 2010Signed Eshaya Murphy
September 10, 2010Head coach Steven Key resigns as coach and general manager [8]

Roster

2010 Chicago Sky Roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
F 8 Flag of the United States.svg Bass, Mistie 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)184 lb (83 kg) Duke
G/F 3 Flag of the United States.svg Canty, Dominique 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)162 lb (73 kg) Alabama
SF 20 Flag of the United States.svg Christon, Shameka  Cruz Roja.svg6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)170 lb (77 kg) Arkansas
C 34 Flag of the United States.svg Fowles, Sylvia 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)200 lb (91 kg) LSU
F 33 Flag of the United States.svg Kraayeveld, Cathrine 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)180 lb (82 kg) Oregon
G 14 Flag of the United States.svg Murphy, Eshaya 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)164 lb (74 kg) USC
SG 11 Flag of the United States.svg Perkins, Jia 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)155 lb (70 kg) Texas Tech
G 10 Flag of the United States.svg Prince, Epiphanny 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)168 lb (76 kg) Rutgers
C 32 Flag of the United States.svg Thomas, Christi 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)198 lb (90 kg) Georgia
SG 5 Flag of the United States.svg Thorn, Erin 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)150 lb (68 kg) BYU
F 1 Flag of the United States.svg Young, Tamera 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)170 lb (77 kg) JMU
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Athletic trainer
  • Flag of the United States.svg Michelle Kania
Strength and conditioning coach
  • Flag of the United States.svg Ann Crosby
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Depth

Pos.StarterBench
C Sylvia Fowles Christi Thomas
PF Mistie Bass Catherine Kraayeveld
SF Tamera Young Eshaya Murphy
Shameka Christon Cruz Roja.svg
SG Jia Perkins Erin Thorn
PG Dominique Canty Epiphanny Prince

Schedule

Preseason

2010 Preseason Schedule
Total: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1April 301:00pm@ Minnesota 87-78 Tamera Young (18) Mistie Bass (7) Sami Whitcomb (5) Concordia University
633		1-0
2May 612:30pm Minnesota 74-65 Catherine Kraayeveld (20) Bass
Kraayeveld
Irvin (6)		 Dominique Canty (6) Allstate Arena
N/A		2-0
3May 712:00pm@ Indiana 63-69 Kristi Toliver (14) Mistie Bass (8) Mistie Bass (2) Conseco Fieldhouse
7,291		2-1
4May 1012:30pm Indiana 84-71 Sylvia Fowles (13) Sylvia Fowles (7) Dominique Canty (6) Allstate Arena
N/A		3-1

Regular Season

2010 Regular Season Schedule
Total: 14–20 (Home: 7–10; Road: 7–10)
May 2–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 153:30pm@ Connecticut CN100 61-74 Sylvia Fowles (16) Sylvia Fowles (9) Shameka Christon (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
8,072		0-1
2May 164:00pm@ New York NBATV
CN100
MSG 		82-85 Sylvia Fowles (23) Dominique Canty (8) Dominique Canty (5) Madison Square Garden
12,088		0-2
3May 228:00pm Indiana CN100 86-92 (OT) Sylvia Fowles (22) Sylvia Fowles (12) Dominique Canty (5) Allstate Arena
6,477		0-3
4May 236:00pm@ Indiana CN100
FS-I 		61-69 Catherine Kraayeveld (11) Sylvia Fowles (9) Fowles
Kraayeveld (2)		 Conseco Fieldhouse
7,665		0-4
5May 278:00pm Seattle CN100 84-75 Sylvia Fowles (19) Sylvia Fowles (8) Dominique Canty (4) Allstate Arena
2,923		1-4
6May 298:00pm@ Minnesota CN100 73-58 Sylvia Fowles (18) Mistie Bass (6) Canty
Prince (4)		 Target Center
6,129		2-4
June 4–5 (Home: 2–4; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
7June 47:00pm@ Atlanta CN100
FS-S 		80-70 Sylvia Fowles (19) Sylvia Fowles (9) Shameka Christon (8) Philips Arena
2,515		3-4
8June 58:00pm Tulsa CN100 95-70 Sylvia Fowles (32) Sylvia Fowles (13) Dominique Canty (6) Allstate Arena
4,549		4-4
9June 88:00pm New York CN100 70-85 Epiphanny Prince (20) Sylvia Fowles (6) Christon
Young
Prince
Thorn (3)		 Allstate Arena
2,408		4-5
10June 118:30pm Washington CN100 78-95 Sylvia Fowles (23) Sylvia Fowles (7) Canty
Perkins
Thorn (4)		 Allstate Arena
3,107		4-6
11June 158:00pm Atlanta CN100 86-93 Jia Perkins (25) Tamera Young (7) Dominique Canty (6) Allstate Arena
3,292		4-7
12June 197:00pm@ Washington NBATV
CN100
CSN-MA 		61-65 (OT) Sylvia Fowles (17) Sylvia Fowles (9) Jia Perkins (4) Verizon Center
9,034		4-8
13June 227:30pm@ Connecticut CN100 86-77 Epiphanny Prince (19) Sylvia Fowles (9) Prince
Young (4)		 Mohegan Sun Arena
6,987		5-8
14June 258:30pm Washington CN100 79-72 Jia Perkins (20) Sylvia Fowles (7) Dominique Canty (4) Allstate Arena
3,419		6-8
15June 276:00pm Indiana CN100 70-64 Erin Thorn (15) Sylvia Fowles (17) Prince
Thorn (3)		 Allstate Arena
4,051		6-9
July: 6–5 (Home: 3–2; Road: 3–3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
16July 18:00pm Connecticut CN100 92-80 Sylvia Fowles (26) Sylvia Fowles (11) Bass
Canty (5)		 Allstate Arena
3,061		7-9
17July 37:00pm@ Atlanta NBATV
CN100
SSO 		88-82 Sylvia Fowles (22) Sylvia Fowles (12) Canty
Thorn
Young (2)		 Philips Arena
6,920		8-9
18July 68:00pm Indiana CN100 51-58 Sylvia Fowles (26) Sylvia Fowles (18) Epiphanny Prince (4) Allstate Arena
3,732		8-10
19July 114:00pm@ New York MSG 54-57 Jia Perkins (26) Sylvia Fowles (19) Sylvia Fowles (3) Madison Square Garden
9,644		8-11
20July 1412:30pm San Antonio CN100 88-61 Fowles
Perkins
Prince (14)		 Mistie Bass (7) Canty
Prince (5)		 Allstate Arena
6,950		9-11
21July 168:30pm Los Angeles CN100 80-68 Erin Thorn (15) Sylvia Fowles (10) Dominique Canty (6) Allstate Arena
4,841		10-11
22July 184:00pm@ Washington CSN-MA 61-59 Sylvia Fowles (13) Sylvia Fowles (11) Fowles
Kraayeveld
Thorn (3)		 Verizon Center
8,790		11-11
23July 238:30pm New York CN100 71-79 Epiphanny Prince (14) Sylvia Fowles (16) Dominique Canty (6) Allstate Arena
5,256		11-12
24July 248:00pm@ San Antonio CN100 75-72 Sylvia Fowles (23) Sylvia Fowles (12) Dominique Canty (6) AT&T Center
8,999		12-12
25July 277:00pm@ Indiana CN100 74-78 Sylvia Fowles (18) Sylvia Fowles (8) Thorn
Young (4)		 Conseco Fieldhouse
6,853		12-13
26July 3010:00pm@ Seattle NBATV
KONG 		60-80 Sylvia Fowles (13) Mistie Bass (7) Sylvia Fowles (5) KeyArena
7,749		12-14
August: 2–6 (Home: 1–3; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
27August 16:00pm@ Phoenix NBATV
CN100
FS-A 		96-97 Sylvia Fowles (35) Sylvia Fowles (8) Epiphanny Prince (5) US Airways Center
11,237		12-15
28August 410:30pm@ Los Angeles NBATV
CN100 		77-82 Jia Perkins (16) Sylvia Fowles (11) Canty
Perkins (4)		 STAPLES Center
9,732		12-16
29August 73:00pm Minnesota ESPN2 82-87 (OT) Jia Perkins (16) Sylvia Fowles (11) Dominique Canty (6) Allstate Arena
4,992		12-17
30August 108:00pm Phoenix 91-82 Sylvia Fowles (24) Sylvia Fowles (14) Young
Canty
Thorn
Prince (4)		 Allstate Arena
4,089		13-17
31August 148:00pm Atlanta CN100 74-98 Epiphanny Prince (18) Sylvia Fowles (9) Epiphanny Prince (4) Allstate Arena
4,214		13-18
32August 177:00pm@ Atlanta NBATV
FS-S 		84-79 Sylvia Fowles (18) Sylvia Fowles (14) Tamera Young (5) Philips Arena
5,209		14-18
33August 208:30pm Connecticut NBATV
CN100 		71-78 Epiphanny Prince (19) Sylvia Fowles (6) Dominique Canty (7) Allstate Arena
5,598		14-19
34August 218:00pm@ Tulsa NBATV
FS-OK 		71-84 Sylvia Fowles (16) Sylvia Fowles (7) Dominique Canty (5) BOK Center
6,321		14-20
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Washington Mystics x2212.647–13–49–813–9
New York Liberty x2212.647–13–49–814–8
Indiana Fever x2113.6181.013–48–913–9
Atlanta Dream x1915.5593.010–79–810–12
Connecticut Sun o1717.5005.012–55–129–13
Chicago Sky o1420.4128.07–107–107–15

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
Sylvia Fowles 343432.058.2100.076.09.91.51.12.617.8
Jia Perkins 343427.539.634.981.42.92.41.60.210.7
Epiphanny Prince 34219.642.733.878.42.02.71.60.19.8
Dominique Canty 343426.043.018.269.32.63.41.00.29.0
Shameka Christon 10921.335.940.093.82.42.40.30.28.5
Tamera Young 322218.636.227.768.43.11.60.80.26.8
Erin Thorn 34020.141.242.088.91.92.10.60.16.3
Cathrine Kraayeveld 341421.235.031.687.52.71.30.60.16.3
Shay Murphy 11014.128.828.666.71.80.80.80.05.1
Mistie Bass 342018.952.70.062.53.91.10.60.44.9
Sandora Irvin 1817.646.714.366.71.40.20.10.31.9
Christi Thomas 1508.540.00.050.01.70.10.10.21.3
Abi Olajuwon 605.050.00.00.00.70.00.20.01.0

Awards and honors

RecipientAwardDate awardedRef.
Sylvia Fowles Eastern Conference Player of the Week June 7 [9]
July 6 [10]
All-Defensive First Team August 29 [11]
All-WNBA First Team September 13 [12]
Team USA Starter July 10
Epiphanny Prince WNBA All-Rookie Team September 1 [13]

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