2016 Chicago Sky season

2016 Chicago Sky season
2016 Chicago Sky season
Coach	Pokey Chatman
Arena	Allstate Arena
Attendance	7,009 per game
Results
Record	18–16 (.529)
Place	4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost in Semifinals
Team Leaders
Points	Elena Delle Donne – 21.5
Rebounds	Elena Delle Donne – 7.0
Assists	Courtney Vandersloot – 4.0
Media
Television	WMEU-CD; ESPN; ESPN2; NBA TV
	← 2015 season 2017 season →

The 2016 Chicago Sky season was the franchise's 11th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Transactions edit

WNBA draft edit

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	10	Imani Boyette	United States	Texas
3	34	Jordan Jones	United States	Texas A&M

Trades and Roster Changes edit

Date	Transaction
January 7, 2016	Extended Qualifying Offers to Jessica Breland, Clarissa dos Santos, and Jacki Gemelos
January 7, 2016	Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on Jamierra Faulkner
February 9, 2016	Signed Jessica Breland^[1]
February 11, 2016	Signed Clarissa dos Santos to a training-camp contract^[2]
March 7, 2016	Signed Yvonne Turner, Jacki Gemelos, and Shanece McKinney to training-camp contracts^[3]
April 21, 2016	Signed Imani McGee-Stafford and Jordan Jones to rookie-scale contracts
April 21, 2016	Signed Maggie Lyon to a training-camp contract^[4]
April 28, 2016	Waived Maggie Lyon
May 6, 2016	Waived Jacki Gemelos and Jordan Jones^[5]
May 11, 2016	Waived Shanece McKinney^[6]
May 12, 2016	Waived Yvonne Turner

Roster edit

2016 Chicago Sky Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Ht.	Wt.	From
C	34	Boyette, Imani	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	(1994-10-11)October 11, 1994 (aged 21)	Texas
F	51	Breland, Jessica	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	(1988-02-23)February 23, 1988 (aged 28)	North Carolina
F/C	41	de Souza, Érika	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	(1982-03-03)March 3, 1982 (aged 34)	Brazil
G/F	11	Delle Donne, Elena	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	(1989-09-05)September 5, 1989 (aged 26)	Delaware
C	8	dos Santos, Clarissa	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	196 lb (89 kg)	(1988-03-10)March 10, 1988 (aged 28)	Brazil
G	21	Faulkner, Jamierra	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	141 lb (64 kg)	(1992-03-09)March 9, 1992 (aged 24)	Southern Miss
G/F	44	Laney, Betnijah	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	(1993-10-29)October 29, 1993 (aged 22)	Rutgers
F	32	Parker, Cheyenne	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	(1992-08-22)August 22, 1992 (aged 23)	Middle Tennessee
G	23	Pondexter, Cappie	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	(1983-01-07)January 7, 1983 (aged 33)	Rutgers
G	14	Quigley, Allie	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	140 lb (64 kg)	(1986-06-20)June 20, 1986 (aged 29)	DePaul
G	22	Vandersloot, Courtney	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	145 lb (66 kg)	(1989-02-08)February 8, 1989 (aged 27)	Gonzaga
F	1	Young, Tamera	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	(1986-10-30)October 30, 1986 (aged 29)	James Madison

Head coach: Pokey Chatman (LSU)
Assistant coaches: Jonah Herscu (Lake Forest College)
Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech)

Athletic trainer: Heidi Wlezien

Strength and conditioning coach: Ann Crosby (Western Michigan)

Legend

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

Notes

Age of player is as of the start of the regular season.

Depth edit

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Erika de Souza	Imani McGee-Stafford Clarissa dos Santos
PF	Elena Delle Donne	Jessica Breland Cheyenne Parker
SF	Tamera Young	Betnijah Laney
SG	Cappie Pondexter	Allie Quigley
PG	Courtney Vandersloot	Jamierra Faulkner

Schedule edit

Preseason edit

2016 Preseason Schedule
Total: 2–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–1)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	May 1	New York	W 93–59	Elena Delle Donne (17)	Betnijah Laney (7)	Courtney Vandersloot (4)	Bob Carpenter Center 3,432	1–0
2	May 4	Connecticut	L 84–81	Elena Delle Donne (13)	Jessica Breland (6)	Jamierra Faulkner (5)	Mohegan Sun Arena 4,207	1–1
3	May 5	Atlanta	W 95–75	Betnijah Laney (14)	Cheyenne Parker (5)	Courtney Vandersloot (6)	Mohegan Sun Arena 4,025	2–1

2016 pre-season schedule

Regular Season edit

2015 Regular Season Schedule
Total: 18–16 (Home: 11–6; Road: 7–10)

May: 2–6 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	May 14	Connecticut	93-70	Courtney Vandersloot (14)	Jessica Breland (9)	Courtney Vandersloot (7)	Allstate Arena	1-0
2	May 18	Minnesota	97-80	Elena Delle Donne (28)	Delle Donne Young (6)	Courtney Vandersloot (11)	Allstate Arena	1-1
3	May 22	Atlanta	87-81	Cappie Pondexter (17)	Jessica Breland (10)	Cappie Pondexter (5)	Philips Arena	1-2
4	May 24	Los Angeles	93-80	Jamierra Faulkner 17	Breland Young (9)	Jamierra Faulkner (10)	Allstate Arena	1-3
5	May 27	San Antonio	79-78	Elena Delle Donne (27)	de Souza Delle Donne (9)	Jamierra Faulkner (11)	AT&T Center	1-4
6	May 29	Dallas	92-87	Cappie Pondexter (18)	Imani Boyette (8)	Jamierra Faulkner (9)	College Park Center	2-4

June: 4–5 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
7	June 1 6:00 PM^[a]	Washington	86-78	Delle Donne 18	Delle Donne 9	Vandersloot 8	Verizon Center	3-4
8	June 3 7:30 PM	Washington	98-72	Delle Donne 18	de Souza 7	Faulkner 9	Allstate Arena	4-4
9	June 10 6:00 PM	Indiana	73-64	Boyette 16	Boyette 12	Vandersloot 6	Bankers Life Fieldhouse	5-4
10	June 12 5:00 PM	Phoenix	86-80	Delle Donne 18	de Souza 7	de Souza, Faulkner 3	US Airways Center	5-5
11	June 14 9:30 PM	Los Angeles	98-85	Pondexter 20	de Souza 12	Pondexter 5	Staples Center	5-6
12	June 17 6:30 PM	Atlanta	101-97 OT	Delle Donne 26	de Souza 8	Vandersloot, Pondexter, Faulkner 5	Philips Arena	5-7
13	June 21 7:00 PM	San Antonio	81-75	Delle Donne 23	Young 9	Faulkner, Young, Delle Donne 3	Allstate Arena	6-7
14	June 24 6:30 PM	New York	80-79	Delle Donne 31	Delle Donne 8	Vandersloot 5	Madison Square Garden	6-8
15	June 29 11:30 AM	Indiana	95-83	Delle Donne 21	Delle Donne 6	Pondexter 6	Allstate Arena	6-9

July: 5–4 (Home: 3–3; Road: 2–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
16	July 1 6:00 PM^[a]	Washington	86-84 OT	Delle Donne 28	Delle Donne 11	Vandersloot 5	Allstate Arena	7-9
17	July 5 7:30 PM	Washington	87-82	Delle Donne 38	Delle Donne 10	Faulkner 7	Target Center	7-10
18	July 8 7:30 PM	New York	88-85	Quigley 29	Delle Donne 7	Faulkner 5	Allstate Arena	7-11
19	July 10 6:00 PM	Phoenix	100-95	Quigley 21	Boyette 13	Vandersloot, Faulkner 7	Allstate Arena	8-11
20	July 13 5:00 PM	Los Angeles	77-67	Delle Donne 15	Boyette 7	Vandersloot, Faulkner 5	Allstate Arena	8-12
21	July 14 9:30 PM	Los Angeles	84-77	Delle Donne 24	Boyette 8	Faulkner 6	Allstate Arena	9-12
22	July 17 6:30 PM	Seattle	91-88	Delle Donne 35	Delle Donne 11	Faulkner 4	KeyArena	10-12
23	July 19 7:00 PM	Phoenix	79-77	Delle Donne 18	Boyette 10	Vandersloot 3	Talking Stick Resort Arena	11-12
24	July 22 6:30 PM	Connecticut	94-89	Delle Donne 20	Breland 8	Vandersloot 6	Allstate Arena	11-13

August: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
25	August 26 11:30 AM	Atlanta	90-82	Delle Donne 34	Boyette 9	Delle Donne, Pondexter 5	Allstate Arena	12-13
26	August 28 11:30 AM	Dallas	92-85	Delle Donne 18	Delle Donne 9	Vandersloot 9	College Park Center	13-13

September: 5–3 (Home: 4–0; Road: 1–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
27	September 2 11:30 AM	Seattle	92-88	Young 24	Breland 10	Vandersloot, Pondexter 5	Allstate Arena	14-13
28	September 4 11:30 AM	San Antonio	97-73	Delle Donne 35	Boyette 7	Vandersloot, Pondexter 5	Allstate Arena	15-13
29	September 7 6:00 PM	Washington	118-81	Vandersloot 17	Boyette 7	Vandersloot 8	Verizon Center	15-14
30	September 9 5:00 PM	Los Angeles	95-88	Pondexter 22	Breland 9	Vandersloot 4	Bankers Life Fieldhouse	15-15
31	September 11 9:30 PM	Los Angeles	96-86	Pondexter 24	Breland 10	Pondexter 5	Mohegan Sun Arena	16-15
32	September 13 6:30 PM	Minnesota	98-97 OT	Pondexter 24	de Souza 11	Pondexter 4	Allstate Arena	17-15
33	September 17 7:00 PM	New York	92-68	Young 22	Young 9	Faulkner 11	Allstate Arena	18-15
34	September 19 6:30 PM	Seattle	88-75	Faulkner, Breland 14	Boyette, de Souza 6	Faulkner 7	KeyArena	18-16

2016 season schedule

Standings edit

Eastern Conference v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
3 - New York Liberty	21	13	.618	-	10-7	11-6	11-5
4 - Chicago Sky	18	16	.529	3	11-6	7-10	8-8
5 - Indiana Fever	17	17	.500	4	8-9	9-8	8-8
6 - Atlanta Dream	17	17	.500	4	11-6	6–11	9-7
e - Connecticut Sun	14	20	.412	7	8-9	6-11	4-12
e - Washington Mystics	13	21	.382	8	5-12	8-9	8-8

Notes

# – Playoff seed

e – Eliminated from playoffs

Playoffs edit

The Sky's 18–16 regular season record was good for second in the Eastern Conference and fourth overall in the WNBA. This standing led to Chicago being seeded fourth and being granted an automatic bye from the first of two single elimination rounds. In the second single elimination round, the Sky drew sixth-seeded Atlanta, defeating the Dream 108–98 and advancing to the best-of-five semifinal round. The Sky fell to second-seeded Los Angeles in the semifinals, losing in four games.


First round: Single elimination (Sept. 21)			Second round: Single elimination (Sept. 24 and 25)			Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 28 – Oct. 6)						WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Oct. 9 – 20)



						1	Minnesota Lynx		113	96	82

			3	New York Liberty	94	8	Phoenix Mercury		95	86	67

5	Indiana Fever	78	8	Phoenix Mercury	101							1	Minnesota Lynx	76	79	75	85	76

8	Phoenix Mercury	89										2	Los Angeles Sparks	78	60	92	79	77

						2	Los Angeles Sparks	95	99	66	95

			4	Chicago Sky	108	4	Chicago Sky	75	84	70	75

6	Atlanta Dream	94	6	Atlanta Dream	98

7	Seattle Storm	85

Note: Teams re-seeded after second round and semi-finals.

References edit

Footnotes edit

^ ^a ^b All times are specified as Central Time.

Notes edit

^ "Chicago sky re-signs forward Jessica Breland". hoopfeed.com. Hoopfeed. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
^ "Sky Re-Signs Clarissa Dos Santos". sky.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
^ "Sky Adds Turner, McKinney and Gemelos to Training Camp Roster". sky.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
^ "Chicago Sky Adds Maggie Lyon to Training Camp Roster". nusports.com. NU Sports. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
^ "Sky Waives Gemelos and Jones". sky.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
^ "Sky waive Shanece McKinney". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 27, 2022.

[time-7] All times are specified as Central Time.

[1] "Chicago sky re-signs forward Jessica Breland". hoopfeed.com. Hoopfeed. Retrieved July 27, 2022.

[2] "Sky Re-Signs Clarissa Dos Santos". sky.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 27, 2022.

[3] "Sky Adds Turner, McKinney and Gemelos to Training Camp Roster". sky.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 27, 2022.

[4] "Chicago Sky Adds Maggie Lyon to Training Camp Roster". nusports.com. NU Sports. Retrieved July 27, 2022.

[5] "Sky Waives Gemelos and Jones". sky.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 27, 2022.

[6] "Sky waive Shanece McKinney". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 27, 2022.

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