2010 Chicago Sky season

2010 Chicago Sky season
2010 Chicago Sky season
Coach	Steven Key
Arena	Allstate Arena
Attendance	4,293 per game
Results
Record	14–20 (.412)
Place	6th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Fowles (17.8)
Rebounds	Fowles (9.9)
Assists	Canty (3.4)
Media
Television	CN100; NBATV, ESPN2
	← 2009 season 2011 season →

The 2010 WNBA season was the 5th season for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Transactions[]

Dispersal draft[]

Based on the Sky's 2009 record, they would pick 4th in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft. The Sky picked Courtney Paris.

WNBA Draft[]

The following are the Sky's selections in the 2010 WNBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	4	Epiphanny Prince	United States	Rutgers
3	28	Abi Olajuwon	Nigeria	Oklahoma

Transaction log[]

February 2: The Sky re-signed free agent Dominique Canty.
March 30: The Sky traded Candice Dupree to the Phoenix Mercury and their second-round pick in the 2010 Draft to the New York Liberty in exchange for Shameka Christon and Cathrine Kraayeveld.
April 20: The Sky released Katie Mattera.
April 25: The Sky signed Larrissa Williams, Kristi Cirone, Sami Whitcomb and Sandora Irvin to training camp contracts.
May 2: The Sky waived Kristi Cirone and Shyra Ely.
May 9: The Sky waived Sami Whitcomb and Larrissa Williams.
May 11: The Sky suspended K.B. Sharp for the 2010 season.
May 13: The Sky waived Courtney Paris.
May 13: The Sky traded Kristi Toliver to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for their 2011 second-round draft pick.
July 5: The Sky waived Abi Olajuwon.
July 7: The Sky signed Christi Thomas.
July 22: The Sky waived Sandora Irvin and signed Eshaya Murphy.

Trades[]

Date	Trade
March 30, 2010	To Chicago Sky	To Phoenix Mercury	To New York Liberty
March 30, 2010	Shameka Christon and Cathrine Kraayeveld	Candice Dupree	Cappie Pondexter, Kelly Mazzante and Chicago's second-round pick in 2010 Draft
May 13, 2010	To Chicago Sky	To Los Angeles Sparks
May 13, 2010	Second-round pick in 2011 Draft	Kristi Toliver

Free agents[]

Additions[]

Player	Signed	Former team
Dominique Canty	February 2, 2010	re-signed
Shameka Christon	March 30, 2010	New York Liberty
Cathrine Kraayeveld	March 30, 2010	New York Liberty
Christi Thomas	July 7, 2010	free agent
Eshaya Murphy	July 22, 2010	free agent

Subtractions[]

Player	Left	New team
Candice Dupree	March 30, 2010	Phoenix Mercury
Katie Mattera	April 20, 2010	free agent
Shyra Ely	May 2, 2010	free agent
K.B. Sharp	May 11, 2010	suspended
Kristi Toliver	May 13, 2010	Los Angeles Sparks
Abi Olajuwon	July 5, 2010	free agent
Sandora Irvin	July 22, 2010	free agent

Roster[]

Chicago Sky roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	From
F	8	Bass, Mistie	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	Duke
G/F	3	Canty, Dominique	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	162 lb (73 kg)	Alabama
SF	20	Christon, Shameka	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Arkansas
C	34	Fowles, Sylvia	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	LSU
F	33	Kraayeveld, Cathrine	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Oregon
G	14	Murphy, Eshaya	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	164 lb (74 kg)	Southern California
SG	11	Perkins, Jia	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	Texas Tech
G	10	Prince, Epiphanny	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	168 lb (76 kg)	Rutgers
C	32	Thomas, Christi	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	Georgia
SG	5	Thorn, Erin	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	BYU
F	1	Young, Tamera	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	JMU

Head coach

Pokey Chatman (LSU)

Assistant coaches

Michael Mitchell (Colorado State)
Stephanie White (Purdue)

Athletic trainer

Michelle Kania

Strength and conditioning coach

Ann Crosby

Legend

(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Injured

Depth[]

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

Season 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

Schedule[]

Preseason[]

2010 Game Log: Preseason

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	April 30	1:00pm	@ Minnesota	87-78	Young (18)	Bass (7)	Whitcomb (5)	Concordia University 633	1-0
2	May 6	12:30pm	Minnesota	74-65	Kraayeveld (20)	Bass, Kraayeveld, Irvin (6)	Canty (6)	Allstate Arena N/A	2-0
3	May 7	12:00pm	@ Indiana	63-69	Toliver (14)	Bass (8)	Bass (2)	Conseco Fieldhouse 7,291	2-1
4	May 10	12:30pm	Indiana	84-71	Fowles (13)	Fowles (7)	Canty (6)	Allstate Arena N/A	3-1

Regular season[]

2010 Game Log: Regular Season

May

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	Fowles (16)	Fowles (9)	Christon (4)	Mohegan Sun Arena 8,072	0-1
2	May 16	4:00pm	@ New York	NBATV CN100 MSG	82-85	Fowles (23)	Canty (8)	Canty (5)	Madison Square Garden 12,088	0-2
3	May 22	8:00pm	Indiana	CN100	86-92 (OT)	Fowles (22)	Fowles (12)	Canty (5)	Allstate Arena 6,477	0-3
4	May 23	6:00pm	@ Indiana	CN100 FS-I	61-69	Kraayeveld (11)	Fowles (9)	Fowles, Kraayeveld (2)	Conseco Fieldhouse 7,665	0-4
5	May 27	8:00pm	Seattle	CN100	84-75	Fowles (19)	Fowles (8)	Canty (4)	Allstate Arena 2,923	1-4
6	May 29	8:00pm	@ Minnesota	CN100	73-58	Fowles (18)	Bass (6)	Canty, Prince (4)	Target Center 6,129	2-4

June

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	Fowles (19)	Fowles (9)	Christon (8)	Philips Arena 2,515	3-4
8	June 5	8:00pm	Tulsa	CN100	95-70	Fowles (32)	Fowles (13)	Canty (6)	Allstate Arena 4,549	4-4
9	June 8	8:00pm	New York	CN100	70-85	Prince (20)	Fowles (6)	4 players (3)	Allstate Arena 2,408	4-5
10	June 11	8:30pm	Washington	CN100	78-95	Fowles (23)	Fowles (7)	Canty, Perkins, Thorn (4)	Allstate Arena 3,107	4-6
11	June 15	8:00pm	Atlanta	CN100	86-93	Perkins (25)	Young (7)	Canty (6)	Allstate Arena 3,292	4-7
12	June 19	7:00pm	@ Washington	NBATV CN100 CSN-MA	61-65 (OT)	Fowles (17)	Fowles (9)	Perkins (4)	Verizon Center 9,034	4-8
13	June 22	7:30pm	@ Connecticut	CN100	86-77	Prince (19)	Fowles (9)	Prince, Young (4)	Mohegan Sun Arena 6,987	5-8
14	June 25	8:30pm	Washington	CN100	79-72	Perkins (20)	Fowles (7)	Canty (4)	Allstate Arena 3,419	6-8
15	June 27	6:00pm	Indiana	CN100	70-64	Thorn (15)	Fowles (17)	Prince, Thorn (3)	Allstate Arena 4,051	6-9

July

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	Fowles (26)	Fowles (11)	Bass, Canty (5)	Allstate Arena 3,061	7-9
17	July 3	7:00pm	@ Atlanta	NBATV CN100 SSO	88-82	Fowles (22)	Fowles (12)	Canty, Thorn, Young (2)	Philips Arena 6,920	8-9
18	July 6	8:00pm	Indiana	CN100	51-58	Fowles (26)	Fowles (18)	Prince (4)	Allstate Arena 3,732	8-10
19	July 11	4:00pm	@ New York	MSG	54-57	Perkins (26)	Fowles (19)	Fowles (3)	Madison Square Garden 9,644	8-11
20	July 14	12:30pm	San Antonio	CN100	88-61	Fowles, Perkins, Prince (14)	Bass (7)	Canty, Prince (5)	Allstate Arena 6,950	9-11
21	July 16	8:30pm	Los Angeles	CN100	80-68	Thorn (15)	Fowles (10)	Canty (6)	Allstate Arena 4,841	10-11
22	July 18	4:00pm	@ Washington	CSN-MA	61-59	Fowles (13)	Fowles (11)	Fowles, Kraayeveld, Thorn (3)	Verizon Center 8,790	11-11
23	July 23	8:30pm	New York	CN100	71-79	Prince (14)	Fowles (16)	Canty (6)	Allstate Arena 5,256	11-12
24	July 24	8:00pm	@ San Antonio	CN100	75-72	Fowles (23)	Fowles (12)	Canty (6)	AT&T Center 8,999	12-12
25	July 27	7:00pm	@ Indiana	CN100	74-78	Fowles (18)	Fowles (8)	Thorn, Young (4)	Conseco Fieldhouse 6,853	12-13
26	July 30	10:00pm	@ Seattle	NBATV KONG	60-80	Fowles (13)	Bass (7)	Fowles (5)	KeyArena 7,749	12-14

August

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	Fowles (35)	Fowles (8)	Prince (5)	US Airways Center 11,237	12-15
28	August 4	10:30pm	@ Los Angeles	NBATV CN100	77-82	Perkins (16)	Fowles (11)	Canty, Perkins (4)	STAPLES Center 9,732	12-16
29	August 7	3:00pm	Minnesota	ESPN2	82-87 (OT)	Perkins (16)	Fowles (11)	Canty (6)	Allstate Arena 4,992	12-17
30	August 10	8:00pm	Phoenix		91-82	Fowles (24)	Fowles (14)	4 players (4)	Allstate Arena 4,089	13-17
31	August 14	8:00pm	Atlanta	CN100	74-98	Prince (18)	Fowles (9)	Prince (4)	Allstate Arena 4,214	13-18
32	August 17	7:00pm	@ Atlanta	NBATV FS-S	84-79	Fowles (18)	Fowles (14)	Young (5)	Philips Arena 5,209	14-18
33	August 20	8:30pm	Connecticut	NBATV CN100	71-78	Prince (19)	Fowles (6)	Canty (7)	Allstate Arena 5,598	14-19
34	August 21	8:00pm	@ Tulsa	NBATV FS-OK	71-84	Fowles (16)	Fowles (7)	Canty (5)	BOK Center 6,321	14-20

All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

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
Mistie Bass	34	20	18.9	.527	.000	.625	3.9	1.1	0.56	0.44	4.9
Dominique Canty	34	34	26.0	.430	.182	.693	2.6	3.4	0.97	0.21	9.0
Shameka Christon	10	9	21.3	.359	.400	.938	2.4	2.4	0.30	0.20	8.5
Sylvia Fowles	34	34	32.0	.582	1.000	.760	9.9	1.5	1.15	2.59	17.8
Sandora Irvin	18	1	7.6	.467	.143	.667	1.4	0.2	0.11	0.33	1.9
Cathrine Kraayeveld	34	14	21.2	.350	.316	.875	2.7	1.3	0.62	0.56	5.2
Eshaya Murphy	11	0	14.1	.288	.286	.667	1.8	0.8	0.82	0.00	5.1
Abi Olajuwon	6	0	5.0	.500	.000	.000	0.7	0.0	0.17	0.00	1.0
Jia Perkins	34	34	27.5	.396	.349	.814	2.9	2.4	1.65	0.18	10.7
Epiphanny Prince	34	2	19.6	.427	.338	.784	2.0	2.7	1.62	0.15	9.8
Christi Thomas	15	0	8.5	.400	.000	.500	1.7	0.1	0.07	0.20	1.3
Erin Thorn	34	0	20.1	.412	.420	.889	1.9	2.1	0.59	0.06	6.3
Tamera Young	32	22	18.6	.362	.277	.684	3.1	1.6	0.78	0.22	6.8

Awards and honors[]

Sylvia Fowles was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of May 29, 2010.
Sylvia Fowles was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 26, 2010.
Sylvia Fowles was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a Team USA starter.
Epiphanny Prince was named to the All-Rookie Team.
Sylvia Fowles was named to the All-Defensive First Team.
Sylvia Fowles was named to the All-WNBA First Team.

v t 2010 WNBA season by team
Draft Transactions Schedule Stars at the Sun Playoffs Finals
Eastern	Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics
Western	Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury San Antonio Silver Stars Seattle Storm Tulsa Shock
← 2009 WNBA season 2011 →

2010 Chicago Sky season

Contents

Transactions[]

Dispersal draft[]

WNBA Draft[]

Transaction log[]

Trades[]

Free agents[]

Additions[]

Subtractions[]

Roster[]

Depth[]

Season standings[]

Schedule[]

Preseason[]

Regular season[]

Statistics[]

Regular season[]

Awards and honors[]

References[]

External links[]