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What will the Sky’s backcourt look like in 2024?

While the Sky puts off addressing the two of the most critically important roles to a professional sports franchise — coach and general manager — questions about their roster only grow more concerning.

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Sky snap five-game skid in ‘turning point’ game against Storm

Dana Evans led the Sky with 23 points, shooting 7-for-11 from the field, including 4-for-6 from three-point range. Marina Mabrey added 19 points and Alanna Smith 14.

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James Wade assembled Sky’s roster poorly, and it’s showing

It’s not that the Sky are playing below their capabilities. This team was not built to be successful. At its best, the Sky could barely make the playoffs. If the season ended today, they wouldn’t.

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Sky’s upcoming stretch can make or break playoff hopes

Since interim coach/general manager Emre Vatansever took over for James Wade after his abrupt resignation, the Sky have gone 5-9. Their most recent three-game losing streak has them on the brink of falling out of playoff contention with just 10 games left in the season.

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As playoff race heats up, Sky need to figure out fourth-quarter struggles

“Experiences are your best teachers,” Courtney Williams said, “being so close, getting our feelings hurt by the end of the game. We are just going to keep getting our feelings hurt until we figure it out.”

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Sky’s loss to Liberty loosens grip on final WNBA playoff spot

“When you look at the fifth and sixth seeds, you only have three wins [separating us],” coach/general manager Emre Vatansever said. “We’re right there.”

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Lynx snap Sky streak, keeping them at eighth in the league standings with 13 games left

After three straight games eclipsing 100 points, the Sky lost 88-79 to the Lynx.

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Sky players respond to Courtney Williams being fined after Sunday’s ‘altercation’ in win over Wings

“I wanted to verbalize that there should never be a situation where her character is misinterpreted or anything involving the past is brought up in a situation that she had nothing to do with,” Elizabeth Williams said.

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Offensive fireworks help Sky take care of Wings

The Sky (11-15) shot 55.1% overall and 58.3% from three-point range and finished with 24 assists on 38 field goals.

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Elizabeth Williams has everyone’s attention and is using it to help change the WNBA

“E is a staple,” Courtney Williams said Sunday. “Not only for our team but for this league. I tell her all the time, ‘When you talk, people listen.’ There are a lot of things this league could do better. We just have to keep moving in the right direction. So,…

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Sky get much-needed win against Mercury

Five players score in double figures in must-win game against 10th-place Mercury.

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Sky have on/off-court questions to answer during All-Star break

“Emre will be there through the 2023 season,” operating chairman Nadia Rawlinson told the Sun-Times following James Wade’s resignation. “We’re excited and confident in his ability to lead the team. We feel good about him in this role for now.”

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Courtney Williams notches first career triple-double in Sky’s 86-78 win over Sparks

Williams finished with 12 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds.

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Patience pays off for Sky’s Courtney Williams

Williams led the Sky to an 80-63 victory over the Sparks with a game-high 21 points, nine rebounds and two assists.

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What adjustments can ninth-place Sky make to snap worst skid in WNBA?

Injuries aside, facing the possibility of losing their seventh straight game when they play the Sparks on Wednesday, no adjustment is off the table, including changes to Wade’s rotation.

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From bad to worse, Sky losing streak extends to six

Kahleah Copper scored a career-high 29 points, passing two-time MVP Elena Delle Donne on the Sky’s all-time scoring list with 2,183 points.

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Sky attribute fourth consecutive loss to familiar energy issues

“We’ve lost seven straight and won a championship the same year. We don’t turn on each other in Chicago,” coach/general manager James Wade said.

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Sky’s early success a direct result of bond developed by fresh-faced team

Eight games in, the Sky’s 97.3 defensive rating is fourth in the league. Their offensive rating (98.3) is eighth, but in six clutch games this season, it improves to second (123.9) behind the Aces.

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Kahleah Copper spurs Sky’s second-half comeback to beat Liberty

The Sky (4-3) proved eight players is enough in an 86-82 road win. Copper had seven points in the first half and finished with a game-high 27.

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Sky prove adversity is ‘not that big of a deal’ with 94-88 win over Wings despite depleted roster

Marina Mabrey led the Sky with 23 points, eight assists and five rebounds.

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Sky’s second-half comeback falls short in 71-69 loss to Mystics

Marina Mabrey led the Sky with 19 points, five rebounds and four assists.

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New-look Sky open season with road victory, thanks to strong defensive performance

As a team, the Sky came up with 14 steals, four of them courtesy of Rebekah Gardner, and eight blocks. They converted 21 turnovers by the Lynx into 17 points.

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Sky’s roster takes shape in final hour before deadline

Sika Koné, the Sky’s new forward, is hoping to get from New York to Minnesota early Friday morning to play in the season opener against the Lynx at 7 p.m.

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Sky preseason ends with victory against Lynx in WNBA’s first game in Canada

Kahleah Copper led the Sky with 18 points. The teams will play again in the regular-season opener Saturday in Minneapolis.

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Can 2023 Sky maintain standard set by past stars?

The team James Wade constructed will only go as far as two-time All-Star and the 2021 WNBA Finals MVP Kahleah Copper takes them.

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