2009 Atlanta Dream season | |
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Coach | Marynell Meadors |
Arena | Philips Arena |
Attendance | 7,102 per game |
Results | |
Record | 18–16 (.529) |
Place | 2nd (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | Lost First Round |
Team Leaders | |
Points | Iziane Castro Marques – 14.4 |
Rebounds | Érika de Souza – 9.1 |
Assists | Shalee Lehning – 3.7 |
The 2009 WNBA season was the 2nd season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Dream qualified for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. However, they were eliminated by the Detroit Shock in a sweep in the first round.
With the Houston Comets ceasing operation and based on the 2008 records of teams, the Dream selected 1st in the Dispersal Draft. [1]
Pick | Player | Nationality | College | Previous Team |
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1 | Sancho Lyttle | Spain | Houston | Houston Comets |
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
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1 | 1 | Angel McCoughtry | United States | Louisville |
2 | 25 | Shalee Lehning | United States | Kansas State |
3 | 27 | Jessica Morrow | United States | Baylor |
Date | Trade | |
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December 8, 2008 | Traded a First Round Pick in the 2009 WNBA draft to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for the rights to Chamique Holdsclaw [2] | |
January 2, 2009 | Extended Qualifying Offers to Kasha Terry, Yelena Leuchanka, and Jennifer Lacy | |
January 12, 2009 | Signed Nikki Teasley [3] | |
January 14, 2009 | Waived Ann Strother and Chioma Nnamaka [4] | |
Rescinded the Qualifying Offer to Kasha Terry | ||
January 21, 2009 | Traded Alison Bales to the Phoenix Mercury for a Second Round Pick in the 2009 WNBA draft [5] | |
February 3, 2009 | Waived Betty Lennox [6] | |
February 4, 2009 | Waived Kasha Terry [7] | |
February 11, 2009 | Signed Chantelle Anderson to a Training Camp Contract [8] | |
February 17, 2009 | Signed Jennifer Lacy to a Training Camp Contract | |
February 18, 2009 | Signed Michelle Snow to a Training Camp Contract [9] | |
April 8, 2009 | Waived Katie Mattera [10] | |
April 9, 2009 | Traded a Second Round Pick in the 2009 WNBA draft to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Ashley Shields [11] | |
April 13, 2009 | Waived Kristin Haynie | |
April 14, 2009 | Signed Angel McCoughtry, Shalee Lehning, and Jessica Morrow to Rookie Scale Contracts | |
April 20, 2009 | Signed Chamique Holdsclaw [12] | |
April 28, 2009 | Waived Ashley Shields [13] | |
May 11, 2009 | Waived Jessica Morrow | |
May 12, 2009 | Signed Marlies Gipson to a Training Camp Contract | |
May 15, 2009 | Signed Coco Miller [14] | |
May 29, 2009 | Waived Marlies Gipson | |
May 31, 2009 | Waived Chantelle Anderson [15] | |
June 3, 2009 | Waived Ivory Latta [16] | |
July 3, 2009 | Waived Nikki Teasley | |
Signed Ivory Latta [17] | ||
August 12, 2009 | Traded Tamera Young to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Armintie Price [18] |
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C | Érika de Souza | Michelle Snow |
PF | Sancho Lyttle | Jennifer Lacy |
SF | Chamique Holdsclaw | Angel McCoughtry |
SG | Iziane Castro Marques | Armintie Price |
PG | Shalee Lehning | Ivory Latta Coco Miller |
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Total: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
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2009 Regular Season Total: 18–16 (Home: 12–5; Road: 6–11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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June: 4–6 (Home: 3–3; Road: 1–3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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August: 6–4 (Home: 5–2; Road: 1–2)
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September: 3–2 (Home: 1–0; Road: 2–2)
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All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess |
2009 Postseason Schedule | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Detroit (Lost Series 0-2)
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Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
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Indiana Fever x | 22 | 12 | .647 | – | 14–3 | 8–9 | 17–5 |
Atlanta Dream x | 18 | 16 | .529 | 4.0 | 12–5 | 6–11 | 10–12 |
Detroit Shock x | 18 | 16 | .529 | 4.0 | 11–6 | 7–10 | 11–11 |
Washington Mystics x | 16 | 18 | .471 | 6.0 | 11–6 | 5–12 | 10–12 |
Chicago Sky o | 16 | 18 | .471 | 6.0 | 12–5 | 4–13 | 10–12 |
Connecticut Sun o | 16 | 18 | .471 | 6.0 | 12–5 | 4–13 | 9–12 |
New York Liberty o | 13 | 21 | .382 | 9.0 | 8–9 | 5–12 | 8–13 |
Conference Semi-Finals Best-of-3 | Conference Finals Best-of-3 | WNBA Finals Best-of-5 | ||||||||||||
E1 | Indiana | 2 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Washington | 0 | ||||||||||||
E1 | Indiana | 2 | ||||||||||||
Eastern Conference | ||||||||||||||
E3 | Detroit | 1 | ||||||||||||
E2 | Atlanta | 0 | ||||||||||||
E3 | Detroit | 2 | ||||||||||||
E1 | Indiana | 2 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Phoenix | 3 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Phoenix | 2 | ||||||||||||
W4 | San Antonio | 1 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Phoenix | 2 | ||||||||||||
Western Conference | ||||||||||||||
W3 | Los Angeles | 1 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Seattle | 1 | ||||||||||||
W3 | Los Angeles | 2 |
Legend | |||||||
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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 |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Iziane Castro Marques | 34 | 33 | 26.9 | 41.3 | 34.5 | 78.0 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 14.4 |
Chamique Holdsclaw | 25 | 25 | 28.3 | 41.4 | 20.0 | 83.9 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 13.9 |
Sancho Lyttle | 34 | 31 | 27.4 | 50.7 | 0.0 | 74.3 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 13.0 |
Angel McCoughtry | 34 | 10 | 21.6 | 47.6 | 29.4 | 74.1 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 12.8 |
Erika de Souza | 34 | 34 | 27.3 | 52.8 | 0.0 | 65.3 | 9.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 11.8 |
Ivory Latta | 24 | 0 | 14.6 | 40.9 | 36.0 | 82.6 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 6.1 |
Michelle Snow | 34 | 2 | 14.8 | 47.9 | 0.0 | 76.1 | 4.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 5.4 |
Nikki Teasley | 10 | 10 | 23.4 | 40.0 | 41.2 | 80.0 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 3.9 |
Coco Miller | 34 | 5 | 12.0 | 41.0 | 29.6 | 88.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3.9 |
Shalee Lehning | 34 | 20 | 20.8 | 38.7 | 20.0 | 77.4 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 3.0 |
Jennifer Lacy | 32 | 0 | 11.3 | 32.7 | 21.1 | 66.7 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.0 |
Tamera Young | 11 | 0 | 6.5 | 33.3 | 20.0 | 64.7 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 2.7 |
Armintie Price | 11 | 0 | 8.9 | 35.7 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.5 |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Angel McCoughtry | 2 | 2 | 29.0 | 48.4 | 57.1 | 66.7 | 5.5 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 19.0 |
Iziane Castro Marques | 2 | 2 | 25.5 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 70.6 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.0 |
Ivory Latta | 2 | 2 | 37.5 | 40.0 | 33.3 | 88.9 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 13.5 |
Erika de Souza | 2 | 2 | 27.0 | 55.6 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 11.5 |
Sancho Lyttle | 2 | 2 | 25.5 | 41.2 | 0.0 | 42.9 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
Armintie Price | 2 | 0 | 15.5 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 57.1 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
Michelle Snow | 2 | 0 | 16.5 | 30.0 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
Coco Miller | 2 | 0 | 6.5 | 60.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 |
Chamique Holdsclaw | 1 | 0 | 13.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
Jennifer Lacy | 2 | 0 | 11.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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Sancho Lyttle | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | August 17 | [19] |
2009 WNBA All-Star Selection | July 20 | [20] | |
All-Defensive Second Team | September 25 | [21] | |
Angel McCoughtry | All-Defensive Second Team | September 25 | [21] |
WNBA Rookie of the Year | October 1 | [22] | |
WNBA All-Rookie Team | October 1 | [23] | |
Érika de Souza | 2009 WNBA All-Star Selection | July 20 | [20] |
Marynell Meadors | WNBA Coach of the Year | October 1 | [24] |
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