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2006 Chicago Sky season
CoachDave Cowens
ArenaUIC Pavilion
Attendance3,390 per game
Results
Record5–29 (.147)
Place7th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 2006 WNBA season was the first for the Chicago Sky. On February 8, 2005, the David Stern announced that the WNBA would be expanding to Chicago beginning with the 2006 season. Chicago became the second team in league history to be owned and operated outside of the NBA entity.[1][2] On September 20, 2005, the Chicago franchise announced their team name to be the Sky.[3]

Dave Cowens was named the first head coach of the Sky.[4]

Transactions

Expansion Draft

Chicago had the right to acquire one player from each of the 13 WNBA teams. Each team had designated a maximum of six players who would not be available for selection in the Expansion Draft.[5]

Player Nationality Nationality
Jia Perkins  United States Charlotte Sting
Brooke Wyckoff  United States Connecticut Sun
Elaine Powell  United States Detroit Shock
Kiesha Brown  United States Houston Comets
Deanna Jackson  United States Indiana Fever
Laura Macchi  Italy Los Angeles Sparks
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert  United States Minnesota Lynx
DeTrina White  United States New York Liberty
Ashley Robinson  United States Phoenix Mercury
Chelsea Newton  United States Sacramento Monarchs
Bernadette Ngoyisa  Republic of the Congo San Antonio Silver Stars
Francesca Zara  Italy Seattle Storm
Stacey Dales-Schuman  Canada Washington Mystics

WNBA Draft

See also: 2006 WNBA Draft
Round Pick Player Nationality College
1 6 Candice Dupree  United States Temple
2 20 Jennifer Harris  United States Washburn
3 34 Kerri Gardin  United States Virginia Tech

Trades and Roster Changes

Date Transaction
April 7, 2006 Signed Candice Dupree, Jennifer Harris, and Kerri Gardin to Rookie Scale Contracts
April 13, 2006 Signed Mfon Udoka
April 18, 2006 Signed Missy Traversi to a Training Camp Contract
April 19, 2006 Signed Steffanie Blackmon to a Training Camp Contract
April 30, 2006 Waived Missy Traversi and Mfon Udoka[6]
May 1, 2006 Signed Holly Tyler and Julie McBride[7]
Waived Steffanie Blackmon
May 4, 2006 Waived Holly Tyler
May 8, 2006 Signed Tera Bjorklund
May 12, 2006 Claimed Rita Williams off of Waivers
Traded the 14th Pick in the 2007 WNBA Draft to the Houston Comets in exchange for Liz Moeggenberg and the 21st Pick in the 2007 WNBA Draft
May 13, 2006 Waived Julie McBride
May 16, 2006 Waived Jennifer Harris and Kerri Gardin
Full Season Suspend Francesca Zara due to Overseas Commitments
May 18, 2006 Waived Rita Williams
June 28, 2006 Nikki McCray announces her retirement from the WNBA[8]
June 29, 2006 Traded Ashley Robinson to the Seattle Storm in exchange for Cisti Greenwalt and the 20th Pick in the 2007 WNBA Draft[9]
Waived Cisti Greenwalt
July 5, 2006 Signed Katie Cronin to a 7-Day Contract
July 24, 2006 Signed Katie Cronin and Coretta Brown
September 13, 2006 Dave Cowens resigns as Head Coach[10]

Roster

2006 Chicago Sky Roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From
G 14 United States Brown, Coretta 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 150 lb (68 kg) North Carolina
G/F 33 United States Cronin, Katie 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Colorado State
G 12 United States Dales, Stacy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Oklahoma
F 4 United States Dupree, Candice 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 178 lb (81 kg) Temple
F 23 United States Jackson, Deanna 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 155 lb (70 kg) UAB
F 24 United States Lassiter, Amanda 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Missouri
F 52 United States Moeggenberg, Liz 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Michigan State
G 2 United States Newton, Chelsea 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 154 lb (70 kg) Rutgers
C 50 Democratic Republic of the Congo Ngoyisa, Bernadette 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Congo
G 11 United States Perkins, Jia 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Texas Tech
G 5 United States Powell, Elaine 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 150 lb (68 kg) LSU
F 21 United States Wyckoff, Brooke 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 183 lb (83 kg) Florida State
Head coach
Assistant coaches



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


Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Conference
W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
z - Connecticut Sun 26 8 .765 – 14–3 12–5 15–5
x - Detroit Shock 23 11 .676 3.0 14–3 9–8 14–6
x - Indiana Fever 21 13 .618 5.0 12–5 9–8 12–8
x - Washington Mystics 18 16 .529 8.0 13–4 5–12 12–8
e - New York Liberty 11 23 .324 15.0 7–10 4–13 7–13
e - Charlotte Sting 11 23 .324 15.0 7–10 4–3 6–14
e - Chicago Sky 5 29 .147 21.0 3–14 2–15 4–16

Season schedule

Date Opponent Score Result Record
May 20 @ Charlotte 83-82 Win 1-0
May 23 Sacramento 63-76 Loss 1-1
May 26 Indiana 60-75 Loss 1-2
May 30 Los Angeles 55-64 Loss 1-3
June 2 @ Houston 60-71 Loss 1-4
June 4 Detroit 66-81 Loss 1-5
June 7 @ Seattle 73-86 Loss 1-6
June 9 @ Los Angeles 65-73 Loss 1-7
June 10 @ Sacramento 70-80 Loss 1-8
June 15 Seattle 61-74 Loss 1-9
June 17 San Antonio 65-69 Loss 1-10
June 21 @ Indiana 55-77 Loss 1-11
June 23 Connecticut 79-84 Loss 1-12
June 25 @ Phoenix 77-90 Loss 1-13
June 29 Charlotte 75-69 Win 2-13
July 1 @ San Antonio 57-69 Loss 2-14
July 7 New York 78-73 Win 3-14
July 9 @ Washington 83-89 Loss 3-15
July 14 Houston 77-82 Loss 3-16
July 16 Washington 75-83 Loss 3-17
July 19 @ Minnesota 82-90 Loss 3-18
July 20 @ Connecticut 72-86 Loss 3-19
July 22 @ Detroit 70-89 Loss 3-20
July 25 New York 72-79 Loss 3-21
July 27 @ Washington 74-92 Loss 3-22
July 28 Minnesota 79-65 Win 4-22
July 30 Indiana 64-69 Loss 4-23
August 1 Phoenix 70-90 Loss 4-24
August 4 Detroit 49-76 Loss 4-25
August 5 @ New York 69-80 Loss 4-26
August 8 Connecticut 59-85 Loss 4-27
August 10 @ Detroit 48-82 Loss 4-28
August 12 @ Charlotte 57-84 Loss 4-29
August 13 @ Indiana 80-73 Win 5-29

Player stats

Player GP MIN FG REB AST STL BLK PTS
Candice Dupree 34 1032 186 188 60 43 25 467
Bernadette Ngoyisa
Jia Perkins
Amanda Lassiter

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Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ "WNBA Expanding to Chicago in 2006". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  2. ^ "Franchise will play in 2006; nickname TBA". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  3. ^ "Chicago Sky is ready to soar". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  4. ^ "Chicago WNBA Team Hires NBA Hall-of-Famer Dave Cowens as Head Coach". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  5. ^ "Chicago Sky Announces Expansion Draft Selections". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  6. ^ "Traversi's WNBA quest ends". thesunchronicle.com. The Sun Chronicle. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  7. ^ "MCBRIDE INKS DEAL WITH WNBA'S CHICAGO SKY". cuse.com. CUSE.COM. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  8. ^ "Chicago Sky guard Nikki McCray retires after eight years with the WNBA". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  9. ^ "Seattle Storm acquire center Ashley Robinson". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  10. ^ Hamilton, Brian. "One and done: Cowens jumps from Sky". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  11. ^ "2006 Chicago Sky Stats".


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