2010 Chicago Sky season
CoachSteven Key
ArenaAllstate Arena
Attendance4,293 per game
Results
Record14–20 (.412)
Place6th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
PointsSylvia Fowles – 17.8
ReboundsSylvia Fowles – 9.9
AssistsDominique Canty – 3.4
Media
TelevisionCN100
NBATV, ESPN2

The 2010 WNBA season was the 5th season for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association. This was the first season for the Sky in Allstate Arena. The Sky previously played at UIC Pavilion.[1]

Transactions

Sacramento Monarchs Dispersal Draft

With the Sacramento Monarchs ceasing operation and based on the 2009 records of teams, the Sky selected 4th in the Dispersal Draft.[2]

Pick Player Nationality College Previous Team
4 Courtney Paris  United States Oklahoma Sacramento Monarchs

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country
1 4 Epiphanny Prince  United States Rutgers
3 28 Abi Olajuwon  Nigeria Oklahoma

Trades and Roster Changes

Date Transaction
January 11, 2010 Extended Qualifying Offers to Candice Dupree and Mistie Bass
January 30, 2010 Traded Candice Dupree to the Phoenix Mercury and the 16th Pick in the 2010 WNBA draft to the New York Liberty in exchange for Shameka Christon and Cathrine Kraayeveld in a 3-Team Deal[3]
February 3, 2010 Signed Dominique Canty
April 13, 2010 Waived Mistie Bass
Signed Epiphanny Prince and Abi Olajuwon to Rookie Scale Contracts
April 16, 2010 Signed Sandora Irvin to a Training Camp Contract
April 20, 2010 Signed Kristi Cirone to a Training Camp Contract[4]
April 25, 2010 Signed Sami Whitcomb and Larrissa Williams to Training Camp Contracts [5]
May 2, 2010 Waived Shyra Ely and Kristi Cirone
May 9, 2010 Waived Sami Whitcomb and Larrissa Williams
May 12, 2010 Waived Courtney Paris
May 13, 2010 Traded Kristi Toliver to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for a 2nd round Pick in the 2011 WNBA draft[6]
May 31, 2010 Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on Sylvia Fowles and Tamera Young
June 1, 2010 Waived Abi Olajuwon[7]
July 22, 2010 Waived Sandora Irvin
Signed Eshaya Murphy to a 7-Day Contract
July 29, 2010 Signed Eshaya Murphy to a 2nd 7-Day Contract
August 5, 2010 Signed Eshaya Murphy to a 3rd 7-Day Contract
August 12, 2010 Signed Eshaya Murphy to a 4th 7-Day Contract
August 19, 2010 Signed Eshaya Murphy
September 10, 2010 Head coach Steven Key resigns as coach and general manager[8]

Roster

2010 Chicago Sky Roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
F 8 United States Bass, Mistie 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 184 lb (83 kg) Duke
G/F 3 United States Canty, Dominique 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 162 lb (73 kg) Alabama
SF 20 United States Christon, Shameka Injured 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Arkansas
C 34 United States Fowles, Sylvia 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) LSU
F 33 United States Kraayeveld, Cathrine 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Oregon
G 14 United States Murphy, Eshaya 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 164 lb (74 kg) USC
SG 11 United States Perkins, Jia 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Texas Tech
G 10 United States Prince, Epiphanny 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 168 lb (76 kg) Rutgers
C 32 United States Thomas, Christi 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Georgia
SG 5 United States Thorn, Erin 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 150 lb (68 kg) BYU
F 1 United States Young, Tamera 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) JMU
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Athletic trainer
  • United States Michelle Kania
Strength and conditioning coach
  • United States Ann Crosby
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Depth

Pos. Starter Bench
C Sylvia Fowles Christi Thomas
PF Mistie Bass Catherine Kraayeveld
SF Tamera Young Eshaya Murphy
Shameka Christon
SG Jia Perkins Erin Thorn
PG Dominique Canty Epiphanny Prince

Schedule

Preseason

2010 Preseason Schedule
Total: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1April 301:00pm@ Minnesota87-78Tamera Young (18)Mistie Bass (7)Sami Whitcomb (5)Concordia University
633		1-0
2May 612:30pmMinnesota74-65Catherine Kraayeveld (20)Bass
Kraayeveld
Irvin (6)		Dominique Canty (6)Allstate Arena
N/A		2-0
3May 712:00pm@ Indiana63-69Kristi Toliver (14)Mistie Bass (8)Mistie Bass (2)Conseco Fieldhouse
7,291		2-1
4May 1012:30pmIndiana84-71Sylvia Fowles (13)Sylvia Fowles (7)Dominique Canty (6)Allstate Arena
N/A		3-1

Regular Season

2010 Regular Season Schedule
Total: 14–20 (Home: 7–10; Road: 7–10)
May 2–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 153:30pm@ ConnecticutCN10061-74Sylvia Fowles (16)Sylvia Fowles (9)Shameka Christon (4)Mohegan Sun Arena
8,072		0-1
2May 164:00pm@ New YorkNBATV
CN100
MSG		82-85Sylvia Fowles (23)Dominique Canty (8)Dominique Canty (5)Madison Square Garden
12,088		0-2
3May 228:00pmIndianaCN10086-92 (OT)Sylvia Fowles (22)Sylvia Fowles (12)Dominique Canty (5)Allstate Arena
6,477		0-3
4May 236:00pm@ IndianaCN100
FS-I		61-69Catherine Kraayeveld (11)Sylvia Fowles (9)Fowles
Kraayeveld (2)		Conseco Fieldhouse
7,665		0-4
5May 278:00pmSeattleCN10084-75Sylvia Fowles (19)Sylvia Fowles (8)Dominique Canty (4)Allstate Arena
2,923		1-4
6May 298:00pm@ MinnesotaCN10073-58Sylvia Fowles (18)Mistie Bass (6)Canty
Prince (4)		Target Center
6,129		2-4
June 4–5 (Home: 2–4; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
7June 47:00pm@ AtlantaCN100
FS-S		80-70Sylvia Fowles (19)Sylvia Fowles (9)Shameka Christon (8)Philips Arena
2,515		3-4
8June 58:00pmTulsaCN10095-70Sylvia Fowles (32)Sylvia Fowles (13)Dominique Canty (6)Allstate Arena
4,549		4-4
9June 88:00pmNew YorkCN10070-85Epiphanny Prince (20)Sylvia Fowles (6)Christon
Young
Prince
Thorn (3)		Allstate Arena
2,408		4-5
10June 118:30pmWashingtonCN10078-95Sylvia Fowles (23)Sylvia Fowles (7)Canty
Perkins
Thorn (4)		Allstate Arena
3,107		4-6
11June 158:00pmAtlantaCN10086-93Jia Perkins (25)Tamera Young (7)Dominique Canty (6)Allstate Arena
3,292		4-7
12June 197:00pm@ WashingtonNBATV
CN100
CSN-MA		61-65 (OT)Sylvia Fowles (17)Sylvia Fowles (9)Jia Perkins (4)Verizon Center
9,034		4-8
13June 227:30pm@ ConnecticutCN10086-77Epiphanny Prince (19)Sylvia Fowles (9)Prince
Young (4)		Mohegan Sun Arena
6,987		5-8
14June 258:30pmWashingtonCN10079-72Jia Perkins (20)Sylvia Fowles (7)Dominique Canty (4)Allstate Arena
3,419		6-8
15June 276:00pmIndianaCN10070-64Erin Thorn (15)Sylvia Fowles (17)Prince
Thorn (3)		Allstate Arena
4,051		6-9
July: 6–5 (Home: 3–2; Road: 3–3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
16July 18:00pmConnecticutCN10092-80Sylvia Fowles (26)Sylvia Fowles (11)Bass
Canty (5)		Allstate Arena
3,061		7-9
17July 37:00pm@ AtlantaNBATV
CN100
SSO		88-82Sylvia Fowles (22)Sylvia Fowles (12)Canty
Thorn
Young (2)		Philips Arena
6,920		8-9
18July 68:00pmIndianaCN10051-58Sylvia Fowles (26)Sylvia Fowles (18)Epiphanny Prince (4)Allstate Arena
3,732		8-10
19July 114:00pm@ New YorkMSG54-57Jia Perkins (26)Sylvia Fowles (19)Sylvia Fowles (3)Madison Square Garden
9,644		8-11
20July 1412:30pmSan AntonioCN10088-61Fowles
Perkins
Prince (14)		Mistie Bass (7)Canty
Prince (5)		Allstate Arena
6,950		9-11
21July 168:30pmLos AngelesCN10080-68Erin Thorn (15)Sylvia Fowles (10)Dominique Canty (6)Allstate Arena
4,841		10-11
22July 184:00pm@ WashingtonCSN-MA61-59Sylvia Fowles (13)Sylvia Fowles (11)Fowles
Kraayeveld
Thorn (3)		Verizon Center
8,790		11-11
23July 238:30pmNew YorkCN10071-79Epiphanny Prince (14)Sylvia Fowles (16)Dominique Canty (6)Allstate Arena
5,256		11-12
24July 248:00pm@ San AntonioCN10075-72Sylvia Fowles (23)Sylvia Fowles (12)Dominique Canty (6)AT&T Center
8,999		12-12
25July 277:00pm@ IndianaCN10074-78Sylvia Fowles (18)Sylvia Fowles (8)Thorn
Young (4)		Conseco Fieldhouse
6,853		12-13
26July 3010:00pm@ SeattleNBATV
KONG		60-80Sylvia Fowles (13)Mistie Bass (7)Sylvia Fowles (5)KeyArena
7,749		12-14
August: 2–6 (Home: 1–3; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
27August 16:00pm@ PhoenixNBATV
CN100
FS-A		96-97Sylvia Fowles (35)Sylvia Fowles (8)Epiphanny Prince (5)US Airways Center
11,237		12-15
28August 410:30pm@ Los AngelesNBATV
CN100		77-82Jia Perkins (16)Sylvia Fowles (11)Canty
Perkins (4)		STAPLES Center
9,732		12-16
29August 73:00pmMinnesotaESPN282-87 (OT)Jia Perkins (16)Sylvia Fowles (11)Dominique Canty (6)Allstate Arena
4,992		12-17
30August 108:00pmPhoenix91-82Sylvia Fowles (24)Sylvia Fowles (14)Young
Canty
Thorn
Prince (4)		Allstate Arena
4,089		13-17
31August 148:00pmAtlantaCN10074-98Epiphanny Prince (18)Sylvia Fowles (9)Epiphanny Prince (4)Allstate Arena
4,214		13-18
32August 177:00pm@ AtlantaNBATV
FS-S		84-79Sylvia Fowles (18)Sylvia Fowles (14)Tamera Young (5)Philips Arena
5,209		14-18
33August 208:30pmConnecticutNBATV
CN100		71-78Epiphanny Prince (19)Sylvia Fowles (6)Dominique Canty (7)Allstate Arena
5,598		14-19
34August 218:00pm@ TulsaNBATV
FS-OK		71-84Sylvia Fowles (16)Sylvia Fowles (7)Dominique Canty (5)BOK Center
6,321		14-20
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Washington Mystics x2212.647–13–49–813–9
New York Liberty x2212.647–13–49–814–8
Indiana Fever x2113.6181.013–48–913–9
Atlanta Dream x1915.5593.010–79–810–12
Connecticut Sun o1717.5005.012–55–129–13
Chicago Sky o1420.4128.07–107–107–15

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
Sylvia Fowles 34 34 32.0 58.2 100.0 76.0 9.9 1.5 1.1 2.6 17.8
Jia Perkins 34 34 27.5 39.6 34.9 81.4 2.9 2.4 1.6 0.2 10.7
Epiphanny Prince 34 2 19.6 42.7 33.8 78.4 2.0 2.7 1.6 0.1 9.8
Dominique Canty 34 34 26.0 43.0 18.2 69.3 2.6 3.4 1.0 0.2 9.0
Shameka Christon 10 9 21.3 35.9 40.0 93.8 2.4 2.4 0.3 0.2 8.5
Tamera Young 32 22 18.6 36.2 27.7 68.4 3.1 1.6 0.8 0.2 6.8
Erin Thorn 34 0 20.1 41.2 42.0 88.9 1.9 2.1 0.6 0.1 6.3
Cathrine Kraayeveld 34 14 21.2 35.0 31.6 87.5 2.7 1.3 0.6 0.1 6.3
Shay Murphy 11 0 14.1 28.8 28.6 66.7 1.8 0.8 0.8 0.0 5.1
Mistie Bass 34 20 18.9 52.7 0.0 62.5 3.9 1.1 0.6 0.4 4.9
Sandora Irvin 18 1 7.6 46.7 14.3 66.7 1.4 0.2 0.1 0.3 1.9
Christi Thomas 15 0 8.5 40.0 0.0 50.0 1.7 0.1 0.1 0.2 1.3
Abi Olajuwon 6 0 5.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 1.0

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Sylvia Fowles Eastern Conference Player of the Week June 7 [9]
July 6 [10]
All-Defensive First Team August 29 [11]
All-WNBA First Team September 13 [12]
Team USA Starter July 10
Epiphanny Prince WNBA All-Rookie Team September 1 [13]

References

  1. ↑ "Chicago Sky To Call Allstate Arena Home Beginning In 2010". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Sacramento Monarchs Dispersal Draft Analysis". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Sky deal Dupree for 2 players". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Cirone signs with Sky". dailyherald.com. Daily Herald. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  5. ↑ P, Nate. "Quick analysis: Washington guard Sami Whitcomb receives invite to Chicago Sky camp". swishappeal.com. Swish Appeal. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Looking at the Kristi Toliver Trade". swishappeal.com. Swish Appeal. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Olajuwon waived by Sky". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Steven Key Resigns as Sky Coach and GM". swishappeal.com. Swish Appeal. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Seattle's Lauren Jackson and Chicago's Sylvia Fowles Named Players of the Week". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Chicago's Sylvia Fowles and Seattle's Lauren Jackson Named Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  11. ↑ "2010 WNBA All-Defensive Team Announced". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  12. ↑ "2010 All-WNBA First and Second Teams Announced". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Chicago Sky's Prince on All-Rookie Team". dailyherald.com. Daily Herald. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
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