2022 Atlanta Dream season | |
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Coach | Tanisha Wright |
Arena | Gateway Center Arena |
Attendance | 2,752 per game |
Results | |
Record | 14–22 (.389) |
Place | 5th (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Team Leaders | |
Points | Rhyne Howard – 16.2 ppg |
Rebounds | Monique Billings – 6.3 rpg |
Assists | Erica Wheeler – 3.9 apg |
The 2022 WNBA season was the 15th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. The team began the season on May 14, 2022, on the road against the Dallas Wings. [1]
This was the first season for new head coach Tanisha Wright. Wright was hired on October 12, 2021. [2] Dan Padover was hired as the team's new general manager, while Darius Taylor moved into the assistant general manager role - after serving as the team's interim head coach in the 2021 season. [3]
The season stated well for Wright and the Dream, as they finished May 5–3. However, a stronger schedule in June slowed down their momentum as they finished the month 4–8, including a four game and three game losing streak. The Dream's struggles continued in July as they finished the month 3–7. One bright spot in the month was a win over regular season champions Las Vegas, in Las Vegas. The team lost their last four games of the season and finished 2–4 in August. They finished in tenth place overall, missing the playoffs by one game. Their fourteen wins were the most in a season since 2018 for the team.
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/team/country |
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1 | 1 | Rhyne Howard | United States | Kentucky |
2 | 15 | Naz Hillmon | United States | Michigan |
Date | Transaction | |
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October 12, 2021 | Hired Tanisha Wright as head coach | |
December 23, 2021 | Renounced the rights to Mengran Sun [4] | |
January 4, 2022 | Extended Qualifying Offers to Monique Billings and Jaylyn Agnew [5] | |
January 6, 2022 | Signed Jaylyn Agnew to a Qualifying Offer [6] | |
January 13, 2022 | Waived Tianna Hawkins [7] | |
January 16, 2022 | Suspended Maite Cazorla for Full-Season [8] | |
January 18, 2022 | Claimed Megan Walker off of Waivers [9] | |
January 31, 2022 | Traded a 2023 Third Round Pick to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Kia Vaughn [10] | |
February 1, 2022 | Re-Signed Tiffany Hayes to a One-Year Deal [11] [12] | |
Signed Nia Coffey to a One-Year Deal [13] | ||
February 3, 2022 | Re-Signed Monique Billings to a One-Year Deal [14] [15] | |
February 5, 2022 | Traded Chennedy Carter and the rights to Li Yueru to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Erica Wheeler, a 2023 First-Round Pick, and a 2022 Second Round Pick [16] | |
February 15, 2022 | Signed N'dea Jones and Khaalia Hillsman to training-camp contracts [17] | |
February 21, 2022 | Signed Kristy Wallace to a Rookie Contract [18] | |
February 23, 2022 | Signed Maya Caldwell to a training-camp contract [19] | |
March 29, 2022 | Hired Christie Sides, Paul Goriss and Barbara Turner as assistant coaches [20] | |
April 6, 2022 | Traded the #3 and #14 picks in the 2022 WNBA Draft, and the right to exchange 1st round picks with the Los Angeles Sparks (from the Erica Wheeler trade) to the Washington Mystics in exchange for the #1 pick in the 2022 WNBA Draft [21] | |
April 12, 2022 | Signed Que Morrison to a training-camp contract [22] | |
April 18, 2022 | Signed Rhyne Howard and Naz Hillmon to rookie-scale contracts | |
April 22, 2022 | Waived Khaalia Hillsmon [23] | |
April 23, 2022 | Waived Que Morrison [24] | |
April 25, 2022 | Waived N'dea Jones [25] | |
April 27, 2022 | Waived Jaylyn Agnew [26] | |
May 5, 2022 | Waived Maya Caldwell | |
Temporarily Suspend Tiffany Hayes due to Overseas Commitments | ||
May 6, 2022 | Claimed Beatrice Mompremier of a waivers [27] | |
May 13, 2022 | Activated Tiffany Hayes from her Temporary Suspension | |
June 8, 2022 | Traded Megan Walker and the rights to Raquel Carrera to the New York Liberty in exchange for AD [28] | |
June 15, 2022 | Signed Destiny Slocum to a Hardship Contract [29] | |
June 20, 2022 | Signed Maya Caldwell to a Hardship Contract [30] | |
June 23, 2022 | Released Destiny Slocum from her Hardship Contract | |
Signed Yvonne Turner to a Hardship Contract [31] | ||
June 27, 2022 | Released Yvonne Turner and Maya Caldwell from their Hardship Contracts | |
August 2, 2022 | Signed Maya Caldwell to a 7-Day Hardship Contract [32] | |
August 9, 2022 | Signed Maya Caldwell to a Hardship Contract | |
August 11, 2022 | Signed Kaila Charles to a Hardship Contract [33] | |
Temporarily Suspend Tiffany Hayes |
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2022 pre-season game log Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1) | ||||||||||||||||||
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April: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
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May : 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
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# | W | L | PCT | GB | Conf. | Home | Road | Cup | |
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1 | x – Las Vegas Aces | 26 | 10 | .722 | – | 15–3 | 13–5 | 13–5 | 9–1 |
2 | x – Chicago Sky | 26 | 10 | .722 | – | 15–3 | 14–4 | 12–6 | 9–1 |
3 | x – Connecticut Sun | 25 | 11 | .694 | 1.0 | 11–7 | 13–5 | 12–6 | 5–5 |
4 | x – Seattle Storm | 22 | 14 | .611 | 4.0 | 10–8 | 13–5 | 9–9 | 6–4 |
5 | x – Washington Mystics | 22 | 14 | .611 | 4.0 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 10–8 | 5–5 |
6 | x – Dallas Wings | 18 | 18 | .500 | 8.0 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 5–5 |
7 | x – New York Liberty | 16 | 20 | .444 | 10.0 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 6–4 |
8 | x – Phoenix Mercury | 15 | 21 | .417 | 11.0 | 7–11 | 11–7 | 4–14 | 3–7 |
9 | e – Minnesota Lynx | 14 | 22 | .389 | 12.0 | 8–10 | 7–11 | 7–11 | 4–6 |
10 | e – Atlanta Dream | 14 | 22 | .389 | 12.0 | 5–13 | 8–10 | 6–12 | 3–7 |
11 | e – Los Angeles Sparks | 13 | 23 | .361 | 13.0 | 6–12 | 7–11 | 6–12 | 3–7 |
12 | e – Indiana Fever | 5 | 31 | .139 | 21.0 | 2–16 | 3–15 | 2–16 | 2–8 |
Notes
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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Rhyne Howard | 34 | 34 | 31.4 | .361 | .343 | .792 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 16.2 |
Tiffany Hayes | 11 | 11 | 27.5 | .545 | .429 | .683 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 16.2 |
Cheyenne Parker | 36 | 35 | 26.2 | .500 | .218 | .795 | 6.2 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 11.8 |
Aari McDonald | 36 | 6 | 24.3 | .411 | .338 | .871 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 11.1 |
Maya Caldwell ≠ | 9 | 7 | 23.8 | .514 | .563 | .800 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 10.9 |
AD Durr ≠ | 15 | 2 | 19.9 | .422 | .458 | .774 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 10.7 |
Erica Wheeler | 30 | 30 | 26.3 | .355 | .329 | .756 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 8.4 |
Kristy Wallace | 29 | 18 | 20.8 | .407 | .368 | 786 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 6.6 |
Monique Billings | 23 | 8 | 17.4 | .470 | .000 | .765 | 6.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 6.5 |
Nia Coffey | 16 | 16 | 21.0 | .347 | .290 | .742 | 5.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 6.4 |
Destiny Slocum ‡ | 3 | 0 | 13.7 | .364 | .333 | .600 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 |
Naz Hillmon | 34 | 12 | 19.8 | .480 | .000 | .821 | 5.1 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 4.4 |
Megan Walker † | 12 | 0 | 9.6 | .368 | .368 | .667 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3.3 |
Kia Vaughn | 29 | 1 | 13.8 | .400 | .000 | .692 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.5 |
Beatrice Mompremier | 21 | 0 | 8.3 | .455 | .000 | .385 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 2.1 |
Yvonne Turner ‡ | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | .000 | .000 | .500 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Kaila Charles ≠ | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season
Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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Rhyne Howard | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | May 16 | [34] |
WNBA Rookie of the Month - May | June 1 | [35] | |
WNBA All-Star Selection | June 28 | [36] | |
WNBA Rookie of the Month - June | July 5 | [37] | |
WNBA Rookie of the Month - July | August 2 | [38] | |
WNBA Rookie of the Month - August | August 16 | [39] | |
WNBA Rookie of the Year | August 25 | [40] | |
WNBA All-Rookie Team | August 25 | [41] |
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