The 2024 Chicago Sky season is the franchise's 19th season in the Women's National Basketball Association , and their first season under head coach Teresa Weatherspoon .
The season tipped-off on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, against the Dallas Wings in Dallas.[ 1]
The offseason was marked by major coaching and roster changes. In October 2023, the team hired Weatherspoon as head coach, replacing interim head coach Emre Vatansever .[ 2] [ 3] The team also hired Jeff Pagliocca as general manager, separating this role from the head coaching position for the first time.[ 4] Several starting players from previous seasons including Kahleah Copper , Alanna Smith , Courtney Williams , Astou Ndour-Fall , and Julie Allemand departed in free agency and trades. The Sky signed their own former first-round draft pick Diamond DeShields . Acquiring the 3rd and 7th picks in the 2024 WNBA draft through trades, they drafted high-profile college stars Kamilla Cardoso and Angel Reese .
Date
Transaction
October 31, 2023
Hired Jeff Pagliocca as General Manager[ 5]
January 17, 2024
Extended Qualifying Offers to Robyn Parks , Rebekah Gardner , and Morgan Bertsch [ 6]
February 1. 2024
Signed Lindsay Allen [ 7]
February 2, 2024
Renounced the rights to Astou Ndour-Fall [ 6]
February 5, 2024
Signed Diamond DeShields [ 8]
February 6, 2024
Acquired Brianna Turner and Michaela Onyenwere , the third overall pick in the 2024 WNBA draft , Chicago's own 2025 second round pick, Phoenix's 2026 first round draft pick, and the right to swap 2026 second round picks in exchange for Kahleah Copper and the rights to Morgan Bertsch .[ 9]
February 8, 2024
Signed Taya Reimer to a Training Camp Contract[ 10]
Signed Kysre Gondrezick to a Training Camp Contract[ 11]
February 9, 2024
Signed Chennedy Carter to a Training Camp Contract[ 12]
February 15, 2024
Renounced the rights to Kseniya Malashka [ 6]
February 19, 2024
Acquired the 8th pick in the 2024 Draft in exchange for Julie Allemand and the rights to Li Yueru [ 13]
March 14, 2024
Acquired the New York Liberty 's 2025 and 2026 second round picks in exchange for the rights to Rebekah Gardner [ 14]
April 14, 2024
Acquired the Minnesota Lynx 7th pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft and the rights to Nikolina Milić in exchange for Sika Koné , the 8th pick, the Sky's 2025 second round pick, and the rights to swap first round picks in the 2026 draft.[ 15]
April 19, 2024
Signed Kamilla Cardoso , Angel Reese , and Brynna Maxwell to Rookie Contracts
Renounced the rights to Robyn Parks
May 10, 2024
Waived Taya Reimer[ 16]
May 13, 2024
Waived Brynna Maxwell [ 17]
June 28, 2024
Waived Kysre Gondrezick[ 18]
July 17, 2024
Traded Marina Mabrey and the team's second round pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft to Connecticut Sun in exchange for Rachel Banham , Moriah Jefferson , the Sun's first-round 2025 draft pick, and the rights to swap 2026 first-round draft picks[ 19]
Players Coaches Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G 15 Allen, Lindsay 5' 8" (1.73m) 145 lb (66kg) 1995-03-20 Notre Dame 6 G Banham, Rachel 5' 9" (1.75m) 175 lb (79kg) 1993-07-15 Minnesota 8 C 10 Cardoso, Kamilla 6' 7" (2.01m) 215 lb (98kg) 2001-04-30 South Carolina R G 7 Carter, Chennedy 5' 9" (1.75m) 143 lb (65kg) 1998-10-14 Texas A&M 3 G 0 DeShields, Diamond 6' 1" (1.85m) 172 lb (78kg) 1995-03-05 Tennessee 5 G 11 Evans, Dana 5' 6" (1.68m) 145 lb (66kg) 1998-08-01 Louisville 3 F 20 Harrison, Isabelle 6' 3" (1.91m) 183 lb (83kg) 1993-09-27 Tennessee 6 G 4 Jefferson, Moriah 5' 6" (1.68m) 123 lb (56kg) 1994-03-08 Connecticut 7 F 12 Onyenwere, Michaela 6' 0" (1.83m) 178 lb (81kg) 1999-08-10 UCLA 3 F 5 Reese, Angel 6' 3" (1.91m) 165 lb (75kg) 2002-05-06 LSU R F 21 Turner, Brianna 6' 3" (1.91m) 170 lb (77kg) 1996-07-05 Notre Dame 5 C 1 Williams, Elizabeth 6' 3" (1.91m) 200 lb (91kg) 1993-06-23 Duke 9
Head coach
Teresa Weatherspoon (Louisiana Tech )
Assistant coaches
Crystal Robinson (SE Oklahoma State )
Sydney Johnson (Princeton )
Tamera Young (James Madison )
Athletic trainer
Meghan Lockerby
Strength and conditioning coach
Ann Crosby
Legend
(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured
WNBA roster page
2024 game log Total: 11–18 (Home: 4–10; Road: 7–8)
May: 3–3 (Home: 1–2; Road: 2–1)
June
: 3–8 (Home: 2–5; Road: 1–3)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
7
June 1
@ Indiana
L 70–71
Chennedy Carter (19)
Angel Reese (13)
Chennedy Carter (6)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,274
3–4
8
June 4
New York
L 75–88
Chennedy Carter (16)
Angel Reese (10)
Marina Mabrey (5)
Wintrust Arena 8,277
3–5
9
June 6
@ Washington
W 79–71
Chennedy Carter (25)
Angel Reese (11)
Dana Evans (4)
Capital One Arena 10,000
4–5
10
June 8
Atlanta
L 80–89
Cardoso , Evans, Reese (13)
Angel Reese (13)
Dana Evans (5)
Wintrust Arena 8,804
4–6
11
June 12
Connecticut
L 75–83
Angel Reese (20)
Angel Reese (10)
Evans, Mabrey (5)
Wintrust Arena 7,815
4–7
12
June 14
@ Washington
L 81–83
Chennedy Carter (16)
Angel Reese (14)
Allen , Mabrey (3)
Entertainment and Sports Arena 4,200
4–8
13
June 16
@ Indiana
L 83–91
Marina Mabrey (22)
Angel Reese (13)
Angel Reese (5)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,274
4–9
14
June 20
Dallas
W 83–72
Carter, Mabrey (19)
Angel Reese (18)
Allen, Evans, Mabrey (4)
Wintrust Arena 9,025
5–9
15
June 23
Indiana
W 88–87
Angel Reese (25)
Angel Reese (16)
Lindsay Allen (7)
Wintrust Arena 9,872
6–9
16
June 27
Las Vegas
L 83–95
Marina Mabrey (21)
Angel Reese (11)
Lindsay Allen (5)
Wintrust Arena 9,025
6–10
17
June 30
Minnesota
L 62–70
Chennedy Carter (15)
Angel Reese (16)
Lindsay Allen (7)
6–11
July
: 4–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 3–2)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
18
July 2
@ Atlanta
W 85–77
Chennedy Carter (26)
Angel Reese (19)
Carter, Mabrey (4)
Gateway Center Arena 3,260
7–11
19
July 5
@ Seattle
W 88–84
Chennedy Carter (33)
Angel Reese (10)
Marina Mabrey (7)
Climate Pledge Arena 10,725
8–11
20
July 7
@ Seattle
L 71–84
Chennedy Carter (21)
Angel Reese (14)
Allen , Mabrey (6)
Climate Pledge Arena 11,283
8–12
21
July 10
Atlanta
W 78–69
Chennedy Carter (19)
Angel Reese (13)
Carter, Mabrey (5)
Wintrust Arena 9,025
9–12
22
July 11
@ New York
L 76–91
Chennedy Carter (22)
Isabelle Harrison (12)
Lindsay Allen (7)
Barclays Center 17,758
9–13
23
July 13
New York
L 67–81
Marina Mabrey (21)
Angel Reese (16)
Marina Mabrey (7)
Wintrust Arena 9,025
9–14
24
July 16
@ Las Vegas
W 93–85
Chennedy Carter (34)
Angel Reese (10)
Allen, Mabrey (4)
Michelob Ultra Arena 10,396
10–14
August: 1–4 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–2)
September
: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
2024 season schedule
Player
GP
GS
MPG
FG%
3P%
FT%
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
PPG
‡ Waived/Released during the season
† Traded during the season
≠ Acquired during the season
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^ "Chicago Sky Hire Teresa Weatherspoon as Head Coach" . sky.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved 15 October 2023 .
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^ "Chicago Sky Name Jeff Pagliocca as General Manager" . sky.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved 20 April 2024 .
^ a b c "WNBA Transactions" . acrossthetimeline.com . Across The Timeline. Retrieved 20 April 2024 .
^ "Chicago Sky Signs Lindsay Allen" . sky.wnba.com . WNBA . February 1, 2024. Retrieved February 19, 2024 .
^ "Chicago Sky Welcomes Back WNBA Champion, All-Star Diamond DeShields" . sky.wnba.com . WNBA . February 5, 2024. Retrieved February 19, 2024 .
^ Philippou, Alexa (February 6, 2024). "Sky trades Kahleah Copper to Mercury for WNBA draft picks, players" . ESPN . Retrieved February 19, 2024 .
^ "Chicago Sky Signs Taya Reimer to Training Camp Contract" . sky.wnba.com . WNBA . February 8, 2024. Retrieved February 19, 2024 .
^ "Chicago Sky Signs Kysre Gondrezick to Training Camp Contract" . sky.wnba.com . WNBA . February 8, 2024. Retrieved February 19, 2024 .
^ "Chicago Sky Signs Chennedy Carter to Training Camp Contract" . sky.wnba.com . WNBA . February 9, 2024. Retrieved February 19, 2024 .
^ Michael Voepel (February 19, 2024). "Sky land No. 8 pick in 2024 WNBA draft in trade with Sparks" . ESPN . Retrieved February 19, 2024 .
^ Costabile, Annie (March 14, 2024). "Sky acquire two future second-round draft picks from Liberty for rights to Rebekah Gardner" . Chicago Sun-Times . Retrieved March 16, 2024 .
^ "Sky swap 2024 WNBA draft picks, prospects with Lynx in trade" . ESPN . Field Level Media. April 14, 2024. Retrieved April 14, 2024 .
^ @chicagosky (May 10, 2024). "The Chicago Sky announced today that the team has waived Taya Reimer" (Tweet ). Retrieved May 11, 2024 – via Twitter .
^ @chicagosky (May 13, 2024). "The Chicago Sky announced today that the team has waived Brynna Maxwell" (Tweet ). Retrieved May 13, 2024 – via Twitter .
^ @chicagosky (June 28, 2024). "The Chicago Sky announced today that the team has waived Kysre Gondrezick" (Tweet ). Retrieved June 28, 2024 – via Twitter .
^ "Connecticut Sun Acquires Veteran Guard Marina Mabrey" . WNBA . July 17, 2024. Retrieved July 17, 2024 .
^ Schutte, Dustin (July 2, 2024). "WNBA Announces Eastern, Western Conference Players of the Month for June" . Sports Illustrated .
^ "Rosters Set for AT&T WNBA All-Star 2024 on July 20" . WNBA (Press release). July 2, 2024.
^ @WNBA (July 9, 2024). "🏀 Week 7 Players of the Week 🏀 Eastern Conference: @Reese10angel @chicagosky 16.8 PPG, 14.0 RPG and 1.2 APG Western Conference: @_ajawilson22 @lvaces 25.2 PPG, 9.2 RPG and 3.0 APG #WelcometotheW" (Tweet ). Retrieved July 9, 2024 – via Twitter .