2016 Chicago Sky season
CoachPokey Chatman
ArenaAllstate Arena
Attendance7,009 per game
Results
Record18–16 (.529)
Place4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost in Semifinals
Team Leaders
PointsElena Delle Donne – 21.5
ReboundsElena Delle Donne – 7.0
AssistsCourtney Vandersloot – 4.0
Media
TelevisionWMEU-CD
ESPN
ESPN2
NBA TV

The 2016 Chicago Sky season was the franchise's 11th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Transactions

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country
1 10 Imani Boyette  United States Texas
3 34 Jordan Jones  United States Texas A&M

Trades and Roster Changes

Date Transaction
January 7, 2016 Extended Qualifying Offers to Jessica Breland, Clarissa dos Santos, and Jacki Gemelos
Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on Jamierra Faulkner
February 9, 2016 Signed Jessica Breland[1]
February 11, 2016 Signed Clarissa dos Santos to a training-camp contract[2]
March 7, 2016 Signed Yvonne Turner, Jacki Gemelos, and Shanece McKinney to training-camp contracts[3]
April 21, 2016 Signed Imani McGee-Stafford and Jordan Jones to rookie-scale contracts
Signed Maggie Lyon to a training-camp contract[4]
April 28, 2016 Waived Maggie Lyon
May 6, 2016 Waived Jacki Gemelos and Jordan Jones[5]
May 11, 2016 Waived Shanece McKinney[6]
May 12, 2016 Waived Yvonne Turner

Roster

2016 Chicago Sky Roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
C 34 United States Boyette, Imani 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) (1994-10-11)October 11, 1994 (aged 21) Texas
F 51 United States Breland, Jessica 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) (1988-02-23)February 23, 1988 (aged 28) North Carolina
F/C 41 Brazil de Souza, Érika 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) (1982-03-03)March 3, 1982 (aged 34) Brazil
G/F 11 United States Delle Donne, Elena 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 188 lb (85 kg) (1989-09-05)September 5, 1989 (aged 26) Delaware
C 8 Brazil dos Santos, Clarissa 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 196 lb (89 kg) (1988-03-10)March 10, 1988 (aged 28) Brazil
G 21 United States Faulkner, Jamierra 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 141 lb (64 kg) (1992-03-09)March 9, 1992 (aged 24) Southern Miss
G/F 44 United States Laney, Betnijah 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) (1993-10-29)October 29, 1993 (aged 22) Rutgers
F 32 United States Parker, Cheyenne 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) (1992-08-22)August 22, 1992 (aged 23) Middle Tennessee
G 23 United States Pondexter, Cappie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 160 lb (73 kg) (1983-01-07)January 7, 1983 (aged 33) Rutgers
G 14 United States Quigley, Allie 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 140 lb (64 kg) (1986-06-20)June 20, 1986 (aged 29) DePaul
G 22 United States Vandersloot, Courtney 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 145 lb (66 kg) (1989-02-08)February 8, 1989 (aged 27) Gonzaga
F 1 United States Young, Tamera 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) (1986-10-30)October 30, 1986 (aged 29) James Madison
Head coach
United States Pokey Chatman (LSU)
Assistant coaches
United States Jonah Herscu (Lake Forest College)
United States Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech)
Athletic trainer
United States Heidi Wlezien
Strength and conditioning coach
United States Ann Crosby (Western Michigan)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured
Notes
  • Age of player is as of the start of the regular season.

Depth

Pos. Starter Bench
C Erika de Souza Imani McGee-Stafford
Clarissa dos Santos
PF Elena Delle Donne Jessica Breland
Cheyenne Parker
SF Tamera Young Betnijah Laney
SG Cappie Pondexter Allie Quigley
PG Courtney Vandersloot Jamierra Faulkner

Schedule

Preseason

2016 Preseason Schedule
Total: 2–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 1New YorkW 93–59Elena Delle Donne (17)Betnijah Laney (7)Courtney Vandersloot (4)Bob Carpenter Center
3,432		1–0
2May 4ConnecticutL 84–81Elena Delle Donne (13)Jessica Breland (6)Jamierra Faulkner (5)Mohegan Sun Arena
4,207		1–1
3May 5AtlantaW 95–75Betnijah Laney (14)Cheyenne Parker (5)Courtney Vandersloot (6)Mohegan Sun Arena
4,025		2–1
2016 pre-season schedule

Regular Season

2015 Regular Season Schedule
Total: 18–16 (Home: 11–6; Road: 7–10)
May: 2–6 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 14Connecticut93-70Courtney Vandersloot (14)Jessica Breland (9)Courtney Vandersloot (7)Allstate Arena1-0
2May 18Minnesota97-80Elena Delle Donne (28)Delle Donne
Young (6)		Courtney Vandersloot (11)Allstate Arena1-1
3May 22Atlanta87-81Cappie Pondexter (17)Jessica Breland (10)Cappie Pondexter (5)Philips Arena1-2
4May 24Los Angeles93-80Jamierra Faulkner 17Breland
Young (9)		Jamierra Faulkner (10)Allstate Arena1-3
5May 27San Antonio79-78Elena Delle Donne (27)de Souza
Delle Donne (9)		Jamierra Faulkner (11)AT&T Center1-4
6May 29Dallas92-87Cappie Pondexter (18)Imani Boyette (8)Jamierra Faulkner (9)College Park Center2-4
June: 4–5 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
7June 1
6:00 PM[lower-alpha 1]		Washington86-78Delle Donne 18Delle Donne 9Vandersloot 8Verizon Center3-4
8June 3
7:30 PM		Washington98-72Delle Donne 18de Souza 7Faulkner 9Allstate Arena4-4
9June 10
6:00 PM		Indiana73-64Boyette 16Boyette 12Vandersloot 6Bankers Life Fieldhouse5-4
10June 12
5:00 PM		Phoenix86-80Delle Donne 18de Souza 7de Souza, Faulkner 3US Airways Center5-5
11June 14
9:30 PM		Los Angeles98-85Pondexter 20de Souza 12Pondexter 5Staples Center5-6
12June 17
6:30 PM		Atlanta101-97 OTDelle Donne 26de Souza 8Vandersloot, Pondexter, Faulkner 5Philips Arena5-7
13June 21
7:00 PM		San Antonio81-75Delle Donne 23Young 9Faulkner, Young, Delle Donne 3Allstate Arena6-7
14June 24
6:30 PM		New York80-79Delle Donne 31Delle Donne 8Vandersloot 5Madison Square Garden6-8
15June 29
11:30 AM		Indiana95-83Delle Donne 21Delle Donne 6Pondexter 6Allstate Arena6-9
July: 5–4 (Home: 3–3; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
16July 1
6:00 PM[lower-alpha 1]		Washington86-84 OTDelle Donne 28Delle Donne 11Vandersloot 5Allstate Arena7-9
17July 5
7:30 PM		Washington87-82Delle Donne 38Delle Donne 10Faulkner 7Target Center7-10
18July 8
7:30 PM		New York88-85Quigley 29Delle Donne 7Faulkner 5Allstate Arena7-11
19July 10
6:00 PM		Phoenix100-95Quigley 21Boyette 13Vandersloot, Faulkner 7Allstate Arena8-11
20July 13
5:00 PM		Los Angeles77-67Delle Donne 15Boyette 7Vandersloot, Faulkner 5Allstate Arena8-12
21July 14
9:30 PM		Los Angeles84-77Delle Donne 24Boyette 8Faulkner 6Allstate Arena9-12
22July 17
6:30 PM		Seattle91-88Delle Donne 35Delle Donne 11Faulkner 4KeyArena10-12
23July 19
7:00 PM		Phoenix79-77Delle Donne 18Boyette 10Vandersloot 3Talking Stick Resort Arena11-12
24July 22
6:30 PM		Connecticut94-89Delle Donne 20Breland 8Vandersloot 6Allstate Arena11-13
August: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
25August 26
11:30 AM		Atlanta90-82Delle Donne 34Boyette 9Delle Donne, Pondexter 5Allstate Arena12-13
26August 28
11:30 AM		Dallas92-85Delle Donne 18Delle Donne 9Vandersloot 9College Park Center13-13
September: 5–3 (Home: 4–0; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
27September 2
11:30 AM		Seattle92-88Young 24Breland 10Vandersloot, Pondexter 5Allstate Arena14-13
28September 4
11:30 AM		San Antonio97-73Delle Donne 35Boyette 7Vandersloot, Pondexter 5Allstate Arena15-13
29September 7
6:00 PM		Washington118-81Vandersloot 17Boyette 7Vandersloot 8Verizon Center15-14
30September 9
5:00 PM		Los Angeles95-88Pondexter 22Breland 9Vandersloot 4Bankers Life Fieldhouse15-15
31September 11
9:30 PM		Los Angeles96-86Pondexter 24Breland 10Pondexter 5Mohegan Sun Arena16-15
32September 13
6:30 PM		Minnesota98-97 OTPondexter 24de Souza 11Pondexter 4Allstate Arena17-15
33September 17
7:00 PM		New York92-68Young 22Young 9Faulkner 11Allstate Arena18-15
34September 19
6:30 PM		Seattle88-75Faulkner, Breland 14Boyette, de Souza 6Faulkner 7KeyArena18-16
2016 season schedule

Standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
3 - New York Liberty2113.618-10-711-611-5
4 - Chicago Sky1816.529311-67-108-8
5 - Indiana Fever1717.50048-99-88-8
6 - Atlanta Dream1717.500411-66–119-7
e - Connecticut Sun1420.41278-96-114-12
e - Washington Mystics1321.38285-128-98-8

Notes

# – Playoff seed
e – Eliminated from playoffs

Playoffs

The Sky's 18–16 regular season record was good for second in the Eastern Conference and fourth overall in the WNBA. This standing led to Chicago being seeded fourth and being granted an automatic bye from the first of two single elimination rounds. In the second single elimination round, the Sky drew sixth-seeded Atlanta, defeating the Dream 108–98 and advancing to the best-of-five semifinal round. The Sky fell to second-seeded Los Angeles in the semifinals, losing in four games.

First round:
Single elimination
(Sept. 21)		Second round:
Single elimination
(Sept. 24 and 25)		Semifinals:
Best-of-five
(Sept. 28 – Oct. 6)		WNBA Finals:
Best-of-five
(Oct. 9 – 20)
1Minnesota Lynx1139682
3New York Liberty948Phoenix Mercury958667
5Indiana Fever788Phoenix Mercury1011Minnesota Lynx7679758576
8Phoenix Mercury892Los Angeles Sparks7860927977
2Los Angeles Sparks95996695
4Chicago Sky1084Chicago Sky75847075
6Atlanta Dream946Atlanta Dream98
7Seattle Storm85

Note: Teams re-seeded after second round and semi-finals.

References

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 All times are specified as Central Time.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Chicago sky re-signs forward Jessica Breland". hoopfeed.com. Hoopfeed. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Sky Re-Signs Clarissa Dos Santos". sky.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Sky Adds Turner, McKinney and Gemelos to Training Camp Roster". sky.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Chicago Sky Adds Maggie Lyon to Training Camp Roster". nusports.com. NU Sports. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Sky Waives Gemelos and Jones". sky.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Sky waive Shanece McKinney". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
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