2019 Dallas Wings season explained

The 2019 WNBA season was the 22nd season for the Dallas Wings franchise of the WNBA. This was the franchise's 4th season in Dallas. The season tipped off on May 24, 2019 versus the Atlanta Dream.^[1]

During the off-season, interim coach Taj McWilliams-Franklin was not retained. Brian Agler was hired from the Los Angeles Sparks to become the team's new head coach.^[2]

The Wings started the season slowly, losing their first five games in a row. However, they turned things around, winning 4 of their next 6 to finish June with a 4–7 record. July proved to be disastrous for the Wings. They posted a 1–8 record in July only beating the Los Angeles Sparks at home. The Wings managed to turn things around in August, going 5–6 overall. Three of those five wins game against eventual playoff teams. The team couldn't keep the momentum going, finishing the season on a 4 game losing streak. Their final record of 10–24, was the franchises worst record since moving to Dallas, and worst record since 2012. Rookie Arike Ogunbowale proved to be a bright spot for the team. She won Rookie of the Month in June and August and lead the team in points scored per game, and assists per game.

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2019 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	5	Arike Ogunbowale		Notre Dame
2	17	Megan Gustafson		Iowa
2	22	Kennedy Burke		UCLA
3	29	Morgan Bertsch		UC Davis

Trades and roster changes

Date	Details
February 1, 2019	Re-signed F Kayla Thornton^[3] ^[4]
	Re-signed F Glory Johnson
	Re-signed C Cayla George
February 19, 2019	Signed G Brooke McCarty–Williams^[5] ^[6]
February 25, 2019	Signed G Nicole Seekamp^[7] ^[8]
May 16, 2019	Traded C Liz Cambage to the Las Vegas Aces for G Moriah Jefferson, C Isabelle Harrison, the Aces' first and second round picks in the 2020 WNBA draft^[9]
	Traded third round pick in the 2020 WNBA draft to Atlanta Dream for C Imani McGee-Stafford^[10]
June 13, 2019	Signed C Megan Gustafson^[11]
August 6, 2019	Traded C/F Theresa Plaisance to Connecticut Sun in exchange for C/F Kristine Anigwe^[12]

Game log

Pre-season

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| May 13| vs. Atlanta Dream| L 59–82| Burke (11)| 3 tied (5)| 3 tied (2)| Mohegan Sun Arena
3,300| 0–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 2| May 14| @ Connecticut Sun| W 71–67| Ogunbowale (19)| Gray (10)| 3 tied (2)| Mohegan Sun Arena
3,965| 1–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 3| May 19| Indiana Fever| L 66–71| McCarty–Williams (14)| Gray (5)| 3 tied (2)| College Park Center
3,428| 1–2

Regular season

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| May 24| @ Atlanta Dream| L 72–76| Gray (14)| Johnson (9)| McCarty–Williams (8)| State Farm Arena
3,070| 0–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| June 1| Minnesota Lynx| L 67–70| Thornton (12)| Stevens (8)| Thornton (3)| College Park Center
6,535| 0–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 3| June 7| @ Indiana Fever| L 64–79| Harrison (18)| Tied (7)| McCarty–Williams (4)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
3,671| 0–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4| June 9| @ Washington Mystics| L 62–86| Johnson (15)| Johnson (9)| Davis (5)| St. Elizabeth's East Arena
3,564| 0–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5| June 13| Indiana Fever| L 72–76| Thornton (19)| Gray (8)| Plaisance (4)| College Park Center
3,562| 0–5|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 6| June 15| Atlanta Dream| W 71–61| Ogunbowale (17)| Gray (8)| Johnson (4)| College Park Center
5,220| 1–5|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 7| June 20| Phoenix Mercury| W 69–54| Thornton (18)| Tied (11)| Tied (3)| College Park Center
4,626| 2–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8| June 22| @ Las Vegas Aces| L 68–86| Ogunbowale (25)| Thornton (10)| McCarty–Williams (5)| Mandalay Bay Events Center
4,347| 2–6|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 9| June 26| Connecticut Sun| W 74–73| Ogunbowale (23)| Gray (7)| Plaisance (5)| College Park Center
4,017| 3–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 10| June 28| @ New York Liberty| L 68–69| Thornton (20)| Plaisance (10)| Ogunbowale (5)| Westchester County Center
2,191| 3–7|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 11| June 30| Minnesota Lynx| W 89–86| Ogunbowale (19)| Plaisance (10)| 3 tied (5)| College Park Center
4,521| 4–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 12| July 5| Indiana Fever| L 56–76| Tied (15)| Plaisance (7)| McCarty–Williams (4)| College Park Center
5,093| 4–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 13| July 7| @ Chicago Sky| L 66–78| Ogunbowale (22)| Tied (8)| Tied (5)| Wintrust Arena
6,102| 4–9|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 14| July 9| Los Angeles Sparks| W 74–62| Thornton (17)| Tied (6)| Davis (4)| College Park Center
6,885| 5–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 15| July 12| @ Seattle Storm| L 81–95| Ogunbowale (23)| Johnson (9)| Davis (9)| Alaska Airlines Arena
6,451| 5–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 16| July 14| Chicago Sky| L 79–89| Ogunbowale (20)| McGee-Stafford (8)| Gray (4)| College Park Center
4,261| 5–11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 17| July 17| @ Phoenix Mercury| L 64–69| Ogunbowale (14)| McGee-Stafford (11)| Tied (3)| Talking Stick Resort Arena
10,143| 5–12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 18| July 18| @ Los Angeles Sparks| L 64–69| Harrison (14)| Harrison (9)| Ogunbowale (7)| Staples Center
14,050| 5–13|- style="background:#fcc;"| 19| July 20| Phoenix Mercury| L 66–70| Thornton (16)| Plaisance (10)| Tied (3)| College Park Center
5,471| 5–14|- style="background:#fcc;"| 20| July 30| @ Las Vegas Aces| L 54–86| Ogunbowale (14)| Tied (8)| Gray (4)| Mandalay Bay Events Center
3,756| 5–15|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 21| August 1| New York Liberty| W 78–64| Ogunbowale (22)| Gustafson (8)| Gray (9)| College Park Center
4,011| 6–15|- style="background:#fcc;"| 22| August 3| Las Vegas Aces| L 70–75| Ogunbowale (24)| 3 tied (4)| Gray (4)| College Park Center
5,882| 6–16|- style="background:#fcc;"| 23| August 8| @ Seattle Storm| L 57–69| Thornton (14)| Harrison (7)| Ogunbowale (6)| Angel of the Winds Arena
6,268| 6–17|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 24| August 10| @ Phoenix Mercury| W 80–77| Ogunbowale (23)| Harrison (9)| Ogunbowale (4)| Talking Stick Resort Arena
9,717| 7–17|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 25| August 14| Los Angeles Sparks| W 84–78| Ogunbowale (35)| 3 tied (6)| 3 tied (2)| College Park Center
5,004| 8–17|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 26| August 16| New York Liberty| W 83–77| Gray (22)| Tied (7)| Ogunbowale (5)| College Park Center
4,070| 9–17|- style="background:#fcc;"| 27| August 18| @ Connecticut Sun| L 68–78| Gray (22)| Harrison (13)| Harrison (4)| Mohegan Sun Arena
7,275| 9–18|- style="background:#fcc;"| 28| August 22 | @ Minnesota Lynx| L 70–86| Ogunbowale (22)| McCarty–Williams (5)| Tied (3)| Target Center
8,124| 9–19|- style="background:#fcc;"| 29| August 25 | Atlanta Dream| L 73–77| Ogunbowale (29)| Harrison (10)| Tied (2)| College Park Center
4,715| 9–20|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 30| August 29 | @ Chicago Sky| W 88–83| Ogunbowale (35)| Harrison (12)| Ogunbowale (6)| Wintrust Arena
5,614| 10–20|- style="background:#fcc;"| 31| August 31| Washington Mystics| L 85–91| Ogunbowale (30)| Anigwe (9)| Ogunbowale (7)| College Park Center
5,205| 10–21|- style="background:#fcc;"| 32| September 4| @ Connecticut Sun| 72–102| Ogunbowale (32)| 3 tied (4)| Ogunbowale (6)| Mohegan Sun Arena
6,284| 10–22|- style="background:#fcc;"| 33| September 6| @ Washington Mystics| L 73–86| Ogunbowale (30)| Tied (8)| Ogunbowale (6)| St. Elizabeth's East Arena
3,963| 10–23|- style="background:#fcc;"| 34| September 8| Seattle Storm| L 64–78| Ogunbowale (25)| Harrison (8)| Ogunbowale (5)| College Park Center
5,910| 10–24

Statistics

Regular season

Source:^[13]

style= width="16%"	Player	style= width="6%"	GP	style= width="6%"	GS	style= width="6%"	MPG	style= width="6%"	FG%	style= width="6%"	3P%	style= width="6%"	FT%	style= width="6%"	RPG	style= width="5%"	APG	style= width="6%"	SPG	style= width="6%"	BPG	style= width="6%"	PPG
Arike Ogunbowale	33	28	32.1	38.8	35.2	81.5	2.4	3.2	1.1	0.0	19.1
Allisha Gray	34	29	30.4	45.7	38.4	84.8	4.1	2.3	1.2	0.4	10.6
Kayla Thornton	27	25	30.4	34.3	27.2	93.1	5.3	1.8	0.9	0.3	10.4
Isabelle Harrison	31	29	25.6	45.6	0	71.6	5.8	1.4	1.1	0.8	8.6
Glory Johnson	28	19	24.1	36.4	34.0	58.3	5.1	1.4	1.4	0.6	7.3
Kaela Davis	33	16	19.2	32.9	31.4	87.9	2.2	2.1	0.5	0.2	6.0
Azurá Stevens	9	1	16.0	35.8	11.1	80.0	3.6	0.6	0.6	1.1	4.8
Imani McGee-Stafford	29	6	11.9	46.8	25.0	64.3	3.8	0.6	0.6	0.6	3.9
Tayler Hill	4	2	12.3	30.8	16.7	80.0	1.3	0.8	0.3	0	3.3
Kristine Anigwe	10	0	12.9	33.3	0	66.7	3.6	0.3	0.3	0.4	3.2
Megan Gustafson	25	0	9.5	49.1	11.1	90.0	2.5	0.3	0.2	0.2	2.9
Brooke McCarty–Williams	34	3	13.1	28.9	36.0	91.7	1.3	1.9	0.5	0	2.4
Karlie Samuelson	4	0	12.0	28.6	33.3	0	0.5	0.5	0.8	0.3	1.5

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Arike Ogunbowale	WNBA Rookie of the Month - June	July 2, 2019	^[14]
	WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week	August 19, 2019	^[15]
	WNBA Rookie of the Month - August	September 4, 2019	^[16]
	WNBA All-Rookie Team	September 16, 2019	^[17]

External links

• The Official Site of the Dallas Wings

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2019 Dallas Wings Schedule. Women's National Basketball Association. February 20, 2019.
2. Web site: Brian Agler to be next coach of Dallas Wings . December 17, 2018 . December 17, 2018 . Associated Press . ESPN .
3. Web site: Dallas Wings Re-Sign Trio of Players. wings.wnba.com. WNBA. February 1, 2019. February 20, 2019.
4. Web site: Wings re-sign Glory Johnson, Kayla Thornton, Cayla George. Shelby. Lopez. The Dallas Morning News. sportsday.dallasnews.com. February 1, 2019. February 20, 2019.
5. Web site: Wings Sign Brooke McCarty-Williams. wings.wnba.com. WNBA. February 19, 2019. February 20, 2019.
6. Web site: Wings sign former Texas Longhorns guard Brooke McCarty-Williams. Shelby. Lopez. The Dallas Morning News. sportsday.dallasnews.com. February 19, 2019. February 20, 2019.
7. Web site: Wings Sign Nicole Seekamp. wings.wnba.com. WNBA. February 25, 2019. February 26, 2019.
8. Web site: Nicole Seekamp Signs With WNBA's Dallas Wings. keloland.com. Nexstar Broadcasting. February 25, 2019. February 26, 2019.
9. Web site: Wings trade MVP runner-up Cambage to Aces. espn.com. ESPN. May 16, 2019. May 16, 2019.
10. Web site: Dream trade center Imani McGee-Stafford to Dallas. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. May 16, 2019. May 17, 2019.
11. Web site: Wings Sign Megan Gustafson. wings.wnba.com. WNBA. June 13, 2019. June 14, 2019.
12. Web site: Wings Acquire Kristine Anigwe from Sun for Theresa Plaisance. wnba.com. WNBA. August 6, 2019. August 9, 2019.
13. Web site: Team Stats. WNBA. dream.wnba.com. September 12, 2019.
14. WNBA. 1146118559380267008. July 2, 2019. Congrats to @DallasWings guard @Arike_O for winning #WNBA Rookie of the Month for June! .
15. Web site: Delle Donne, Ogunbowale Earn Player of the Week Honors. wnba.com. WNBA. August 19, 2019. August 19, 2019.
16. Web site: Rookie Of The Month: Arike Ogunbowale. wnba.com. WNBA. September 4, 2019. September 4, 2019.
17. Web site: Rookie of the Year Collier Headlines 2019 All-Rookie Team. wnba.com. WNBA. September 16, 2019. September 16, 2019.