2023 Dallas Wings season

The 2023 Dallas Wings season will be the franchise's 26th season in the Women's National Basketball Association and the 8th season for the franchise in Dallas - after relocating from Tulsa and Detroit. This will be the first season under head coach Latricia Trammell.

2023 Dallas Wings season
CoachLatricia Trammell
ArenaCollege Park Center
Attendanceper game
Results
Record0–0
Place0th (Western)
2024 season →

On September 19, 2022, the Wings announced that they would not renew the contract of head coach Vickie Johnson effectively firing her.[1] On November 7, 2022, the Wings announced that Trammell would be the new head coach for the organization.[2]

Transactions

WNBA Draft
See also: 2023 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player School/Team/Country Nationality
1 3 Maddy Siegrist  United States Villanova
1 5 Lou Lopez Sénéchal  Mexico/ France UConn
1 11 Abby Meyers  United States Maryland
2 19 Ashley Joens  United States Iowa State
3 31 Paige Robinson  United States Illinois State

Transactions
Date Transaction
September 19, 2022 Fired Head Coach Vickie Johnson[3]
November 7, 2022 Hired Latricia Trammell as Head Coach[4]
November 17, 2022 Hired Brandi Poole as Assistant Coach[5]
January 9, 2023 Hired April Schilling and Courtney Paris as Assistant Coaches[6]
January 11, 2023 Extended Qualifying Offers to Marina Mabrey and Teaira McCowan[7]
January 16, 2023 Traded Kayla Thornton to the New York Liberty in exchange for Natasha Howard and Crystal Dangerfield, as part of a 3-Team Trade. The Wings also traded Tyasha Harris to the Connecticut Sun. [8]
January 21, 2023 Traded Allisha Gray to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for the #3 Overall Pick in the 2023 WNBA draft and a First-Round Pick in 2025[9]
February 1, 2023 Signed Teaira McCowan to a 3-Year Deal[10]
Full Season Contract Suspension of Bella Alarie
February 2, 2023 Signed Crystal Dangerfield to a 2-Year Deal[11]
Signed Kalani Brown to a Training Camp Contract
February 11, 2023 Acquired Diamond DeShields, a 2023 First-Round Pick (from Chicago), a 2024 First-Round Pick (from Chicago), and the right to swap 2025 First-Round Picks (from Chicago) in a 4-Team Trade involving the Chicago Sky, New York Liberty, and Phoenix Mercury[12]
February 22, 2023 Exercised the 4th Year Option on Awak Kuier
February 28, 2023 Signed Kitija Laksa[13]
April 12, 2023 Signed Maddy Siegrist to a Rookie Scale Contract
April 13, 2023 Signed Lou Lopez Sénéchal and Abby Meyers to Rookie Scale Contracts
April 15, 2023 Signed Ashley Joens to a Rookie Scale Contract
May 10, 2023 Suspended the contract of Kitija Laksa for the full season due to Overseas Commitments[14]
May 15, 2023 Waived Abby Meyers[15]
May 16, 2023 Declined Team Option on Charli Collier
May 17, 2023 Waived Kalani Brown and Charli Collier[16]

Roster Changes

Roster
Dallas Wings roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G12United StatesBurton, Veronica5' 9" (1.75m)155 lb (70kg)2000-07-12Northwestern1
G11United StatesDangerfield, Crystal5' 5" (1.65m)130 lb (59kg)1998-05-11Connecticut3
G88United StatesDeShields, Diamond6' 1" (1.85m)172 lb (78kg)1995-03-05Tennessee5
G/F23United StatesDickey, Jasmine5' 9" (1.75m)147 lb (67kg)2000-02-23Delaware1
F6United StatesHoward, Natasha6' 2" (1.88m)165 lb (75kg)1991-09-02Florida State9
G1United StatesJoens, Ashley6' 0" (1.83m)160 lb (73kg)2000-03-16Iowa StateR
F/C28FinlandKuier, Awak6' 4" (1.93m)168 lb (76kg)2001-08-19Finland2
G8MexicoLopez Sénéchal, Lou6' 1" (1.85m)1998-05-12ConnecticutR
C7United StatesMcCowan, Teaira6' 7" (2.01m)239 lb (108kg)1996-09-28Mississippi State4
G24United StatesOgunbowale, Arike5' 8" (1.73m)165 lb (75kg)1997-03-02Notre Dame4
F0GermanySabally, Satou6' 4" (1.93m)1998-04-25Oregon3
F20United StatesSiegrist, Maddy6' 2" (1.88m)175 lb (79kg)2000-05-22VillanovaR
Head coach
United States Latricia Trammell (East Central)
Assistant coaches
United States Brandi Poole (Sewanee)
United States April (McDivitt) Schilling (Tennessee)
United States Courtney Paris (Oklahoma)
Athletic trainer
United States Branay Hicks (UT Tyler)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured
  WNBA roster page
East
ATL
CHI
CON
IND
NY
WAS
West
DAL
LV
LA
MIN
PHO
SEA

Schedule

Preseason
2023 pre-season game log
Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
May: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 May 5 Chicago W 75–70 Teaira McCowan (17) Howard
McCowan (8)		 Burton
Dangerfield (4)		 Wintrust Arena
2,004		 1–0
2 May 13 @ Indiana L 83–90 Ogunbowale
Sabally (18)		 Satou Sabally (9) Burton
Howard
McCowan
Ogunbowale
Sabally (3)		 Gainbridge Fieldhouse
2,084		 1–1
2023 pre-season schedule

Regular Season
2023 game log
Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 May 20 Atlanta College Park Center
2 May 26 @ Seattle Climate Pledge Arena
3 May 28 @ Chicago Wintrust Arena
4 May 30 Minnesota College Park Center
June : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
5 June 2 @ Washington Entertainment and Sports Arena
6 June 4 @ Connecticut Mohegan Sun Arena
7 June 7 Phoenix College Park Center
8 June 9 Phoenix College Park Center
9 June 11 @ New York Barclays Center
10 June 14 Los Angeles College Park Center
11 June 17 Seattle College Park Center
12 June 20 Atlanta College Park Center
13 June 23 @ Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena
14 June 25 @ Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena
15 June 27 @ Phoenix Footprint Center
July : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
16 July 2 Washington College Park Center
17 July 5 @ Las Vegas Michelob Ultra Arena
18 July 7 Las Vegas College Park Center
19 July 9 @ Indiana Gainbridge Fieldhouse
20 July 12 @ Minnesota Target Center
21 July 19 @ New York Barclays Center
22 July 22 Los Angeles College Park Center
23 July 25 Connecticut College Park Center
24 July 28 Washington College Park Center
25 July 30 @ Las Vegas Michelob Ultra Arena
August : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
26 August 2 @ Seattle Climate Pledge Arena
27 August 4 Chicago College Park Center
28 August 6 Chicago College Park Center
29 August 8 Las Vegas College Park Center
30 August 12 Connecticut College Park Center
31 August 18 @ Connecticut Gateway Center Arena
32 August 20 @ Washington Entertainment and Sports Arena
33 August 22 @ Minnesota Target Center
34 August 24 Minnesota College Park Center
35 August 27 @ Phoenix Footprint Center
September : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
36 September 1 @ Indiana Gainbridge Fieldhouse
37 September 3 Indiana College Park Center
38 September 5 New York College Park Center
39 September 8 Seattle College Park Center
40 September 10 @ Atlanta Gateway Center Arena
2023 season schedule

Standings
# Team
W L PCT GB Conf. Home Road Cup
1 Atlanta Dream00.000-0–00–00–00–0
2 Chicago Sky00.000-0–00–00–00–0
3 Connecticut Sun00.000-0–00–00–00–0
4 Dallas Wings00.000-0–00–00–00–0
5 Indiana Fever00.000-0–00–00–00–0
6 Las Vegas Aces00.000-0–00–00–00–0
7 Los Angeles Sparks00.000-0–00–00–00–0
8 Minnesota Lynx00.000-0–00–00–00–0
9 New York Liberty00.000-0–00–00–00–0
10 Phoenix Mercury00.000-0–00–00–00–0
11 Seattle Storm00.000-0–00–00–00–0
12 Washington Mystics00.000-0–00–00–00–0

Notes

(#) – League Standing
x – Clinched playoff berth
e – Eliminated from playoff contention
Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings

Statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per game Team leader League leader

Regular Season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG

Awards and Honors
Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.

References
  1. "Dallas Wings Announce Coaching Change". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  2. Gonzales, Isabel. "Dallas Wings hire Los Angeles Sparks assistant Latricia Trammell as next head coach". cbssports.com. CBS Sports. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  3. Voepel, M.A. "Dallas Wings fire coach Vickie Johnson despite playoff berth". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  4. "DALLAS WINGS TAB LATRICIA TRAMMELL AS HEAD COACH". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  5. "DALLAS WINGS NAME BRANDI POOLE ASSISTANT COACH". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  6. "Dallas Wings Announce Remainder of 2023 Coaching Staff". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  7. @RachGall (January 11, 2023). "The Dallas Wings have extended Qualifying Offers to Marina Mabrey and Teaira McCowan. @Winsidr" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. "Dallas Wings Acquire Natasha Howard and Crystal Dangerfield". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  9. "Atlanta Dream Land Allisha Gray". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  10. "Dallas Wings Sign Teaira McCowan To Multi-Year Deal". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  11. "Dallas Wings Sign Crystal Dangerfield To Multi-Year Deal & Add Former Baylor Standout Kalani Brown With Training Camp Contract". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  12. "Chicago Sky Acquires Marina Mabrey in Four-Team Trade". sky.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  13. "Dallas Wings Sign Kitija Laksa". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  14. "Dallas Wings Statement on Kitija Laksa". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  15. "Dallas Wings Announce Roster Transaction". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  16. "Dallas Wings Announce 2023 Roster". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
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