2020 Dallas Wings season

The 2020 Dallas Wings season will be the franchise's 23rd season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the 5th season for the franchise in Dallas. The regular season will tip off on July 26, 2020 versus the Atlanta Dream.[1] This will be the second season under head coach Brian Agler.

2020 Dallas Wings season
Coach	Brian Agler
Arena	Originally: College Park Center Rescheduled to: IMG Academy gymnasiums, Bradenton, Florida
Attendance	0 per game
Results
Record	4–7 (.364)
Place	6th (Western)
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This WNBA season will feature an all-time high 36 regular-season games.[2] However, the plan for expanded games was put on hold on April 3, when the WNBA postponed its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Under a plan approved on June 15, the league is scheduled to hold a shortened 22-game regular season at IMG Academy, without fans present, starting on July 24.[4][5]

Transactions

WNBA Draft

The Wings will make the following selections in the 2020 WNBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	2	Satou Sabally	Germany	Oregon
1	5	Bella Alarie	United States	Princeton
1	7	Tyasha Harris	United States	South Carolina
2	21	Luisa Geiselsöder	Germany	Donau-Ries (Germany)

Trades and roster changes

Date	Details
February 10, 2020	Signed G Moriah Jefferson [6]
	Signed F/C Megan Gustafson[6]
	Signed C Imani McGee-Stafford[6]
	Signed G Karlie Samuelson[6]
	Signed F Morgan Bertsch[6]
February 11, 2020	Signed F Isabelle Harrison[7]
February 12, 2020	Traded G Skylar Diggins-Smith to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for the 5th and 7th picks in the 2020 WNBA draft and a first round selection in the 2021 WNBA draft.[8]
	Traded the first round selection in the 2021 WNBA draft acquired from Phoenix to the Chicago Sky in exchange for C Astou Ndour[8]
February 14, 2020	Traded F Azurá Stevens to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Chicago's First Round pick in the 2021 WNBA draft and F Katie Lou Samuelson[9]
February 21, 2020	Acquired G Marina Mabrey from the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for their Second round pick in the 2021 WNBA draft[10]
April 15, 2020	Engaged in 3 team trade in which they acquired a 2021 first round draft pick from the Washington Mystics and a second round draft pick New York Liberty for G Tayler Hill and the ninth and fifteenth pick in the 2020 draft to the New York Liberty.[11]
April 23, 2020	Waived G Kaela Davis[12]
May 26, 2020	Traded C Kristine Anigwe and a third round pick in the 2021 draft to Los Angeles in exchange for a second round pick in the 2021 draft.[13]

Roster

Dallas Wings roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G/F 32 Alarie, Bella 6' 4" (1.93m) 04-23-1998 Princeton R G 15 Gray, Allisha 6' 0" (1.83m) 167 lb (76kg) 01-12-1995 South Carolina 3 F 10 Gustafson, Megan 6' 3" (1.91m) 195 lb (88kg) 12-13-1996 Iowa 1 G 52 Harris, Tyasha 5' 10" (1.78m) 05-01-1998 South Carolina R C 20 Harrison, Isabelle 6' 3" (1.91m) 183 lb (83kg) 09-27-1993 Tennessee 3 G 4 Jefferson, Moriah 5' 6" (1.68m) 123 lb (56kg) 03-08-1994 Connecticut 3 G 5 Mabrey, Marina 5' 11" (1.8m) 170 lb (77kg) 09-14-1996 Notre Dame 1 F/C 45 Ndour, Astou 6' 5" (1.96m) 150 lb (68kg) 08-22-1994 Spain 4 G 24 Ogunbowale, Arike 5' 8" (1.73m) 165 lb (75kg) 03-02-1997 Notre Dame 1 F 0 Sabally, Satou 6' 4" (1.93m) 04-25-1998 Oregon R G 33 Samuelson, Katie Lou 6' 3" (1.91m) 163 lb (74kg) 06-13-1997 Connecticut 1 F 6 Thornton, Kayla 6' 1" (1.85m) 190 lb (86kg) 10-20-1992 UTEP 4	Head coach Brian Agler (Wittenberg) Assistant coaches Crystal Robinson (SE Oklahoma State) Bryce Agler (Wittenberg) Athletic trainer Branay Hicks (University of Texas at Tyler) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured   WNBA roster page
East ATL CHI CON IND NY WAS West DAL LV LA MIN PHO SEA

Game log

Regular season

2020 game log Total: 4–7
July Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 July 26 Atlanta Dream 95–105 Ogunbowale (19) Harrison (10) Sabally (5) IMG Academy 0–1 2 July 29 New York Liberty W 93–80 Ogunbowale (20) Tied (6) 3 tied (4) IMG Academy 0–2 3 July 31 Indiana Fever W 76–73 Sabally (23) Sabally (17) Harris (5) IMG Academy 2–1
August Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 August 2 New York Liberty L 70–79 Ogunbowale (20) Tied (6) Jefferson (3) IMG Academy 2–2 5 August 4 Chicago Sky L 79–82 Ogunbowale (26) Alarie (9) Ogunbowale (5) IMG Academy 2–3 6 August 6 Connecticut Sun L 68–91 Ogunbowale (17) Harrison (9) Harris (7) IMG Academy 2–4 7 August 8 Atlanta Dream W 85–75 Ogunbowale (24) Jefferson (10) Ogunbowale (6) IMG Academy 3–4 8 August 10 Phoenix Mercury L 79–91 Ogunbowale (22) Sabally (10) Harrison (4) IMG Academy 3–5 9 August 12 Connecticut Sun L 66–70 Ogunbowale (19) Sabally (9) Sabally (3) IMG Academy 3–6 10 August 14 Seattle Storm L 65–83 Ogunbowale (22) Ndour (8) Mabrey (4) IMG Academy 3–7 11 August 16 Phoenix Mercury W 95–89 Ogunbowale (33) Gray (7) Samuelson (4) IMG Academy 4–7 12 August 19 Minnesota Lynx IMG Academy 0 0–0 13 August 21 Washington Mystics IMG Academy 0 0–0 14 August 23 Los Angeles Sparks IMG Academy 0 0–0 15 August 25 Las Vegas Aces IMG Academy 0 0–0 16 August 27 New York Liberty IMG Academy 0 0–0 17 August 29 Indiana Fever IMG Academy 0 0–0
September Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 18 September 2 Los Angeles Sparks IMG Academy 0 0–0 19 September 4 Minnesota Lynx IMG Academy 0 0–0 20 September 6 Washington Mystics IMG Academy 0 0–0 21 September 9 Seattle Storm IMG Academy 0 0–0 22 September 11 Chicago Sky IMG Academy 0 0–0
2020 season schedule

Standings

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Conf.
1	Seattle Storm	10	1	.909	–	4–0
2	Las Vegas Aces	8	2	.800	1.5	3–1
3	Los Angeles Sparks	7	3	.700	2.5	2–2
3	Minnesota Lynx	7	3	.700	2.5	0–3
5	Chicago Sky	7	4	.636	3	3–1
6	Phoenix Mercury	6	5	.545	4	2–3
7	Indiana Fever	4	6	.400	5.5	3–1
8	Connecticut Sun	4	7	.364	6	2–2
8	Dallas Wings	4	7	.364	6	1–3
10	Washington Mystics	3	7	.300	6.5	2–3
11	Atlanta Dream	2	9	.182	8	1–3
12	New York Liberty	1	9	.100	8.5	1–2

Notes

(#) - League Standing

y- Clinched conference

x- Clinched playoff berth

e - Eliminated from playoffs

Home and Away records not shown, as all games played at a neutral location.

Updated to include results from August 16, 2020

Source

References

1. "2020 Dallas Wings Scheudle". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
2. "Atlanta Dream Announce 2020 Schedule - Atlanta Dream". dream.wnba.com. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
3. "WNBA Statement Regarding the Start of the 2020 Regular Season". 2020-04-03. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
4. "WNBA Announces Plan To Tip Off 2020 Season". WNBA. 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
5. "WNBA announces plans for 2020 season to start late July in Florida". NBC Sports Washington. 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
6. "Dallas Wings Sign Jefferson, Gustafson to Multi-Year Deals". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. February 10, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
7. "Harrison Signs Multi-Year Deal with Wings". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. February 11, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
8. "Wings Trade Diggins-Smith, Acquire Astou Ndour". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. February 12, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
9. "Wings Trade for Katie Lou Samuelson". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. February 14, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
10. "Wings Trade for Mabrey". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. February 21, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
11. "Washington Mystics Acquire 7x All-Star Tina Charles in Three-Team Deal". wnba.com. WNBA. April 15, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
12. "Wings Waive Kaela Davis". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. April 23, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
13. "Wings Trade Anigwe, Waive Karlie Samuelson". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. May 26, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.

External links

• Official website of the Dallas Wings