The 2007 Chicago Sky season was the 2nd season in the WNBA for the Chicago Sky. Bo Overton was hired to be the new head coach and general manager after Dave Cowens resigned following the 2006 season.
Armintie Price became the first player in Sky history to be named WNBA Rookie of the Year.
Transactions
Charlotte Sting Dispersal Draft With the Charlotte Sting ceasing operation and based on the 2006 records of teams, the Sky selected 1st in the Dispersal Draft.
Pick Player Nationality College Previous team 1 Monique Currie Duke Charlotte Sting
WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality College 1 3 Armintie Price Ole Miss 1 10 Carla Thomas Vanderbilt 2 20 Stephanie Raymond Northern Illinois 2 21 Jessica Dickson South Florida 3 27 Jenna Rubino DePaul
Trades and Roster Changes DateTransaction February 12, 2007 Signed Dominique Canty March 1, 2007 Signed Kayte Christensen March 20, 2007 Signed Cisti Greenwalt to a Training Camp Contract March 23, 2007 Traded Chelsea Newton and the 21st Pick in the 2007 WNBA draft to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for the 10th Pick in the 2007 Draft April 6, 2007 Signed Elisha Turek to a Training Camp Contract April 9, 2007 Signed Chelsi Welch to a Training Camp Contract April 10, 2007 Signed Armintie Price, Stephanie Raymond, Carla Thomas, and Jenna Rubino to Rookie Scale Contracts Signed Christina Quaye to a Training Camp Contract April 16, 2007 Renounced the rights to Francesca Zara April 20, 2007 Signed Claire Coggins and Dionnah Jackson to Training Camp Contracts May 1, 2007 Waived Elisha Turek May 7, 2007 Waived Chelsi Welch, Christina Quaye, and Cisti Greenwalt May 8, 2007 Signed Catherine Joens to a Training Camp Contract May 14, 2007 Waived Dionnah Jackson May 18, 2007 Waived Amanda Lassiter, Deanna Jackson, and Jenna Rubino May 24, 2007 Waived Catherine Joens Traded Monique Currie to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Chasity Melvin July 5, 2007 Signed Catherine Joens
Roster
Depth Pos.StarterBench C Chasity Melvin Kayte Christensen PF Candice Dupree Liz MoeggenbergCarla Thomas SF Armintie Price Brooke WyckoffKatie Cronin SG Stacey Dales Claire Coggins PG Dominique Canty Jia PerkinsStephanie Raymond
Schedule
Regular season
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | May 20 | @ New York | 71-83 | Monique Currie (20) | DupreeCurre (10) | Armintie Price (8) | Madison Square Garden 11,341 | 0-1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | May 22 | Los Angeles | 64-81 | Dominique Canty (18) | Kayte Christensen (8) | Dominique Canty (4) | UIC Pavilion 5,140 | 0-2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | May 25 | @ Minnesota | 82-77 | Candice Dupree (25) | Kayte Christensen (7) | Stacey Dales (6) | Target Center 4,891 | 1-2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 | May 31 | Connecticut | 97-102 OT | Candice Dupree (29) | DupreeWyckoff (7) | Brooke Wyckoff (10) | UIC Pavilion 2,634 | 1-3
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 | June 1 | @ Washington | 75-70 | DupreePerkins (19) | Chasity Melvin (15) | Dominique Canty (7) | Verizon Center 6,391 | 2-3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 | June 3 | Minnesota | 78-72 | Candice Dupree (20) | Candice Dupree (11) | Dominique Canty (5) | UIC Pavilion 3,477 | 3-3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 | June 7 | @ Phoenix | 66-80 | Chasity Melvin (15) | Chasity Melvin (11) | CantyMelvin (3) | US Airways Center 6,161 | 3-4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 8 | June 9 | @ San Antonio | 70-60 | Candice Dupree (22) | Chasity Melvin (12) | Stacey Dales (5) | AT&T Center 9,899 | 4-4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 9 | June 12 | Seattle | 69-81 | Candice Dupree (18) | Armintie Price (12) | Stacey Dales (7) | UIC Pavilion 2,645 | 4-5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 10 | June 15 | New York | 73-66 | Candice Dupree (24) | Candice Dupree (13) | Armintie Price (6) | UIC Pavilion 3,236 | 5-5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 11 | June 17 | @ Connecticut | 87-74 | Candice Dupree (28) | DupreeMelvin (8) | Dominique Canty (6) | Mohegan Sun Arena 7,614 | 6-5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 12 | June 19 | Sacramento | 52-54 | Candice Dupree (21) | Candice Dupree (14) | Dominique Canty (7) | UIC Pavilion 2,505 | 6-6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 13 | June 23 | Washington | 86-99 | Candice Dupree (26) | MelvinPrice (9) | Armintie Price (6) | UIC Pavilion 3,617 | 6-7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 14 | June 26 | @ Seattle | 76-94 | Jia Perkins (19) | DupreePricePerkins (7) | PriceDupreeRaymond (4) | KeyArena 6,752 | 6-8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 15 | June 29 | @ Sacramento | 92-84 2OT | Jia Perkins (39) | Armintie Price (9) | Jia Perkins (10) | ARCO Arena 6,862 | 7-8
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 16 | July 1 | @ Los Angeles | 74-71 OT | Candice Dupree (24) | Candice Dupree (11) | Armintie Price (6) | Staples Center 7,522 | 8-8 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 17 | July 7 | Washington | 73-77 | Candice Dupree (24) | Candice Dupree (11) | Stacey Dales (6) | UIC Pavilion 3,161 | 8-9 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 18 | July 8 | @ Indiana | 70-86 | Catherine Joens (16) | Candice Dupree (9) | Jia Perkins (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,247 | 8-10 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 19 | July 10 | @ Detroit | 84-92 | Jia Perkins (22) | Candice Dupree (10) | Jia Perkins (4) | Palace of Auburn Hills 8,975 | 8-11 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 20 | July 12 | Detroit | 65-78 | Jia Perkins (17) | Candice Dupree (6) | Catherine Joens (5) | UIC Pavilion 3,085 | 8-12 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 21 | July 18 | @ Indiana | 74-75 | Jia Perkins (24) | Armintie Price (7) | PriceCanty (3) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse 10,542 | 8-13 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 22 | July 21 | Indiana | 68-65 | Jia Perkins (17) | Armintie Price (8) | Dominique Canty (5) | UIC Pavilion 3,383 | 9-13 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 23 | July 22 | San Antonio | 84-82 OT | Jia Perkins (27) | Armintie Price (7) | Stacey Dales (4) | UIC Pavilion 3,286 | 10-13 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 24 | July 26 | @ Detroit | 83-73 | Candice Dupree (24) | Candice Dupree (12) | Dominique Canty (5) | Palace of Auburn Hills 9,238 | 11-13 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 25 | July 27 | Phoenix | 96-98 | Stacey Dales (23) | MelvinPrice (8) | Dominique Canty (8) | UIC Pavilion 4,053 | 11-14 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 26 | July 29 | Houston | 88-70 | Stacey Dales (18) | Chasity Melvin (5) | Dominique Canty (8) | UIC Pavilion 3,469 | 12-14 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 27 | July 31 | @ Connecticut | 56-74 | Jia Perkins (17) | DupreePerkins (7) | CantyJoens (3) | Mohegan Sun Arena 8,048 | 12-15
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 28 | August 3 | Detroit | 60-66 | Jia Perkins (19) | Jia Perkins (7) | PriceCantyPerkins (3) | UIC Pavilion 4,635 | 12-16 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 29 | August 5 | @ Washington | 66-71 | Candice Dupree (18) | Chasity Melvin (12) | Dominique Canty (5) | Verizon Center 8,395 | 12-17 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 30 | August 7 | Indiana | 70-75 2OT | Chasity Melvin (26) | Candice Dupree (20) | CantyDalesPerkins (4) | UIC Pavilion 5,029 | 12-18 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 31 | August 11 | Connecticut | 66-88 | Candice Dupree (18) | Candice Dupree (6) | MelvinPerkins (4) | UIC Pavilion 4,261 | 12-19 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 32 | August 14 | New York | 77-65 | Jia Perkins (24) | Brooke Wyckoff (10) | Dominique Canty (9) | UIC Pavilion 5,443 | 13-19 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 33 | August 16 | @ Houston | 81-70 | Stacey Dales (17) | Candice Dupree (9) | Dominique Canty (7) | Toyota Center 6,814 | 14-19 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 34 | August 19 | @ New York | 52-58 | Dominique Canty (14) | Brooke Wyckoff (9) | Dominique Canty (2) | Madison Square Garden 9,520 | 14-20
Standings
Statistics
Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Candice Dupree 33 33 32.7 44.6 0.0 77.5 7.7 1.4 0.9 1.2 16.5 Monique Currie 2 2 30.5 29.6 18.2 73.3 6.0 2.0 0.5 0.0 14.5 Jia Perkins 33 5 23.1 46.4 43.3 77.4 3.3 2.3 1.5 0.2 11.7 Stacey Dales 31 30 27.3 34.7 33.8 84.6 1.8 2.7 0.6 0.0 10.3 Chasity Melvin 29 25 29.4 46.8 20.0 62.7 6.7 1.3 1.1 0.8 9.9 Dominique Canty 30 27 25.9 36.1 25.0 70.4 2.1 4.1 1.0 0.1 8.6 Armintie Price 34 34 26.3 40.9 33.3 51.7 6.0 2.9 1.2 0.2 7.9 Catherine Joens 19 0 14.3 39.2 48.9 84.6 1.7 1.7 0.9 0.1 5.0 Stephanie Raymond 20 0 9.0 32.8 31.8 53.8 0.7 1.4 0.2 0.0 3.1 Brooke Wyckoff 34 7 15.3 37.6 35.8 76.9 3.2 1.4 0.6 0.5 2.9 Claire Coggins 20 1 9.8 24.7 20.0 25.0 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.1 2.5 Carla Thomas 17 0 7.2 39.5 0.0 92.9 1.6 0.2 0.1 0.2 2.5 Kayte Christensen 23 7 9.2 41.7 0.0 44.4 1.9 0.3 0.4 0.2 2.1 Liz Moeggenberg 23 0 9.0 41.5 16.7 40.0 1.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 1.6
Awards and honors Recipient Award Date awarded Ref. Armintie Price WNBA Rookie of the Year September 8 WNBA All-Rookie Team September 8 Candice Dupree Eastern Conference Player of the Week June 20 WNBA All-Star Selection July 8 Jia Perkins Eastern Conference Player of the Week July 2
References