Charlotte Sting

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Charlotte Sting
founding 1997
resolution 2007
history Charlotte Sting
1997 - 2007
Stadion Charlotte Coliseum
1997-2005
Charlotte Bobcats Arena
2005-2007
Location Charlotte , North Carolina
Club colors orange, blue, silver,
white, black
league WNBA
Conference Eastern Conference
owner Robert L. Johnson
Championships no
Conference title 2001

The Charlotte Sting were a team in the North American women's basketball professional league WNBA ( Women's National Basketball Association ). The team played its home games first at the Charlotte Coliseum and from 2005 at the Charlotte Bobcats Arena in Charlotte , North Carolina .

The Sting were the sister team of the NBA team Charlotte Hornets until 2003 . Since 2003 they have been the sister team of the Charlotte Bobcats . The Bobcats were created on the initiative of the city of Charlotte and the NBA when the Charlotte Hornets (now: New Orleans Pelicans ) moved to New Orleans .

On January 3, 2007, the owners of the Charlotte Sting announced that they no longer wanted to fund the team. The WNBA did not find an owner for the team, which is why the players could be drafted by the other teams in the league in a dispersal draft on January 8th .

Achievements and honors

Sporting successes

The franchise was able to reach the playoffs six times in the 10 seasons of existence. The team reached the WNBA final once but it was lost to the LA Sparks.

Individual awards

Four Sting players received individual awards in four seasons in four different categories.

season category Player
1997 Eastern Conference Shooting Champion Andrea Congreaves
1998 Rookie of the Year Tracy Reid
1999 Sportsmanship Award Dawn Staley
2004 Most Improved Player Award Kelly Miller

Season after season

Abbreviations: Sp. = Games, S = victories, N = defeats

season Sp. S. N Wins in% space Playoffs
1997 28 15th 13 53.6 3rd, Eastern Conference WNBA semi-final defeat, 0-1 ( Houston Comets )
1998 30th 18th 12 60.0 2nd, Eastern Conference WNBA semi-final defeat, 0-2 ( Houston Comets )
1999 32 15th 17th 46.9 3rd, Eastern Conference Victory in the Conference Semifinal, 1-0 ( Detroit Shock )
Defeat in the Conference Final, 1: 2 ( New York Liberty )
2000 32 8th 24 25.0 8th, Eastern Conference not qualified
2001 32 18th 14th 56.3 4th, Eastern Conference Victory in the Conference Semifinal, 2: 1 ( Cleveland Rockers ),
Victory in the Conference Final, 2: 1 ( New York Liberty ),
defeat in the WNBA Final, 0: 2 ( Los Angeles Sparks )
2002 32 18th 14th 56.3 2nd, Eastern Conference Conference semi-final defeat, 2-0 ( Washington Mystics )
2003 34 18th 16 52.9 3rd, Eastern Conference Conference semifinal defeat, 2-0 ( Connecticut Sun )
2004 34 16 18th 47.1 5th, Eastern Conference not qualified
2005 34 6th 28 17.6 6th, Eastern Conference not qualified
2006 34 11 23 32.4 6th, Eastern Conference not qualified
total 322 143 179 44.4 6 playoff appearances in 10 seasons
9 series: 3 wins, 6 losses
19 games: 6 wins, 13 losses (31.6%)

Head coach

Players

First-round voting rights in the WNBA Draft

Surname year Draft position
Torah Suber 1997 7th
Tracy Reid 1998 7th
Dawn Staley 1999 9.
Summer Erb 2000 11.
Kelly Miller 2001 2.
Sheila Lambert 2002 7th
Surname year Draft position
Shaunzinski Gortman 2002 9.
Jocelyn Penn 2003 9.
Nicole Powell 2004 3.
Janel McCarville 2005 1.
Monique Currie 2006 3.
Tye'sha Fluker 2006 10.

In the ten years of existence, the club had twelve draft rights in the first round of the WNBA draft . The franchise had at least one first-round draft pick prior to each season. Twice it was even possible to select twice in the first round due to trades.

With Janel McCarville , the franchise has so far been able to select a player in first position. She did not meet the expectations in Charlotte, but later won a WNBA championship with the Minnesota Lynx team . With Tracy Reid , one of the selected players received the award as the best newcomer of the year .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ All-Time WNBA Draft Picks. WNBA, accessed November 30, 2016 .