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The 2007 WNBA season was their 9th season and their 5th 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 dispersal draft. The Sun waived their pick.

WNBA Draft

Pick	Player	Nationality	School
12	Kamesha Hairston	United States	Temple
13	Sandrine Gruda	France	France
26	Cori Chambers	United States	Georgia
39	Kiera Hardy	United States	Nebraska

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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 Erika 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.

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Roster

Connecticut Sun roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From 1.5 G 10 USA  Carey, Jamie 66 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 135 lb (61 kg) Texas 1.5 G 23 USA  Chambers, Cori 69 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Georgia 5.0 C 7 France  Gruda, Sandrine (DP) 76 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) – France 4.5 F/C 41 Brazil  DeSouza, Erika 76 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Brazil 2.5 G/F 32 USA  Douglas, Katie (C) 72 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Purdue 5.0 C 12 Poland  Dydek, Margo 86 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 223 lb (101 kg) Poland 2.5 G/F 21 USA  Hairston, Kamesha 72 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 146 lb (66 kg) Temple 3.5 F 15 USA  Jones, Asjha 74 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 196 lb (89 kg) Connecticut 2.5 G/F 24 USA  Mahoney, Megan 72 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Kansas State 2.5 G/F 9 Greece  Maltsi, Evanthia 71 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Greece 1.5 G 31 Australia  Phillips, Erin  67 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) 162 lb (73 kg) Australia 3.5 F 52 USA  Rasmussen, Kristen 76 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 172 lb (78 kg) Michigan 2.5 G/F 42 USA  Sales, Nykesha (C) 72 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Connecticut 1.5 G 13 USA  Whalen, Lindsay 68 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Minnesota 3.5 F 43 USA  Willingham, Le'Coe 72 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Auburn	Head coach Mike Thibault (St. Martin's University) Assistant coach(es) Scott Hawk (Nebraska-Omaha) Bernadette Mattox (Georgia) Strength and conditioning coach(es) Jodi Hopkins (Ohio State) Athletic trainer(s) Jeremy Norman (Keene State College) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Season standings

Schedule

Preseason

Regular season

Playoffs

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

Depth

Player stats

• http://www.wnba.com/sun/stats/2007/

Awards and honors

• Katie Douglas and Asjha Jones 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 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 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.

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