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2010 Chicago Sky season

5th season of WNBA

5th season of WNBA

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The 2010 WNBA season was the 5th season for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association. This was the first season for the Sky in Allstate Arena. The Sky previously played at UIC Pavilion.

Transactions

Sacramento Monarchs Dispersal Draft

With the Sacramento Monarchs ceasing operation and based on the 2009 records of teams, the Sky selected 4th in the Dispersal Draft.

PickPlayerNationalityCollegePrevious Team
4Courtney ParisOklahomaSacramento Monarchs

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/team/country
14Epiphanny PrinceRutgers
328Abi OlajuwonNigeriaOklahoma

Trades and Roster Changes

DateTransaction
January 11, 2010Extended Qualifying Offers to Candice Dupree and Mistie Bass
January 30, 2010Traded Candice Dupree to the Phoenix Mercury and the 16th Pick in the 2010 WNBA draft to the New York Liberty in exchange for Shameka Christon and Cathrine Kraayeveld in a 3-Team Deal
February 3, 2010Signed Dominique Canty
April 13, 2010Waived Mistie Bass
Signed Epiphanny Prince and Abi Olajuwon to Rookie Scale Contracts
April 16, 2010Signed Sandora Irvin to a Training Camp Contract
April 20, 2010Signed Kristi Cirone to a Training Camp Contract
April 25, 2010Signed Sami Whitcomb and Larrissa Williams to Training Camp Contracts
May 2, 2010Waived Shyra Ely and Kristi Cirone
May 9, 2010Waived Sami Whitcomb and Larrissa Williams
May 12, 2010Waived Courtney Paris
May 13, 2010Traded Kristi Toliver to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for a 2nd round Pick in the 2011 WNBA draft
May 31, 2010Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on Sylvia Fowles and Tamera Young
June 1, 2010Waived Abi Olajuwon
July 22, 2010Waived Sandora Irvin
Signed Eshaya Murphy to a 7-Day Contract
July 29, 2010Signed Eshaya Murphy to a 2nd 7-Day Contract
August 5, 2010Signed Eshaya Murphy to a 3rd 7-Day Contract
August 12, 2010Signed Eshaya Murphy to a 4th 7-Day Contract
August 19, 2010Signed Eshaya Murphy
September 10, 2010Head coach Steven Key resigns as coach and general manager

Roster

Depth

Pos.StarterBenchCPFSFSGPG
Sylvia FowlesChristi Thomas
Mistie BassCatherine Kraayeveld
Tamera YoungEshaya Murphy
Shameka Christon [[File:Cruz Roja.svg8px]]
Jia PerkinsErin Thorn
Dominique CantyEpiphanny Prince

Schedule

Preseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || April 30 || 1:00pm || @ Minnesota || 87-78 || Tamera Young (18) || Mistie Bass (7) || Sami Whitcomb (5) || Concordia University 633 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || May 6 || 12:30pm || Minnesota || 74-65 || Catherine Kraayeveld (20) || Bass Kraayeveld Irvin (6) || Dominique Canty (6) || Allstate Arena N/A || 2-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || May 7 || 12:00pm || @ Indiana || 63-69 || Kristi Toliver (14) || Mistie Bass (8) || Mistie Bass (2) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,291 || 2-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || May 10 || 12:30pm || Indiana || 84-71 || Sylvia Fowles (13) || Sylvia Fowles (7) || Dominique Canty (6) || Allstate Arena N/A || 3-1 |-

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || May 15 || 3:30pm || @ Connecticut || CN100 || 61-74 || Sylvia Fowles (16) || Sylvia Fowles (9) || Shameka Christon (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 8,072 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || May 16 || 4:00pm || @ New York || NBATV CN100 MSG || 82-85 || Sylvia Fowles (23) || Dominique Canty (8) || Dominique Canty (5) || Madison Square Garden 12,088 || 0-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || May 22 || 8:00pm || Indiana || CN100 || 86-92 (OT) || Sylvia Fowles (22) || Sylvia Fowles (12) || Dominique Canty (5) || Allstate Arena 6,477 || 0-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || May 23 || 6:00pm || @ Indiana || CN100 FS-I || 61-69 || Catherine Kraayeveld (11) || Sylvia Fowles (9) || Fowles Kraayeveld (2) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,665 || 0-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || May 27 || 8:00pm || Seattle || CN100 || 84-75 || Sylvia Fowles (19) || Sylvia Fowles (8) || Dominique Canty (4) || Allstate Arena 2,923 || 1-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || May 29 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || CN100 || 73-58 || Sylvia Fowles (18) || Mistie Bass (6) || Canty Prince (4) || Target Center 6,129 || 2-4 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || June 4 || 7:00pm || @ Atlanta || CN100 FS-S || 80-70 || Sylvia Fowles (19) || Sylvia Fowles (9) || Shameka Christon (8) || Philips Arena 2,515 || 3-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || June 5 || 8:00pm || Tulsa || CN100 || 95-70 || Sylvia Fowles (32) || Sylvia Fowles (13) || Dominique Canty (6) || Allstate Arena 4,549 || 4-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || June 8 || 8:00pm || New York || CN100 || 70-85 || Epiphanny Prince (20) || Sylvia Fowles (6) || Christon Young Prince Thorn (3) || Allstate Arena 2,408 || 4-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || June 11 || 8:30pm || Washington || CN100 || 78-95 || Sylvia Fowles (23) || Sylvia Fowles (7) || Canty Perkins Thorn (4) || Allstate Arena 3,107 || 4-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || June 15 || 8:00pm || Atlanta || CN100 || 86-93 || Jia Perkins (25) || Tamera Young (7) || Dominique Canty (6) || Allstate Arena 3,292 || 4-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || June 19 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || NBATV CN100 CSN-MA || 61-65 (OT) || Sylvia Fowles (17) || Sylvia Fowles (9) || Jia Perkins (4) || Verizon Center 9,034 || 4-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || June 22 || 7:30pm || @ Connecticut || CN100 || 86-77 || Epiphanny Prince (19) || Sylvia Fowles (9) || Prince Young (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,987 || 5-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || June 25 || 8:30pm || Washington || CN100 || 79-72 || Jia Perkins (20) || Sylvia Fowles (7) || Dominique Canty (4) || Allstate Arena 3,419 || 6-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 || June 27 || 6:00pm || Indiana || CN100 || 70-64 || Erin Thorn (15) || Sylvia Fowles (17) || Prince Thorn (3) || Allstate Arena 4,051 || 6-9 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || July 1 || 8:00pm || Connecticut || CN100 || 92-80 || Sylvia Fowles (26) || Sylvia Fowles (11) || Bass Canty (5) || Allstate Arena 3,061 || 7-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || July 3 || 7:00pm || @ Atlanta || NBATV CN100 SSO || 88-82 || Sylvia Fowles (22) || Sylvia Fowles (12) || Canty Thorn Young (2) || Philips Arena 6,920 || 8-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || July 6 || 8:00pm || Indiana || CN100 || 51-58 || Sylvia Fowles (26) || Sylvia Fowles (18) || Epiphanny Prince (4) || Allstate Arena 3,732 || 8-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || July 11 || 4:00pm || @ New York || MSG || 54-57 || Jia Perkins (26) || Sylvia Fowles (19) || Sylvia Fowles (3) || Madison Square Garden 9,644 || 8-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || July 14 || 12:30pm || San Antonio || CN100 || 88-61 || Fowles Perkins Prince (14) || Mistie Bass (7) || Canty Prince (5) || Allstate Arena 6,950 || 9-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || July 16 || 8:30pm || Los Angeles || CN100 || 80-68 || Erin Thorn (15) || Sylvia Fowles (10) || Dominique Canty (6) || Allstate Arena 4,841 || 10-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 || July 18 || 4:00pm || @ Washington || CSN-MA || 61-59 || Sylvia Fowles (13) || Sylvia Fowles (11) || Fowles Kraayeveld Thorn (3) || Verizon Center 8,790 || 11-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || July 23 || 8:30pm || New York || CN100 || 71-79 || Epiphanny Prince (14) || Sylvia Fowles (16) || Dominique Canty (6) || Allstate Arena 5,256 || 11-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || July 24 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || CN100 || 75-72 || Sylvia Fowles (23) || Sylvia Fowles (12) || Dominique Canty (6) || AT&T Center 8,999 || 12-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || July 27 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || CN100 || 74-78 || Sylvia Fowles (18) || Sylvia Fowles (8) || Thorn Young (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse 6,853 || 12-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 26 || July 30 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || NBATV KONG || 60-80 || Sylvia Fowles (13) || Mistie Bass (7) || Sylvia Fowles (5) || KeyArena 7,749 || 12-14 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 27 || August 1 || 6:00pm || @ Phoenix || NBATV CN100 FS-A || 96-97 || Sylvia Fowles (35) || Sylvia Fowles (8) || Epiphanny Prince (5) || US Airways Center 11,237 || 12-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || August 4 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || NBATV CN100 || 77-82 || Jia Perkins (16) || Sylvia Fowles (11) || Canty Perkins (4) || STAPLES Center 9,732 || 12-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 29 || August 7 || 3:00pm || Minnesota || ESPN2 || 82-87 (OT) || Jia Perkins (16) || Sylvia Fowles (11) || Dominique Canty (6) || Allstate Arena 4,992 || 12-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || August 10 || 8:00pm || Phoenix || || 91-82 || Sylvia Fowles (24) || Sylvia Fowles (14) || Young Canty Thorn Prince (4) || Allstate Arena 4,089 || 13-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 || August 14 || 8:00pm || Atlanta || CN100 || 74-98 || Epiphanny Prince (18) || Sylvia Fowles (9) || Epiphanny Prince (4) || Allstate Arena 4,214 || 13-18 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || August 17 || 7:00pm || @ Atlanta || NBATV FS-S || 84-79 || Sylvia Fowles (18) || Sylvia Fowles (14) || Tamera Young (5) || Philips Arena 5,209 || 14-18 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || August 20 || 8:30pm || Connecticut || NBATV CN100 || 71-78 || Epiphanny Prince (19) || Sylvia Fowles (6) || Dominique Canty (7) || Allstate Arena 5,598 || 14-19 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || August 21 || 8:00pm || @ Tulsa || NBATV FS-OK || 71-84 || Sylvia Fowles (16) || Sylvia Fowles (7) || Dominique Canty (5) || BOK Center 6,321 || 14-20 |- | All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Standings

Statistics

Regular season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Sylvia Fowles343432.058.2100.076.09.91.51.12.617.8
Jia Perkins343427.539.634.981.42.92.41.60.210.7
Epiphanny Prince34219.642.733.878.42.02.71.60.19.8
Dominique Canty343426.043.018.269.32.63.41.00.29.0
Shameka Christon10921.335.940.093.82.42.40.30.28.5
Tamera Young322218.636.227.768.43.11.60.80.26.8
Erin Thorn34020.141.242.088.91.92.10.60.16.3
Cathrine Kraayeveld341421.235.031.687.52.71.30.60.16.3
Shay Murphy11014.128.828.666.71.80.80.80.05.1
Mistie Bass342018.952.70.062.53.91.10.60.44.9
Sandora Irvin1817.646.714.366.71.40.20.10.31.9
Christi Thomas1508.540.00.050.01.70.10.10.21.3
Abi Olajuwon605.050.00.00.00.70.00.20.01.0

Awards and honors

RecipientAwardDate awardedRef.
Sylvia FowlesEastern Conference Player of the WeekJune 7
July 6
All-Defensive First TeamAugust 29
All-WNBA First TeamSeptember 13
Team USA StarterJuly 10
Epiphanny PrinceWNBA All-Rookie TeamSeptember 1

References

References

  1. "Chicago Sky To Call Allstate Arena Home Beginning In 2010". Our Sports Central.
  2. "Sacramento Monarchs Dispersal Draft Analysis". WNBA.
  3. "Sky deal Dupree for 2 players". ESPN.
  4. "Cirone signs with Sky". Daily Herald.
  5. "Quick analysis: Washington guard Sami Whitcomb receives invite to Chicago Sky camp". Swish Appeal.
  6. "Looking at the Kristi Toliver Trade". Swish Appeal.
  7. "Olajuwon waived by Sky". ESPN.
  8. "Steven Key Resigns as Sky Coach and GM". Swish Appeal.
  9. "Seattle's Lauren Jackson and Chicago's Sylvia Fowles Named Players of the Week". WNBA.
  10. "Chicago's Sylvia Fowles and Seattle's Lauren Jackson Named Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week". WNBA.
  11. "2010 WNBA All-Defensive Team Announced". WNBA.
  12. "2010 All-WNBA First and Second Teams Announced". WNBA.
  13. "Chicago Sky's Prince on All-Rookie Team". Daily Herald.
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