2017 Chicago Sky season

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.

Transactions

WNBA draft

The Sky made the following selections in the 2017 WNBA draft:

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
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

Trades

• 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]
• Astou Ndour was acquired from the San Antonio Stars, in exchange for Clarissa Dos Santos.^[2]
• Keisha Hampton was acquired from the Minnesota Lynx. in exchange for Chantel Osahor.^[3]

Roster

Chicago Sky roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F 35 Hooper, Jordan 6' 2" (1.88m) 185 lb (84kg) (1992-02-20)February 20, 1992 Nebraska 3 F 12 Graves, Bashaara 6' 2" (1.88m) 200 lb (91kg) (1994-03-17)March 17, 1994 Tennessee 1 F 51 Breland, Jessica 6' 3" (1.91m) 170 lb (77kg) (1988-02-23)February 23, 1988 North Carolina 5 G/F 2 Copper, Kahleah 6' 1" (1.85m) 155 lb (70kg) (1994-08-28)August 28, 1994 Rutgers 1 C 31 Dolson, Stefanie 6' 5" (1.96m) 214 lb (97kg) (1992-01-08)January 8, 1992 Connecticut 3 G 25 Epps, Makayla 5' 10" (1.78m) – Kentucky R C 3 Bulgak, Adut 6' 4" (1.93m) 156 lb (71kg) (1992-12-20)December 20, 1992 Florida State 1 F 11 Harris, Amber 6' 5" (1.96m) 193 lb (88kg) (1988-01-16)January 16, 1988 Xavier 3 F 24 Hampton, Keisha 6' 2" (1.88m) 171 lb (78kg) (1990-02-22)February 22, 1990 DePaul F 32 Parker, Cheyenne 6' 4" (1.93m) 190 lb (86kg) (1992-08-22)August 22, 1992 Middle Tennessee 2 G 23 Pondexter, Cappie 5' 9" (1.75m) 160 lb (73kg) (1983-01-07)January 7, 1983 Rutgers 11 G 14 Quigley, Allie 5' 10" (1.78m) 140 lb (64kg) (1986-06-20)June 20, 1986 DePaul 8 G 22 Vandersloot, Courtney 5' 8" (1.73m) 145 lb (66kg) (1989-02-08)February 8, 1989 Gonzaga 6	Head coach Amber Stocks (Cincinnati) Assistant coaches Carlene Mitchell (Kansas State) Carla Morrow (Tulsa) Athletic trainer Heidi Wlezien Strength and conditioning coach Ann Crosby (Western Michigan) Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Preseason

Regular season

Game log

Standings

Notes

(#) – Conference Standing

Playoff Seeds shown next to team name

e – Eliminated from playoffs

Awards and honors

References

Footnotes

Notes