In the offseason, the team saw the departures of several key players in free agency including Candace Parker, Courtney Vandersloot, Allie Quigley, and Azurá Stevens.
[1] The Women’s National Basketball Association announced that the first WNBA Canada Game would feature the Minnesota Lynx and the Sky on Saturday, May 13, 2023, at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, ON.
They defeated Los Angeles twice to finish the month and ended June with a 4–7 record.
August started with two back-to-back wins in Dallas, but then the Sky lost five straight games.
The Sky were battling with Los Angeles for the eighth and final playoff spot entering September.