2009 Atlanta Dream season

Last updated

2009 Atlanta Dream season
Coach Marynell Meadors
Arena Philips Arena
Attendance7,102 per game
Results
Record18–16 (.529)
Place2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishE2; Lost in First Round 0–2 to Detroit
Team Leaders
Points Iziane Castro Marques – 14.4
Rebounds Érika de Souza – 9.1
Assists Shalee Lehning – 3.7

The 2009 Atlanta Dream season was the 2nd season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association, and their second season under head coach, Marynell Meadors. 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.

Contents

Transactions

Houston Comets Dispersal Draft

With the Houston Comets ceasing operation and based on the 2008 records of teams, the Dream selected 1st in the Dispersal Draft. [1]

PickPlayerNationalityCollegePrevious Team
1 Sancho Lyttle Flag of Spain.svg Spain Houston Houston Comets

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
11 Angel McCoughtry Flag of the United States.svg United States Louisville
225 Shalee Lehning Flag of the United States.svg United States Kansas State
327Jessica MorrowFlag of the United States.svg United States Baylor

Trades and Roster Changes

DateTrade
December 8, 2008Traded 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, 2009Extended Qualifying Offers to Kasha Terry, Yelena Leuchanka, and Jennifer Lacy
January 12, 2009Signed Nikki Teasley [3]
January 14, 2009Waived Ann Strother and Chioma Nnamaka [4]
Rescinded the Qualifying Offer to Kasha Terry
January 21, 2009Traded Alison Bales to the Phoenix Mercury for a Second Round Pick in the 2009 WNBA draft [5]
February 3, 2009Waived Betty Lennox [6]
February 4, 2009Waived Kasha Terry [7]
February 11, 2009Signed Chantelle Anderson to a Training Camp Contract [8]
February 17, 2009Signed Jennifer Lacy to a Training Camp Contract
February 18, 2009Signed Michelle Snow to a Training Camp Contract [9]
April 8, 2009Waived Katie Mattera [10]
April 9, 2009Traded a Second Round Pick in the 2009 WNBA draft to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Ashley Shields [11]
April 13, 2009Waived Kristin Haynie
April 14, 2009Signed Angel McCoughtry, Shalee Lehning, and Jessica Morrow to Rookie Scale Contracts
April 20, 2009Signed Chamique Holdsclaw [12]
April 28, 2009Waived Ashley Shields [13]
May 11, 2009Waived Jessica Morrow
May 12, 2009Signed Marlies Gipson to a Training Camp Contract
May 15, 2009Signed Coco Miller [14]
May 29, 2009Waived Marlies Gipson
May 31, 2009Waived Chantelle Anderson [15]
June 3, 2009Waived Ivory Latta [16]
July 3, 2009Waived Nikki Teasley
Signed Ivory Latta [17]
August 12, 2009Traded Tamera Young to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Armintie Price [18]

Roster

2009 Atlanta Dream roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightFrom
G/F 8 Flag of Brazil.svg Castro Marques, Iziane 6' 0" (1.83m)140 lb (64kg) Brazil
F/C 14 Flag of Brazil.svg DeSouza, Erika 6' 5" (1.96m)190 lb (86kg) Brazil
F 1 Flag of the United States.svg Holdsclaw, Chamique 6' 2" (1.88m)172 lb (78kg) Tennessee
F 21 Flag of the United States.svg Lacy, Jennifer 6' 3" (1.91m)175 lb (79kg) Pepperdine
G 12 Flag of the United States.svg Latta, Ivory 5' 6" (1.68m)143 lb (65kg) North Carolina
G 5 Flag of the United States.svg Lehning, Shalee 5' 9" (1.75m)147 lb (67kg) Kansas State
F 20 Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Lyttle, Sancho 6' 4" (1.93m)143 lb (65kg) Houston
F 35 Flag of the United States.svg McCoughtry, Angel 6' 1" (1.85m)160 lb (73kg) Louisville
SG 9 Flag of the United States.svg Miller, Coco 5' 9" (1.75m)140 lb (64kg) Georgia
G/F 22 Flag of the United States.svg Price, Armintie 5' 9" (1.75m)133 lb (60kg) Mississippi
C 2 Flag of the United States.svg Snow, Michelle 6' 5" (1.96m)158 lb (72kg) Tennessee
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Marynell Meadors (Middle Tennessee)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Carol Ross (Mississippi)
Flag of the United States.svg Fred Williams (Boise State)
Flag of the United States.svg Sue Panek
Athletic trainer
Flag of the United States.svg Kara Dolling
Strength and conditioning coach
Flag of the United States.svg Jackie Ansley (Virginia Tech)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  WNBA roster page

Depth

Pos.StarterBench
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

Schedule

2009 Preseason Schedule
Total: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 277:00pm Connecticut 76-73 de Souza, Holdsclaw (16) de Souza (9) Teasley (7) Philips Arena
4,980		1-0

Regular season

2009 Regular Season
Total: 18–16 (Home: 12–5; Road: 6–11)
June: 4–6 (Home: 3–3; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTimeOpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1June 67:00pm Indiana 87-86 (2OT) Holdsclaw (23) de Souza (17) Holdsclaw, Teasley (4) Philips Arena
8,709		1-0
2June 74:00pm@ Washington 71-77 Miller (17) de Souza (6) Lehning (4) Verizon Center
11,759		1-1
3June 128:30pm@ Chicago CN100
NBA TV 		73-81 Castro Marques (20) de Souza (8) Miller (4) UIC Pavilion
5,689		1-2
4June 143:00pm@ Connecticut 67-62 Lyttle (20) Lyttle (16) Teasley (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,429		2-2
5June 197:30pm Washington 93-81 Lyttle (20) Lyttle (13) Teasley (4) Philips Arena
6,050		3-2
6June 213:00pm New York 81-93 Holdsclaw (17) Lyttle (9) Teasley (5) Philips Arena
5,624		3-3
7June 2312:00pm Chicago 98-99 (OT) McCoughtry (26) de Souza (7) McCoughtry (8) Philips Arena
10,351		3-4
8June 267:30pm Detroit 96-86 Holdsclaw (28) de Souza (13) Teasley (11) Philips Arena
5,935		4-4
9June 277:00pm@ Connecticut 68-82 Castro Marques (16) Snow (9) Lehning (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,264		4-5
10June 307:00pm Minnesota ESPN2 85-91 Castro Marques (31) de Souza (10) Lehning (4) Philips Arena
7,686		4-6
July: 5–4 (Home: 3–0; Road: 2–4)
GameDateTimeOpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
11July 37:30pm Washington 72-65 Holdsclaw (18) Lacy, Snow (8) Holdsclaw (8) Philips Arena
5,456		5-6
12July 56:00pm@ Indiana 74-78 Lyttle (18) de Souza (8) Lehning, McCoughtry (4) Conseco Fieldhouse
7,024		5-7
13July 77:30pm Connecticut 72-67 Holdsclaw (19) de Souza (17) Lehning (7) Philips Arena
6,225		6-7
14July 117:30pm@ New York 69-71 Castro Marques (18) Castro Marques, de Souza, Holdsclaw (8) Castro Marques (6) Madison Square Garden
8,732		6-8
15July 151:00pm@ Minnesota FSN-N 91-77 Holdsclaw (28) Lyttle (10) Lehning (5) Target Center
11,245		7-8
16July 177:00pm@ Indiana 79-84 de Souza (23) de Souza (14) Castro Marques, Lehning (3) Conseco Fieldhouse
7,975		7-9
17July 194:00pm@ New York 86-89 Holdsclaw (26) de Souza (10) de Souza (3) Madison Square Garden
8,560		7-10
18July 2212:00pm@ Detroit 98-95 (OT) Latta (22) Snow (12) Holdsclaw (4) Palace of Auburn Hills
14,439		8-10
19July 307:30pm Phoenix 106-76 McCoughtry (17) de Souza (14) Lehning (5) Philips Arena
7,827		9-10
August: 6–4 (Home: 5–2; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTimeOpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
20August 17:00pm New York NBA TV
MSG 		89-83 Holdsclaw (18) Holdsclaw, Lyttle (7) Latta, Lehning (3) Philips Arena
6,103		10-10
21August 68:00pm@ San Antonio 92-84 Holdsclaw (21) Lyttle (10) Lehning (7) AT&T Center
5,042		11-10
22August 87:00pm Chicago 80-82 Latta (18) de Souza (15) Latta, Miller (3) Philips Arena
5,424		11-11
23August 137:30pm Detroit 80-75 Castro Marques (16) de Souza (13) Lehning (5) Philips Arena
5,641		12-11
24August 157:00pm Seattle 88-79 Lyttle (20) de Souza (12) Lehning (6) Philips Arena
8,751		13-11
25August 207:30pm San Antonio 93-87 McCoughtry (34) de Souza (11) Lehning (6) Philips Arena
5,848		14-11
26August 233:00pm Los Angeles 87-91 Castro Marques (26) de Souza (9) Castro Marques, Lehning (4) Philips Arena
11,304		14-12
27August 257:30pm Sacramento 103-83 Castro Marques (30) Lyttle (9) Lehning (10) Philips Arena
5,159		15-12
28August 277:30pm@ Detroit 83-87 Castro Marques (19) de Souza (13) McCoughtry (5) Palace of Auburn Hills
5,695		15-13
29August 2910:00pm@ Seattle 84-91 (2OT) McCoughtry (16) Lyttle (11) Lehning, McCoughtry (4) KeyArena
9,089		15-14
September: 3–2 (Home: 1–0; Road: 2–2)
GameDateTimeOpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
30September 110:30pm@ Los Angeles 84-79 Castro Marques (27) de Souza, Lyttle (7) de Souza, Latta (3) STAPLES Center
8,756		16-14
31September 410:00pm@ Sacramento 98-90 de Souza (27) de Souza (13) McCoughtry (10) ARCO Arena
6,517		17-14
32September 510:00pm@ Phoenix 82-100 de Souza (23) Snow (7) Lehning (10) US Airways Center
10,424		17-15
33September 117:00pm Connecticut 88-64 McCoughtry (18) de Souza (14) Lyttle (5) Philips Arena
8,644		18-15
34September 127:00pm@ Washington 64-82 McCoughtry (19) McCoughtry (13) Castro Marques, de Souza (3) Verizon Center
11,987		18-16
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Postseason

2009 Postseason Schedule
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Detroit (Lost Series 0-2)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 168:00pm@ Detroit ESPN2 89-94 Castro Marques (25) Lyttle (9) Castro Marques (7) Palace of Auburn Hills
6,122		0-1
2September 187:30pm Detroit NBA TV 79-94 Latta (21) de Souza (7) McCoughtry, Latta, Price (3) Gwinnett Arena
4,780		0-2

Standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Indiana Fever x2212.647–14–38–917–5
Atlanta Dream x1816.5294.012–56–1110–12
Detroit Shock x1816.5294.011–67–1011–11
Washington Mystics x1618.4716.011–65–1210–12
Chicago Sky o1618.4716.012–54–1310–12
Connecticut Sun o1618.4716.012–54–139–12
New York Liberty o1321.3829.08–95–128–13

Playoffs

Conference semifinals
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

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
Iziane Castro Marques 343326.941.334.578.02.22.01.10.114.4
Chamique Holdsclaw 252528.341.420.083.94.42.21.40.313.9
Sancho Lyttle 343127.450.70.074.37.51.52.00.613.0
Angel McCoughtry 341021.647.629.474.13.12.12.20.412.8
Erika de Souza 343427.352.80.065.39.11.10.91.311.8
Ivory Latta 24014.640.936.082.60.71.40.50.06.1
Michelle Snow 34214.847.90.076.14.30.50.40.55.4
Nikki Teasley 101023.440.041.280.01.73.50.90.13.9
Coco Miller 34512.041.029.688.51.51.00.40.13.9
Shalee Lehning 342020.838.720.077.42.33.70.50.13.0
Jennifer Lacy 32011.332.721.166.72.20.30.30.23.0
Tamera Young 1106.533.320.064.71.30.50.50.12.7
Armintie Price 1108.935.70.060.01.50.40.30.21.5

Playoffs

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Angel McCoughtry 2229.048.457.166.75.53.01.00.019.0
Iziane Castro Marques 2225.550.050.070.61.54.50.00.016.0
Ivory Latta 2237.540.033.388.92.02.50.50.013.5
Erika de Souza 2227.055.60.075.07.01.02.01.011.5
Sancho Lyttle 2225.541.20.042.95.02.02.00.05.0
Armintie Price 2015.533.30.057.13.02.02.00.05.0
Michelle Snow 2016.530.00.060.04.00.50.01.04.5
Coco Miller 206.560.0100.00.00.01.00.00.03.5
Chamique Holdsclaw 1013.025.00.0100.03.00.00.00.03.0
Jennifer Lacy 2011.50.00.050.01.00.00.00.01.0

Awards and honors

RecipientAwardDate awardedRef.
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]

References

  1. ↑ WNBA.com: Houston Comets dispersal draft
  2. ↑ "Dream Acquires Rights To Chamique Holdsclaw". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Dream Re-Signs Point Guard Nikki Teasley". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  4. ↑ "DREAM WAIVES CHIOMA NNAMAKA and ANN STROTHER". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Mercury Acquires Center Alison Bales". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  6. ↑ "BYE BYE BETTY: Atlanta Dream waive nine-year veteran Lennox". scoreatl.com. Score ATL. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  7. ↑ "DREAM WAIVES FORWARD KASHA TERRY". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Dream Signs Center Chantelle Anderson". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Atlanta Dream signs All-Star forward Holdsclaw". accesswdun.com. Access WDUN. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Dream Waives Center Katie Feenstra Mattera". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Early Draft-Day Deal". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  12. ↑ "DREAM SIGNS WNBA ALL-STAR CHAMIQUE HOLDSCLAW". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  13. ↑ "DREAM WAIVES GUARD ASHLEY SHIELDS". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  14. ↑ "COCO MILLER SIGNS WITH ATLANTA DREAM". georgiadogs.com. Georgia Athletics. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Dream Waives Chantelle Anderson And Marlies Gibson". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Dream Waives Guard Ivory Latta". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  17. ↑ "Dream Signs Ivory Latta And Waives Nikki Teasley". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  18. ↑ "Sky acquire Dream's Young for Price". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  19. ↑ "Sancho Lyttle and Diana Taurasi Named WNBA Players of the Week". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  20. 1 2 "WNBA Announces All-Star Game Reserves". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  21. 1 2 "2009 WNBA All-Defensive Team Selections Announced". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  22. ↑ Coward, Cheryl. "Atlanta Dream's Angel McCoughtry Snags 2009 WNBA Rookie of the Year Honors". bleacherreport.com. Bleacher Report. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  23. ↑ "All-Rookie Teams". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  24. ↑ "Atlanta Dream's Marynell Meadors Named 2009 WNBA Coach of the Year". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.