GM Grade
Below-average front-office results
27 roster moves graded this tenure
27
Roster Moves
2 years
Tenure
GM Grade Analysis
D+The data provided here is too thin to support a credible GM performance analysis — the only fields present are the GM's name, team, and a D grade, with no transaction history, roster moves, draft capital, salary data, or contextual framing to explain what's driving that assessment. Writing 5-7 substantive sentences on Jeff Pagliocca's roster-building decisions for the Chicago Sky without that supporting data would require fabricating specific moves, signings, or outcomes, which I won't do. To generate a responsible analysis, I'd need data points such as notable free agent signings or losses, draft picks and outcomes, key trades, payroll or cap context, recent team record or trajectory as explicitly provided, or media and sentiment framing around the front office. With only a letter grade in hand, I can confirm the D reflects a significantly below-standard evaluation, but I cannot responsibly explain why without the underlying evidence to back it up.
About Jeff Pagliocca
Jeff Pagliocca is the General Manager of the Chicago Sky — the first standalone GM in franchise history, promoted from within after years on the team's player-development staff.
Pagliocca spent more than two decades in elite player development and basketball training before and during his time with the Sky, founding his own training company, Evolution Athletics, in suburban Deerfield, Illinois. He joined Chicago's staff and spent four seasons working directly in player development and advising the head coach, most recently as director of skill development, working closely with players such as Courtney Vandersloot, Emma Meesseman and Kahleah Copper. When the Sky split the dual head-coach/GM role previously held by James Wade, the organization named Pagliocca its first dedicated general manager on October 31, 2023, pairing him with head coach Teresa Weatherspoon as it began building around a younger core.
Fun facts
- He is the first-ever standalone general manager in Chicago Sky history; before him the role had been combined with the head-coaching job.
- He founded his own skills-training company, Evolution Athletics, and has over 20 years of player-development experience.
- He was promoted from inside the organization, having spent four seasons on the Sky's player-development and coaching support staff.