The 2020 Dallas Wings season was 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 started on July 26, 2020, versus the Atlanta Dream.[1] This will be the second season under head coach Brian Agler.
This WNBA season will have 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]
The Wings started the season strongly, winning two of their first three games. The season then took a downward turn when the team had two separate three game losing streaks, separated by only one win. Dallas finished August 3–3 to arrive at a 6–10 overall record. The team went 2–4 in September, but ended the season with a win. A bright spot for the team was Arike Ogunbowale, who lead the WNBA in scoring and was named to the All-WNBA First Team.
See also: 2020 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 | Oregon | ||
| 1 | 5 | Bella Alarie | Princeton | ||
| 1 | 7 | Tyasha Harris | South Carolina | ||
| 2 | 21 | Luisa Geiselsöder | Donau-Ries (Germany) |
| Date | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| February 10, 2020 | Signed G Moriah Jefferson[6] | |
| Signed F/C Megan Gustafson | ||
| Signed C Imani McGee-Stafford | ||
| Signed G Karlie Samuelson | ||
| Signed F Morgan Bertsch | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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] | |
|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| July 26| Atlanta Dream| 95–105| Ogunbowale (19)| Harrison (10)| Sabally (5)| IMG Academy| 0–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 2| July 29| New York Liberty| W 93–80| Ogunbowale (20)| Tied (6)| 3 tied (4)| IMG Academy| 1–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 3| July 31| Indiana Fever| W 76–73| Sabally (23)| Sabally (17)| Harris (5)| IMG Academy| 2–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4| August 2| Las Vegas Aces| L 70–79| Ogunbowale (20)| Tied (6)| Jefferson (3)| IMG Academy| 2–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5| August 4| Chicago Sky| L 79–82| Ogunbowale (26)| Alarie (9)| Ogunbowale (5)| IMG Academy| 2–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 6| August 6| Connecticut Sun| L 68–91| Ogunbowale (17)| Harrison (9)| Harris (7)| IMG Academy| 2–4|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 7| August 8| Atlanta Dream| W 85–75| Ogunbowale (24)| Jefferson (10)| Ogunbowale (6)| IMG Academy| 3–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8| August 10| Phoenix Mercury| L 79–91| Ogunbowale (22)| Sabally (10)| Harrison (4)| IMG Academy| 3–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 9| August 12| Connecticut Sun| L 66–70| Ogunbowale (19)| Sabally (9)| Sabally (3)| IMG Academy| 3–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 10| August 14| Seattle Storm| L 65–83| Ogunbowale (22)| Ndour (8)| Mabrey (4)| IMG Academy| 3–7|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 11| August 16| Phoenix Mercury| W 95–89| Ogunbowale (33)| Gray (7)| Samuelson (4)| IMG Academy| 4–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 12| August 19| Minnesota Lynx| L 84–91| Gray (22)| Thornton (11)| Mabrey (5)| IMG Academy| 4–8|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 13| August 21| Washington Mystics| W 101–92| Ogunbowale (24)| Thornton (10)| Ogunbowale (9)| IMG Academy| 5–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 14| August 23| Los Angeles Sparks| L 81–84| Ogunbowale (20)| Sabally (9)| Ogunbowale (5)| IMG Academy| 5–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 15| August 25| Las Vegas Aces| L 92–96| Ogunbowale (21)| Sabally (11)| Tied (5)| IMG Academy| 5–10|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 16| August 29| Indiana Fever| W 82–78| Ogunbowale (30)| Sabally (11)| Tied (4)| IMG Academy| 6–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 17| September 2| Los Angeles Sparks| L 83–91| Ogunbowale (17)| Sabally (11)| Ogunbowale (5)| IMG Academy| 6–11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 18| September 4| Minnesota Lynx| L 75–88| Gray (26)| Sabally (6)| Mabrey (5)| IMG Academy| 6–12|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 19| September 6| Washington Mystics| W 101–94 (OT)| Ogunbowale (39)| Sabally (6)| Ogunbowale (4)| IMG Academy| 7–12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 20| September 9| Seattle Storm| L 95–107| Sabally (25)| Sabally (7)| Harris (5)| IMG Academy| 7–13|- style="background:#fcc;"| 21| September 11| Chicago Sky| L 88–95| Ogunbowale (38)| Ndour (7)| Mabrey (7)| IMG Academy| 7–14|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 22| September 13| New York Liberty| W 82–79| Ogunbowale (26)| Thornton (10)| Harris (5)| IMG Academy| 8–14
Source:[14]
| 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 | 22 | 22 | 34.0 | 41.2 | 33.6 | 85.6 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 22.8 | ||||||||||||
| Satou Sabally | 16 | 14 | 28.2 | 36.8 | 19.7 | 87.2 | 7.8 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 13.9 | ||||||||||||
| Allisha Gray | 20 | 14 | 26.2 | 46.4 | 35.2 | 83.1 | 4.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 13.1 | ||||||||||||
| Marina Mabrey | 18 | 12 | 22.4 | 43.0 | 41.8 | 66.7 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 10.6 | ||||||||||||
| Kayla Thornton | 22 | 14 | 25.3 | 42.5 | 34.7 | 87.5 | 5.1 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 7.3 | ||||||||||||
| Tyasha Harris | 21 | 3 | 19.6 | 43.3 | 33.9 | 63.6 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 6.8 | ||||||||||||
| Isabelle Harrison | 13 | 11 | 19.8 | 44.7 | 0 | 78.9 | 4.6 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 6.4 | ||||||||||||
| Katie Lou Samuelson | 22 | 4 | 20.0 | 41.7 | 31.7 | 73.3 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 5.0 | ||||||||||||
| Moriah Jefferson | 9 | 6 | 16.7 | 41.9 | 33.3 | 58.3 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 5.0 | ||||||||||||
| Astou Ndour | 13 | 7 | 11.6 | 35.1 | 24.0 | 0 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 3.5 | ||||||||||||
| Bella Alarie | 22 | 3 | 14.0 | 36.4 | 7.7 | 83.3 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.7 | ||||||||||||
| Megan Gustafson | 9 | 0 | 5.2 | 28.6 | 0 | 66.7 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.6 |
| Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arike Ogunbowale | Peak Performer: Points | September 14, 2020 | [15] | |
| Satou Sabally | All-Rookie Team | September 27, 2020 | [16] | |
| Arike Ogunbowale | All-WNBA First Team | October 4, 2020 | [17] |