2022 Chicago Sky season

2022 Chicago Sky season
CoachJames Wade
ArenaWintrust Arena
Attendance7,180 per game
Results
Record26–10 (.722)
Place1st (Eastern)
Playoff finish2nd seed; Lost in Semifinals to Connecticut Sun
Team Leaders
PointsKahleah Copper – 15.7 ppg
ReboundsCandace Parker – 8.6 rpg
AssistsCourtney Vandersloot – 6.5 apg
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The 2022 Chicago Sky season was the franchise's 17th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and their fourth season under head coach James Wade. They were the defending league champions after defeating the Phoenix Mercury in the 2021 WNBA Finals.

Entering the offseason, the Sky only had four players from the previous season under contract.[1] The team re-signed Courtney Vandersloot, Allie Quigley, and Kahleah Copper and added Emma Meesseman via free agency.[2][3][4] Free agent Stefanie Dolson departed the team and signed with the New York Liberty.[5] In a sign-and-trade deal, free agent Diamond DeShields was traded to the Phoenix Mercury and the Sky added Julie Allemand.[6][7]

The defending champions lost the first game of the season, in overtime. However, they recovered and won their next two games. They finished the month winning three of five and with a 5–3 overall record. The Sky started June strongly, winning five of their first six, before losing to Indiana, on June 19. On June 21, the Sky broke the record for largest comeback win in WNBA history in a 104–95 win over the Las Vegas Aces after being down by 28 points.[8] They used that momentum to win their next three games and finish the month with a 9–2 record. In July the team kept the hot streak going, winning six games in a row from July 7 to July 22. Four players were named to the All-Star Game: Candace Parker, Vandersloot, Copper, and Meesseman.[9] They hosted the Commissioner's Cup, but lost to the Aces. The finished the month 9–2 and secured a playoff berth on July 20. After having secured the berth, their momentum slowed and they finished August with a 3–3 record. Their overall record of 26–10 was a franchise-best. They ended as the second seed in the playoffs.

As the second seed in the playoffs, they hosted a First Round series against the New York Liberty. They lost Game One of the series at home 91–98. They followed that up with a dominant 38 point win at home in Game Two. They Sky had to travel to New York for Game Three, and won by eighteen points to advance to the Semifinals. There, they faced off against the third seed Connecticut Sun. As the higher seed, they again had home court advantage in the series. As in the first round, they lost the first game at home. The Sky followed that up with a home win and a road win. They lost Game Four on the road by 24-points and could not finish the series at home in Game Five, losing 63–72 to end their season.

Transactions

WNBA draft

The Sky do not have any picks in the 2022 WNBA Draft, having traded their second- and third-round picks to the Dallas Wings and their first-round pick to the Indiana Fever.[10][11][6]

Trades and Roster Changes

Date Transaction
January 2, 2022 Extended Qualifying Offers to Diamond DeShields and Lexie Brown[12]
January 12, 2022 Extended a Core Qualifying Offer to Kahleah Copper[13]
January 25, 2022 Hired Ann Wauters as assistant coach[14]
February 3, 2022 Traded Diamond DeShields to Phoenix in exchange for Julie Allemand (from Indiana) and 2023 1st round pick (from Phoenix)[6][7]
February 5, 2022 Signed Crystal Bradford to a one-year deal[15]
February 9, 2022 Signed Kysre Gondrezick and Kamiah Smalls to a training camp contracts[16][17]
February 10, 2022 Signed Rebekah Gardner to a training camp contract[18]
February 17, 2022 Re-signed Courtney Vandersloot and Allie Quigley to one-year deals[2]
Re-signed Kahleah Copper[3]
February 18, 2022 Signed Emma Meesseman[4]
February 25, 2022 Signed Kathleen Doyle and Tina Krajišnik to training-camp contracts[19]
March 9, 2022 Waived Crystal Bradford[20]
March 11, 2022 Signed Anneli Maley to a training-camp contract
March 15, 2022 Signed Kaela Davis and Imani McGee-Stafford to training-camp contracts[21]
March 30, 2022 Traded Lexie Brown to Los Angeles in exchange for the rights to Li Yueru[22]
Signed Li Yueru to a rookie-scale contract
April 13, 2022 Signed Lexie Held and Kayla Wells to training-camp contracts[23]
April 14, 2022 Signed Sparkle Taylor and Emmanuelle Tahane to training-camp contracts[24]
April 15, 2022 Signed Masseny Kaba to a training-camp contract[25]
April 16, 2022 Signed Lindsey Pulliam to a training-camp contract
April 28, 2022 Waived Kayla Well and Kamiah Smalls[26]
April 29, 2022 Waived Imani McGee-Stafford and Lexi Held[27]
May 2, 2022 Waived Lindsey Pulliam
May 4, 2022 Waived Kaela Davis, Kysre Gondrezick, Tina Krajišnik, Anneli Maley, and Sparkle Taylor[28]
May 5, 2022 Waived Kathleen Doyle, Masseny Kaba, and Emmanuelle Tahane
Temporarily Suspend Julie Allemand, Rebekah Gardner, Kahleah Copper, and Li Yueru due to Overseas Commitments
May 6, 2022 Signed Sparkle Taylor, Anneli Maley, Tina Krajišnik, and Kaela Davis to Hardship Contracts
May 9, 2022 Released Kaela Davis and Anneli Maley from their Hardship Contracts [29]
Activated Rebekah Gardner from her Temporary Suspension
May 10, 2022 Signed Anneli Maley to a Hardship Contract
May 13, 2022 Released Sparkle Taylor from the Hardship Contract
Exercised the 4th Year Team Option on Ruthy Hebard and Julie Allemand
May 20, 2022 Activated Kahleah Copper from her Temporary Suspension
Released Tina Krajišnik from her Hardship Contract[30]
May 24, 2022 Activated Li Yueru from her Temporary Suspension
Released Anneli Maley from her Hardship Contract
August 24, 2022 Signed Head coach James Wade to a Contract Extension [31]

Roster

2022 Chicago Sky roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
G 20 Belgium Allemand, Julie 5' 8" (1.73m) 147 lb (67kg) 1996-07-07 Belgium 1
G/F 2 United States Copper, Kahleah 6' 1" (1.85m) 165 lb (75kg) 1994-08-28 Rutgers 6
G 11 United States Evans, Dana 5' 6" (1.68m) 145 lb (66kg) 1998-08-01 Louisville 1
G 35 United States Gardner, Rebekah 6' 1" (1.85m) 130 lb (59kg) 1990-07-09 UCLA R
F 24 United States Hebard, Ruthy 6' 4" (1.93m) 190 lb (86kg) 1998-04-28 Oregon 2
F 33 Belgium Meesseman, Emma 6' 4" (1.93m) 191 lb (87kg) 1993-05-13 Belgium 7
F/C 3 United States Parker, Candace 6' 4" (1.93m) 184 lb (83kg) 1986-04-19 Tennessee 14
G 14 Hungary Quigley, Allie 5' 10" (1.78m) 142 lb (64kg) 1986-06-20 DePaul 13
F/C 30 United States Stevens, Azurá 6' 6" (1.98m) 180 lb (82kg) 1996-02-01 Connecticut 4
G 22 Hungary Vandersloot, Courtney 5' 8" (1.73m) 137 lb (62kg) 1989-02-08 Gonzaga 11
C 28 China Yueru, Li 6' 7" (2.01m) 200 lb (91kg) 03-28-1999 China R
Head coach
United States James Wade (Kennesaw State)
Assistant coaches
United States Tonya Edwards (Tennessee)
Belgium Ann Wauters
Turkey Emre Vatansever
Athletic trainer
United States Meghan Lockerby
Strength and conditioning coach
United States Ann Crosby (Western Michigan)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Depth

Pos. Starter Bench
C Candace Parker Ruthy Hebard
Li Yueru
PF Emma Meesseman Azurá Stevens
SF Kahleah Copper Rebekah Gardner
SG Allie Quigley Dana Evans
PG Courtney Vandersloot Julie Allemand

Schedule

Preseason

2022 pre-season game log
April: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 April 25 Dallas L 77–92 Emma Meesseman (24) Maley
Meesseman (5) 		Dana Evans (7) Wintrust Arena
N/A 		0–1
2 April 30 @ Indiana L 75–79 Emma Meesseman (13) Emma Meesseman (8) Evans/Taylor (3) Gainbridge Fieldhouse
N/A 		0–2
2022 pre-season schedule

Regular Season

2022 game log
Total: 26–10 (Home: 14–4; Road: 12–6)
May: 5–3 (Home: 3–2; Road: 2–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 May 6 Los Angeles L 91–98 OT Dana Evans (24) Emma Meesseman (8) Courtney Vandersloot (8) Wintrust Arena
8,111 		0–1
2 May 11 New York W 83–50 Dana Evans (15) Meesseman
Vandersloot (6) 		Courtney Vandersloot (6) Wintrust Arena
4,935 		1–1
3 May 14 @ Minnesota W 82–78 Emma Meesseman (17) Emma Meesseman (7) Courtney Vandersloot (11) Target Center
6,503 		2–1
4 May 18 @ Seattle L 71–74 Azurá Stevens (18) Candace Parker (9) Courtney Vandersloot (12) Climate Pledge Arena
7,450 		2–2
5 May 22 @ Washington W 82–73 Candace Parker (16) Candace Parker (13) Candace Parker (10) Entertainment and Sports Arena
4,200 		3–2
6 May 24 Indiana W 95–90 Candace Parker (16) Azurá Stevens (7) Parker
Vandersloot (7) 		Wintrust Arena
7,741 		4–2
7 May 28 Las Vegas L 76–83 Copper
Vandersloot (12) 		Candace Parker (11) Parker
Vandersloot (3) 		Wintrust Arena
6,812 		4–3
8 May 31 Phoenix W 73–70 Courtney Vandersloot (18) Candace Parker (11) Courtney Vandersloot (6) Wintrust Arena
5,133 		5–3
June : 9–2 (Home: 4–0; Road: 5–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
9 June 3 @ Atlanta W 73–65 Kahleah Copper (21) Kahleah Copper (8) Courtney Vandersloot (6) Gateway Center Arena
3,138 		6–3
10 June 5 Washington W 91–82 Kahleah Copper (15) Candace Parker (13) Meesseman
Parker
Vandersloot (6) 		Wintrust Arena
6,228 		7–3
11 June 8 @ Washington L 82–84 Candace Parker (16) Candace Parker (9) Courtney Vandersloot (5) Entertainment and Sports Arena
2,984 		7–4
12 June 10 @ Connecticut W 83–79 Emma Meesseman (26) Kahleah Copper
Gardner
Meesseman (5) 		Courtney Vandersloot (8) Mohegan Sun Arena
4,816 		8–4
13 June 12 @ New York W 88–86 Meesseman
Vandersloot (20) 		Emma Meesseman (11) Courtney Vandersloot (10) Barclays Center
4,810 		9–4
14 June 17 Atlanta W 106–100 (OT) Kahleah Copper (23) Emma Meesseman (12) Allemand
Gardner (5) 		Wintrust Arena
7,435 		10–4
15 June 19 @ Indiana L 87–89 Kahleah Copper (28) Emma Meesseman (8) Courtney Vandersloot (7) Indiana Farmers Coliseum
1,706 		10–5
16 June 21 @ Las Vegas W 104–95 Courtney Vandersloot (25) Candace Parker (10) Courtney Vandersloot (8) Michelob Ultra Arena
4,951 		11–5
17 June 23 @ Los Angeles W 82–59 Stevens
Vandersloot (15) 		Candace Parker (14) Candace Parker (10) Crypto.com Arena
5,627 		12–5
18 June 26 Minnesota W 88–85 Courtney Vandersloot (18) Candace Parker (8) Allie Quigley (8) Wintrust Arena
7,022 		13–5
19 June 29 Connecticut W 91–83 Candace Parker (25) Candace Parker (11) Candace Parker (7) Wintrust Arena
6,709 		14–5
July : 9–2 (Home: 5–0; Road: 4–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
20 July 2 Phoenix W 91–75 Allie Quigley (19) Candace Parker (8) Candace Parker (7) Wintrust Arena
8,028 		15–5
21 July 6 @ Minnesota L 78–81 Kahleah Copper (20) Candace Parker (10) Candace Parker (6) Target Center
11,103 		15–6
22 July 7 @ Indiana W 93–84 Emma Meesseman (20) Candace Parker (9) Courtney Vandersloot (6) Indiana Farmers Coliseum
1,839 		16–6
23 July 12 Atlanta W 90–75 Candace Parker (31) Candace Parker (11) Emma Meesseman (8) Wintrust Arena
7,074 		17–6
24 July 14 @ Los Angeles W 80–68 Rebekah Gardner (18) Candace Parker (11) Allemand
Gardner
Ca. Parker
Vandersloot (4) 		Crypto.com Arena
5,856 		18–6
25 July 16 @ Dallas W 89–81 Copper
Meesseman (23) 		Kahleah Copper (14) Julie Allemand (8) College Park Center
5,126 		19–6
26 July 20 Seattle W 78–74 Allie Quigley (18) Emma Meesseman (10) Emma Meesseman (6) Wintrust Arena
8,893 		20–6
27 July 22 Dallas W 89–83 Kahleah Copper (19) Candace Parker (10) Emma Meesseman (9) Wintrust Arena
7,014 		21–6
28 July 23 @ New York L 80–83 Candace Parker (21) Candace Parker (11) Gardner
Ca. Parker (3) 		Barclays Center
6,926 		21–7
CC Final July 26 Las Vegas L 83–93 Candace Parker (20) Candace Parker (14) Julie Allemand (6) Wintrust Arena
8,922 		N/A
29 July 29 New York W 89–81 Courtney Vandersloot (23) Kahleah Copper (11) Courtney Vandersloot (9) Wintrust Arena
6,924 		22–7
30 July 31 @ Connecticut W 95–92 (OT) Kahleah Copper (27) Azurá Stevens (10) Courtney Vandersloot (12) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,254 		23–7
August : 3–3 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
31 August 2 Dallas L 78–84 Kahleah Copper (19) Kahleah Copper (11) Courtney Vandersloot (8) Wintrust Arena
5,602 		23–8
32 August 5 Washington W 93–83 Kahleah Copper (19) Azurá Stevens (6) Courtney Vandersloot (7) Wintrust Arena
8,042 		24–8
33 August 7 Connecticut W 94–91 Courtney Vandersloot (20) Candace Parker (12) Meesseman
Ca. Parker
Vandersloot (5) 		Wintrust Arena
8,224 		25–8
34 August 9 Seattle L 100–111 Courtney Vandersloot (28) Candace Parker (7) Courtney Vandersloot (7) Wintrust Arena
9,314 		25–9
35 August 11 @ Las Vegas L 78–89 Kahleah Copper (28) Candace Parker (12) Ca. Parker
Vandersloot (6) 		Michelob Ultra Arena
6,055 		25–10
36 August 14 @ Phoenix W 82–67 Azurá Stevens (17) Candace Parker (6) Julie Allemand (6) Footprint Center
12,383 		26–10
2022 season schedule

Playoffs

2022 playoff game log
First Round vs. New York Liberty
Won Series: 2–1
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 August 17 New York L 91–98 Kahleah Copper (21) Candace Parker (10) Courtney Vandersloot (10) Wintrust Arena
7,524 		0–1
2 August 20 New York W 100–62 Kahleah Copper (20) Candace Parker (12) Allie Quigley (8) Wintrust Arena
7,732 		1–1
3 August 23 @ New York W 90–72 Copper
Quigley (15) 		Candace Parker (13) Courtney Vandersloot (10) Barclays Center
7,837 		2–1
Semifinals vs. Connecticut Sun
Lost Series: 2–3
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 August 28 Connecticut L 63–68 Candace Parker (19) Candace Parker (18) Emma Meesseman (7) Wintrust Arena
8,955 		0–1
2 August 31 Connecticut W 85–77 Candace Parker (22) Emma Meesseman (7) Courtney Vandersloot (8) Wintrust Arena
8,311 		1–1
3 September 4 @ Connecticut W 76–72 Candace Parker (16) Candace Parker (11) Emma Meesseman (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
9,142 		2–1
4 September 6 @ Connecticut L 80–104 Kahleah Copper (16) Candace Parker (9) Emma Meesseman (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
5,868 		2–2
5 September 8 Connecticut L 63–72 Kahleah Copper (22) Candace Parker (9) Allie Quigley (7) Wintrust Arena
8,014 		2–3
2022 playoff schedule

Standings

#
  • v
  • t
  • e
 W L PCT GB Conf. Home Road Cup
1 x – Las Vegas Aces 26 10 .722 – 15–3 13–5 13–5 9–1
2 x – Chicago Sky 26 10 .722 – 15–3 14–4 12–6 9–1
3 x – Connecticut Sun 25 11 .694 1.0 11–7 13–5 12–6 5–5
4 x – Seattle Storm 22 14 .611 4.0 10–8 13–5 9–9 6–4
5 x – Washington Mystics 22 14 .611 4.0 11–7 12–6 10–8 5–5
6 x – Dallas Wings 18 18 .500 8.0 8–10 8–10 10–8 5–5
7 x – New York Liberty 16 20 .444 10.0 10–8 9–9 7–11 6–4
8 x – Phoenix Mercury 15 21 .417 11.0 7–11 11–7 4–14 3–7
9 e – Minnesota Lynx 14 22 .389 12.0 8–10 7–11 7–11 4–6
10 e – Atlanta Dream 14 22 .389 12.0 5–13 8–10 6–12 3–7
11 e – Los Angeles Sparks 13 23 .361 13.0 6–12 7–11 6–12 3–7
12 e – Indiana Fever 5 31 .139 21.0 2–16 3–15 2–16 2–8

Notes

(#) – League Standing
x – Clinched playoff berth
e – Eliminated from playoff contention
Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings

Playoffs

Round One:
Best-of-3 		Semifinals:
Best-of-5 		Finals:
Best-of-5
         
1 Las Vegas Aces 2
8 Phoenix Mercury 0
1 Las Vegas Aces 3
4 Seattle Storm 1
4 Seattle Storm 2
5 Washington Mystics 0
1 Las Vegas Aces 3
3 Connecticut Sun 1
2 Chicago Sky 2
7 New York Liberty 1
2 Chicago Sky 2
3 Connecticut Sun 3
3 Connecticut Sun 2
6 Dallas Wings 1

Bold Series winner

Statistics

Legend
  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

Regular Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Kahleah Copper 31 31 28.7 .481 .356 .775 5.7 2.3 0.5 0.0 15.7
Candace Parker 32 32 28.3 .468 .311 .816 8.6 4.5 1.0 1.0 13.2
Emma Meesseman 36 36 28.6 .571 .342 .887 5.5 3.8 1.4 0.8 12.4
Courtney Vandersloot 32 32 26.5 .481 .367 .765 3.9 6.5 1.2 0.5 11.8
Allie Quigley 34 34 26.3 .428 .355 .950 2.5 2.9 0.7 0.2 11.4
Azurá Stevens 35 8 21.9 .472 .362 .744 3.9 0.8 0.5 1.1 10.6
Rebekah Gardner 35 2 21.7 .542 .357 .800 3.3 1.3 1.4 0.5 8.4
Sparkle Taylor‡ 2 0 12.5 .833 .000 1.000 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.5
Dana Evans 33 1 11.5 .377 .328 .880 0.8 1.2 0.3 0.1 4.3
Julie Allemand 25 4 16.1 .417 .290 .833 1.6 3.4 0.6 0.1 3.0
Ruthy Hebard 24 0 9.7 .510 .000 .750 1.7 0.5 0.3 0.1 2.3
Anneli Maley‡ 4 0 11.0 .500 .667 .000 1.8 0.8 0.8 0.3 2.0
Li Yueru≠ 16 0 5.1 .444 .000 1.000 1.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.8
Kaela Davis‡ 1 0 10.0 .000 .000 .000 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tina Krajišnik‡ 2 0 2.5 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0


‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Kahleah Copper 8 8 30.5 .452 .346 .795 3.8 0.9 1.6 0.4 16.8
Candace Parker 8 8 29.4 .438 .333 .759 10.8 4.6 1.4 2.6 14.8
Courtney Vandersloot 8 8 28.3 .481 .261 .800 3.9 5.6 1.1 0.5 11.5
Emma Meesseman 8 8 29.6 .470 .300 .833 4.0 3.5 1.5 0.9 11.1
Allie Quigley 8 8 29.0 .338 .319 .714 3.1 3.1 1.0 0.3 9.6
Azura Stevens 8 0 18.8 .472 .188 .667 3.8 0.5 1.0 0.9 7.4
Rebekah Gardner 8 0 17.9 .389 .000 .857 3.3 1.8 0.8 0.4 5.0
Dana Evans 4 0 5.8 .600 .600 1.000 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.0 4.3
Julie Allemand 8 0 11.5 .500 .300 .500 0.5 2.0 0.3 0.1 2.5
Ruthy Hebard 4 0 4.3 .200 .000 .000 1.3 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.5

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Kahleah Copper Eastern Conference Player of the Week June 21 [32]
WNBA All-Star Selection June 28 [33]
Candace Parker WNBA All-Star Starter June 22 [34]
All-WNBA First Team September 15 [35]
Courtney Vandersloot Eastern Conference Player of the Week June 27 [36]
August 1 [37]
WNBA All-Star Selection June 28 [33]
Emma Meesseman WNBA All-Star Selection June 28 [33]
James Wade WNBA Coach of the Month - June July 5 [38]
WNBA Coach of the Month - July August 2 [39]
WNBA Basketball Executive of the Year August 22 [40]
Rebekah Gardner WNBA All-Rookie Team August 25 [41]

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