Hoping to make the playoffs for the first time in the franchise's four-year history, Sky general manager and coach Steven Key traded guard Armintie Price to the Atlanta Dream for forward Tamera Young on Wednesday.
The Sky needs help in the post, and the 6-2 Young provides the height to help 6-6 center Sylvia Fowles, 6-2 forward Candice Dupree and 6-5 reserve center Chen Nan.
''We were lacking height in the rotation, and teams have been able to capitalize on us,'' Key said. ''They were down a player, and Tamera was not helping them so they called me.''
Young is in her second year in the WNBA. She is averaging 2.7 points, 1.3 rebounds and 6.5 minutes this season.
Price is averaging 1.5 points, 2.7 rebounds and 14.7 minutes and has 12 steals.
The Sky drafted the 5-9 Price third overall in the 2007 draft out of Mississippi. She started all 34 games that season and was named the WNBA rookie of the year. But in 2008 and '09, Price's playing time dropped. She started only 11 games last season and has not started this season.
Price was playing behind recent pickups Erin Thorn and Shyra Ely. With Thorn and Ely rotating in and out of the lineup, the Sky are leading the WNBA in three-pointers.
The Sky (11-12) is a half-game out of the fourth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with 11 games left.
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