2025 Chicago Sky season

2025 Chicago Sky season
2025 Chicago Sky season
Coach	Tyler Marsh
Arena	Wintrust Arena
Attendance	per game
Results
Record	0–0
Place	TBD (Eastern)
Playoff finish	TBD
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The 2025 Chicago Sky season will be 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]

Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Club	Outcome
1	10
2	16
2	22

Transactions

Front office and coaching

Date	Details	Ref.
September 27, 2024	Fired head coach, Teresa Weatherspoon	^[2]
November 3, 2024	Hired Tyler Marsh as head coach	^[3]
December 18, 2024	Hired Courtney Paris as an assistant coach	^[4]
January 4, 2025	Hired Tanisha Wright as an assistant coach	^[5]

Trades

February 4^[6]	To Chicago Sky Rebecca Allen	To Connecticut Sun Lindsay Allen Rights to Nikolina Milić
February 7^[7]	To Chicago Sky 2025 No. 16 and No. 22 draft picks	To Las Vegas Aces Dana Evans (sign-and-trade)
February 23^[8]	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

Free agency

Re-signed

Player	Date	Notes	Ref.
Michaela Onyenwere	February 2, 2025	One-year deal	^[9]

Additions

Player	Date	Notes	Former Team	Ref.
Courtney Vandersloot	February 1, 2025	One-year deal	New York Liberty	^[10]
Kia Nurse	February 4, 2025	One-year deal	Los Angeles Sparks	^[11]
Arella Guirantes	February 22, 2025	Training camp contract	Shanghai Swordfish (China)	^[12]
Alex Wilson	February 27, 2025	Rookie contract (Undrafted)	Perth Lynx (Australia)	^[13]
Morgan Bertsch	March 3, 2025	Training camp contract	Hozono Global Jairis [es] (Spain)	^[14]

Subtractions / Unsigned

Player	Date	Reason	New Team	Ref.
María Conde	December 6, 2024	Expansion draft	Golden State Valkyries	^[15]^[16]
Diamond DeShields	February 3, 2025	Free agency – unrestricted	Connecticut Sun	^[17]
Brianna Turner	February 16, 2025		Indiana Fever	^[18]
Isabelle Harrison	February 21, 2025		New York Liberty	^[19]
Chennedy Carter^[a]	—		TBD

^ Initially was a restricted free agent. However, did not receive qualifying offer from the Sky prior to February 1 and became an unrestricted free agent.^[20]

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From	Yrs
G/F	11	Allen, Rebecca	6' 2" (1.88m)	162 lb (73kg)	1992-11-06	Australia	9
G	7	Atkins, Ariel	5' 8" (1.73m)	167 lb (76kg)	1996-07-30	Texas	7
G	24	Banham, Rachel	5' 9" (1.75m)	175 lb (79kg)	1993-07-15	Minnesota	9
F	22	Bertsch, Morgan	6' 4" (1.93m)	173 lb (78kg)	1997-04-20	UC Davis	1
C	10	Cardoso, Kamilla	6' 7" (2.01m)	215 lb (98kg)	2001-04-30	South Carolina	1
G	11	Guirantes, Arella	5' 11" (1.8m)	176 lb (80kg)	1997-10-15	Rutgers	2
G	4	Jefferson, Moriah	5' 6" (1.68m)	123 lb (56kg)	1994-03-08	Connecticut	8
G	10	Nurse, Kia	6' 0" (1.83m)	181 lb (82kg)	1996-02-22	Connecticut	6
F	12	Onyenwere, Michaela	6' 0" (1.83m)	178 lb (81kg)	1999-08-10	UCLA	4
F	5	Reese, Angel	6' 3" (1.91m)	165 lb (75kg)	2002-05-06	LSU	1
G	22	Vandersloot, Courtney	5' 8" (1.73m)	137 lb (62kg)	1989-02-08	Gonzaga	14
C	1	Williams, Elizabeth	6' 3" (1.91m)	200 lb (91kg)	1993-06-23	Duke	10
G	5	Wilson, Alex	5' 9" (1.75m)		1994-03-21	Australia	R

Head coach: Tyler Marsh (Birmingham–Southern)
Assistant coaches: Courtney Paris (Oklahoma); Crystal Robinson (SE Oklahoma State); Tanisha Wright (Penn State); Tamera Young (James Madison)
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; GS; LV; LA; MIN; PHO; SEA

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench
PG
SG
SF
PF
C

Schedule

Pre-season

2025 game log
Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
1	May 2	Brazil	Pete Maravich Assembly Center
2	May 6	Minnesota	Wintrust Arena
3	May 10	@ Minnesota	Target Center

2025 season schedule

Regular season

2025 game log
Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
1	May 17	@ Indiana	Gainbridge Fieldhouse
2	May 22	New York	Wintrust Arena
3	May 25	@ Los Angeles	Crypto.com Arena
4	May 27	@ Phoenix	PHX Arena
5	May 29	Dallas	Wintrust Arena
6	May 31	@ Dallas	College Park Center

June : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
7	June 7	Indiana	United Center
8	June 10	@ New York	Barclays Center
9	June 13	@ Atlanta	Gateway Center Arena
10	June 15	@ Connecticut	Mohegan Sun Arena
11	June 17	Washington	Wintrust Arena
12	June 21	Phoenix	Wintrust Arena
13	June 22	@ Atlanta	Gateway Center Arena
14	June 24	Los Angeles	Wintrust Arena
15	June 27	@ Golden State	Chase Center
16	June 29	@ Los Angeles	Crypto.com Arena

July : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
17	July 6	@ Minnesota	Target Center
18	July 8	@ Washington	EagleBank Arena
19	July 9	Dallas	Wintrust Arena
20	July 12	Minnesota	Wintrust Arena
21	July 14	Minnesota	Wintrust Arena
22	July 16	Atlanta	Wintrust Arena
23	July 22	@ Minnesota	Target Center
24	July 24	Seattle	Wintrust Arena
25	July 27	Indiana	United Center
26	July 29	@ Washington	CareFirst Arena

August : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
27	August 1	Golden State	Wintrust Arena
28	August 3	Phoenix	Wintrust Arena
29	August 5	Washington	Wintrust Arena
30	August 7	Atlanta	Wintrust Arena
31	August 9	@ Indiana	Gainbridge Fieldhouse
32	August 13	@ Connecticut	Mohegan Sun Arena
33	August 15	Golden State	Wintrust Arena
34	August 19	Seattle	Wintrust Arena
35	August 21	@ New York	Barclays Center
36	August 23	Connecticut	Wintrust Arena
37	August 25	Las Vegas	Wintrust Arena
38	August 28	@ Phoenix	PHX Arena
39	August 30	@ Seattle	Climate Pledge Arena

September : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
40	September 3	Connecticut	Wintrust Arena
41	September 5	@ Indiana	Gainbridge Fieldhouse
42	September 7	@ Las Vegas	T-Mobile Arena
43	September 9	@ Las Vegas	T-Mobile Arena
44	September 11	New York	Wintrust Arena

2025 season schedule

Standings

#	v t e Team	PCT	GB	Conf.	Home	Road	Cup
1	Atlanta Dream	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
2	Chicago Sky	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
3	Connecticut Sun	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
4	Dallas Wings	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
5	Golden State Valkyries	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
6	Indiana Fever	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
7	Las Vegas Aces	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
8	Los Angeles Sparks	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
9	Minnesota Lynx	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
10	New York Liberty	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
11	Phoenix Mercury	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
12	Seattle Storm	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
13	Washington Mystics	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0

Notes

(#) – League Standing

x – Clinched playoff berth

e – Eliminated from playoff contention

Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings

References

^ "Chicago Sky Name Tyler Marsh as Head Coach". sky.wnba.com. November 3, 2024.
^ Maloney, Jack (September 27, 2024). "Chicago Sky fire head coach Teresa Weatherspoon after just one season". CBS Sports. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
^ "Tyler Marsh named next coach of Chicago Sky". ESPN. November 3, 2024. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
^ "Former WNBA Veteran Courtney Paris Joins Sky Coaching Staff". Chicago Sky. December 18, 2024. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
^ "Chicago Sky Add Tanisha Wright to Coaching Staff". Chicago Sky. January 4, 2025. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
^ "Connecticut Sun Acquire Lindsay Allen and rights to Nikolina Milić". Connecticut Sun. February 4, 2025. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
^ "Las Vegas Aces Sign 5-6 Guard Dana Evans". Las Vegas Aces. WNBA. February 7, 2025. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
^ Andrews, Kendra; Philippou, Alexa (February 23, 2025). "Mystics trade Ariel Atkins to Sky for No. 3 pick, more". ESPN. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
^ "Chicago Sky Re-Sign Michaela Onyenwere". Chicago Sky. February 2, 2025. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
^ "WNBA Champion, Sky Franchise Great Courtney Vandersloot Returns to Chicago". Chicago Sky. February 1, 2025. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
^ "Chicago Sky Sign WNBA All-Star Kia Nurse". Chicago Sky. February 4, 2025. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
^ "Chicago Sky Add Arella Guirantes to Training Camp Roster". Chicago Sky. February 22, 2025. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
^ "Chicago Sky Sign Alex Wilson to Training Camp Contract". Chicago Sky. February 27, 2025. Retrieved February 27, 2025.
^ "Morgan Bertsch Returns to Sky on Training Camp Contract". Chicago Sky. March 3, 2025. Retrieved March 3, 2025.
^ "Golden State Valkyries begin constructing inaugural roster with 11 selections in 2024 WNBA Expansion Draft". nba.com. NBA.
^ Henderson, Cydney; Horrow, Ellen J. (December 6, 2024). "WNBA expansion draft live updates: Golden State Valkyries pick their players for 2025". USA Today.
^ Dayton, Kels (February 3, 2025). "Connecticut Sun sign former All-Star guard Diamond DeShields to one-year deal". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
^ Peterson, Chloe (February 16, 2025). "Indiana Fever bolster frontcourt depth in signing Brianna Turner". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved February 16, 2025.
^ "New York Liberty Sign Isabelle Harrison". New York Liberty. February 21, 2025. Retrieved February 21, 2025.
^ Sabri, Alex (January 13, 2025). "Chicago Sky extend qualifying offers to Dana Evans, two other players". Chicago Sky Daily. Retrieved February 24, 2025.

External links

Official Site of the Chicago Sky

[21] Initially was a restricted free agent. However, did not receive qualifying offer from the Sky prior to February 1 and became an unrestricted free agent.^[20]

[1] "Chicago Sky Name Tyler Marsh as Head Coach". sky.wnba.com. November 3, 2024.

[2] Maloney, Jack (September 27, 2024). "Chicago Sky fire head coach Teresa Weatherspoon after just one season". CBS Sports. Retrieved February 3, 2025.

[3] "Tyler Marsh named next coach of Chicago Sky". ESPN. November 3, 2024. Retrieved February 3, 2025.

[4] "Former WNBA Veteran Courtney Paris Joins Sky Coaching Staff". Chicago Sky. December 18, 2024. Retrieved February 3, 2025.

[5] "Chicago Sky Add Tanisha Wright to Coaching Staff". Chicago Sky. January 4, 2025. Retrieved February 3, 2025.

[6] "Connecticut Sun Acquire Lindsay Allen and rights to Nikolina Milić". Connecticut Sun. February 4, 2025. Retrieved February 4, 2025.

[7] "Las Vegas Aces Sign 5-6 Guard Dana Evans". Las Vegas Aces. WNBA. February 7, 2025. Retrieved February 7, 2025.

[8] Andrews, Kendra; Philippou, Alexa (February 23, 2025). "Mystics trade Ariel Atkins to Sky for No. 3 pick, more". ESPN. Retrieved February 23, 2025.

[9] "Chicago Sky Re-Sign Michaela Onyenwere". Chicago Sky. February 2, 2025. Retrieved February 3, 2025.

[10] "WNBA Champion, Sky Franchise Great Courtney Vandersloot Returns to Chicago". Chicago Sky. February 1, 2025. Retrieved February 3, 2025.

[11] "Chicago Sky Sign WNBA All-Star Kia Nurse". Chicago Sky. February 4, 2025. Retrieved February 4, 2025.

[12] "Chicago Sky Add Arella Guirantes to Training Camp Roster". Chicago Sky. February 22, 2025. Retrieved February 22, 2025.

[13] "Chicago Sky Sign Alex Wilson to Training Camp Contract". Chicago Sky. February 27, 2025. Retrieved February 27, 2025.

[14] "Morgan Bertsch Returns to Sky on Training Camp Contract". Chicago Sky. March 3, 2025. Retrieved March 3, 2025.

[15] "Golden State Valkyries begin constructing inaugural roster with 11 selections in 2024 WNBA Expansion Draft". nba.com. NBA.

[16] Henderson, Cydney; Horrow, Ellen J. (December 6, 2024). "WNBA expansion draft live updates: Golden State Valkyries pick their players for 2025". USA Today.

[17] Dayton, Kels (February 3, 2025). "Connecticut Sun sign former All-Star guard Diamond DeShields to one-year deal". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved February 3, 2025.

[18] Peterson, Chloe (February 16, 2025). "Indiana Fever bolster frontcourt depth in signing Brianna Turner". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved February 16, 2025.

[19] "New York Liberty Sign Isabelle Harrison". New York Liberty. February 21, 2025. Retrieved February 21, 2025.

[20] Sabri, Alex (January 13, 2025). "Chicago Sky extend qualifying offers to Dana Evans, two other players". Chicago Sky Daily. Retrieved February 24, 2025.

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