2008 Chicago Sky season

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

2008 Chicago Sky season
Coach	Steven Key
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
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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
	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 DOB From G/F 3 Canty, Dominique 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 162 lb (73 kg) Alabama SG 15 Chaney, Quianna 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 160 lb (73 kg) LSU PF 4 Dupree, Candice 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 162 lb (73 kg) Temple C 42 Fluker, Tye'sha 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 209 lb (95 kg) Tennessee C 34 Fowles, Sylvia 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) LSU G/F 9 Joens, Cathy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) George Washington F/C 44 Melvin, Chasity 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) North Carolina State SG 11 Perkins, Jia 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Texas Tech G/F 22 Price, Armintie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 133 lb (60 kg) Mississippi SF 24 Rush, Leah 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Oklahoma PG 32 Sharp, K.B. 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 146 lb (66 kg) Cincinnati SF 21 Wyckoff, Brooke 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 183 lb (83 kg) Florida State	Head coach Steven Key (Boston University) 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	28	28	26.3	.394	.167	.669	2.5	4.1	1.0	0.1	8.1
Quianna Chaney	28	0	8.6	.277	.240	.833	1.0	0.9	0.6	0.1	2.4
Candice Dupree	34	34	32.9	.457	.143	.780	7.9	2.3	1.1	1.3	16.3
Tye'sha Fluker	26	2	8.9	.385	.333	.760	1.3	0.4	0.2	0.3	2.7
Sylvia Fowles	17	14	25.3	.513	.000	.585	7.5	0.3	1.1	2.1	10.5
Cathy Joens	26	0	10.5	.374	.369	.875	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.1	3.8
Chasity Melvin	34	18	22.3	.443	.333	.614	5.1	1.5	0.9	0.3	8.2
Jia Perkins	34	34	31.9	.436	.363	.891	4.0	2.8	1.9	0.3	17.0
Armintie Price	34	11	22.4	.438	.000	.520	3.7	1.7	1.0	0.4	6.9
Leah Rush	2	0	6.0	.000	.000	.750	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5
K.B. Sharp	34	6	17.6	.433	.321	.655	1.3	1.4	0.4	0.0	3.1
Brooke Queenan	8	0	4.5	.125	.000	.000	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3
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

1. "WNBA.com: Atlanta Dream Expansion Draft". Archived from the original on 2009-08-20. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
2. "WNBA.com: 2008 WNBA Transactions". Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2009-08-07.