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2007 WNBA season The 2007 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's 11th season. On January 3, 2007 The Charlotte Sting folded. Three months later on April 4, the Women's National Basketball Association, WNBA held their annual draft in Clevelan ...

was their ninth season and their fifth in Connecticut. The Sun attempted to return to the postseason for the fifth consecutive season and were successful.

Offseason

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Sun's 2006 record, they would pick 13th (last) in the

Charlotte Sting The Charlotte Sting were a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in Charlotte, North Carolina, one of the league's eight original teams. The team folded on January 3, 2007. The Sting was originally the sister organization of ...

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. The Sun waived their pick.

WNBA Draft

Transactions

*June 8: The Sun sign Evanthia Maltsi. *May 18: The Sun waive Laura Summerton. *May 13: The Sun waive Kiera Hardy. *May 11: The Sun waive Vanessa Gidden and Brooke Smith. *May 8: The Sun waive Adrienne Davie. *April 29: The Sun sign Brooke Smith. *April 25: The Sun waive Monique Martin. *March 5: The Sun re-sign Laura Summerton. *February 22: The Sun re-sign Jamie Carey. *February 21: The Sun trade Taj McWilliams-Franklin to the Los Angeles Sparks for the rights to Érika de Souza and the Sparks’ first pick (12th overall) in the 2007 draft. *February 21: The Sun sign free agent Kristen Rasmussen. *February 7: The Sun re-sign Katie Douglas and Le'Coe Willingham. WNBA.com: 2007 WNBA Transactions
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Roster

Season standings

Schedule

Preseason

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Playoffs

In the first round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs, the Sun had to face the

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. Since the Fever had the better record, the series would be played with game 1 at Connecticut, game 2 at Indiana, and game 3 (if needed) at Indiana. The Sun won the first game at home in triple-overtime, but the Fever went on to win games two and three and take the series. *For the fifth consecutive season, the Sun qualify for the Eastern Conference Playoffs. *For the first time in franchise history, the Sun lose in the first round of the playoffs and do not advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 1 , August 23 ,

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Player stats

*http://www.wnba.com/sun/stats/2007/

Awards and honors

* Katie Douglas and

Asjha Jones Asjha Takera Jones (born August 1, 1980) is a former American professional women's basketball power forward and coach who is now on the staff of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In 2019, she became the fir ...

were named reserves for the 2007 Eastern Conference All-Star Team. *Katie Douglas was named to the WNBA All-Defensive First Team for the third consecutive year. *

Margo Dydek Małgorzata Dydek (known as Margo Dydek in the United States, 28 April 1974 – 27 May 2011) was a Polish professional basketball player. Standing tall, she was famous for being the tallest professional female basketball player in the world. Sh ...

was named to the WNBA All-Defensive Second Team for the second consecutive year. *Katie Douglas was named to the All-WNBA Second Team. *Asjha Jones was named ''WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week'' for the week of June 4, 2007. *

Lindsay Whalen Lindsay Marie Whalen (born May 9, 1982) is the head coach of the University of Minnesota's women's basketball team. She began her professional career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) ...

was named ''WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week'' for the week of July 23, 2007. *Katie Douglas was named ''WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week'' for the week of July 30, 2007.

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:2007 Connecticut Sun Season Connecticut Sun seasons

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...

Connecticut Sun The Connecticut Sun are an American professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut that competes in the Eastern Conference (WNBA), Eastern Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was established ...