Dallas Wings
| Dallas Wings | ||
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| founding | 1997 | |
| history |
Detroit Shock 1998 - 2009 Tulsa Shock 2010 - 2015 Dallas Wings since 2016 |
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| Stadion | College Park Center | |
| Location | Arlington , Texas | |
| league | WNBA | |
| Conference | Western Conference | |
| Head coach | Brian Agler | |
| Championships | 2003 , 2006 , 2008 | |
| Conference title | 2003 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 | |
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The Dallas Wings are an American women's basketball team of the Women's National Basketball Association based in Arlington , Texas .
The franchise was founded in 1998 under the name Detroit Shock and started playing at the beginning of the 1998 season . In the 2003 , 2006 and 2008 seasons , the Shock won the WNBA championship. Prior to the 2010 season , the franchise moved to Tulsa , keeping the franchise name. For the 2016 season , the franchise moved to the Dallas / Fort Worth region of Texas. On November 2, 2015, the name was changed to Dallas Wings. There the playoffs was reached for the first time in the second season.
history
Detroit Shock (1998 to 2009)
- Main article: Detroit Shock
Founded in 1997, the Detroit Shock were the first professional women's basketball team in Michigan . They won the WNBA championship in 2003 , 2006 and 2008 , making them the most successful team in the WNBA for a long time after the Houston Comets (4 titles). The Minnesota Lynx now also have four WNBA titles.
Tulsa Shock (2010 to 2015)
- Main article: Tulsa Shock
On October 20, 2009, WNBA President Donna Orender, along with investors Bill Cameron , David Box , Tulsa Mayor Kathy Tylor , Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry and head coach Nolan Richardson , announced that the Detroit Shock franchise would be relocated to Tulsa. On January 23, 2010 it was announced that the team name will not change, but the team colors will be black, red and gold from the 2010 season .
Dallas Wings (from 2016)
New start in Texas (from 2016)
For the 2016 season , the franchise moved to the Dallas / Fort Worth region of Texas. The move plan was announced on July 20, 2015 and confirmed by the WNBA on July 23. On November 2, 2015, the name was changed to Dallas Wings. After two defeats in their warm-up games, the team started on 14 May 2016, a victory against the Indiana Fever in the season 2016 . Overall, however, the team lost significantly more games than last season in Tulsa and thus ended the first season in Dallas in fifth place in the Western Conference and missed the playoffs significantly. In 2017 the team improved, won 16 games in the regular season and reached the playoffs for the first time as Wings. There the team failed at the Washington Mystics in the first round. Also in the 2018 season , the Wings reached the playoffs with a negative balance. This time too, the season ended for the Wings with a defeat in the first playoff round. In terms of sport, the 2019 season was not very successful for the Wings, only ten games were won and the playoffs were missed.
Venue
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The Dallas Wings have played their home games at College Park Center in Arlington , Texas since they moved . The College Park Center is also currently home to several sports teams from the University of Texas at Arlington .
Audience numbers
In the season after the move, the team was only able to attract a few spectators and achieved the lowest average of all WNBA teams in 2016 . Despite the first playoff entry in the 2017 season , the average dropped significantly and was again the weakest in the league. In the 2018 season, the audience increased significantly and the team was not the bottom of the league for the first time. The positive trend will continue in 2019.
Achievements and honors
Sporting successes
While the Detroit Shock won the WNBA championship in 2003 , 2006 and 2008 , the Tulsa Shock could hardly celebrate sporting successes since moving from Auburn Hills in the period from 2010 to 2015 and only reached the playoffs once. Dallas has reached the playoffs twice in four seasons, but has never won a playoff game.
Individual awards
In the third season in Dallas, an award went to a player on the team for the first time. With the best point collector, it was also one of the most valuable awards in the league.
Peak Performers In the Best Statistics Awards, Liz Cambage was the first player on the team to win an award in Dallas.
- 2018 - Liz Cambage (points)
Season overview
Abbreviations: Sp. = Games, S = victories, N = defeats
| season | Sp. | S. | N | Wins in% | space | Playoffs |
| Detroit Shock | ||||||
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| 1998 | 30th | 17th | 13 | 56.7 | 4th, Eastern Conference | not qualified |
| 1999 | 32 | 15th | 17th | 46.9 | 2nd, Eastern Conference | Conference semifinal defeat, 0: 1 ( Charlotte Sting ) |
| 2000 | 32 | 14th | 18th | 43.8 | 5th, Eastern Conference | not qualified |
| 2001 | 32 | 10 | 22nd | 31.3 | 7th, Eastern Conference | not qualified |
| 2002 | 32 | 9 | 23 | 28.1 | 8th, Eastern Conference | not qualified |
| 2003 | 34 | 25th | 9 | 73.5 | 1st, Eastern Conference | Conference semifinals win, 2-1 ( Cleveland Rockers ) Conference final win, 2-0 ( Connecticut Sun ) WNBA champions , 2-1 ( Los Angeles Sparks ) |
| 2004 | 34 | 17th | 17th | 50.0 | 3rd, Eastern Conference | Conference semifinals lost, 2-1 ( New York Liberty ) |
| 2005 | 34 | 16 | 18th | 47.1 | 4th, Eastern Conference | Conference semifinals lost, 2-0 ( Connecticut Sun ) |
| 2006 | 34 | 23 | 11 | 67.6 | 2nd, Eastern Conference | Conference Semifinals win, 2-0 ( Indiana Fever ) Conference Finals win, 2-1 ( Connecticut Sun ) WNBA champions , 3-2 ( Sacramento Monarchs ) |
| 2007 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 70.6 | 1st, Eastern Conference | Victory in the Conference Semifinals, 2-1 ( New York Liberty ) victory in the Conference Finals, 2-1 ( Indiana Fever ) defeat in the WNBA Finals, 2: 3 ( Phoenix Mercury ) |
| 2008 | 34 | 22nd | 12 | 64.7 | 1st, Eastern Conference | Conference semifinals win, 2-1 ( Indiana Fever ) Conference Finals win, 2-1 ( New York Liberty ) WNBA champions , 3-0 ( San Antonio Silver Stars ) |
| 2009 | 34 | 18th | 16 | 52.9 | 3rd, Eastern Conference | Victory in the Conference Semifinals, 2-0 ( Atlanta Dream ), loss in the Conference Finals, 1: 2 ( Indiana Fever ) |
| Total (Detroit Shock) |
396 | 210 | 186 | 53.0 | 8 playoff appearances in 12 seasons 17 series: 12 wins, 5 losses 49 games: 30 wins, 19 losses (61.2%) |
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| 2010 | 34 | 6th | 28 | 17.6 | 6th, Western Conference | not qualified |
| 2011 | 34 | 3 | 31 | 8.8 | 6th, Western Conference | not qualified |
| 2012 | 34 | 9 | 25th | 26.5 | 5th, Western Conference | not qualified |
| 2013 | 34 | 11 | 23 | 32.4 | 6th, Western Conference | not qualified |
| 2014 | 34 | 12 | 22nd | 35.3 | 6th, Western Conference | not qualified |
| 2015 | 34 | 18th | 16 | 52.9 | 3rd, Western Conference | Conference semifinals lost, 2-0 ( Phoenix Mercury ) |
| Total (Tulsa Shock) |
204 | 59 | 145 | 28.9 | 1 playoff participation in 6 seasons 1 series: 0 wins, 1 loss 2 games: 0 wins, 2 losses (0.0%) |
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| Dallas Wings | ||||||
| 2016 | 34 | 11 | 23 | 32.4 | 5th, Western Conference | not qualified |
| 2017 | 34 | 16 | 18th | 47.1 | 4th, Western Conference | 1st round loss, 0-1 ( Washington Mystics ) |
| 2018 | 34 | 15th | 19th | 44.1 | 5th, Western Conference | 1st round loss, 0-1 ( Phoenix Mercury ) |
| 2019 | 34 | 10 | 24 | 29.4 | 6th, Western Conference | not qualified |
| Total (Dallas Wings) |
136 | 52 | 84 | 38.2 | 2 playoff appearances in 4 seasons 2 series: 0 wins, 2 losses 2 games: 0 wins, 2 losses (0.0%) |
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| total | 736 | 321 | 415 | 43.6 | 11 playoff appearances in 22 seasons 20 series: 12 wins, 8 losses 53 games: 30 wins, 23 losses (56.6%) |
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Players
Squad of the 2020 season
As of August 1, 2020
| No. | country | Surname | position | Date of birth | Experience in WNBA |
college |
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Satou Sabally | Forward | 04/25/1998 | Rookie | University of Oregon |
| 4th |
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Moriah Jefferson | Guard | 03/08/1994 | 3 seasons | University of Connecticut |
| 5 |
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Marina Mabrey | Guard | 09/14/1996 | 1 season | University of Notre Dame |
| 6th |
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Kayla Thornton | Forward | 10/20/1992 | 4 seasons | University of Texas at El Paso |
| 10 |
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Megan Gustafson | Forward | 12/13/1996 | 1 season | University of Iowa |
| 15th |
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Allisha Gray | Guard | 01/12/1995 | 3 seasons | University of South Carolina |
| 20th |
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Isabelle Harrison | center | 09/27/1993 | 3 seasons | University of Tennessee |
| 24 |
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Arike Ogunbowale | Guard | 03/02/1997 | 1 season | University of Notre Dame |
| 32 |
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Bella Alarie | Forward / Center | 04/23/1998 | Rookie | Princeton University |
| 33 |
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Katie Lou Samuelson | Forward | 06/13/1997 | 1 season | University of Connecticut |
| 45 |
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Astou Ndour | Forward / Center | 08/22/1994 | 4 seasons | - |
| 52 |
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Tyasha Harris | Guard | 05/01/1998 | Rookie | University of South Carolina |
First-round voting rights in the WNBA Draft
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In the two seasons since the move to Texas since the 2016 season , the Wings team had four draft rights in the first round of the WNBA draft . The franchise once had a draft pick in the first round. In the WNBA Draft 2017 , three players could even be selected in the first round. This triple choice in the first round had previously only been made by the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA Draft 2000 .
The earliest pick the Wings had to date was the third overall in 2017. The team chose Evelyn Akhator for this draft , who made it into the team's squad, but not yet the breakthrough in the rookie season managed. With Allisha Gray, who was selected as the fourth player in the WNBA Draft 2017, a Wings player has so far received the award as the best newcomer of the year .
In the 2017 season , all four players selected by the Wings in the first round of the draft were in the club's squad.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ All-Time WNBA Draft Picks. WNBA, accessed November 30, 2016 .