Jeff Pagliocca Timeline

[u/RawDawgOne]

2024:
Jeff drafts Kamilla Cardoso at 3. Solid move.
Then he trades up from 8 to 7 to take Angel Reese, even though she was projected to go later. That trade cost Chicago the 2026 pick swap with Minnesota, which turned into Olivia Miles — a potential Rookie of the Year. A franchise-level talent gone because Jeff couldn't wait.
2025:
Jeff trades the 3rd overall pick (Sonia Cintron) for Ariel Atkins. Atkins is a good veteran, but not worth a top-3 pick.
He drafts Sivka and Hailey Van Lith, but again, the roster around them has no long-term stability.
2026:
The consequences hit.
The Miles pick swap becomes reality.
Chicago loses out on a star because of Jeff’s 2024 reach.

Jeff says Tyler Marsh hasn’t had a healthy roster.
But Jeff is the one who built a roster full of injured players:
DiJonai Carrington – signed injured
Courtney Vandersloot – signed injured
Azurá Stevens – signed injured
Skylar Diggins-Smith – older, injured again
Rachel Banham – re-signed despite never taking conditioning seriously and never being part of a winning team

This wasn't bad luck.
This was bad roster construction.
Jeff built this roster, made these trades, burned the draft capital, and signed the injured players.
Jeff created the "unhealthy roster" he now uses as an excuse.

If this résumé is considered good enough to keep his job, then the person evaluating him should be the one packing their bags.
At some point, someone in this organization needs to admit the obvious:
This isn't a rebuild. It's mismanagement.

[u/Key_Fox3289]

I can’t even root for the team because I want them to fail so he gets fired. It sucks but watching him squander away such a prime opportunity to rebuild into a great team… I don’t think i can get past it

We had Angel and Milla as the foundational pieces. Angel had a great rookie year despite what some of her haters liked to claim. Spoon had the team at least competing defensively despite a horrid roster, then he traded Mabrey, which granted she wanted to be traded. Then fires spoon after the season for no real reason.

We have a prime pick in the upcoming draft and every mock has us taking the same player (Citron). WNBA ready, big, great shooter. Exactly what the team needs. He trades for an aging, declining player whoa best years were behind her who was never worth a Top 3 pick. Citron proves what we knew about her to be true - she was WNBA ready, exactly what we needed and then some. Best of all she fit the timeline and would develop alongside Reese and Milla

Then for whatever inexplicable reason, he trades MORE draft picks basically ensuring we can’t even be in the running to get a generational talent like Juju Watkins. And if that wasn’t bad enough, our star player asks him to do his job and get some competent players around her and this guy gets offended, reprimands her then trades her. Now she’s a defensive player of the year. She was always that good, we just never gave her a real chance

So until Jeff is gone, heck hopefully the owners too, I refuse to support the team anymore. The players I still love, still a big fan of Milla and Taylor, but the team gets nothing from me until they stop playin on our faces

[u/LostRow6218 → u/Key_Fox3289]

I read every word and I agree with everything you said. I can not for the life of me understand how Chicago Sky is fumbling so bad. I got back into watching the WNBA because of Angel Reese and since she got drafted to the Sky I became a fan of the Sky (now Ive followed her to the Dream). I will say Idk how you Sky fans can endure this level of incompetence year after year. Storm the Wintrust arena if you have to, but please get that leadership out of office before you guys lose your team