The 2017 Chicago Sky season was the franchise's 12th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The Sky started the season slowly, posting a 1–5 record in May. This slow start continued into June where the team only won 2 of 9 games. The team showed improvement in July and August, posting a combined record of 9–8 in those months. An 0–2 September saw the Sky finish with an overall record of 12–22. The Sky finished in 4th place in the Eastern Conference, ahead of the Atlanta Dream via tiebreaker. The team did not qualify for the playoffs.
Transactions
WNBA draft
The Sky made the following selections in the 2017 WNBA draft: Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 2 Alaina Coates South Carolina 1 9 Tori Jankoska Michigan State 2 21 Chantel Osahor Washington 3 33 Makayla Epps Kentucky
Trades Trades and Roster Changes DateTransaction February 2, 2017 Elena Delle Donne is traded to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Stefanie Dolson, Kahleah Copper and Washington’s first-round pick (second overall) in the 2017 WNBA draft. February 27, 2017 Astou Ndour-Fall was acquired from the San Antonio Stars, in exchange for Clarissa Dos Santos. April 14, 2017 Keisha Hampton was acquired from the Minnesota Lynx. in exchange for Chantel Osahor.
Roster
Preseason
|- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 1 || May 26:00 PM || Connecticut || L 72-81 || Hampton/Young (11) || Breland (8) || Epps (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena2782 || 0-1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || May 34:00 PM || New York || W 86-75 || Pondexter (15) || Parker (6) || Breland (3) || Mohegan Sun Arena || 1-1
Regular season
Game log
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 || May 146:00 PM || Minnesota || L 61–70 || Sylvia Fowles (26) || Sylvia Fowles (10) || Augustus, Whalen (5) || Xcel Energy Center9,234 || 0–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 || May 197:30 PM || Atlanta || L 83–91 || Cappie Pondexter (22) || Jessica Breland (7) || Cappie Pondexter (7) || Allstate Arena6,631 || 0–2 |- style="background:#bbffbb" | 3 || May 212:00 PM || Atlanta || W 75–71 || Stefanie Dolson (23) || Jessica Breland (12) || Cappie Pondexter (11) || McCamish Pavilion4,859 || 1–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 || May 2411:30 AM || Washington ||L 82-67 || Cappie Pondexter (17) || Stefanie Dolson (11) || Cappie Pondexter (10) || Allstate Arena6,714 || 1-3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 || May 266:00 PM || Washington || L 88-79 || Quigley (17) || Pondexter (6), Breland (6) || Pondexter (8) || Verizon Center 6,438 || 1-4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 6 || May 285:00 PM || Connecticut || L 97-79 || Young (17) || Breland (11) || Pondexter (9) || Allstate Arena 4,498 || 1-5
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 || June 17:00 PM || Phoenix || L 99-91 || Dolson (21) || Boyette (9) || Pondexter (8) || Allstate Arena 4,634 || 1-6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 8 || June 69:30 PM || Los Angeles || L 79-70 || Vandersloot (13) || Boyette (9) || Vandersloot; Quigley (5) || Staples Center 8,523 || 1-7 |- style="background:#bbffbb" | 9 || June 107:00 PM || San Antonio || W 85-81 (OT) || Dolson (25) || Dolson (9) || Pondexter (6) || AT&T Center 6,191 || 2-7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 10 || June 169:00 PM || Phoenix || L 86-78 || Quigley (19) || Bpyette (10) || Quigley (6) || Talking Stick Resort Arena 10,249 || 2-8 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 11 || June 185:00 PM || Indiana || L 91-79 || Quigley (18) || Boyette (10) || Quigley (6) || Allstate Arena 4,551 || 2-9 |- style="background:#bbffbb" | 12 || June 236:30 PM || Atlanta || W 82-78 || Quigley (22) || Dolson (8) || Pondexter (9) || McCamish Pavilion 4,237 || 3-9 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 13 || June 255:00 PM || Washington || L 97-63 || Quigley (18) || Young (5) || Vandersloot; Young (3) || Allstate Arena 5,344 || 3-10 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 14 || June 2811:30 AM || Indiana || L 82-75 || Breland (22) || Boyette (10) || Vandersloot (8) || Allstate Arena 10,197 || 3-11 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 15 || June 307:00 PM || San Antonio || L 89-82 || Quigley (27) || Vandersloot; Boyette (4) || Vandersloot (9) || AT&T Center 4,942 || 3-12
|- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 16 || July 87:00 PM || Minnesota || W 100-76 || Vandersloot (26) || Vandersloot (7) || Vandersloot (13) || Allstate Arena 6,942 || 4-12 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 17 || July 1211:30 AM || Dallas || W 90-84 || Quigley (22) || Breland (12) || Vandersloot (12) || Allstate Arena 14,102 || 5-12 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 18 || July 146:30 PM || New York || W 78-68 || Dolson (23) || Young (7) || Vandersloot (9) || Madison Square Garden 9,341 || 6-12 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 19 || July 163:30 PM || Dallas || L 112-106 (2OT) || Dolson (26) || Dolson (10) || Vandersloot (10) || College Park Center 3,693 || 6-13 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 20 || July 188:00 PM || Seattle || W 94-83 || Quigley (25) || Dolson (8) || Vandersloot (6) || KeyArena 8,358 || 7-13 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 21 || July 20 || Los Angeles || W 82-80 || Dolson (15) || Young; Breland (7) || Vandersloot (14) || Staples Center 16,166 || 8-13 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 22 || July 25 || Connecticut || L 93-72 || Quigley (20) || Dolson (7) || Young; Vandersloot (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 5,631 || 8-14 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 23 || July 28 || Phoenix || L 86-80 || Dolson (29) || Breland (12) || Vandersloot (10) || Allstate Arena 6,088 || 8-15 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 24 || July 30 || New York || L 82-86 || Quigley (22) || Breland (10) || Vandersloot (10) || Allstate Arena 5,834 || 8-16
|- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 25 || August 4 || Indiana || W 81-70 || Vandersloot (5) || Breland (8) || Vandersloot (10) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,052 || 9-16 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 26 || August 5 || Atlanta || W 91-86 || Vandersloot (26) || Vandersloot (7) || Vandersloot (10) || Allstate Arena 5,757 || 10-16 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 27 || August 10 || San Antonio || W 94-74 || Vandersloot (21) || Breland (7) || Vandersloot (10) || Allstate Arena 4,686 || 11-16 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 28 || August 18 || Los Angeles || L 106-115 || Quigley (26) || Dolson (10) || Vandersloot (12) || Allstate Arena 6,826 || 11-17 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 29 || August 20 || Seattle || L 66-103 || Dolson (10) || Breland (9) || Vandersloot (6) || Allstate Arena 6,020 || 11-18 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 30 || August 25 || Connecticut || W 96-83 || Breland (15) || Dolson (9) || Vandersloot (12) || Mohegan Sun Arena7,761 || 12-18 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 31 || August 27 || New York || L 62-92 || Dolson (22) || Bulgak (5) || Pondexter (6) || Madison Square Garden9,317 || 12-19 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 32 || August 30 || Dallas || L 96-99 || Quigley (25) || Breland (8) || Vandersloot (12) || Allstate Arena 5,896 || 12-20
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 33 || September 1 || Minnesota || L 87-110 || Copper (21) || Dolson (10) || Vandersloot (9) || Xcel Energy Center 9,709 || 12-21 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 34 || September 3 || Seattle || L 80-85 || Copper (18) || Dolson (8) || Vandersloot (8) || Allstate Arena 7,199|| 12-22
Standings
Statistics
Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Allie Quigley 31 31 32.3 50.5% 43.0% 89.3% 3.3 3.6 0.8 0.5 16.4 Courtney Vandersloot 27 22 30.3 51.6% 38.2% 86.1% 3.7 8.1 1.2 0.2 11.5 Stefanie Dolson 33 33 29.3 56.1% 43.7% 87.0% 5.8 2.6 0.5 1.3 14.5 Tamera Young 24 21 29.0 36.5% 34.4% 69.0% 3.8 2.5 1.4 0.4 10.2 Cappie Pondexter 29 15 27.2 36.7% 25.7% 79.5% 2.9 4.3 0.7 0.2 9.6 Jessica Breland 34 33 24.5 47.6% 38.1% 78.7% 6.3 1.6 0.6 1.7 9.5 Jordan Hooper 10 0 18.6 36.8% 37.0% 50.0% 2.2 0.6 0.5 0.1 6.0 Imani McGee-Stafford 22 4 15.5 44.4% 33.3% 70.6% 4.4 0.5 0.4 0.8 4.6 Kahleah Copper 34 10 14.3 46.5% 29.4% 83.0% 1.9 0.4 0.3 0.1 6.7 Cheyenne Parker 23 0 12.4 46.4% 0.0% 63.9% 3.4 0.6 0.3 0.7 3.8 Adut Bulgak 5 0 12.2 40.9% 33.3% 60.0% 4.0 0.0 1.0 0.4 4.4 Bashaara Graves 10 0 9.2 50.0% — 57.1% 2.3 0.5 0.2 0.1 2.6 Keisha Hampton 19 1 7.8 41.4% 41.7% 100% 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.2 3.6 Amber Harris 27 0 5.9 39.6% 0.0% 62.5% 1.6 0.2 0.1 0.3 1.6 Makayla Epps 17 0 3.8 16.7% 0.0% 55.6% 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.6
Awards and honors Recipient Award Date awarded Ref. Stefanie Dolson Player of the Week July 16, 2017 Courtney Vandersloot Player of the Week August 7, 2017
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