2010 Chicago Sky season

2010 Chicago Sky season
CoachSteven Key
ArenaAllstate Arena
Attendance4,293 per game
Results
Record14–20 (.412)
Place6th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
PointsSylvia Fowles – 17.8
ReboundsSylvia Fowles – 9.9
AssistsDominique Canty – 3.4
Media
TelevisionCN100
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]

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]

Pick Player Nationality College Previous Team
4 Courtney Paris  United States Oklahoma Sacramento Monarchs

WNBA draft

See also: 2010 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country
1 4 Epiphanny Prince  United States Rutgers
3 28 Abi Olajuwon  Nigeria Oklahoma

Trades and Roster Changes

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

Roster

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

Depth

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

Schedule

Preseason

2010 Preseason Schedule
Total: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 April 30 1:00pm @ Minnesota 87-78 Tamera Young (18) Mistie Bass (7) Sami Whitcomb (5) Concordia University
633		 1-0
2 May 6 12:30pm Minnesota 74-65 Catherine Kraayeveld (20) Bass
Kraayeveld
Irvin (6)		 Dominique Canty (6) Allstate Arena
N/A		 2-0
3 May 7 12:00pm @ Indiana 63-69 Kristi Toliver (14) Mistie Bass (8) Mistie Bass (2) Conseco Fieldhouse
7,291		 2-1
4 May 10 12:30pm 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)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 May 15 3:30pm @ Connecticut CN100 61-74 Sylvia Fowles (16) Sylvia Fowles (9) Shameka Christon (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
8,072		 0-1
2 May 16 4:00pm @ New York NBATV
CN100
MSG		 82-85 Sylvia Fowles (23) Dominique Canty (8) Dominique Canty (5) Madison Square Garden
12,088		 0-2
3 May 22 8:00pm Indiana CN100 86-92 (OT) Sylvia Fowles (22) Sylvia Fowles (12) Dominique Canty (5) Allstate Arena
6,477		 0-3
4 May 23 6:00pm @ Indiana CN100
FS-I		 61-69 Catherine Kraayeveld (11) Sylvia Fowles (9) Fowles
Kraayeveld (2)		 Conseco Fieldhouse
7,665		 0-4
5 May 27 8:00pm Seattle CN100 84-75 Sylvia Fowles (19) Sylvia Fowles (8) Dominique Canty (4) Allstate Arena
2,923		 1-4
6 May 29 8:00pm @ 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)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
7 June 4 7:00pm @ Atlanta CN100
FS-S		 80-70 Sylvia Fowles (19) Sylvia Fowles (9) Shameka Christon (8) Philips Arena
2,515		 3-4
8 June 5 8:00pm Tulsa CN100 95-70 Sylvia Fowles (32) Sylvia Fowles (13) Dominique Canty (6) Allstate Arena
4,549		 4-4
9 June 8 8:00pm New York CN100 70-85 Epiphanny Prince (20) Sylvia Fowles (6) Christon
Young
Prince
Thorn (3)		 Allstate Arena
2,408		 4-5
10 June 11 8:30pm Washington CN100 78-95 Sylvia Fowles (23) Sylvia Fowles (7) Canty
Perkins
Thorn (4)		 Allstate Arena
3,107		 4-6
11 June 15 8:00pm Atlanta CN100 86-93 Jia Perkins (25) Tamera Young (7) Dominique Canty (6) Allstate Arena
3,292		 4-7
12 June 19 7:00pm @ Washington NBATV
CN100
CSN-MA		 61-65 (OT) Sylvia Fowles (17) Sylvia Fowles (9) Jia Perkins (4) Verizon Center
9,034		 4-8
13 June 22 7:30pm @ Connecticut CN100 86-77 Epiphanny Prince (19) Sylvia Fowles (9) Prince
Young (4)		 Mohegan Sun Arena
6,987		 5-8
14 June 25 8:30pm Washington CN100 79-72 Jia Perkins (20) Sylvia Fowles (7) Dominique Canty (4) Allstate Arena
3,419		 6-8
15 June 27 6:00pm 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)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
16 July 1 8:00pm Connecticut CN100 92-80 Sylvia Fowles (26) Sylvia Fowles (11) Bass
Canty (5)		 Allstate Arena
3,061		 7-9
17 July 3 7:00pm @ Atlanta NBATV
CN100
SSO		 88-82 Sylvia Fowles (22) Sylvia Fowles (12) Canty
Thorn
Young (2)		 Philips Arena
6,920		 8-9
18 July 6 8:00pm Indiana CN100 51-58 Sylvia Fowles (26) Sylvia Fowles (18) Epiphanny Prince (4) Allstate Arena
3,732		 8-10
19 July 11 4:00pm @ New York MSG 54-57 Jia Perkins (26) Sylvia Fowles (19) Sylvia Fowles (3) Madison Square Garden
9,644		 8-11
20 July 14 12:30pm San Antonio CN100 88-61 Fowles
Perkins
Prince (14)		 Mistie Bass (7) Canty
Prince (5)		 Allstate Arena
6,950		 9-11
21 July 16 8:30pm Los Angeles CN100 80-68 Erin Thorn (15) Sylvia Fowles (10) Dominique Canty (6) Allstate Arena
4,841		 10-11
22 July 18 4:00pm @ Washington CSN-MA 61-59 Sylvia Fowles (13) Sylvia Fowles (11) Fowles
Kraayeveld
Thorn (3)		 Verizon Center
8,790		 11-11
23 July 23 8:30pm New York CN100 71-79 Epiphanny Prince (14) Sylvia Fowles (16) Dominique Canty (6) Allstate Arena
5,256		 11-12
24 July 24 8:00pm @ San Antonio CN100 75-72 Sylvia Fowles (23) Sylvia Fowles (12) Dominique Canty (6) AT&T Center
8,999		 12-12
25 July 27 7:00pm @ Indiana CN100 74-78 Sylvia Fowles (18) Sylvia Fowles (8) Thorn
Young (4)		 Conseco Fieldhouse
6,853		 12-13
26 July 30 10:00pm @ 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)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
27 August 1 6:00pm @ Phoenix NBATV
CN100
FS-A		 96-97 Sylvia Fowles (35) Sylvia Fowles (8) Epiphanny Prince (5) US Airways Center
11,237		 12-15
28 August 4 10:30pm @ Los Angeles NBATV
CN100		 77-82 Jia Perkins (16) Sylvia Fowles (11) Canty
Perkins (4)		 STAPLES Center
9,732		 12-16
29 August 7 3:00pm Minnesota ESPN2 82-87 (OT) Jia Perkins (16) Sylvia Fowles (11) Dominique Canty (6) Allstate Arena
4,992		 12-17
30 August 10 8:00pm Phoenix 91-82 Sylvia Fowles (24) Sylvia Fowles (14) Young
Canty
Thorn
Prince (4)		 Allstate Arena
4,089		 13-17
31 August 14 8:00pm Atlanta CN100 74-98 Epiphanny Prince (18) Sylvia Fowles (9) Epiphanny Prince (4) Allstate Arena
4,214		 13-18
32 August 17 7:00pm @ Atlanta NBATV
FS-S		 84-79 Sylvia Fowles (18) Sylvia Fowles (14) Tamera Young (5) Philips Arena
5,209		 14-18
33 August 20 8:30pm Connecticut NBATV
CN100		 71-78 Epiphanny Prince (19) Sylvia Fowles (6) Dominique Canty (7) Allstate Arena
5,598		 14-19
34 August 21 8:00pm @ 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 x 22 12 .647 – 13–4 9–8 13–9
New York Liberty x 22 12 .647 – 13–4 9–8 14–8
Indiana Fever x 21 13 .618 1.0 13–4 8–9 13–9
Atlanta Dream x 19 15 .559 3.0 10–7 9–8 10–12
Connecticut Sun o 17 17 .500 5.0 12–5 5–12 9–13
Chicago Sky o 14 20 .412 8.0 7–10 7–10 7–15

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

Regular season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Sylvia Fowles 34 34 32.0 58.2 100.0 76.0 9.9 1.5 1.1 2.6 17.8
Jia Perkins 34 34 27.5 39.6 34.9 81.4 2.9 2.4 1.6 0.2 10.7
Epiphanny Prince 34 2 19.6 42.7 33.8 78.4 2.0 2.7 1.6 0.1 9.8
Dominique Canty 34 34 26.0 43.0 18.2 69.3 2.6 3.4 1.0 0.2 9.0
Shameka Christon 10 9 21.3 35.9 40.0 93.8 2.4 2.4 0.3 0.2 8.5
Tamera Young 32 22 18.6 36.2 27.7 68.4 3.1 1.6 0.8 0.2 6.8
Erin Thorn 34 0 20.1 41.2 42.0 88.9 1.9 2.1 0.6 0.1 6.3
Cathrine Kraayeveld 34 14 21.2 35.0 31.6 87.5 2.7 1.3 0.6 0.1 6.3
Shay Murphy 11 0 14.1 28.8 28.6 66.7 1.8 0.8 0.8 0.0 5.1
Mistie Bass 34 20 18.9 52.7 0.0 62.5 3.9 1.1 0.6 0.4 4.9
Sandora Irvin 18 1 7.6 46.7 14.3 66.7 1.4 0.2 0.1 0.3 1.9
Christi Thomas 15 0 8.5 40.0 0.0 50.0 1.7 0.1 0.1 0.2 1.3
Abi Olajuwon 6 0 5.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 1.0

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
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]

References

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  7. ^ "Olajuwon waived by Sky". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  8. ^ "Steven Key Resigns as Sky Coach and GM". swishappeal.com. Swish Appeal. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
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