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2008 Atlanta Dream season
2008 Atlanta Dream season
Coach	Marynell Meadors
Arena	Philips Arena
Attendance	8,316 per game
Results
Record	4–30 (.118)
Place	7th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Betty Lennox (17.5)
Rebounds	Erika DeSouza (6.6)
Assists	Ivory Latta (3.6)
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The 2008 WNBA season was the first for the Atlanta Dream. The team name was unveiled on January 23, 2008, with the expansion draft held on February 6. The Atlanta Dream had seventeen straight losses. It was the longest losing streak to start a season in WNBA history.

Offseason

Expansion Draft

The list of players selected in the Expansion Draft includes:

Additionally, Atlanta immediately orchestrated three trades involving players in the expansion draft.^[1]

Traded LaToya Thomas and the 18th pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Ivory Latta.
Also traded the fourth pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft and Roneeka Hodges to the Seattle Storm for Iziane Castro Marques and the eighth pick in the draft.
Acquired the 24th overall draft pick from the Indiana Fever in exchange for agreeing not to select specific unprotected Fever players.

WNBA Draft

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

Roster

Atlanta Dream roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name
C	33	Bales, Alison	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	Duke
G/F	8	Castro Marques, Iziane	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	140 lb (64 kg)	Brazil
F/C	14	DeSouza, Erika	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Brazil
C	44	Feenstra, Katie	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Liberty University
G	4	Haynie, Kristin	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	147 lb (67 kg)	Michigan State
F	21	Lacy, Jennifer	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Pepperdine
G	12	Latta, Ivory	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	143 lb (65 kg)	North Carolina
G	22	Lennox, Betty	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	143 lb (65 kg)	Louisiana Tech
G	9	Nnamaka, Chioma	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)		Georgia Tech
G/F	43	Strother, Ann	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	166 lb (75 kg)	Connecticut
G	42	Teasley, Nikki	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	159 lb (72 kg)	North Carolina
F/C	35	Terry, Kasha	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Georgia Tech
F	23	Young, Tamera	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)		James Madison University

Head coach

Marynell Meadors (Middle Tennessee State)

Assistant coaches

Katy Steding (Stanford)
Fred Williams (Boise State)
Sue Panek

Athletic trainer

Kara Dolling

Strength and conditioning coach

Jackie Ansley (Virginia Tech)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Injured

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Detroit Shock ^x	22	12	.647	–	14–3	8–9	16–4
Connecticut Sun ^x	21	13	.618	1.0	13–4	8–9	13–7
New York Liberty ^x	19	15	.559	3.0	11–6	8–9	11–9
Indiana Fever ^x	17	17	.500	5.0	11–6	6–11	12–8
Chicago Sky ^o	12	22	.353	10.0	8–9	4–13	10–10
Washington Mystics ^o	10	24	.294	12.0	6–11	4–13	6–14
Atlanta Dream ^o	4	30	.118	18.0	1–16	3–14	2–18

Schedule

Preseason

2008 Game Log: Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	May 3	Los Angeles	L 80-86	Thomas, Young (15)	Young (5)	Ingram (4)	Philips Arena 7,932	0-1
2	May 11	@ Phoenix	L 84-97	Lennox (21)	Lovelace (6)	Haynie, Lennox (4)	US Airways Center 1,845	0-2

Regular season

The Atlanta Dream lost their first game in franchise history, 67-100. Their opponent was the Connecticut Sun; the Sun delivered a 32-8 run that stretched into the second quarter to open a 17-point lead. The lead exploded to 34 points. At the conclusion of the game, the Dream were outrebounded 53-29. For the Dream, Stacey Lovelace had 11 points, five assists and four rebounds.

2008 Game Log: Regular Season

May

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	May 17	@ Connecticut	67-100	Lennox (17)	Haynie, Lennox (7)	Lovelace (5)	Mohegan Sun Arena 7,420	0-1
2	May 23	Detroit	76-88	Lennox (21)	DeSouza (18)	Latta (3)	Philips Arena 11,609	0-2
3	May 25	Los Angeles	56-74	Castro Marques (17)	DeSouza, Feenstra (6)	Haynie, Latta (4)	Philips Arena 11,186	0-3
4	May 27	@ Washington	74-80	Lennox (29)	DeSouza, Lennox, Little, Lovelace (3)	Latta (6)	Verizon Center 6,231	0-4

June

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
5	June 3	Minnesota	81-85	Lennox (28)	Feenstra (9)	Lennox (8)	Philips Arena 5,844	0-5
6	June 6	Chicago	72-86	Latta (17)	Little (7)	Latta, Lennox (5)	Philips Arena 7,418	0-6
7	June 7	@ Chicago	70-91	Lacy (18)	Lacy (10)	Lennox (4)	UIC Pavilion 3,182	0-7
8	June 11	New York	77-81	Lennox (28)	Lennox (7)	Latta (6)	Philips Arena 5,936	0-8
9	June 13	Indiana	67-76	Young, Latta (14)	Lacy, Young (5)	Latta (6)	Philips Arena 8,167	0-9
10	June 16	@ Houston	79-88	Lennox (29)	Lennox (11)	Young (3)	Reliant Arena 6,139	0-10
11	June 18	San Antonio	66-81	Lovelace (18)	Young (13)	Young (7)	Philips Arena 6,225	0-11
12	June 20	@ Washington	61-72	Lennox (18)	Lennox (9)	Latta (4)	Verizon Center 7,448	0-12
13	June 22	Detroit	76-97	Latta (26)	Young (11)	Latta (10)	Philips Arena 7,865	0-13
14	June 27	@ Connecticut	101-109 (OT)	Lennox (44)	Lennox (9)	Lennox (7)	Mohegan Sun Arena 7,612	0-14
15	June 29	@ Detroit	92-100	Young (26)	Lennox (8)	Latta (5)	Palace of Auburn Hills 8,798	0-15

July

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
16	July 1	Phoenix	79-97	Lennox (18)	Lovelace, Young (7)	Latta (5)	Philips Arena 9,795	0-16
17	July 3	Houston	65-72	Lennox (15)	Feenstra (9)	Haynie, Strother (3)	Philips Arena 7,430	0-17
18	July 5	Chicago	91-84	Lacy, Latta (18)	Young (8)	Haynie (11)	Philips Arena 8,468	1-17
19	July 9	@ Minnesota	73-67	Lennox (24)	Bales (11)	Haynie (5)	Target Center 5,893	2-17
20	July 11	@ San Antonio	74-82	Lennox (22)	Bales (9)	Lennox (4)	AT&T Center 10,943	2-18
21	July 13	@ Chicago	66-79	Feenstra (21)	Feenstra (8)	Feenstra, Haynie, Lennox (2)	UIC Pavilion 2,907	2-19
22	July 16	@ Indiana	81-77	Castro Marques (24)	Bales (11)	Haynie (7)	Conseco Fieldhouse 9,303	3-19
23	July 18	@ Sacramento	73-77	Haynie (12)	Feenstra (8)	Haynie (4)	ARCO Arena 7,236	3-20
24	July 19	@ Phoenix	84-110	Latta (18)	Terry (11)	Latta (3)	US Airways Center 7,913	3-21
25	July 22	Sacramento	66-79	Terry, Latta (15)	Terry (9)	Haynie (4)	Philips Arena 10,431	3-22
26	July 25	Washington	75-81	Castro Marques (23)	Bales (7)	Haynie (3)	Philips Arena 8,279	3-23
27	July 27	New York	76-86	Lennox (18)	DeSouza (11)	Latta (5)	Philips Arena 8,759	3-24

August

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
Summer Olympic break
28	August 29	Connecticut	72-98	Lennox (19)	DeSouza, Feenstra (6)	Haynie (6)	Philips Arena 11,442	3-25
29	August 30	@ Indiana	72-87	Lennox (27)	Bales (5)	Haynie (5)	Conseco Fieldhouse 9,280	3-26

September

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
30	September 2	Seattle	69-83	Lennox (25)	DeSouza (8)	Latta (4)	Philips Arena 7,390	3-27
31	September 5	@ New York	71-82	Lennox (28)	Lennox (7)	Castro Marques (4)	Madison Square Garden 7,039	3-28
32	September 8	Indiana	77-81	Lennox (19)	Bales (9)	Castro Marques (6)	Philips Arena 7,706	3-29
33	September 11	@ Los Angeles	83-72	Castro Marques (23)	Bales (9)	Latta (10)	Staples Center 9,060	4-29
34	September 12	@ Seattle	72-77	Young (20)	Feenstra, Haynie, Terry (5)	Latta (4)	KeyArena 9,686	4-30

Player stats

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
Betty Lennox	34	33	29.7	.415	.358	.855	4.2	2.4	1.3	0.1	17.5
Ivory Latta	34	31	28.2	.362	.344	.802	2.1	3.6	1.3	0.0	11.4
Erika DeSouza	12	8	23.1	.585	.000	.615	6.6	0.7	1.4	1.8	9.3
Iziane Castro Marques	29	20	23.1	.353	.309	.814	2.2	1.8	0.9	0.2	9.3
Tamera Young	33	15	22.6	.333	.325	.691	4.2	1.2	0.9	0.3	7.3
Katie Feenstra	33	4	14.0	.535	.000	.750	3.9	0.3	0.9	0.8	6.7
Stacey Lovelace	15	7	17.2	.404	.417	.692	3.6	1.0	1.1	0.7	6.1
Jennifer Lacy	33	22	18.3	.389	.190	.673	2.7	0.8	0.6	0.2	5.7
Alison Bales	17	9	22.3	.405	.333	.677	6.0	0.6	0.9	1.7	4.8
Camille Little	13	2	17.0	.420	.400	.593	3.1	0.7	0.8	0.5	4.8
Kasha Terry	20	8	13.8	.474	.000	.606	3.2	0.5	0.5	0.6	4.6
Kristen Mann	13	8	17.2	.409	.500	1.000	1.5	1.1	0.6	0.3	3.5
Kristin Haynie	33	3	14.7	.316	.313	.750	1.7	2.5	0.9	0.1	2.8
Ann Strother	21	0	7.6	.353	.368	.667	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.1	1.9
Chioma Nnamaka	12	0	7.0	.231	.182	.667	1.0	0.2	0.4	0.0	1.3

References

^ Atlanta Dream Expansion Draft

Template:Atlanta Dream 2008 Inaugural Season

[1] Atlanta Dream Expansion Draft

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 | [[Tamera Young|Young]], [[Ivory Latta|Latta]] (14)
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 | [[Betty Lennox|Lennox]] (27)
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 | [[Betty Lennox|Lennox]] (19)
 | [[Alison Bales|Bales]] (9)

Player	Nationality	Former WNBA Team
Carla Thomas	United States	Chicago Sky
Erika DeSouza	Brazil	Connecticut Sun
Katie Feenstra	United States	Detroit Shock
Roneeka Hodges	United States	Houston Comets
Ann Strother	United States	Indiana Fever
LaToya Thomas	United States	Los Angeles Sparks
Kristen Mann	United States	Minnesota Lynx
Ann Wauters	Belgium	New York Liberty
Jennifer Lacy	United States	Phoenix Mercury
Kristin Haynie	United States	Sacramento Monarchs
Chantelle Anderson	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars
Betty Lennox	United States	Seattle Storm
Yelena Leuchanka	Belarus	Washington Mystics

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School
1	8 (from Seattle)	Tamera Young	United States	James Madison
2	24 (from Indiana)	Morenike Atunrase	United States	Texas A&M
3	32	Danielle Hood	United States	Hartford

Date	Trade
February 6, 2008	To Atlanta Dream	To Detroit Shock
February 6, 2008	Ivory Latta	LaToya Thomas, and the 18th pick in the 2008 Draft
February 6, 2008	To Atlanta Dream	To Seattle Storm
February 6, 2008	Iziane Castro Marques, and the 8th pick in the 2008 Draft	Roneeka Hodges, and the 4th pick in the 2008 Draft
February 6, 2008	To Atlanta Dream	To Indiana Fever
February 6, 2008	24th pick in the 2008 Draft	agreeing not to select specific unprotected Fever players
April 9, 2008	To Atlanta Dream	To San Antonio Silver Stars
April 9, 2008	Camille Little, draft rights to Chioma Nnamaka, and the Silver Stars' first-round pick in the 2009 Draft	Ann Wauters, draft rights to Morenike Atunrase, and the Dream's second-round pick in the 2009 Draft
June 22, 2008	To Atlanta Dream	To Seattle Storm
June 22, 2008	Storm's second-round pick in the 2009 Draft	Camille Little
July 4, 2008	To Atlanta Dream	To Indiana Fever
July 4, 2008	Alison Bales	Kristen Mann

v t e 2008 WNBA season by team
Draft Playoffs Finals
Eastern	Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Detroit Shock Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics
Western	Houston Comets Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Sacramento Monarchs San Antonio Silver Stars Seattle Storm
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