2008 Atlanta Dream season

The 2008 WNBA season was the first for the Atlanta Dream. The team name was unveiled on January 23, 2008, with the expansion draft held on February 6. The Atlanta Dream had seventeen straight losses. It was the longest losing streak to start a season in WNBA history.

2008 Atlanta Dream season
CoachMarynell Meadors
ArenaPhilips Arena
Attendance8,316 per game
Results
Record430 (.118)
Place7th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
PointsBetty Lennox (17.5)
ReboundsÉrika de Souza (6.6)
AssistsIvory Latta (3.6)
 2007 season

Offseason

Expansion Draft

The list of players selected in the Expansion Draft includes:

Player Nationality Former WNBA Team
Carla Thomas  United States Chicago Sky
Érika de Souza  Brazil Connecticut Sun
Katie Feenstra  United States Detroit Shock
Roneeka Hodges  United States Houston Comets
Ann Strother  United States Indiana Fever
LaToya Thomas  United States Los Angeles Sparks
Kristen Mann  United States Minnesota Lynx
Ann Wauters  Belgium New York Liberty
Jennifer Lacy  United States Phoenix Mercury
Kristin Haynie  United States Sacramento Monarchs
Chantelle Anderson  United States San Antonio Silver Stars
Betty Lennox  United States Seattle Storm
Yelena Leuchanka  Belarus Washington Mystics

Additionally, Atlanta immediately orchestrated three trades involving players in the expansion draft.[1]

WNBA Draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School
1 8 (from Seattle) Tamera Young  United States James Madison
2 24 (from Indiana) Morenike Atunrase  United States Texas A&M
3 32 Danielle Hood  United States Hartford

Transactions

Trades

Date Trade
February 6, 2008 To Atlanta Dream To Detroit Shock
Ivory Latta LaToya Thomas, and the 18th pick in the 2008 Draft
February 6, 2008 To Atlanta Dream To Seattle Storm
Iziane Castro Marques, and the 8th pick in the 2008 Draft Roneeka Hodges, and the 4th pick in the 2008 Draft
February 6, 2008 To Atlanta Dream To Indiana Fever
24th pick in the 2008 Draft agreeing not to select specific unprotected Fever players
April 9, 2008 To Atlanta Dream To San Antonio Silver Stars
Camille Little, draft rights to Chioma Nnamaka,
and the Silver Stars' first-round pick in the 2009 Draft
Ann Wauters, draft rights to Morenike Atunrase,
and the Dream's second-round pick in the 2009 Draft
June 22, 2008 To Atlanta Dream To Seattle Storm
Storm's second-round pick in the 2009 Draft Camille Little
July 4, 2008 To Atlanta Dream To Indiana Fever
Alison Bales Kristen Mann

Free agents

Roster

Atlanta Dream roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
C 33 Bales, Alison 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Duke
G/F 8 Castro Marques, Iziane 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 140 lb (64 kg) Brazil
F/C 14 DeSouza, Erika 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Brazil
C 44 Feenstra, Katie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Liberty University
G 4 Haynie, Kristin 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 147 lb (67 kg) Michigan State
F 21 Lacy, Jennifer 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Pepperdine
G 12 Latta, Ivory 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 143 lb (65 kg) North Carolina
G 22 Lennox, Betty 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 143 lb (65 kg) Louisiana Tech
G 9 Nnamaka, Chioma 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Georgia Tech
G/F 43 Strother, Ann 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 166 lb (75 kg) Connecticut
G 42 Teasley, Nikki 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 159 lb (72 kg) North Carolina
F/C 35 Terry, Kasha 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Georgia Tech
F 23 Young, Tamera 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) James Madison University
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Athletic trainer
  • Kara Dolling
Strength and conditioning coach

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Season standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Detroit Shock x2212.64714–38–916–4
Connecticut Sun x2113.6181.013–48–913–7
New York Liberty x1915.5593.011–68–911–9
Indiana Fever x1717.5005.011–66–1112–8
Chicago Sky o1222.35310.08–94–1310–10
Washington Mystics o1024.29412.06–114–136–14
Atlanta Dream o430.11818.01–163–142–18

Schedule

Preseason

2008 Game Log: Preseason

Regular season

The Atlanta Dream lost their first game in franchise history, 67-100. Their opponent was the Connecticut Sun; the Sun delivered a 32-8 run that stretched into the second quarter to open a 17-point lead. The lead exploded to 34 points. At the conclusion of the game, the Dream were outrebounded 53-29. For the Dream, Stacey Lovelace had 11 points, five assists and four rebounds.

2008 Game Log: Regular Season

Player stats

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
Betty Lennox 343329.7.415.358.8554.22.41.30.117.5
Ivory Latta 343128.2.362.344.8022.13.61.30.011.4
Érika de Souza 12823.1.585.000.6156.60.71.41.89.3
Iziane Castro Marques 292023.1.353.309.8142.21.80.90.29.3
Tamera Young 331522.6.333.325.6914.21.20.90.37.3
Katie Feenstra 33414.0.535.000.7503.90.30.90.86.7
Stacey Lovelace 15717.2.404.417.6923.61.01.10.76.1
Jennifer Lacy 332218.3.389.190.6732.70.80.60.25.7
Alison Bales 17922.3.405.333.6776.00.60.91.74.8
Camille Little 13217.0.420.400.5933.10.70.80.54.8
Kasha Terry 20813.8.474.000.6063.20.50.50.64.6
Kristen Mann 13817.2.409.5001.0001.51.10.60.33.5
Kristin Haynie 33314.7.316.313.7501.72.50.90.12.8
Ann Strother 2107.6.353.368.6670.60.30.20.11.9
Chioma Nnamaka 1207.0.231.182.6671.00.20.40.01.3

References

  1. "Atlanta Dream Expansion Draft". Archived from the original on 2009-08-20. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
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