2018 Las Vegas Aces season

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2018 Las Vegas Aces season
Head Coach Bill Laimbeer
Arena Mandalay Bay Events Center
Attendance 5,208 per game
Results
Record 14–20
(.412)
Place 6th (Western)
Playoff Finish Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points A'ja Wilson – 20.7 ppg
Rebounds A'ja Wilson – 8.0 rpg
Assists Kelsey Plum – 4.0 apg
Media
Television AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain,[1] ESPN2, NBATV
Las Vegas Aces seasons
< 2017 2019 >

The 2018 WNBA season was the 22nd season for the Las Vegas Aces franchise of the WNBA. This was the franchise's inaugural season in Las Vegas, after moving from San Antonio during the off season.[2] The season tips off on May 20.[3]

The team started the season slowly in May, posting an 0–4 record. June was a month of improvement, as the Aces went 6–7, including a win over Seattle away. July was the team's best month of the year. The Aces posted a 6–2 record, with their only 2 losses being to Los Angeles. The team's playoff push fell short in August, when the team posted a 2–7 record including the league's first forfeited game. Ultimately the forfeit proved costly, as the team missed out on the playoffs by 1 game and finished 9th in the league overall.

Transactions

WNBA draft

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See also: 2018 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 1 A'ja Wilson  United States South Carolina
2 13 Jaime Nared  United States Tennessee
3 25 Raigyne Louis  United States LSU
3 32 Jill Barta  United States Gonzaga

Trades/Roster Changes

Date Details
February 1, 2018 Signed F Tamera Young[4]
February 1, 2018 Signed C Carolyn Swords[5]
February 1, 2018 Received Indiana Fever's 2nd round pick in 2019 WNBA draft in exchange for C Kayla Alexander and Las Vegas Aces' 3rd round pick in the 2019 WNBA Draft.[6]
February 2, 2018 Received C Kelsey Bone from Phoenix Mercury in exchange for the 26th pick in the 2018 WNBA Draft and Las Vegas Aces' 2nd round pick in the 2019 WNBA Draft.[7]
February 26, 2018 Re-signed G/F Sequoia Holmes, F Cierra Burdick, Signed F Ivey Slaughter[8]
March 13, 2018 Re-signed G Sydney Colson[9]
March 20, 2018 Re-signed F Valeriane Ayayi[10]
April 11, 2018 Signed G Jacki Gemelos[11]
May 19, 2018 Signed G Lindsay Allen[12]
May 23, 2018 Signed G Kelsey Plum and G Kayla McBride[13]

Current roster

Las Vegas Aces roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
G 15 United States Allen, Lindsay 5' 8" (1.73m) 144 lb (65kg) 03-20-1995 Notre Dame 1
C 3 United States Bone, Kelsey 6' 4" (1.93m) 220 lb (100kg) 12-31-1991 Texas A&M 4
F 12 United States Coffey, Nia 6' 1" (1.85m) 180 lb (82kg) 05-21-1995 Northwestern 1
F 5 United States Hamby, Dearica 6' 3" (1.91m) 189 lb (86kg) 11-06-1993 Wake Forest 3
C 20 United States Harrison, Isabelle 6' 3" (1.91m) 183 lb (83kg) 09-27-1993 Tennessee 2
G 4 United States Jefferson, Moriah 5' 6" (1.68m) 123 lb (56kg) 03-08-1994 Connecticut 2
G 21 United States McBride, Kayla 5' 10" (1.78m) 174 lb (79kg) 06-25-1992 Notre Dame 4
G/F 31 United States Nared, Jaime 6' 2" (1.88m) 160 lb (73kg) 09-14-1995 Tennessee R
C 19 South Korea Park Ji-su 6' 5" (1.96m) 206 lb (93kg) 12-06-1998 South Korea R
G 10 United States Plum, Kelsey 5' 8" (1.73m) 145 lb (66kg) 08-24-1994 Washington 1
C 8 United States Swords, Carolyn 6' 6" (1.98m) 215 lb (98kg) 07-18-1989 Boston College 6
C 22 United States Wilson, A'ja 6' 4" (1.93m) 195 lb (88kg) 08-08-1996 South Carolina R
F 1 United States Young, Tamera 6' 2" (1.88m) 175 lb (79kg) 10-30-1986 James Madison 10



East: ATL • CHI • CON • IND • NY • WAS | West: DAL • LA • MIN • PHO • SA • SEA
Head coach
United States Bill Laimbeer (Notre Dame)
Assistant coaches
United States Vickie Johnson (Louisiana Tech)
Canada Kelly Raimon (Connecticut)
Athletic trainer
Vacant
Strength and conditioning coach
United States Laura Ramus (Wayne State (MI))
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

WNBA roster page

Game log

Pre-season

2018 pre-season game log
2018 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2018 game log
2018 season schedule

Standings

Template:2018 WNBA Western Conference 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
A'ja Wilson 33 33 30.6 46.2 0.0 77.4 8.0 2.2 0.8 1.7 20.7
Kayla McBride 31 31 32.3 44.9 39.3 91.7 3.9 3.5 1.1 0.1 18.2
Tamera Young 33 25 26.7 40.8 30.8 70.7 5.1 2.8 1.0 0.2 9.9
Kelsey Plum 31 27 25.5 46.7 43.9 87.5 2.4 4.0 0.8 0.2 9.5
Dearica Hamby 33 0 14.4 52.6 28.9 74.2 3.6 1.2 0.7 0.3 7.4
Moriah Jefferson 16 0 15.7 37.9 20.0 81.0 1.3 2.1 0.6 0.0 5.4
Nia Coffey 28 10 13.8 38.0 40.0 61.8 2.4 0.6 0.3 0.2 5.3
Carolyn Swords 26 12 14.5 55.7 0.0 87.5 4.7 0.9 0.2 0.7 3.9
Lindsay Allen 24 6 14.9 38.4 6.3 70.8 1.3 2.9 0.6 0.0 3.1
Kelsey Bone 32 10 10.8 50.0 0.0 50.0 2.2 1.2 0.1 0.1 2.8
JiSu Park 32 11 13.0 38.8 0.0 61.9 3.3 0.9 0.3 0.6 2.8
Jaime Nared 31 0 9.1 30.0 22.6 85.7 1.5 0.5 0.4 0.1 2.5

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
A'ja Wilson WNBA Rookie of the Month - June July 2, 2018 [15]
WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week July 9, 2018 [16]
Kayla McBride WNBA All-Star Selection July 17, 2018 [17]
A'ja Wilson
A'ja Wilson WNBA Rookie of the Month - July August 1, 2018 [18]
WNBA Rookie of the Month - August August 20, 2018 [19]
WNBA Rookie of the Year Award September 9, 2018 [20]

References

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