2017 Chicago Sky season

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.

2017 Chicago Sky season
Coach	Amber Stocks
Arena	Allstate Arena
Attendance	6,853 per game
Results
Record	12–22 (.353)
Place	4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Allie Quigley (16.4) ppg
Rebounds	Jessica Breland (6.3) rpg
Assists	Courtney Vandersloot (8.1) apg
Media
Television	WMEU-CD ESPN ESPN2 NBA TV
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Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2017 WNBA draft

The Sky made the following selections in the 2017 WNBA draft:

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	2	Alaina Coates	United States	South Carolina
1	9	Tori Jankoska	United States	Michigan State
2	21	Chantel Osahor	United States	Washington
3	33	Makayla Epps	United States	Kentucky

Trades

Trades and Roster Changes

Date	Transaction
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.[1][2]
February 27, 2017	Astou Ndour-Fall was acquired from the San Antonio Stars, in exchange for Clarissa Dos Santos.[2]
April 14, 2017	Keisha Hampton was acquired from the Minnesota Lynx. in exchange for Chantel Osahor.[3]

Roster

2017 Chicago Sky roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F 35 Hooper, Jordan 6' 2" (1.88m) 185 lb (84kg) (1992-02-20)February 20, 1992 Nebraska 3 F 12 Graves, Bashaara 6' 2" (1.88m) 200 lb (91kg) (1994-03-17)March 17, 1994 Tennessee 1 F 51 Breland, Jessica 6' 3" (1.91m) 170 lb (77kg) (1988-02-23)February 23, 1988 North Carolina 5 G/F 2 Copper, Kahleah 6' 1" (1.85m) 155 lb (70kg) (1994-08-28)August 28, 1994 Rutgers 1 C 31 Dolson, Stefanie 6' 5" (1.96m) 214 lb (97kg) (1992-01-08)January 8, 1992 Connecticut 3 G 25 Epps, Makayla 5' 10" (1.78m) Kentucky R C 3 Bulgak, Adut 6' 4" (1.93m) 156 lb (71kg) (1992-12-20)December 20, 1992 Florida State 1 F 11 Harris, Amber 6' 5" (1.96m) 193 lb (88kg) (1988-01-16)January 16, 1988 Xavier 3 F 24 Hampton, Keisha 6' 2" (1.88m) 171 lb (78kg) (1990-02-22)February 22, 1990 DePaul F 32 Parker, Cheyenne 6' 4" (1.93m) 190 lb (86kg) (1992-08-22)August 22, 1992 Middle Tennessee 2 G 23 Pondexter, Cappie 5' 9" (1.75m) 160 lb (73kg) (1983-01-07)January 7, 1983 Rutgers 11 G 14 Quigley, Allie 5' 10" (1.78m) 140 lb (64kg) (1986-06-20)June 20, 1986 DePaul 8 G 22 Vandersloot, Courtney 5' 8" (1.73m) 145 lb (66kg) (1989-02-08)February 8, 1989 Gonzaga 6	Head coach Amber Stocks (Cincinnati) Assistant coaches Carlene Mitchell (Kansas State) Carla Morrow (Tulsa) Athletic trainer Heidi Wlezien Strength and conditioning coach Ann Crosby (Western Michigan) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Preseason

2017 pre-season game log
May: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 2 6:00 PM[a] Connecticut L 72-81 Hampton/Young (11) Breland (8) Epps (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 2782 0-1 2 May 3 4:00 PM New York W 86-75 Pondexter (15) Parker (6) Breland (3) Mohegan Sun Arena 1-1
2017 pre-season schedule

Regular season

Game log

2017 game log Total: 12-22 (Home: 4-13; Road: 8-9)
May: 1–5 (Home: 0–3; Road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 14 6:00 PM Minnesota L 61–70 Sylvia Fowles (26) Sylvia Fowles (10) Augustus, Whalen (5) Xcel Energy Center 9,234 0–1 2 May 19 7:30 PM Atlanta L 83–91 Cappie Pondexter (22) Jessica Breland (7) Cappie Pondexter (7) Allstate Arena 6,631 0–2 3 May 21 2:00 PM Atlanta W 75–71 Stefanie Dolson (23) Jessica Breland (12) Cappie Pondexter (11) McCamish Pavilion 4,859 1–2 4 May 24 11:30 AM Washington L 82-67 Cappie Pondexter (17) Stefanie Dolson (11) Cappie Pondexter (10) Allstate Arena 6,714 1-3 5 May 26 6:00 PM Washington L 88-79 Quigley (17) Pondexter (6), Breland (6) Pondexter (8) Verizon Center 6,438 1-4 6 May 28 5:00 PM Connecticut L 97-79 Young (17) Breland (11) Pondexter (9) Allstate Arena 4,498 1-5
June : 2–7 (Home: 0–4; Road: 2–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 7 June 1 7:00 PM[a] Phoenix L 99-91 Dolson (21) Boyette (9) Pondexter (8) Allstate Arena 4,634 1-6 8 June 6 9:30 PM Los Angeles L 79-70 Vandersloot (13) Boyette (9) Vandersloot; Quigley (5) Staples Center 8,523 1-7 9 June 10 7:00 PM San Antonio W 85-81 (OT) Dolson (25) Dolson (9) Pondexter (6) AT&T Center 6,191 2-7 10 June 16 9:00 PM Phoenix L 86-78 Quigley (19) Bpyette (10) Quigley (6) Talking Stick Resort Arena 10,249 2-8 11 June 18 5:00 PM Indiana L 91-79 Quigley (18) Boyette (10) Quigley (6) Allstate Arena 4,551 2-9 12 June 23 6:30 PM Atlanta W 82-78 Quigley (22) Dolson (8) Pondexter (9) McCamish Pavilion 4,237 3-9 13 June 25 5:00 PM Washington L 97-63 Quigley (18) Young (5) Vandersloot; Young (3) Allstate Arena 5,344 3-10 14 June 28 11:30 AM Indiana L 82-75 Breland (22) Boyette (10) Vandersloot (8) Allstate Arena 10,197 3-11 15 June 30 7:00 PM San Antonio L 89-82 Quigley (27) Vandersloot; Boyette (4) Vandersloot (9) AT&T Center 4,942 3-12
July : 5–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 3–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 16 July 8 7:00 PM[a] Minnesota W 100-76 Vandersloot (26) Vandersloot (7) Vandersloot (13) Allstate Arena 6,942 4-12 17 July 12 11:30 AM Dallas W 90-84 Quigley (22) Breland (12) Vandersloot (12) Allstate Arena 14,102 5-12 18 July 14 6:30 PM New York W 78-68 Dolson (23) Young (7) Vandersloot (9) Madison Square Garden 9,341 6-12 19 July 16 3:30 PM Dallas L 112-106 (2OT) Dolson (26) Dolson (10) Vandersloot (10) College Park Center 3,693 6-13 20 July 18 8:00 PM Seattle W 94-83 Quigley (25) Dolson (8) Vandersloot (6) KeyArena 8,358 7-13 21 July 20 Los Angeles W 82-80 Dolson (15) Young; Breland (7) Vandersloot (14) Staples Center 16,166 8-13 22 July 25 Connecticut L 93-72 Quigley (20) Dolson (7) Young; Vandersloot (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 5,631 8-14 23 July 28 Phoenix L 86-80 Dolson (29) Breland (12) Vandersloot (10) Allstate Arena 6,088 8-15 24 July 30 New York L 82-86 Quigley (22) Breland (10) Vandersloot (10) Allstate Arena 5,834 8-16 [b]
August : 4–4 (Home: 2–3; Road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 25 August 4 Indiana W 81-70 Vandersloot (5) Breland (8) Vandersloot (10) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,052 9-16 26 August 5 Atlanta W 91-86 Vandersloot (26) Vandersloot (7) Vandersloot (10) Allstate Arena 5,757 10-16 27 August 10 San Antonio W 94-74 Vandersloot (21) Breland (7) Vandersloot (10) Allstate Arena 4,686 11-16 28 August 18 Los Angeles L 106-115 Quigley (26) Dolson (10) Vandersloot (12) Allstate Arena 6,826 11-17 29 August 20 Seattle L 66-103 Dolson (10) Breland (9) Vandersloot (6) Allstate Arena 6,020 11-18 30 August 25 Connecticut W 96-83 Breland (15) Dolson (9) Vandersloot (12) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,761 12-18 31 August 27 New York L 62-92 Dolson (22) Bulgak (5) Pondexter (6) Madison Square Garden 9,317 12-19 32 August 30 Dallas L 96-99 Quigley (25) Breland (8) Vandersloot (12) Allstate Arena 5,896 12-20
September : 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 33 September 1 Minnesota L 87-110 Copper (21) Dolson (10) Vandersloot (9) Xcel Energy Center 9,709 12-21 34 September 3 Seattle L 80-85 Copper (18) Dolson (8) Vandersloot (8) Allstate Arena 7,199 12-22
2017 season schedule

Standings

#	Eastern Conference v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
1	New York Liberty - (3)	22	12	.647	-	13–4	9–8	10–6
2	Connecticut Sun - (4)	21	13	.636	1	12–5	9–6	10–6
3	Washington Mystics - (6)	18	16	.529	4	11–6	7–10	12-4
4	Chicago Sky - e	12	22	.353	10	4–13	8–9	6–10
5	Atlanta Dream - e	12	22	.353	10	9–8	3–14	5–11
6	Indiana Fever - e	9	25	.265	13	6–11	3–14	4–12

Notes

(#) – Conference Standing

Playoff Seeds shown next to team name

e – Eliminated from playoffs

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
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	[4]
Courtney Vandersloot	Player of the Week	August 7, 2017	[5]