# 2007 Chicago Sky season

The 2007 Chicago Sky season was the 2nd season in the WNBA for the Chicago Sky. Bo Overton was hired to be the new head coach and general manager after Dave Cowens resigned following the 2006 season.
Armintie Price became the first player in Sky history to be named WNBA Rookie of the Year.

## Transactions
### Charlotte Sting Dispersal Draft

With the Charlotte Sting ceasing operation and based on the 2006 records of teams, the Sky selected 1st in the Dispersal Draft.
| Pick | Player | Nationality | College | Previous Team |
| 1 | Monique Currie | United States | Duke | Charlotte Sting |

### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College |
| 1 | 3 | Armintie Price | United States | Ole Miss |
| 1 | 10 | Carla Thomas | United States | Vanderbilt |
| 2 | 20 | Stephanie Raymond | United States | Northern Illinois |
| 2 | 21 | Jessica Dickson | United States | South Florida |
| 3 | 27 | Jenna Rubino | United States | DePaul |

### Trades and Roster Changes

| Date | Transaction |
| February 12, 2007 | Signed Dominique Canty |
| March 1, 2007 | Signed Kayte Christensen |
| March 20, 2007 | Signed Cisti Greenwalt to a Training Camp Contract |
| March 23, 2007 | Traded Chelsea Newton and the 21st Pick in the 2007 WNBA draft to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for the 10th Pick in the 2007 Draft |
| April 6, 2007 | Signed Elisha Turek to a Training Camp Contract |
| April 9, 2007 | Signed Chelsi Welch to a Training Camp Contract |
| April 10, 2007 | Signed Armintie Price, Stephanie Raymond, Carla Thomas, and Jenna Rubino to Rookie Scale Contracts |
| April 10, 2007 | Signed Christina Quaye to a Training Camp Contract |
| April 16, 2007 | Renounced the rights to Francesca Zara |
| April 20, 2007 | Signed Claire Coggins and Dionnah Jackson to Training Camp Contracts |
| May 1, 2007 | Waived Elisha Turek |
| May 7, 2007 | Waived Chelsi Welch, Christina Quaye, and Cisti Greenwalt |
| May 8, 2007 | Signed Catherine Joens to a Training Camp Contract |
| May 14, 2007 | Waived Dionnah Jackson |
| May 18, 2007 | Waived Amanda Lassiter, Deanna Jackson, and Jenna Rubino |
| May 24, 2007 | Waived Catherine Joens |
| May 24, 2007 | Traded Monique Currie to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Chasity Melvin |
| July 5, 2007 | Signed Catherine Joens |

## Roster
### Depth

| Pos. | Starter | Bench |
| C | Chasity Melvin | Kayte Christensen |
| PF | Candice Dupree | Liz Moeggenberg Carla Thomas |
| SF | Armintie Price | Brooke Wyckoff Katie Cronin |
| SG | Stacey Dales | Claire Coggins |
| PG | Dominique Canty | Jia Perkins Stephanie Raymond |

## Schedule
### Regular Season

2007 Regular Season Schedule Total: 14–20 (Home: 6–11; Road: 8–9) :
May: 1–4 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1
May 20
@ New York
71-83
Monique Currie (20)
Dupree Curre (10)
Armintie Price (8)
Madison Square Garden 11,341
0-1
2
May 22
Los Angeles
64-81
Dominique Canty (18)
Kayte Christensen (8)
Dominique Canty (4)
UIC Pavilion 5,140
0-2
3
May 25
@ Minnesota
82-77
Candice Dupree (25)
Kayte Christensen (7)
Stacey Dales (6)
Target Center 4,891
1-2
4
May 31
Connecticut
97-102 OT
Candice Dupree (29)
Dupree Wyckoff (7)
Brooke Wyckoff (10)
UIC Pavilion 2,634
1-3 :
June: 6–5 (Home: 2–4; Road: 4–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
5
June 1
@ Washington
75-70
Dupree Perkins (19)
Chasity Melvin (15)
Dominique Canty (7)
Verizon Center 6,391
2-3
6
June 3
Minnesota
78-72
Candice Dupree (20)
Candice Dupree (11)
Dominique Canty (5)
UIC Pavilion 3,477
3-3
7
June 7
@ Phoenix
66-80
Chasity Melvin (15)
Chasity Melvin (11)
Canty Melvin (3)
US Airways Center 6,161
3-4
8
June 9
@ San Antonio
70-60
Candice Dupree (22)
Chasity Melvin (12)
Stacey Dales (5)
AT&T Center 9,899
4-4
9
June 12
Seattle
69-81
Candice Dupree (18)
Armintie Price (12)
Stacey Dales (7)
UIC Pavilion 2,645
4-5
10
June 15
New York
73-66
Candice Dupree (24)
Candice Dupree (13)
Armintie Price (6)
UIC Pavilion 3,236
5-5
11
June 17
@ Connecticut
87-74
Candice Dupree (28)
Dupree Melvin (8)
Dominique Canty (6)
Mohegan Sun Arena 7,614
6-5
12
June 19
Sacramento
52-54
Candice Dupree (21)
Candice Dupree (14)
Dominique Canty (7)
UIC Pavilion 2,505
6-6
13
June 23
Washington
86-99
Candice Dupree (26)
Melvin Price (9)
Armintie Price (6)
UIC Pavilion 3,617
6-7
14
June 26
@ Seattle
76-94
Jia Perkins (19)
Dupree Price Perkins (7)
Price Dupree Raymond (4)
KeyArena 6,752
6-8
15
June 29
@ Sacramento
92-84 2OT
Jia Perkins (39)
Armintie Price (9)
Jia Perkins (10)
ARCO Arena 6,862
7-8 :
July: 5–6 (Home: 3–3; Road: 2–3)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
16
July 1
@ Los Angeles
74-71 OT
Candice Dupree (24)
Candice Dupree (11)
Armintie Price (6)
Staples Center 7,522
8-8
17
July 7
Washington
73-77
Candice Dupree (24)
Candice Dupree (11)
Stacey Dales (6)
UIC Pavilion 3,161
8-9
18
July 8
@ Indiana
70-86
Catherine Joens (16)
Candice Dupree (9)
Jia Perkins (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,247
8-10
19
July 10
@ Detroit
84-92
Jia Perkins (22)
Candice Dupree (10)
Jia Perkins (4)
Palace of Auburn Hills 8,975
8-11
20
July 12
Detroit
65-78
Jia Perkins (17)
Candice Dupree (6)
Catherine Joens (5)
UIC Pavilion 3,085
8-12
21
July 18
@ Indiana
74-75
Jia Perkins (24)
Armintie Price (7)
Price Canty (3)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 10,542
8-13
22
July 21
Indiana
68-65
Jia Perkins (17)
Armintie Price (8)
Dominique Canty (5)
UIC Pavilion 3,383
9-13
23
July 22
San Antonio
84-82 OT
Jia Perkins (27)
Armintie Price (7)
Stacey Dales (4)
UIC Pavilion 3,286
10-13
24
July 26
@ Detroit
83-73
Candice Dupree (24)
Candice Dupree (12)
Dominique Canty (5)
Palace of Auburn Hills 9,238
11-13
25
July 27
Phoenix
96-98
Stacey Dales (23)
Melvin Price (8)
Dominique Canty (8)
UIC Pavilion 4,053
11-14
26
July 29
Houston
88-70
Stacey Dales (18)
Chasity Melvin (5)
Dominique Canty (8)
UIC Pavilion 3,469
12-14
27
July 31
@ Connecticut
56-74
Jia Perkins (17)
Dupree Perkins (7)
Canty Joens (3)
Mohegan Sun Arena 8,048
12-15 :
August: 2–5 (Home: 1–3; Road: 1–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
28
August 3
Detroit
60-66
Jia Perkins (19)
Jia Perkins (7)
Price Canty Perkins (3)
UIC Pavilion 4,635
12-16
29
August 5
@ Washington
66-71
Candice Dupree (18)
Chasity Melvin (12)
Dominique Canty (5)
Verizon Center 8,395
12-17
30
August 7
Indiana
70-75 2OT
Chasity Melvin (26)
Candice Dupree (20)
Canty Dales Perkins (4)
UIC Pavilion 5,029
12-18
31
August 11
Connecticut
66-88
Candice Dupree (18)
Candice Dupree (6)
Melvin Perkins (4)
UIC Pavilion 4,261
12-19
32
August 14
New York
77-65
Jia Perkins (24)
Brooke Wyckoff (10)
Dominique Canty (9)
UIC Pavilion 5,443
13-19
33
August 16
@ Houston
81-70
Stacey Dales (17)
Candice Dupree (9)
Dominique Canty (7)
Toyota Center 6,814
14-19
34
August 19
@ New York
52-58
Dominique Canty (14)
Brooke Wyckoff (9)
Dominique Canty (2)
Madison Square Garden 9,520
14-20 :

## Standings

| Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| Detroit Shock $^x$ | 24 | 10 | .706 | – | 12–5 | 12–5 | 14–6 |
| Indiana Fever $^x$ | 21 | 13 | .618 | 3.0 | 12–5 | 9–8 | 12–8 |
| Connecticut Sun $^x$ | 18 | 16 | .529 | 6.0 | 8–9 | 10–7 | 10–10 |
| New York Liberty $^x$ | 16 | 18 | .471 | 8.0 | 10–7 | 6–11 | 10–10 |
| Washington Mystics $^o$ | 16 | 18 | .471 | 8.0 | 8–9 | 8–9 | 8–12 |
| Chicago Sky $^o$ | 14 | 20 | .412 | 10.0 | 6–11 | 8–9 | 6–14 |

## Statistics
### Regular Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Candice Dupree | 33 | 33 | 32.7 | 44.6 | 0.0 | 77.5 | 7.7 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 16.5 |
| Monique Currie | 2 | 2 | 30.5 | 29.6 | 18.2 | 73.3 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 14.5 |
| Jia Perkins | 33 | 5 | 23.1 | 46.4 | 43.3 | 77.4 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 11.7 |
| Stacey Dales | 31 | 30 | 27.3 | 34.7 | 33.8 | 84.6 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 10.3 |
| Chasity Melvin | 29 | 25 | 29.4 | 46.8 | 20.0 | 62.7 | 6.7 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 9.9 |
| Dominique Canty | 30 | 27 | 25.9 | 36.1 | 25.0 | 70.4 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 8.6 |
| Armintie Price | 34 | 34 | 26.3 | 40.9 | 33.3 | 51.7 | 6.0 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 7.9 |
| Catherine Joens | 19 | 0 | 14.3 | 39.2 | 48.9 | 84.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 5.0 |
| Stephanie Raymond | 20 | 0 | 9.0 | 32.8 | 31.8 | 53.8 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 3.1 |
| Brooke Wyckoff | 34 | 7 | 15.3 | 37.6 | 35.8 | 76.9 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 2.9 |
| Claire Coggins | 20 | 1 | 9.8 | 24.7 | 20.0 | 25.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 2.5 |
| Carla Thomas | 17 | 0 | 7.2 | 39.5 | 0.0 | 92.9 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2.5 |
| Kayte Christensen | 23 | 7 | 9.2 | 41.7 | 0.0 | 44.4 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2.1 |
| Liz Moeggenberg | 23 | 0 | 9.0 | 41.5 | 16.7 | 40.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.6 |

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded |
| Armintie Price | WNBA Rookie of the Year | September 8 |
| Armintie Price | WNBA All-Rookie Team | September 8 |
| Candice Dupree | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | June 20 |
| Candice Dupree | WNBA All-Star Selection | July 8 |
| Jia Perkins | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | July 2 |