2025 Chicago Sky season
2025 Chicago Sky season | |
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Coach | Tyler Marsh |
Arena | Wintrust Arena |
Attendance | per game |
Results | |
Record | 8–23 (.258) |
Place | 5th (Eastern) |
The 2025 Chicago Sky season is the franchise's 20th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and their first season under head coach Tyler Marsh, who was hired on November 3, 2024.[1]
On May 18, 2025, the WNBA announced they had opened an investigation regarding, "allegations of inappropriate fan conduct" directed at Chicago Sky players occurring their May 17 season opener at the Indiana Fever.[2][3] Sky head coach, Tyler Marsh, told the press that he and his team did not report or witness any misconduct while at Gainbridge Fieldhouse and only learned about the allegations after the game had concluded.[4] Nine days later, the WNBA announced their investigation was complete, and all allegations of racist fan behavior were unsubstantiated.[5][6][7]
On June 8, 2025, it was announced that newly signed guard, Courtney Vandersloot, sustained a right anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear during the June 7 game against the Indiana Fever and would miss the rest of the season.[8]
Draft
[edit]Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Club | Outcome | Ref. |
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1 | 10 | Ajša Sivka | F | ![]() |
Tarbes Gespe Bigorre | Rights retained | [9] |
1 | 11 | Hailey Van Lith | G | ![]() |
TCU | Signed rookie contract April 23 Made opening day roster |
[10] |
2 | 16 | Maddy Westbeld | F | Notre Dame | Signed rookie contract April 22 Made opening day roster |
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2 | 22 | Aicha Coulibaly | G | ![]() |
Texas A&M | Rights retained |
Transactions
[edit]Front office and coaching
[edit]Date | Details | Ref. |
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September 27, 2024 | Fired head coach, Teresa Weatherspoon | [11] |
November 3, 2024 | Hired Tyler Marsh as head coach | [12] |
December 18, 2024 | Hired Courtney Paris as an assistant coach | [13] |
January 4, 2025 | Hired Tanisha Wright as an assistant coach | [14] |
March 24, 2025 | Hired Rena Wakama as an assistant coach | [15] |
March 27, 2025 | Hired Donnie Marsh as a basketball operations specialist | [16] |
Promoted David Simon to director of player development | ||
April 21, 2025 | Hired Aaron Johnson as a player development coach | [17] |
Trades
[edit]February | |||
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February 4 | To Chicago Sky Rebecca Allen |
To Connecticut Sun Lindsay Allen Rights to Nikolina Milić |
[18] |
February 7 | To Chicago Sky 2025 No. 16 draft pick 2025 No. 22 draft pick |
To Las Vegas Aces Dana Evans (sign-and-trade) |
[19] |
February 23 | To Chicago Sky Ariel Atkins |
To Washington Mystics 2025 No. 3 draft pick 2027 second round draft pick Rights to swap 2027 first round draft picks |
[20] |
April | |||
April 13 | To Chicago Sky 2025 No. 11 draft pick |
To Minnesota Lynx Outright 2026 first-round draft pick Extinguished previous right to exchange 2026 first round draft picks with Chicago |
[21] |
Free agency
[edit]Re-signed
[edit]Player | Date | Notes | Ref. |
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Michaela Onyenwere | February 2, 2025 | One-year deal | [22] |
Kamilla Cardoso | July 9, 2025 | Set as active |
Additions
[edit]Player | Date | Notes | Former Team | Ref. |
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Courtney Vandersloot | February 1 | One-year deal | New York Liberty | [23] |
Kia Nurse | February 4 | Los Angeles Sparks | [24] | |
Arella Guirantes | February 22 | Training camp contract | Shanghai Swordfish (China) |
[25] |
Alex Wilson | February 27 | Perth Lynx (Australia) |
[26] | |
Morgan Bertsch | March 3 | Hozono Global Jairis (Spain) |
[27] | |
Tilly Boler | April 16 | Memphis Tigers | [28] | |
Sammie Puisis | South Florida Bulls | [28] | ||
Jessika Carter | April 17 | Las Vegas Aces | [29] | |
Maddy Westbeld | April 22 | Rookie contract (2025 draft pick – No. 16) |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish | |
Hailey Van Lith | April 23 | Rookie contract (2025 draft pick – No. 11) |
TCU Horned Frogs | |
Marquesha Davis | July 22 | 7-day hardship contract | Free agent | [30] |
Sevgi Uzun | July 28 | Rest of season contract | [31] |
Subtractions / unsigned
[edit]Player | Date | Reason | New Team | Ref. |
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María Conde | December 6, 2024 | Expansion draft | Golden State Valkyries | [32][33] |
Diamond DeShields | February 3, 2025 | Free agency – unrestricted | Connecticut Sun | [34] |
Brianna Turner | February 16, 2025 | Indiana Fever | [35] | |
Isabelle Harrison | February 21, 2025 | New York Liberty | [36] | |
Aicha Coulibaly | April 14, 2025 | Unsigned draft pick (2025 draft pick – No. 22) |
N/A – retained rights | |
Ajša Sivka | Unsigned draft pick (2025 draft pick – No. 10) |
[9] | ||
Chennedy Carter[a] | April 25, 2025 | Free agency – unrestricted | Adelitas de Chihuahua | [38] |
Tilly Boler | May 3, 2025 | Waived | — | [39] |
Arella Guirantes | — | |||
Sammie Puisis | — | |||
Morgan Bertsch | May 11, 2025 | — | [40] | |
Jessika Carter | — | |||
Alex Wilson | — | |||
Kamilla Cardoso | June 25, 2025 | Suspended contract – temporary | N/A – retained rights | [41] |
Moriah Jefferson | July 28, 2025 | Waived | — | [42] |
Marquesha Davis | Released | — |
Roster
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Depth chart
[edit]Schedule
[edit]Preseason
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May: 2–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–1)
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2025 season schedule |
Regular season
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May: 2–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–3)
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June: 3–7 (Home: 1–3; Road: 2–4)
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July
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August: 1–4 (Home: 1–3; Road: 0–1)
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September
: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
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Notes:
- Games highlighted in ██ represent Commissioner's Cup games.
Standings
[edit]# | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Conf. | Home | Road | Cup |
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1 | Minnesota Lynx | 27 | 5 | .844 | – | 17–2 | 16–1 | 11–4 | 5–1 |
2 | New York Liberty | 20 | 11 | .645 | 6.5 | 11–3 | 13–4 | 7–7 | 4–1 |
3 | Atlanta Dream | 20 | 11 | .645 | 6.5 | 11–6 | 10–4 | 10–7 | 3–2 |
4 | Phoenix Mercury | 19 | 12 | .613 | 7.5 | 9–7 | 11–5 | 8–7 | 4–2 |
5 | c – Indiana Fever | 18 | 14 | .563 | 9 | 10–7 | 10–6 | 8–8 | 4–1 |
6 | Las Vegas Aces | 18 | 14 | .563 | 9 | 11–8 | 10–5 | 8–9 | 2–4 |
7 | Golden State Valkyries | 16 | 15 | .516 | 10.5 | 7–10 | 10–5 | 6–10 | 3–3 |
8 | Seattle Storm | 16 | 16 | .500 | 11 | 9–10 | 8–8 | 8–8 | 4–2 |
9 | Los Angeles Sparks | 15 | 16 | .484 | 11.5 | 5–12 | 6–9 | 9–7 | 2–4 |
10 | Washington Mystics | 14 | 17 | .452 | 12.5 | 7–7 | 9–6 | 5–11 | 2–3 |
11 | Chicago Sky | 8 | 23 | .258 | 18.5 | 2–13 | 5–11 | 3–12 | 1–4 |
12 | Dallas Wings | 8 | 24 | .250 | 19 | 3–12 | 5–12 | 3–12 | 1–5 |
13 | Connecticut Sun | 5 | 26 | .161 | 21.5 | 3–8 | 4–11 | 1–15 | 1–4 |
Notes
- (#) – League Standing
- c – Commissioner's Cup winners
- x – Clinched playoff berth
- e – Eliminated from playoff contention
- Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings
Awards and honors
[edit]Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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Angel Reese | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | July 1 | [43] |
WNBA All-Star Reserve | July 7 | [44] |
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