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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 | |
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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 |
The Sky made the following selections in the 2017 WNBA draft:
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
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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 |
Date | Transaction | |
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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] |
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May: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–1)
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2017 pre-season schedule |
2017 game log Total: 12-22 (Home: 4-13; Road: 8-9) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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May: 1–5 (Home: 0–3; Road: 1–2)
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June
: 2–7 (Home: 0–4; Road: 2–3)
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July
: 5–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 3–2)
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August
: 4–4 (Home: 2–3; Road: 2–1)
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September
: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
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2017 season schedule |
# | Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
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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 |
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Legend | |||||||
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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 |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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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 |
Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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Stefanie Dolson | Player of the Week | July 16, 2017 | [4] |
Courtney Vandersloot | Player of the Week | August 7, 2017 | [5] |
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