2008 Atlanta Dream season

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2008 Atlanta Dream season
Coach Marynell Meadors
Arena Philips Arena
Attendance8,316 per game
Results
Record4–30 (.118)
Place7th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
Points Betty Lennox – 17.5
Rebounds Érika de Souza – 6.6
Assists Ivory Latta – 3.6

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. [1]

Contents

Transactions

Expansion draft

The list of players selected in the Expansion Draft includes:

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

Additionally, Atlanta immediately orchestrated three trades involving players in the expansion draft. [2]

Trade
To Atlanta Dream To Detroit Shock
Ivory Latta LaToya Thomas and the 18th pick in the 2008 WNBA draft
To Atlanta Dream To Seattle Storm
Iziane Castro Marques and the 8th pick in the 2008 WNBA draft Roneeka Hodges and the 4th pick in the 2008 WNBA draft
To Atlanta Dream To Indiana Fever
24th pick in the 2008 Draft Agreeing not to select specific unprotected Fever players

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
18 Tamera Young Flag of the United States.svg United States James Madison
224 Morenike Atunrase Flag of the United States.svg United States Texas A&M
332 Danielle Hood Flag of the United States.svg United States Hartford

Trades and Roster Changes

DateTransaction
February 6, 2008Traded LaToya Thomas and a Second Round Pick in the 2008 WNBA draft to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Ivory Latta
Traded Roneeka Hodges and a First Round Pick in the 2008 WNBA draft to the Seattle Storm in exchange for Iziane Castro Marques and a First Round Pick in the 2008 WNBA draft
Agreed to not select any specific unprotected Indiana Fever players in exchange for the Fever's Second Round Pick in the 2008 WNBA draft [3]
February 25, 2008Signed Tasha Butts
March 24, 2008Signed Jennifer Lacy and Brittany Jackson to Training Camp Contracts
March 27, 2008Signed Stacey Lovelace
April 9, 2008Traded Ann Wauters, the draft rights to Morenike Atunrase, and a Second Round Pick in the 2009 WNBA draft to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for Camille Little, the draft rights to Chioma Nnamaka and a Second Round Pick in the 2009 WNBA draft [4]
April 11, 2008Signed Jessica Dickson to a Training Camp Contract
April 14, 2008Signed Danielle Hood, Chioma Nnamaka, Tamera Young, and Jessica Dickson to Rookie Scale Contracts
April 18, 2008Signed Dalila Eshe to a Training Camp Contract
April 22, 2008Signed Jill Ingram to a Training Camp Contract
May 4, 2008Waived Brittany Jackson and Dalila Este
May 5, 2008Waived Tasha Butts
May 14, 2008Waived Jill Ingram, Jessica Dickson, and Danielle Hood
May 15, 2008Signed Katie Feenstra, Kristin Haynie, and Kristen Mann to Contract Extensions
May 16, 2008Waived Carla Thomas
Temporarily Suspend Yelena Leuchanka due to Overseas Commitments
Mau 28, 2008Waived Chantelle Anderson
June 22, 2008Traded Camille Little to the Seattle Storm in exchange for a Second Round Pick in the 2009 WNBA draft [5]
June 23, 2008Signed Kasha Terry
July 4, 2008Traded Kristen Mann to the Indiana Fever in exchange for Alison Bales [6]
July 8, 2008Waived Stacey Lovelace
August 15, 2008Signed Nikki Teasley [7]
September 12, 2008Re-Signed Iziane Castro Marques

Roster

2008 Atlanta Dream Roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
C 33 Flag of the United States.svg Bales, Alison 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)218 lb (99 kg) Duke
G/F 8 Flag of Brazil.svg Castro Marques, Iziane 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)140 lb (64 kg) Brazil
F/C 14 Flag of Brazil.svg DeSouza, Erika 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)190 lb (86 kg) Brazil
C 44 Flag of the United States.svg Feenstra, Katie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)240 lb (109 kg) Liberty University
G 4 Flag of the United States.svg Haynie, Kristin 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)147 lb (67 kg) Michigan State
F 21 Flag of the United States.svg Lacy, Jennifer 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)175 lb (79 kg) Pepperdine
G 12 Flag of the United States.svg Latta, Ivory 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)143 lb (65 kg) North Carolina
G 22 Flag of the United States.svg Lennox, Betty 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)143 lb (65 kg) Louisiana Tech
G 9 Flag of Sweden.svg Nnamaka, Chioma 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Georgia Tech
G/F 43 Flag of the United States.svg Strother, Ann 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)166 lb (75 kg) Connecticut
G 42 Flag of the United States.svg Teasley, Nikki 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)159 lb (72 kg) North Carolina
F/C 35 Flag of the United States.svg Terry, Kasha 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)185 lb (84 kg) Georgia Tech
F 23 Flag of the United States.svg Young, Tamera 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) James Madison University
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Athletic trainer
  • Flag of the United States.svg Kara Dolling
Strength and conditioning coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Depth

Pos.StarterBench
C Alison Bales Katie Feenstra
PF Érika de Souza Jennifer Lacy
SF Iziane Castro Marques Tamera Young
Ann Strother
SG Betty Lennox Kasha Terry
Chioma Nnamaka
PG Ivory Latta Kristin Haynie
Nikki Teasley

Schedule

Preseason

2008 Preseason Schedule
Total: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 3 Los Angeles L 80-86 Thomas, Young (15) Young (5) Ingram (4) Philips Arena
7,932		0-1
2May 11@ Phoenix L 84-97 Lennox (21) Lovelace (6) Haynie, Lennox (4) US Airways Center
1,845		0-2

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 Regular Season
Total: 4–30 (Home: 1–16; Road: 3–14)
May: 0–4 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 17@ Connecticut 67-100 Lennox (17) Haynie, Lennox (7) Lovelace (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,420		0-1
2May 23 Detroit 76-88 Lennox (21) de Souza (18) Latta (3) Philips Arena
11,609		0-2
3May 25 Los Angeles 56-74 Castro Marques (17) de Souza, Feenstra (6) Haynie, Latta (4) Philips Arena
11,186		0-3
4May 27@ Washington 74-80 Lennox (29) de Souza, Lennox, Little, Lovelace (3) Latta (6) Verizon Center
6,231		0-4
June: 0–11 (Home: 0–6; Road: 0–5)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
5June 3 Minnesota 81-85 Lennox (28) Feenstra (9) Lennox (8) Philips Arena
5,844		0-5
6June 6 Chicago 72-86 Latta (17) Little (7) Latta, Lennox (5) Philips Arena
7,418		0-6
7June 7@ Chicago 70-91 Lacy (18) Lacy (10) Lennox (4) UIC Pavilion
3,182		0-7
8June 11 New York 77-81 Lennox (28) Lennox (7) Latta (6) Philips Arena
5,936		0-8
9June 13 Indiana 67-76 Young, Latta (14) Lacy, Young (5) Latta (6) Philips Arena
8,167		0-9
10June 16@ Houston 79-88 Lennox (29) Lennox (11) Young (3) Reliant Arena
6,139		0-10
11June 18 San Antonio 66-81 Lovelace (18) Young (13) Young (7) Philips Arena
6,225		0-11
12June 20@ Washington 61-72 Lennox (18) Lennox (9) Latta (4) Verizon Center
7,448		0-12
13June 22 Detroit 76-97 Latta (26) Young (11) Latta (10) Philips Arena
7,865		0-13
14June 27@ Connecticut 101-109 (OT) Lennox (44) Lennox (9) Lennox (7) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,612		0-14
15June 29@ Detroit 92-100 Young (26) Lennox (8) Latta (5) Palace of Auburn Hills
8,798		0-15
July: 3–9 (Home: 1–5; Road: 2–4)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
16July 1 Phoenix 79-97 Lennox (18) Lovelace, Young (7) Latta (5) Philips Arena
9,795		0-16
17July 3 Houston 65-72 Lennox (15) Feenstra (9) Haynie, Strother (3) Philips Arena
7,430		0-17
18July 5 Chicago 91-84 Lacy, Latta (18) Young (8) Haynie (11) Philips Arena
8,468		1-17
19July 9@ Minnesota 73-67 Lennox (24) Bales (11) Haynie (5) Target Center
5,893		2-17
20July 11@ San Antonio 74-82 Lennox (22) Bales (9) Lennox (4) AT&T Center
10,943		2-18
21July 13@ Chicago 66-79 Feenstra (21) Feenstra (8) Feenstra, Haynie, Lennox (2) UIC Pavilion
2,907		2-19
22July 16@ Indiana 81-77 Castro Marques (24) Bales (11) Haynie (7) Conseco Fieldhouse
9,303		3-19
23July 18@ Sacramento 73-77 Haynie (12) Feenstra (8) Haynie (4) ARCO Arena
7,236		3-20
24July 19@ Phoenix 84-110 Latta (18) Terry (11) Latta (3) US Airways Center
7,913		3-21
25July 22 Sacramento 66-79 Terry, Latta (15) Terry (9) Haynie (4) Philips Arena
10,431		3-22
26July 25 Washington 75-81 Castro Marques (23) Bales (7) Haynie (3) Philips Arena
8,279		3-23
27July 27 New York 76-86 Lennox (18) de Souza (11) Latta (5) Philips Arena
8,759		3-24
August: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
Summer Olympic break
28August 29 Connecticut 72-98 Lennox (19) de Souza, Feenstra (6) Haynie (6) Philips Arena
11,442		3-25
29August 30@ Indiana 72-87 Lennox (27) Bales (5) Haynie (5) Conseco Fieldhouse
9,280		3-26
September: 1–4 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
30September 2 Seattle 69-83 Lennox (25) de Souza (8) Latta (4) Philips Arena
7,390		3-27
31September 5@ New York 71-82 Lennox (28) Lennox (7) Castro Marques (4) Madison Square Garden
7,039		3-28
32September 8 Indiana 77-81 Lennox (19) Bales (9) Castro Marques (6) Philips Arena
7,706		3-29
33September 11@ Los Angeles 83-72 Castro Marques (23) Bales (9) Latta (10) Staples Center
9,060		4-29
34September 12@ Seattle 72-77 Young (20) Feenstra, Haynie, Terry (5) Latta (4) KeyArena
9,686		4-30

Standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Detroit Shock x2212.647–14–38–916–4
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

Statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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 gameTeam leaderLeague leader

Regular Season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Betty Lennox 343329.741.535.885.54.22.41.30.117.5
Ivory Latta 343128.236.234.480.22.13.61.30.011.4
Erika de Souza 12823.158.50.061.56.60.71.41.89.3
Iziane Castro Marques 292023.135.330.981.42.21.80.90.29.3
Tamera Young 331522.633.332.569.14.21.20.90.37.3
Katie Feenstra 33414.053.50.075.03.90.30.90.86.7
Stacey Lovelace 15717.240.441.769.23.61.01.10.76.1
Jennifer Lacy 332218.338.919.067.32.70.80.60.25.7
Alison Bales 17922.340.533.367.76.00.60.91.74.8
Camille Little 13217.042.040.059.33.10.70.80.54.8
Kasha Terry 20813.847.40.060.63.20.50.50.64.6
Kristen Mann 13817.240.950.0100.01.51.10.60.33.5
Kristin Haynie 33314.731.631.375.01.72.50.90.12.8
Ann Strother 2107.635.336.866.70.60.30.20.11.9
Chioma Nnamaka 1207.023.118.266.71.00.20.40.01.3

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