2019 Atlanta Dream season

2019 Atlanta Dream season
Coach	Nicki Collen
Arena	State Farm Arena
Attendance	4,270 per game
Results
Record	8–26 (.235)
Place	6th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did Not Qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Tiffany Hayes – 14.7
Rebounds	Jessica Breland – 7.3
Assists	Alex Bentley – 3.0
Media
Television	WSB-TV
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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.

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.

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

See also: 2019 WNBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	11	Brianna Turner	United States	Notre Dame
2	23	Maite Cazorla	Spain	Oregon
3	35	Li Yueru	China	Guangdong Vermilion Birds (China)

Trades and Roster Changes

Date	Transaction
January 1, 2019	Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on Brittney Sykes
	Extended a Qualifying Offer to Damiris Dantas
January 2, 2019	Extended a Qualifying Offer to Blake Dietrick
February 2, 2019	Signed Blake Dietrick to a Training Camp Contract
February 6, 2019	Signed Haley Peters to a Training Camp Contract
February 11, 2019	Signed Lynetta Kizer to a Training Camp Contract
March 15, 2019	Signed Mengran Sun to a Training Camp Contract
April 10, 2019	Traded F Brianna Turner to the Phoenix Mercury for Marie Gülich
April 11, 2019	Traded 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
April 14, 2019	Signed Maite Cazorla to a Rookie Scale Contract
April 17, 2019	Signed Meme Jackson to Training Camp Contract
May 16, 2019	Waived Meme Jackson
	Traded Imani McGee-Stafford to Dallas Wings for a 3rd Round Pick in the 2020 WNBA Draft
May 21, 2019	Waived Lynetta Kizer
May 23, 2019	Waived Blake Dietrick
	Full Season Suspension of Mengran Sun
June 16, 2019	Temporarily Suspend Alex Bentley due to Overseas Commitments
June 19, 2019	Signed Natisha Hiedeman
July 1, 2019	Activated Alex Bentley from her Temporary Suspension
	Waived Natisha Hiedeman
July 17, 2019	Waived Haley Peters
July 18, 2019	Signed Alaina Coates

Roster

2019 Atlanta Dream Roster
Players	Coaches
Template:WNBA roster footer current Depth Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From G 20 Bentley, Alex 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 152 lb (69 kg) 10-27-1990 Penn State F 25 Billings, Monique 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 05-02-1996 UCLA F 51 Breland, Jessica 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 166 lb (75 kg) 02-23-1988 North Carolina G 5 Cazorla, Maite 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 155 lb (70 kg) 6-18-1997 Oregon C 81 Coates, Alaina 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 04-07-1995 South Carolina F 10 Coffey, Nia 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 182 lb (83 kg) 06-11-1993 Northwestern C 24 Gülich, Marie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 05-28-1994 Oregon State G 15 Hayes, Tiffany 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 155 lb (70 kg) 09-20-1989 Connecticut G/F 35 McCoughtry, Angel  6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 173 lb (78 kg) 07-10-1986 Louisville G 21 Montgomery, Renee 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 140 lb (64 kg) 12-02-1986 Connecticut G 7 Sykes, Brittney 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 154 lb (70 kg) 02-07-1994 Syracuse F/C 1 Williams, Elizabeth 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 06-23-1993 Duke Pos. Starter Bench C Elizabeth Williams Marie Gülich Alaina Coates PF Jessica Breland Monique Billings SF Brittney Sykes Nia Coffey Angel McCoughtry SG Tiffany Hayes Alex Bentley PG Renee Montgomery Maite Cazorla Schedule Preseason 2019 Preseason Schedule Total: 2–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 2–0) Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 13 vs. Dallas W 82–59 Bentley (15) Gülich (6) Tied (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 3,300 1–0 2 May 14 vs. New York W 87–92 Coffey (18) McGee-Stafford (6) Tied (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 3,458 2–0 3 May 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) Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 24 Dallas W 76–72 Breland (17) Tied (6) Sykes (4) State Farm Arena 3,070 1–0 2 May 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) Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 3 June 1 @ Washington L 75–96 Tied (11) Breland (7) Bentley (4) St. Elizabeth's East Arena 4,200 1–2 4 June 6 Las Vegas L 69–92 Sykes (15) Breland (9) Montgomery (5) State Farm Arena 2,630 1–3 5 June 9 Connecticut L 59–65 Tied (14) Billings (10) Tied (3) State Farm Arena 3,082 1–4 6 June 15 @ Dallas L 61–71 Williams (16) Williams (8) Hayes (3) College Park Center 5,220 1–5 7 June 19 Indiana W 88–78 Hayes (28) Billings (8) Montgomery (9) State Farm Arena 6,474 2–5 8 June 21 @ Connecticut L 76–86 Sykes (18) Breland (8) Hayes (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,608 2–6 9 June 23 Washington L 73–89 Hayes (18) Billings (14) Cazorla (6) State Farm Arena 4,136 2–7 10 June 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) Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 11 July 2 @ Minnesota L 68–85 Williams (14) Breland (5) Bentley (5) Target Center 8,208 2–9 12 July 5 @ Seattle W 77–66 Hayes (21) Williams (9) Tied (5) Alaska Airlines Arena 8,111 3–9 13 July 7 @ Phoenix L 63–65 Sykes (29) Sykes (10) 3 tied (3) Talking Stick Resort Arena 9,850 3–10 14 July 10 Connecticut W 78–75 Hayes (18) Breland (13) Tied (4) State Farm Arena 3,866 4–10 15 July 12 Minnesota W 60–53 Williams (17) Breland (9) Hayes (4) State Farm Arena 4,001 5–10 16 July 14 Los Angeles L 71–76 (OT) Hayes (24) Billings (16) Hayes (4) State Farm Arena 5,083 5–11 17 July 17 @ Chicago L 76–77 Montgomery (23) Breland (11) Tied (6) Wintrust Arena 10,143 5–12 18 July 19 @ Connecticut L 69–98 Sykes (26) Coffey (7) Sykes (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,733 5–13 19 July 21 @ Washington L 65–93 Williams (14) Gülich (8) Cazorla (4) St. Elizabeth's East Arena 4,200 5–14 20 July 23 Los Angeles L 66–78 Billings (16) Tied (8) Bentley (5) State Farm Arena 7,047 5–15 21 July 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) Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 22 August 3 Chicago L 75–87 Bentley (21) Breland (7) Hayes (4) State Farm Arena 5,427 5–17 23 August 6 Minnesota L 69–85 Montgomery (19) Sykes (8) Tied (3) State Farm Arena 3,395 5–18 24 August 10 @ Indiana L 82–87 Hayes (34) Sykes (9) Sykes (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,923 5–19 25 August 13 @ Las Vegas L 90–94 Breland (18) Gülich (12) Bentley (7) Mandalay Bay Events Center 3,532 5–20 26 August 16 @ Phoenix L 68–77 Montgomery (17) Williams (11) Williams (4) Talking Stick Resort Arena 8,480 5–21 27 August 20 Chicago L 83–87 Hayes (27) Billings (9) Bentley (5) State Farm Arena 4,662 5–22 28 August 23 @ New York W 90–87 Hayes (19) Breland (12) Sykes (6) Westchester County Center 1,831 6–22 29 August 25 @ Dallas W 77–73 Hayes (23) Breland (12) Bentley (4) College Park Center 4,715 7–22 30 August 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) Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 31 September 1 @ Seattle L 75–92 Tied (15) Williams (6) Bentley (5) Alaska Airlines Arena 9,000 7–24 32 September 3 @ Los Angeles L 60–70 Tied (15) Billings (10) Montgomery (4) Staples Center 9,889 7–25 33 September 5 Las Vegas W 78–74 Williams (20) Billings (14) Bentley (8) State Farm Arena 4,023 8–25 34 September 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) 26 8 .765 – 14–3 12–5 13–3 2 Connecticut Sun (2) 23 11 .676 3 15–2 8–9 11–5 3 Chicago Sky (5) 20 14 .588 6 12–5 8–9 11–5 4 e –Indiana Fever 13 21 .382 13 7–10 6–11 7–9 5 e –New York Liberty 10 24 .294 16 4–13 6–11 3–13 6 e –Atlanta Dream 8 26 .235 18 5–12 3–14 3–13 Notes (#) – Conference Standing, Playoff Seeds shown to the right of team name e – Eliminated from playoffs Statistics Legend   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 Regular Season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Tiffany Hayes 29 29 28.2 39.3 30.8 76.4 3.0 2.8 1.0 0.3 14.7 Brittney Sykes 34 27 25.9 36.5 25.9 70.3 4.4 2.5 0.6 0.5 10.2 Renee Montgomery 34 34 27.9 37.0 32.4 82.4 2.2 2.6 0.9 0.5 9.5 Elizabeth Williams 32 32 28.4 45.5 0.0 73.2 6.5 1.2 0.8 1.7 9.3 Alex Bentley 29 4 21.9 30.7 23.5 85.7 1.9 3.0 0.7 0.3 9.0 Jessica Breland 33 33 23.2 37.8 23.7 87.9 7.3 1.7 1.3 1.1 7.5 Monique Billings 29 2 19.1 38.9 100 78.3 6.9 0.6 0.6 0.4 5.5 Nia Coffey 28 6 13.9 33.8 37.9 54.8 2.8 0.4 0.5 0.5 5.0 Marie Gülich 31 1 11.3 36.1 32.0 72.7 2.7 0.6 0.2 0.8 3.3 Maite Cazorla 31 1 15.4 31.2 23.6 87.5 0.7 1.6 0.6 0 3.0 Alaina Coates 9 0 8.3 64.3 0 53.8 3.0 0.1 0.2 0.7 2.8 Angel McCoughtry 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 References External links THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE ATLANTA DREAM