Las Vegas Aces (WNBA)
Las Vegas Aces | ||
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founding | 1996 | |
history |
Utah Starzz 1997 - 2002 San Antonio Silver Stars 2003 - 2013 San Antonio Stars 2014 - 2017 Las Vegas Aces from 2018 |
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Stadion | Mandalay Bay Events Center from 2018 | |
Location | Paradise , Nevada | |
league | WNBA | |
Conference | Western Conference | |
Head coach | Bill Laimbeer | |
Championships | no | |
Conference title | 2008 | |
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The Las Vegas Aces are an American women's basketball team of the Women's National Basketball Association based in Paradise , Nevada . The team was originally based in Utah and played in San Antonio from 2003 to 2017.
history
Started in Utah (1997 to 2002)
- Main article: Utah Starzz
By 2002 the team was based in Salt Lake City , Utah under the name Utah Starzz , which like all other teams in the league were owned by the NBA . When in 2002 the NBA decided to sell all the teams to the same city-based NBA teams or to third parties, no one was interested in the franchise .
Time in San Antonio (2003 to 2017)
- Main article: San Antonio Stars
In contrast to other teams, which had to be dissolved due to a lack of interest, the franchise was sold to the owners of the San Antonio Spurs and relocated to San Antonio , where the Starzz became the Silver Stars. Biggest success in San Antonio was reaching the WNBA Finals in 2008 . From the 2014 season, the team played under the name Stars. After the 2017 season , the franchise was sold to Las Vegas.
Move to Las Vegas (from 2018)
Before the 2018 season , the team was relocated to Las Vegas, where they play as Las Vegas Aces. In the first season after the move, the number of wins could be increased significantly, but the playoffs were just missed as the ninth-best team in the league. In the second season in Nevada, the team was able to reach the playoffs for the first time. As the fourth best team in the WNBA in the 2019 season , it had a bye in the 1st round and the Chicago Sky team was beaten in the 2nd round . The first playoff participation ended in the WNBA semifinals against the eventual champions of the Washington Mystics .
Venue
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The Las Vegas Aces have played their home games at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Paradise , Nevada since they moved .
Audience numbers
In the season after the move, the team was only able to attract a few spectators and was thus both below the league average and below the audience participation in the last season in San Antonio. Despite the first playoff participation, the audience numbers then fell in 2019.
Achievements and honors
Sporting successes
After only one playoff series could be won in Utah, the San Antonio Silver Stars reached at least the WNBA finals in 2008 . That season the team was also the best in the Western Conference. The Aces reached the playoffs for the first time in their second season in Nevada and made it into the round of the last four.
Individual awards
In each of the first two seasons in Las Vegas, one award went to a player on the team.
Rookie of the Year : The Aces had the number 1 draft pick before their first season in Nevada and A'ja Wilson confirmed the expectations placed on them and won the award of the best league newcomer.
Sixth Woman of the Year : In the second season in Las Vegas, Dearica Hamby was the best complementary player.
Season overview
Abbreviations: Sp. = Games, S = victories, N = defeats
season | Sp. | S. | N | Wins in% | space | Playoffs |
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Utah Starzz | ||||||
1997 | 28 | 7th | 21st | 25.0 | 4th, Western Conference | not qualified |
1998 | 30th | 8th | 22nd | 26.7 | 5th, Western Conference | not qualified |
1999 | 32 | 15th | 17th | 46.9 | 6th, Western Conference | not qualified |
2000 | 32 | 18th | 14th | 56.3 | 5th, Western Conference | not qualified |
2001 | 32 | 19th | 13 | 59.4 | 4th, Western Conference | Conference semifinals lost, 2-0 ( Sacramento Monarchs ) |
2002 | 32 | 20th | 12 | 62.5 | 3rd, Western Conference | Victory in the Conference Semifinals, 2-1 ( Houston Comets ), Loss in the Conference Finals, 0-2 ( Los Angeles Sparks ) |
Total Starzz |
186 | 87 | 99 | 46.8 | 2 playoff appearances in 6 seasons 3 series: 1 win, 2 losses 7 games: 2 wins, 5 losses (28.6%) |
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San Antonio Silver Stars | ||||||
2003 | 34 | 12 | 22nd | 35.3 | 6th, Western Conference | not qualified |
2004 | 34 | 9 | 25th | 26.5 | 7th, Western Conference | not qualified |
2005 | 34 | 7th | 27 | 20.6 | 7th, Western Conference | not qualified |
2006 | 34 | 13 | 21st | 38.2 | 6th, Western Conference | not qualified |
2007 | 34 | 20th | 14th | 58.8 | 2nd, Western Conference | Victory in the Conference Semifinals, 2-1 ( Sacramento Monarchs ), loss in the Conference Finals, 0-2 ( Phoenix Mercury ) |
2008 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 70.6 | 1st, Western Conference | Victory in the Conference Semifinals, 2-1 ( Sacramento Monarchs ) victory in the Conference Finals, 2-1 ( Los Angeles Sparks ) defeat in the WNBA Finals, 0-3 ( Detroit Shock ) |
2009 | 34 | 15th | 19th | 44.1 | 4th, Western Conference | Conference semifinals lost, 2-1 ( Phoenix Mercury ) |
2010 | 34 | 14th | 20th | 41.2 | 3rd, Western Conference | Conference semifinals lost, 2-0 ( Phoenix Mercury ) |
2011 | 34 | 18th | 16 | 52.9 | 4th, Western Conference | Conference semifinals lost, 2-1 ( Minnesota Lynx ) |
2012 | 34 | 21st | 13 | 61.8 | 3rd, Western Conference | Conference semifinals lost, 2-0 ( Los Angeles Sparks ) |
2013 | 34 | 12 | 22nd | 35.3 | 5th, Western Conference | not qualified |
Sum of Silver Stars |
374 | 165 | 209 | 44.1 | 6 playoff appearances in 11 seasons 9 series: 3 wins, 6 losses 24 games: 8 wins, 16 losses (33.3%) |
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San Antonio Stars | ||||||
2014 | 34 | 16 | 18th | 47.1 | 3rd, Western Conference | Conference semifinals lost, 2-0 ( Minnesota Lynx ) |
2015 | 34 | 6th | 28 | 17.6 | 6th, Western Conference | not qualified |
2016 | 34 | 7th | 27 | 20.6 | 6th, Western Conference | not qualified |
2017 | 34 | 8th | 26th | 23.5 | 6th, Western Conference | not qualified |
Sum of stars |
136 | 37 | 99 | 27.2 | 1 playoff participation in 4 seasons 1 series: 0 wins, 1 loss 2 games: 0 wins, 2 losses (0.0%) |
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Las Vegas Aces | ||||||
2018 | 34 | 14th | 20th | 41.2 | 5th, Western Conference | not qualified |
2019 | 34 | 21st | 13 | 61.8 | 2nd, Western Conference | Victory in the 2nd round, 1-0 ( Chicago Sky ) defeat in the WNBA semifinals, 1-3 ( Washington Mystics ) |
Total Las Vegas Aces |
68 | 35 | 33 | 41.5 | 1 playoff participation in 2 seasons 2 series: 1 win, 1 loss 5 games: 2 wins, 3 losses (40.0%) |
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total sum |
764 | 324 | 440 | 42.4 | 10 playoff appearances in 23 seasons 15 series: 5 wins, 10 losses 38 games: 12 wins, 26 losses (31.6%) |
Players
2017 season squad of the San Antonio Stars before the move
As of September 11, 2017
No. | country | Surname | position | Date of birth | Experience in WNBA |
college |
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4th | Moriah Jefferson | Guard | 03/08/1994 | 1 season | University of Connecticut | |
5 | Dearica Hamby | Forward | 11/06/1993 | 2 seasons | Wake Forest University | |
6th | Alex Montgomery | Guard-Forward | 11/12/1988 | 6 seasons | Georgia Tech | |
7th | Shay Murphy | Guard | April 15, 1985 | 8 seasons | University of Southern California | |
10 | Kelsey Plum | Guard | 08/24/1994 | Rookie | University of Washington | |
11 | Cierra Burdick | Forward | 09/30/1993 | 2 seasons | University of Tennessee | |
12 | Nia Coffey | Forward | 06/11/1995 | Rookie | Northwestern University | |
17th | Sequoia Holmes | Guard | 06/13/1986 | 2 seasons | University of Nevada, Las Vegas | |
20th | Isabelle Harrison | center | 09/27/1993 | 1 season | University of Tennessee | |
21st | Kayla McBride | Guard | 06/25/1992 | 3 seasons | University of Notre Dame | |
40 | Kayla Alexander | center | 01/05/1991 | 4 seasons | Syracuse University | |
51 | Sydney Colson | Guard | 08/06/1989 | 3 seasons | Texas A&M University |
First-round voting rights in the WNBA Draft
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In the previous two seasons after moving from Texas to Nevada prior to the 2018 season , the Aces team had two draft rights in the first round of the WNBA draft . The franchise had a draft pick in the first round. In both drafts, the aces had the first pick. With A'ja Wilson, who was selected in the WNBA Draft 2018 , an Aces player has so far received the award as the best newcomer of the year .
Web links
- Official website of the Las Vegas Aces (English)
- Official website of the WNBA (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ All-Time WNBA Draft Picks. WNBA, accessed May 5, 2020 .