2006 Chicago Sky season

August 2023 March 2026 Chicago Sky 2006 5 29 Eastern 7th Dave Cowens UIC Pavilion Did not qualify yes The 2006 WNBA season was the first for the Chicago Sky. On February 8, 2005, the David Stern announced that the WNBA would be expanding to Chicago beginning with the 2006 season. Chicago became the second team in league history to be owned and operated outside of the NBA entity.WNBA Expanding to Chicago in 2006 https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/news/chicago2006_release050208.html wnba.com WNBA July 7, 2022Franchise will play in 2006; nickname TBA https://www.espn.com/wnba/news/story?id=1987211 ESPN.com ESPN July 7, 2022 On September 20, 2005, the Chicago franchise announced their team name to be the Sky.Chicago Sky is ready to soar https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/chicago-sky-is-ready-to-soar/n-3225142 oursportscentral.com Our Sports Central July 7, 2022 Dave Cowens was named the first head coach of the Sky.Chicago WNBA Team Hires NBA Hall-of-Famer Dave Cowens as Head Coach https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/chicago-wnba-team-hires-nba-hall-of-famer-dave-cowens-as-head-coach/n-3167718 oursportscentral.com Our Sports Central July 7, 2022 The year was much of a struggle for the Sky, as they went 5–29 in their first season. Rookie Candice Dupree was named to the All-Rookie Team following the season for her solid rookie season.WNBA Names 2006 WNBA All-Rookie Team https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/news/awards06_allrookie.html wnba.com WNBA July 8, 2022 Cowens left the team following the year. Transactions Expansion draft 2006 WNBA expansion draft Chicago had the right to acquire one player from each of the 13 WNBA teams. Each team had designated a maximum of six players who would not be available for selection in the expansion draft.Chicago Sky Announces Expansion Draft Selections https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/news/sky_expansion_051116.html wnba.com WNBA July 7, 2022 Player Nationality Team Jia Perkins Charlotte Sting Brooke Wyckoff Connecticut Sun Elaine Powell Detroit Shock Kiesha Brown Houston Comets Deanna Jackson Indiana Fever Laura Macchi Los Angeles Sparks Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert Minnesota Lynx DeTrina White New York Liberty Ashley Robinson Phoenix Mercury Chelsea Newton Sacramento Monarchs Bernadette Ngoyisa San Antonio Silver Stars Francesca Zara Seattle Storm Stacey Dales-Schuman Washington Mystics WNBA draft 2006 WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality College 1 6 Candice Dupree Temple 2 20 Jennifer Harris Washburn 3 34 Kerri Gardin Virginia Tech Trades and roster changes DateTransaction April 7, 2006 Signed Candice Dupree, Jennifer Harris, and Kerri Gardin to rookie-scale contracts April 13, 2006 Signed Mfon Udoka April 18, 2006 Signed Missy Traversi to a training-camp contract April 19, 2006 Signed Steffanie Blackmon to a training-camp contract April 30, 2006 Waived Missy Traversi and Mfon UdokaTraversi's WNBA quest ends https://www.thesunchronicle.com/sports/traversis-wnba-quest-ends/article_718568dc-f78b-518c-82e5-6b8d63b52b29.html thesunchronicle.com The Sun Chronicle July 7, 2022 May 1, 2006 Signed Holly Tyler and Julie McBrideMCBRIDE INKS DEAL WITH WNBA'S CHICAGO SKY https://cuse.com/news/2006/5/3/mcbrideWNBA cuse.com CUSE.COM July 7, 2022 Waived Steffanie Blackmon May 4, 2006 Waived Holly Tyler May 8, 2006 Signed Tera Bjorklund May 12, 2006 Claimed Rita Williams off of waivers Traded the 14th pick in the 2007 WNBA draft to the Houston Comets in exchange for Liz Moeggenberg and the 21st pick in the 2007 WNBA draft May 13, 2006 Waived Julie McBride May 16, 2006 Waived Jennifer Harris and Kerri Gardin Full-season suspend Francesca Zara due to overseas commitments May 18, 2006 Waived Rita Williams June 28, 2006 Nikki McCray announces her retirement from the WNBAChicago Sky guard Nikki McCray retires after eight years with the WNBA https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/chicago-sky-guard-nikki-mccray-retires-after-eight-years-with-the-wnba/n-3335388 oursportscentral.com Our Sports Central July 7, 2022 June 29, 2006 Traded Ashley Robinson to the Seattle Storm in exchange for Cisti Greenwalt and the 20th pick in the 2007 WNBA draftSeattle Storm acquire center Ashley Robinson https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/seattle-storm-acquire-center-ashley-robinson/n-3336127 oursportscentral.com Our Sports Central July 7, 2022 Waived Cisti Greenwalt July 5, 2006 Signed Katie Cronin to a 7-day contract July 24, 2006 Signed Katie Cronin and Coretta Brown September 13, 2006 Dave Cowens resigns as head coachHamilton Brian One and done: Cowens jumps from Sky https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2006-09-13-0609130229-story.html chicagotribune.com Chicago Tribune July 7, 2022 Roster Chicago Sky 2006 WNBA #4b90cc #Fbb726 #Fbb726 #FFFFFF 14 Coretta Brown G 5 9 150 North Carolina USA 33 Katie Cronin G/F 6 0 155 Colorado State USA 12 Stacy Dales G 6 0 155 Oklahoma CAN 4 Candice Dupree F 6 2 178 Temple USA 23 Deanna Jackson F 6 2 155 UAB USA 24 Amanda Lassiter F 6 1 160 Missouri USA 32 Stacey Lovelace C 6 4 170 Purdue USA 52 Liz Moeggenberg F 6 1 195 Michigan State USA 2 Chelsea Newton G 5 11 154 Rutgers USA 50 Bernadette Ngoyisa C 6 4 195 Republic of the Congo DRC 11 Jia Perkins G 5 8 165 Texas Tech USA 5 Elaine Powell G 5 8 150 LSU USA 21 Brooke Wyckoff F 6 1 183 Florida State USA USA Dave Cowens Florida State USA Steven Key Boston University Depth Pos.StarterBench C Bernadette Ngoyisa Stacey Lovelace PF Candice Dupree Liz MoeggenbergDeanna Jackson SF Amanda Lassiter Brooke WyckoffKatie Cronin SG Stacey Dales Chelsea NewtonElaine Powell PG Jia Perkins Coretta Brown Schedule Regular season background:#6495ED; color:#FDE910 2006 Regular Season ScheduleTotal: 5–29 (Home: 3–14; Road: 2–15) y background:#FDE910; color:#6495ED May: 1–3 (Home: 0–3; Road: 1–0) Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | May 20 | @ Charlotte | 83-82 | Candice Dupree (19) | Candice Dupree (6) | Elaine Powell (3) | Time Warner Cable Arena 6,010 | 1-0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | May 23 | Sacramento | 63-76 | Stacey Lovelace (11) | Ashley Robinson (8) | Elaine Powell (7) | UIC Pavilion 5,112 | 1-1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | May 26 | Indiana | 60-75 | Jia Perkins (16) | Ashley Robinson (7) | PowellNewtonPerkins (3) | UIC Pavilion 3,151 | 1-2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 | May 30 | Los Angeles | 55-64 | Jia Perkins (12) | Stacey Lovelace (11) | Brooke Wyckoff (4) | UIC Pavilion 3,086 | 1-3 |- y background:#FDE910; color:#6495ED June: 1–10 (Home: 1–4; Road: 0–6) Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 | June 2 | @ Houston | 60-71 | Amanda Lassiter (14) | Deanna Jackson (7) | PerkinsLassiterJackson (3) | Toyota Center 5,397 | 1-4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 6 | June 4 | Detroit | 66-81 | Amanda Lassiter (20) | Candice Dupree (7) | Candice Dupree (4) | UIC Pavilion 3,135 | 1-5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 | June 7 | @ Seattle | 73-86 | DupreeNgoyisa (16) | Bernadette Ngoyisa (8) | Amanda Lassiter (6) | KeyArena 5,741 | 1-6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 8 | June 9 | @ Los Angeles | 65-73 | Jia Perkins (19) | Jia Perkins (9) | Jia Perkins (4) | Staples Center 7,282 | 1-7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 9 | June 10 | @ Sacramento | 70-80 | PerkinsDupree (17) | Bernadette Ngoyisa (10) | Jia Perkins (7) | ARCO Arena 10,416 | 1-8 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 10 | June 15 | Seattle | 61-74 | Stacey Lovelace (15) | Candice Dupree (12) | Jia Perkins (7) | UIC Pavilion 2,956 | 1-9 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 11 | June 17 | San Antonio | 65-69 | Jia Perkins (21) | Jia Perkins (10) | Brooke Wyckoff (4) | UIC Pavilion 2,806 | 1-10 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 12 | June 21 | @ Indiana | 55-77 | Stacey Lovelace (13) | Deanna Jackson (8) | Ashley Robinson (3) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,310 | 1-11 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 13 | June 23 | Connecticut | 79-84 | Jia Perkins (13) | Candice Dupree (7) | PerkinsWyckoff (4) | UIC Pavilion 2,818 | 1-12 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 14 | June 25 | @ Phoenix | 77-90 | Candice Dupree (15) | DupreePerkinsJackson (5) | NewtonPowell (2) | US Airways Center 6,124 | 1-13 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 15 | June 29 | Charlotte | 75-69 | Candice Dupree (15) | Candice Dupree (7) | Chelsea Newton (4) | UIC Pavilion 2,570 | 2-13 y background:#FDE910; color:#6495ED July: 2–9 (Home: 2–4; Road: 0–5) Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- style="background:#fcc;" | 16 | July 1 | @ San Antonio | 57-69 | Candice Dupree (16) | Candice Dupree (9) | DupreeNewton (4) | AT&T Center 6,060 | 2-14 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 17 | July 7 | New York | 78-73 | Candice Dupree (20) | Candice Dupree (6) | DupreeNewton (3) | UIC Pavilion 3,375 | 3-14 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 18 | July 9 | @ Washington | 83-89 | LassiterNgoyisa (17) | Amanda Lassiter (7) | Amanda Lassiter (5) | Verizon Center 7,618 | 3-15 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 19 | July 14 | Houston | 77-82 | Bernadette Ngoyisa (16) | DupreeLovelace (5) | Jia Perkins (6) | UIC Pavilion 3,626 | 3-16 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 20 | July 16 | Washington | 75-83 | Stacey Dales (15) | Bernadette Ngoyisa (6) | Jia Perkins (4) | UIC Pavilion 2,983 | 3-17 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 21 | July 19 | @ Minnesota | 82-90 | Candice Dupree (14) | Bernadette Ngoyisa (11) | Jia Perkins (6) | Target Center 14,793 | 3-18 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 22 | July 20 | @ Connecticut | 72-86 | Jia Perkins (21) | Bernadette Ngoyisa (6) | Jia Perkins (6) | Mohegan Sun Arena 6,740 | 3-19 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 23 | July 22 | @ Detroit | 70-89 | PerkinsDales (12) | Candice Dupree (7) | DupreeNewtonDales (3) | Palace of Auburn Hills 10,456 | 3-20 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 24 | July 25 | New York | 72-79 | Candice Dupree (22) | Amanda Lassiter (8) | Candice Dupree (5) | UIC Pavilion 3,435 | 3-21 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 25 | July 27 | @ Washington | 74-92 | NgoyisaDales (18) | Bernadette Ngoyisa (5) | Jia Perkins (10) | Verizon Center 9,290 | 3-22 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 26 | July 28 | Minnesota | 79-65 | Stacey Dales (20) | NgoyisaPerkins (7) | DalesNgoyisa (4) | UIC Pavilion 2,967 | 4-22 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 27 | July 30 | Indiana | 64-69 | Candice Dupree (25) | Bernadette Ngoyisa (6) | PerkinsLassiter (6) | UIC Pavilion 3,430 | 4-23 y background:#FDE910; color:#6495ED August: 1–6 (Home: 0–3; Road: 1–3) Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- style="background:#fcc;" | 28 | August 1 | Phoenix | 70-90 | Stacey Lovelace (14) | Bernadette Ngoyisa (9) | Liz Moeggenberg (4) | UIC Pavilion 5,219 | 4-24 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 29 | August 4 | Detroit | 49-76 | Stacey Lovelace (10) | Bernadette Ngoyisa (8) | Liz Moeggenberg (3) | UIC Pavilion 3,455 | 4-25 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 30 | August 5 | @ New York | 69-80 | Candice Dupree (24) | Candice Dupree (6) | Chelsea Newton (5) | Madison Square Garden 8,872 | 4-26 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 31 | August 8 | Connecticut | 59-85 | Bernadette Ngoyisa (11) | Candice Dupree (10) | BrownDales (4) | UIC Pavilion 3,520 | 4-27 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 32 | August 10 | @ Detroit | 48-82 | Candice Dupree (12) | Stacey Lovelace (7) | Amanda Lassiter (3) | Palace of Auburn Hills 11,226 | 4-28 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 33 | August 12 | @ Charlotte | 57-84 | Bernadette Ngoyisa (23) | DupreeNgoyisa (10) | Coretta Brown (4) | Time Warner Cable Arena 8,339 | 4-29 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 34 | August 13 | @ Indiana | 80-73 | Candice Dupree (24) | Chelsea Newton (9) | Amanda Lassiter (5) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,381 | 5-29 Standings CHI Statistics Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Candice Dupree 34 31 30.4 45.7 0.0 77.9 5.5 1.8 1.3 0.7 13.7 Bernadette Ngoyisa 30 23 20.9 52.8 0.0 59.2 5.7 0.9 0.5 0.2 10.1 Jia Perkins 30 27 28.0 35.1 27.7 80.6 3.6 3.2 1.4 0.4 9.4 Amanda Lassiter 32 29 24.4 36.6 32.9 71.0 2.8 2.0 1.3 0.5 8.0 Stacey Lovelace 34 6 18.5 41.5 30.2 78.6 4.0 0.6 0.6 0.6 7.4 Stacey Dales 23 16 19.7 35.4 30.9 69.6 1.2 1.7 0.4 0.0 7.0 Chelsea Newton 27 11 24.0 33.5 26.5 73.8 2.6 2.1 1.3 0.3 6.5 Deanna Jackson 22 1 15.0 39.5 33.3 64.7 3.0 0.6 0.4 0.1 6.0 Elaine Powell 14 3 18.1 43.3 0.0 70.8 1.8 2.6 0.9 0.2 4.9 Brooke Wyckoff 15 13 22.9 24.2 23.3 80.0 2.7 2.2 0.9 0.8 3.3 Coretta Brown 15 2 16.8 27.1 27.3 50.0 1.5 1.7 0.7 0.0 3.2 Katie Cronin 11 0 12.1 30.0 30.8 28.6 1.1 0.2 0.5 0.2 2.2 Liz Moeggenberg 27 1 10.1 31.7 33.3 46.7 1.7 0.6 0.4 0.2 2.1 Nikki McCray 11 2 7.5 36.4 20.0 71.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.1 2.0 Ashley Robinson 12 5 10.4 31.0 100.0 33.3 2.8 0.5 0.2 0.7 1.8 Awards and honors Recipient Award Date awarded Ref. Candice Dupree WNBA All-Star Selection July 11 The 2006 All-Star Game Features A Record Four Rookies https://www.wnba.com/news/2006-all-star-game-features-record-four-rookies/ wnba.com WNBA July 8, 2022 WNBA All-Rookie Team August 20 References External links Chicago Sky on Basketball Reference Category:Chicago Sky seasons Chicago Chicago Sky Category:2006 in Chicago