Dallas Wings

Dallas Wings
Conference Western
Founded 1998 (as Detroit)
History Detroit Shock
1998–2009
Tulsa Shock
2010–2015
Dallas Wings
2016–present
Arena College Park Center
City Arlington, Texas
Sponsor Baylor, Scott and White
Team colors Navy, green, cyan, white[1]
                   
Owner(s) Bill Cameron, Chris Christian
General manager Greg Bibb
Head coach Fred Williams
Assistant coaches Ed Baldwin
Bridget Pettis
Championships 3 (2003, 2006, 2008)
Conference titles 4 (2003, 2006, 2007, 2008)
Official website wings.wnba.com

The Dallas Wings are a professional basketball team based in Arlington, Texas. The Wings play in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded in Detroit, Michigan before the 1998 WNBA season began; the team moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma before the 2010 season; then moved to Dallas prior to the start of the 2016 season. The team is owned by an ownership group which is led by Bill Cameron. Bill Cameron is Chairman, Chris Christian is Vice Chairman, and Mary O'Connor is President. On July 20, 2015, Cameron announced that the franchise would move to Arlington, Texas[2] for the 2016 WNBA season.

The franchise has been home to many high-quality players such as athletic shooting guard Deanna Nolan, one of women's basketball's all-time leading scorers Katie Smith, former NBA great Karl Malone's daughter Cheryl Ford, Skylar Diggins, Odyssey Sims, and young Australian center Liz Cambage.

Franchise history

The Detroit Shock (1998–2009)

Main article: Detroit Shock

The Shock were one of the first WNBA expansion teams and began play in 1998. The Shock quickly brought in a blend of rookies and veterans, but only qualified for the postseason once in its first five years of existence. The Shock went through two coaches (hall of famer Nancy Lieberman and Greg Williams) before hiring former Detroit Pistons legend Bill Laimbeer. There were rumors the Shock would fold after the team's awful 2002 season. Laimbeer convinced the owners to keep the team for another year, certain that he could turn things around. The Shock would finish the next season with a 25–9 record and defeated the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Sparks in the 2003 WNBA Finals. Detroit became the first team in league history to go from last place one season to WNBA champions the next season.

After a couple seasons of losing in the first round of the playoffs after a poorly chosen shot by point guard Alex Cambell, the Detroit Shock returned to success and would appear in three straight Finals from 2006 to 2008. They won WNBA championship in 2006 over the Sacramento Monarchs and 2008 over the San Antonio Silver Stars, but lost to the Phoenix Mercury in 2007.

The Tulsa Shock (2010–2015)

Main article: Tulsa Shock

Tulsa had been mentioned as a possible future city for WNBA expansion, but efforts did not come together until the middle of 2009. An organizing committee with Tulsa businesspeople and politicians began the effort to attract an expansion team. The group was originally given a September 1 deadline, however, WNBA President Donna Orender extended that deadline into October. The investment group hired former University of Arkansas head coach Nolan Richardson as the potential franchise general manager and head coach, and on October 15, 2009, the group made its official request to join the league.

On October 20, 2009, WNBA President Donna Orender, lead investors Bill Cameron and David Box, Tulsa mayor Kathy Taylor, Oklahoma governor Brad Henry, and head coach Nolan Richardson were present for a press conference announcing that the Detroit Shock would relocate to Tulsa. On January 23, 2010, the franchise announced that the team would remain as the Shock but the colors were changed to black, red, and gold.[3]

On July 20, 2015, majority owner Bill Cameron announced he was moving the team to Dallas-Fort Worth.

Dallas Wings (2016–present)

On July 23, 2015, WNBA League owners unanimously approved the Tulsa Shock's relocation to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex to play out of the College Park Center at the University of Texas at Arlington.[4] College Park Center is also home to the UT Arlington Mavericks basketball and volleyball teams. At a press conference at College Park Center on November 2, 2015, it was announced that the team was renamed the Dallas Wings.[5]

Uniforms

Uniforms were revealed at the First Annual Wings Draft Party April 14, 2016. The light uniforms were primarily lime green while the dark uniforms were predominantly blue. As a result of a league-wide initiative for its 20th season, all games featured all-color uniform matchups, thus no white uniforms were unveiled for this season.

Season-by-season records

Players

Current roster

Dallas Wings roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
G 8 United States Bias, Tiffany 5' 8" (1.73m) 133 lb (60kg) 05-22-1992 Oklahoma State 2
G/F 13 United States Christmas, Karima 6' 0" (1.83m) 180 lb (82kg) 09-11-1989 Duke 5
G 4 United States Diggins, Skylar 5' 9" (1.75m) 145 lb (66kg) 08-02-1990 Notre Dame 3
C 44 Canada Hamblin, Ruth 6' 6" (1.98m) 227 lb (103kg) 06-24-1994 Oregon State R
F 35 United States Hooper, Jordan 6' 2" (1.88m) 185 lb (84kg) 02-20-1992 Nebraska 2
F 25 United States Johnson, Glory 6' 3" (1.91m) 170 lb (77kg) 07-27-1990 Tennessee 3
C 3 United States Paris, Courtney 6' 4" (1.93m) 250 lb (113kg) 09-21-1987 Oklahoma 6
G 31 Australia Phillips, Erin 5' 8" (1.73m) 165 lb (75kg) 05-19-1985 Australia 8
F/C 22 United States Pierson, Plenette 6' 2" (1.88m) 178 lb (81kg) 08-31-1981 Texas Tech 13
F 55 United States Plaisance, Theresa 6' 5" (1.96m) 200 lb (91kg) 05-18-1992 LSU 2
F 23 United States Powers, Aerial 6' 0" (1.83m) 157 lb (71kg) 01-17-1994 Michigan State R
G 0 United States Sims, Odyssey 5' 8" (1.73m) 160 lb (73kg) 07-13-1992 Baylor 2



East: ATLCHICONINDNYWAS | West: DALLAMINPHOSASEA
Head coach
United States Fred Williams (Boise State)
Assistant coaches
United States Bridget Pettis (Florida)
United States Ed Baldwin (North Carolina Central)
Athletic trainer
United States Allison Russell (Tulsa)



Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

WNBA roster page

Former players

Coaches and staff

Owners

Head coaches

Dallas Wings head coaches

General managers

Assistant coaches

Hall of Famers

Statistics

Dallas Wings statistics

Media coverage

Previously while in Tulsa, some Shock games were broadcast on The Cox Channel (COX), which is a local television station for certain areas of the state of Oklahoma. More often than not, NBA TV will pick up the feed from the local broadcast, which is shown nationally. The broadcasters for the Shock games were Mike Wolfe and Shanna Crossley. All games (excluding blackout games, which are available on ESPN3.com) are broadcast to the WNBA LiveAccess game feeds on the league website. Furthermore, some games are broadcast nationally on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC.

All-time notes

Regular season attendance

Regular season all-time attendance

Draft picks

Trades

All-Stars

  • 1999: Sandy Brondello
  • 2000: Wendy Palmer
  • 2001: None
  • 2002: None
  • 2003: Swin Cash, Cheryl Ford, Deanna Nolan
  • 2004: Cheryl Ford, Deanna Nolan
  • 2005: Swin Cash, Cheryl Ford, Deanna Nolan, Ruth Riley
  • 2006: Cheryl Ford, Deanna Nolan, Katie Smith
  • 2007: Kara Braxton, Cheryl Ford, Deanna Nolan
  • 2008: No All-Star Game
  • 2009: Katie Smith
  • 2010: None
  • 2011: Liz Cambage
  • 2012: No All-Star Game
  • 2013: Glory Johnson
  • 2014: Skylar Diggins, Glory Johnson
  • 2015: Skylar Diggins, Plenette Pierson, Riquna Williams
  • 2016: No All-Star Game

Olympians

  • 2004: Swin Cash, Ruth Riley
  • 2008: Katie Smith
  • 2012: Liz Cambage (AUS)
  • 2016: Erin Phillips (AUS)

Honors and awards

  • 1998 All-WNBA Second Team: Cindy Brown
  • 2003 Finals MVP: Ruth Riley
  • 2003 Rookie of the Year: Cheryl Ford
  • 2003 Coach of the Year: Bill Laimbeer
  • 2003 All-WNBA Second Team: Swin Cash
  • 2003 All-WNBA Second Team: Cheryl Ford
  • 2003 All-WNBA Second Team: Deanna Nolan
  • 2004 All-WNBA Second Team: Swin Cash
  • 2005 All-Defensive Second Team: Deanna Nolan
  • 2006 Finals MVP: Deanna Nolan
  • 2006 All-WNBA Second Team: Deanna Nolan
  • 2006 All-Defensive Second Team: Cheryl Ford
  • 2006 All-Defensive Second Team: Deanna Nolan
  • 2007 All-Star Game MVP: Cheryl Ford
  • 2007 Sixth Woman of the Year: Plenette Pierson
  • 2007 All-Defensive First Team: Deanna Nolan
  • 2008 Finals MVP: Katie Smith
  • 2008 All-WNBA Second Team: Deanna Nolan
  • 2008 All-Defensive Second Team: Deanna Nolan
  • 2008 All-Defensive Second Team: Katie Smith
  • 2009 All-WNBA Second Team: Deanna Nolan
  • 2009 All-Defensive Second Team: Deanna Nolan
  • 2009 All-Rookie Team: Shavonte Zellous
  • 2011 All-Rookie Team: Liz Cambage
  • 2012 All-Rookie Team: Glory Johnson
  • 2012 All-Rookie Team: Riquna Williams
  • 2013 Sixth Woman of the Year: Riquna Williams
  • 2013 All-Defensive Second Team: Glory Johnson
  • 2013 All-Rookie Team: Skylar Diggins
  • 2014 Most Improved Player: Skylar Diggins
  • 2014 Peak Performer (Rebounds): Courtney Paris
  • 2014 All-WNBA First Team: Skylar Diggins
  • 2014 All-Rookie Team: Odyssey Sims
  • 2015 Peak Performer (Rebounds): Courtney Paris
  • 2016 All-Rookie Team: Aerial Powers

References

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Los Angeles Sparks
WNBA Champions
2003 (First title)
Succeeded by
Seattle Storm
Preceded by
New York Liberty
WNBA Eastern Conference Champions
2003 (First title)
Succeeded by
Connecticut Sun
Preceded by
Sacramento Monarchs
WNBA Champions
2006 (Second title)
Succeeded by
Phoenix Mercury
Preceded by
Phoenix Mercury
WNBA Champions
2008 (Third title)
Succeeded by
Phoenix Mercury
Preceded by
Connecticut Sun
WNBA Eastern Conference Champions
2006 (Second title)
2007 (Third title)
2008 (Fourth title)
Succeeded by
Indiana Fever
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