2019 Atlanta Dream season

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2019 Atlanta Dream season
Coach Nicki Collen
Arena State Farm Arena
Attendance4,270 per game
Results
Record8–26 (.235)
Place6th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
Points Tiffany Hayes – 14.7
Rebounds Jessica Breland – 7.3
Assists Alex Bentley – 3.0
Media
Television WSB-TV

The 2019 WNBA season was the 12th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. The team began its season on May 24, 2019, against the Dallas Wings and concluded the season on September 8 against the New York Liberty. [1]

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On December 13, 2018, the Atlanta Dream announced that they would return to State Farm Arena, formerly Philips Arena, after playing the previous two seasons at Georgia Tech's McCamish Pavilion while State Farm Arena underwent a $192.5 million renovation. [2]

The Dream endured a season without star Angel McCoughtry, who missed time with a knee ligament injury sustained in 2018. The Dream started slowly only winning 2 games of their first ten. Early July brought some hope to the team, with the Dream winning three of four games between July 5 and July 12. However, the streak would not continue as the Dream lost twelve games in a row from July 14 to August 20. The Dream won three of their last 7 games to finish with an 8–26 record, last in the WNBA. It was the Dream's second worst season in franchise history. For the first time in franchise history, the Dream did not have a player selected to the All-Star Game.

Transactions

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/team/country
111 Brianna Turner Flag of the United States.svg  United States Notre Dame
223 Maite Cazorla Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Oregon
335 Li Yueru Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Guangdong Vermilion Birds (China)

Trades and Roster Changes

DateTransaction
January 1, 2019Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on Brittney Sykes
Extended a Qualifying Offer to Damiris Dantas
January 2, 2019Extended a Qualifying Offer to Blake Dietrick
February 2, 2019Signed Blake Dietrick to a training-camp contract [3]
February 6, 2019Signed Haley Peters to a training-camp contract [4]
February 11, 2019Signed Lynetta Kizer to a training-camp contract [5] [6]
March 15, 2019Signed Mengran Sun to a training-camp contract [7]
April 10, 2019Traded F Brianna Turner to the Phoenix Mercury for Marie Gülich [8]
April 11, 2019Traded a 2nd round pick in the 2020 WNBA draft to the New York Liberty in exchange for Nia Coffey from the Las Vegas Aces - as part of a 3-Team Trade [9]
April 14, 2019Signed Maite Cazorla to a rookie-scale contract
April 17, 2019Signed Meme Jackson to training-camp contract [10]
May 16, 2019Waived Meme Jackson [11]
Traded Imani McGee-Stafford to Dallas Wings for a 3rd round pick in the 2020 WNBA draft [12]
May 21, 2019Waived Lynetta Kizer [13]
May 23, 2019Waived Blake Dietrick [14]
Full Season Suspension of Mengran Sun
June 16, 2019Temporarily Suspend Alex Bentley due to Overseas Commitments
June 19, 2019Signed Natisha Hiedeman [15]
July 1, 2019Activated Alex Bentley from her Temporary Suspension
Waived Natisha Hiedeman
July 17, 2019Waived Haley Peters [16]
July 18, 2019Signed Alaina Coates [17]

Roster

2019 Atlanta Dream roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G 20 Flag of the United States.svg Bentley, Alex 5' 7" (1.7m)152 lb (69kg)10-27-1990 Penn State 6
F 25 Flag of the United States.svg Billings, Monique 6' 4" (1.93m)185 lb (84kg)05-02-1996 UCLA 1
F 51 Flag of the United States.svg Breland, Jessica 6' 2" (1.88m)166 lb (75kg)02-23-1988 North Carolina 7
G 5 Flag of Spain.svg Cazorla, Maite 5' 10" (1.78m)155 lb (70kg)6-18-1997 Oregon R
C 81 Flag of the United States.svg Coates, Alaina 6' 4" (1.93m)225 lb (102kg)04-07-1995 South Carolina 1
F 10 Flag of the United States.svg Coffey, Nia 5' 10" (1.78m)182 lb (83kg)06-11-1993 Northwestern 2
C 24 Flag of Germany.svg Gülich, Marie 6' 5" (1.96m)205 lb (93kg)05-28-1994 Oregon State 1
G 15 Flag of the United States.svg Hayes, Tiffany 5' 10" (1.78m)155 lb (70kg)09-20-1989 Connecticut 7
G/F 35 Flag of the United States.svg McCoughtry, Angel   Cruz Roja.svg 6' 1" (1.85m)173 lb (78kg)07-10-1986 Louisville 9
G 21 Flag of the United States.svg Montgomery, Renee 5' 7" (1.7m)140 lb (64kg)12-02-1986 Connecticut 10
G 7 Flag of the United States.svg Sykes, Brittney 5' 9" (1.75m)154 lb (70kg)02-07-1994 Syracuse 2
F/C 1 Flag of the United States.svg Williams, Elizabeth 6' 3" (1.91m)200 lb (91kg)06-23-1993 Duke 4
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Nicki Collen (Marquette)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Peterson (Bushnell)
Flag of the United States.svg Darius Taylor (Michigan)
Athletic trainer
Flag of the United States.svg Jessica Cohen (Vanderbilt)
Strength and conditioning coach
Flag of the United States.svg Ashley Alexander (New Orleans)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Depth

Pos.StarterBench
C Elizabeth Williams Marie Gülich
Alaina Coates
PF Jessica Breland Monique Billings
SF Brittney Sykes Nia Coffey
Angel McCoughtry Cruz Roja.svg
SG Tiffany Hayes Alex Bentley
PG Renee Montgomery Maite Cazorla

Schedule

Preseason

2019 Preseason Schedule
Total: 2–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 2–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 13vs. Dallas W 82–59 Bentley (15) Gülich (6)Tied (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
3,300		1–0
2May 14vs. New York W 87–92 Coffey (18) McGee-Stafford (6)Tied (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
3,458		2–0
3May 17 Washington L 64–75 Hayes (17) Billings (6) Montgomery (4) Albany Civic Center
N/A		2–1
2019 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2016 Regular Season
Total: 8–26 (Home: 5–12; Road: 3–14)
May: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 24 Dallas W 76–72 Breland (17)Tied (6) Sykes (4) State Farm Arena
3,070		1–0
2May 31 Seattle L 66–82 Sykes (12)3 tied (8) Bentley (4) State Farm Arena
2,119		1–1
June: 1–7 (Home: 1–4; Road: 0–3)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
3June 1@ Washington L 75–96 Tied (11) Breland (7) Bentley (4) St. Elizabeth's East Arena
4,200		1–2
4June 6 Las Vegas L 69–92 Sykes (15) Breland (9) Montgomery (5) State Farm Arena
2,630		1–3
5June 9 Connecticut L 59–65 Tied (14) Billings (10)Tied (3) State Farm Arena
3,082		1–4
6June 15@ Dallas L 61–71 Williams (16) Williams (8) Hayes (3) College Park Center
5,220		1–5
7June 19 Indiana W 88–78 Hayes (28) Billings (8) Montgomery (9) State Farm Arena
6,474		2–5
8June 21@ Connecticut L 76–86 Sykes (18) Breland (8) Hayes (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,608		2–6
9June 23 Washington L 73–89 Hayes (18) Billings (14) Cazorla (6) State Farm Arena
4,136		2–7
10June 30 New York L 58–74 Sykes (18) Williams (8)Tied (4) State Farm Arena
4,359		2–8
July: 3–8 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–6)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
11July 2@ Minnesota L 68–85 Williams (14) Breland (5) Bentley (5) Target Center
8,208		2–9
12July 5@ Seattle W 77–66 Hayes (21) Williams (9)Tied (5) Alaska Airlines Arena
8,111		3–9
13July 7@ Phoenix L 63–65 Sykes (29) Sykes (10)3 tied (3) Talking Stick Resort Arena
9,850		3–10
14July 10 Connecticut W 78–75 Hayes (18) Breland (13)Tied (4) State Farm Arena
3,866		4–10
15July 12 Minnesota W 60–53 Williams (17) Breland (9) Hayes (4) State Farm Arena
4,001		5–10
16July 14 Los Angeles L 71–76 (OT) Hayes (24) Billings (16) Hayes (4) State Farm Arena
5,083		5–11
17July 17@ Chicago L 76–77 Montgomery (23) Breland (11)Tied (6) Wintrust Arena
10,143		5–12
18July 19@ Connecticut L 69–98 Sykes (26) Coffey (7) Sykes (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,733		5–13
19July 21@ Washington L 65–93 Williams (14) Gülich (8) Cazorla (4) St. Elizabeth's East Arena
4,200		5–14
20July 23 Los Angeles L 66–78 Billings (16)Tied (8) Bentley (5) State Farm Arena
7,047		5–15
21July 31@ Indiana L 59–61 Williams (17) Billings (12) Breland (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
5,702		5–16
August: 2–7 (Home: 0–4; Road: 2–3)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
22August 3 Chicago L 75–87 Bentley (21) Breland (7) Hayes (4) State Farm Arena
5,427		5–17
23August 6 Minnesota L 69–85 Montgomery (19) Sykes (8)Tied (3) State Farm Arena
3,395		5–18
24August 10@ Indiana L 82–87 Hayes (34) Sykes (9) Sykes (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7,923		5–19
25August 13@ Las Vegas L 90–94 Breland (18) Gülich (12) Bentley (7) Mandalay Bay Events Center
3,532		5–20
26August 16@ Phoenix L 68–77 Montgomery (17) Williams (11) Williams (4) Talking Stick Resort Arena
8,480		5–21
27August 20 Chicago L 83–87 Hayes (27) Billings (9) Bentley (5) State Farm Arena
4,662		5–22
28August 23@ New York W 90–87 Hayes (19) Breland (12) Sykes (6) Westchester County Center
1,831		6–22
29August 25@ Dallas W 77–73 Hayes (23) Breland (12) Bentley (4) College Park Center
4,715		7–22
30August 29 Phoenix L 58–65 Montgomery (20) Breland (11)3 tied (3) State Farm Arena
3,727		7–23
September: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
31September 1@ Seattle L 75–92 Tied (15) Williams (6) Bentley (5) Alaska Airlines Arena
9,000		7–24
32September 3@ Los Angeles L 60–70 Tied (15) Billings (10) Montgomery (4) Staples Center
9,889		7–25
33September 5 Las Vegas W 78–74 Williams (20) Billings (14) Bentley (8) State Farm Arena
4,023		8–25
34September 8 New York L 63–71 Bentley (17) Breland (12) Breland (4) State Farm Arena
5,495		8–26
2019 season schedule

Standings

# Eastern Conference
W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
1 Washington Mystics (1)268.765–14–312–513–3
2 Connecticut Sun (2)2311.676315–28–911–5
3 Chicago Sky (5)2014.588612–58–911–5
4e –Indiana Fever 1321.382137–106–117–9
5e –New York Liberty 1024.294164–136–113–13
6e –Atlanta Dream 826.235185–123–143–13

Notes

(#) – Conference Standing, Playoff Seeds shown to the right of team name
e – Eliminated from playoffs

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
Tiffany Hayes 292928.239.330.876.43.02.81.00.314.7
Brittney Sykes 342725.936.525.970.34.42.50.60.510.2
Renee Montgomery 343427.937.032.482.42.22.60.90.59.5
Elizabeth Williams 323228.445.50.073.26.51.20.81.79.3
Alex Bentley 29421.930.723.585.71.93.00.70.39.0
Jessica Breland 333323.237.823.787.97.31.71.31.17.5
Monique Billings 29219.138.910078.36.90.60.60.45.5
Nia Coffey 28613.933.837.954.82.80.40.50.55.0
Marie Gülich 31111.336.132.072.72.70.60.20.83.3
Maite Cazorla 31115.431.223.687.50.71.60.603.0
Alaina Coates 908.364.3053.83.00.10.20.72.8
Angel McCoughtry 11000000000


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