2022 Chicago Sky season

The 2022 Chicago Sky season will be the franchise's 17th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and their fourth season under head coach James Wade. They are the defending league champions after defeating the Phoenix Mercury in the 2021 WNBA Finals.

2022 Chicago Sky season
CoachJames Wade
ArenaWintrust Arena
Attendanceper game
Results
Record0–0
Place0th (Eastern)
2023 season →

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]

Transactions

WNBA Draft
See also: 2022 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.[8][9][6]

Trades and Roster Changes
Date Transaction
January 2, 2022 Extended Qualifying Offers to Diamond DeShields and Lexie Brown[10]
January 12, 2022 Extended a Core Qualifying Offer to Kahleah Copper[11]
January 25, 2022 Hired Ann Wauters as Assistant Coach[12]
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[13]
February 9, 2022 Signed Kysre Gondrezick and Kamiah Smalls to a training camp contracts[14][15]
February 10, 2022 Signed Rebekah Gardner to a training camp contract[16]
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[17]
March 9, 2022 Waived Crystal Bradford[18]
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[19]
March 30, 2022 Traded Lexie Brown to Los Angeles in exchange for the rights to Li Yueru[20]
Signed Li Yueru to a Rookie Scale Contract
April 13, 2022 Signed Lexie Held and Kayla Wells to Training Camp Contracts[21]
April 14, 2022 Signed Sparkle Taylor and Emmanuelle Tahane to Training Camp Contracts[22]
April 15, 2022 Signed Masseny Kaba to a Training Camp Contract[23]
April 16, 2022 Signed Lindsey Pulliam to a Training Camp Contract
April 28, 2022 Waived Kayla Well and Kamiah Smalls[24]
April 29, 2022 Waived Imani McGee-Stafford and Lexi Held[25]
May 2, 2022 Waived Lindsey Pulliam

Roster
Chicago Sky roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G20Allemand, Julie5' 8" (1.73m)147 lb (67kg)1996-107-07Belgium1
G/F2Copper, Kahleah6' 1" (1.85m)165 lb (75kg)1994-08-28Rutgers6
F33Davis, Kaela6' 2" (1.88m)170 lb (77kg)1995-03-15South Carolina4
G2Doyle, Kathleen5' 9" (1.75m)1998-06-11Iowa1
G11Evans, Dana5' 6" (1.68m)145 lb (66kg)1998-08-01Louisville1
G0Gardner, Rebekah6' 1" (1.85m)1990-07-09UCLAR
G4Gondrezick, Kysre5' 9" (1.75m)150 lb (68kg)1997-07-27West Virginia1
F24Hebard, Ruthy6' 4" (1.93m)190 lb (86kg)1998-04-28Oregon2
F/CKaba, Masseny6' 3" (1.91m)170 lb (77kg)1998-12-15Central FloridaR
F/CKrajišnik, Tina6' 4" (1.93m)1991-01-12SerbiaR
FMaley, Anneli6' 1" (1.85m)1998-09-01AustraliaR
F33Meesseman, Emma6' 4" (1.93m)191 lb (87kg)1993-05-13Belgium7
F/C3Parker, Candace6' 4" (1.93m)184 lb (83kg)1986-04-19Tennessee14
G14Quigley, Allie5' 10" (1.78m)142 lb (64kg)1986-06-20DePaul13
F/C30Stevens, Azurá6' 6" (1.98m)180 lb (82kg)1996-02-01Connecticut4
FTahane, Emmanuelle6' 1" (1.85m)1999-05-13Rhode IslandR
G12Taylor, Sparkle5' 10" (1.78m)1995-07-28UTEPR
G22Vandersloot, Courtney5' 8" (1.73m)137 lb (62kg)1989-02-08Gonzaga11
C0Yueru, Li6' 7" (2.01m)1999-03-28ChinaR
Head coach
James Wade (Kennesaw State)
Assistant coaches
Tonya Edwards (Tennessee)
Ann Wauters
Emre Vatansever
Athletic trainer
Meghan Lockerby
Strength and conditioning coach
Ann Crosby
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured
  WNBA roster page
East
ATL
CHI
CON
IND
NY
WAS
West
DAL
LV
LA
MIN
PHO
SEA

Schedule

Preseason
2022 pre-season game log
April: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 May 6 Los Angeles Wintrust Arena
2 May 11 New York Wintrust Arena
3 May 14 @ Minnesota Target Center
4 May 18 @ Seattle Climate Pledge Arena
5 May 22 @ Washington Entertainment and Sports Arena
6 May 24 Indiana Wintrust Arena
7 May 28 Las Vegas Wintrust Arena
8 May 31 Phoenix Wintrust Arena
June : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
9 June 3 @ Atlanta Gateway Center Arena
10 June 5 Washington Wintrust Arena
11 June 8 @ Washington Entertainment and Sports Arena
12 June 10 @ Connecticut Mohegan Sun Arena
13 June 12 @ New York Barclays Center
14 June 17 Atlanta Wintrust Arena
15 June 19 @ Indiana Indiana Farmers Coliseum
16 June 21 @ Las Vegas Michelob Ultra Arena
17 June 23 @ Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena
18 June 26 Minnesota Wintrust Arena
19 June 29 Connecticut Wintrust Arena
July : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
20 July 2 Phoenix Wintrust Arena
21 July 6 @ Minnesota Target Center
22 July 7 @ Indiana Indiana Farmers Coliseum
23 July 12 Atlanta Wintrust Arena
24 July 14 @ Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena
25 July 16 @ Dallas College Park Center
26 July 20 Seattle Wintrust Arena
27 July 22 Dallas Wintrust Arena
28 July 23 @ New York Barclays Center
29 July 29 New York Wintrust Arena
30 July 31 @ Connecticut Mohegan Sun Arena
August : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
31 August 2 Dallas Wintrust Arena
32 August 5 Washington Wintrust Arena
33 August 7 Connecticut Wintrust Arena
34 August 9 Seattle Wintrust Arena
35 August 11 @ Las Vegas Michelob Ultra Arena
36 August 4 @ Phoenix Footprint Center
2022 season schedule

Standings
# Team W L PCT GB Conf. Home Road Cup
1 Atlanta Dream00.000–0–00–00–00–0
2 Chicago Sky00.000–0–00–00–00–0
3 Connecticut Sun00.000–0–00–00–00–0
4 Dallas Wings00.000–0–00–00–00–0
5 Indiana Fever00.000–0–00–00–00–0
6 Las Vegas Aces00.000–0–00–00–00–0
7 Los Angeles Sparks00.000–0–00–00–00–0
8 Minnesota Lynx00.000–0–00–00–00–0
9 New York Liberty00.000–0–00–00–00–0
10 Phoenix Mercury00.000–0–00–00–00–0
11 Seattle Storm00.000–0–00–00–00–0
12 Washington Mystics00.000–0–00–00–00–0

Notes

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

Awards and Honors
Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.

References
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