2019 Atlanta Dream season

2019 Atlanta Dream season
CoachNicki Collen
ArenaState Farm Arena
Attendance4,270 per game
Results
Record8–26 (.235)
Place6th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
PointsTiffany Hayes – 14.7
ReboundsJessica Breland – 7.3
AssistsAlex Bentley – 3.0
Media
TelevisionWSB-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]

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

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WNBA draft

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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

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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[3]
February 6, 2019 Signed Haley Peters to a training-camp contract[4]
February 11, 2019 Signed Lynetta Kizer to a training-camp contract[5][6]
March 15, 2019 Signed Mengran Sun to a training-camp contract[7]
April 10, 2019 Traded F Brianna Turner to the Phoenix Mercury for Marie Gülich[8]
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[9]
April 14, 2019 Signed Maite Cazorla to a rookie-scale contract
April 17, 2019 Signed Meme Jackson to training-camp contract[10]
May 16, 2019 Waived Meme Jackson[11]
Traded Imani McGee-Stafford to Dallas Wings for a 3rd round pick in the 2020 WNBA draft[12]
May 21, 2019 Waived Lynetta Kizer[13]
May 23, 2019 Waived Blake Dietrick[14]
Full Season Suspension of Mengran Sun
June 16, 2019 Temporarily Suspend Alex Bentley due to Overseas Commitments
June 19, 2019 Signed Natisha Hiedeman[15]
July 1, 2019 Activated Alex Bentley from her Temporary Suspension
Waived Natisha Hiedeman
July 17, 2019 Waived Haley Peters[16]
July 18, 2019 Signed Alaina Coates[17]

Roster

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

Depth

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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

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Preseason

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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

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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

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# 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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Atlanta Dream 2019 Season Schedule". WNBA.com. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  2. ^ "Atlanta Dream Announce 2019 Home Games to be Played at State Farm Arena". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. December 13, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  3. ^ "Atlanta Dream Re-Sign Blake Dietrick to Contract". dream.wnba.com. Atlanta Dream. February 2, 2019. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  4. ^ "Atlanta Dream Sign Forward Haley Peters". dream.wnba.com. Atlanta Dream. February 6, 2019. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  5. ^ "Atlanta Dream Sign Forward Lynetta Kizer". dream.wnba.com. Atlanta Dream. February 11, 2019. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  6. ^ DuDonis, Blake (February 11, 2019). "Atlanta Dream add veteran Lynetta Kizer to roster". highposthoops.com. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  7. ^ "Atlanta Dream Add Center Mengran Sun". dream.wnba.com. Atlanta Dream. March 15, 2019. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  8. ^ Russo, Kelsey (April 10, 2019). "Atlanta Dream draft, trade Brianna Turner". ajc.com. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  9. ^ "Atlanta Dream Acquire Nia Coffey in Trade". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  10. ^ "Atlanta Dream Sign Jackson to training-camp contract". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. April 17, 2019. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
  11. ^ "Atlanta Dream Waive Meme Jackson". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  12. ^ "Dream trade center Imani McGee-Stafford to Dallas". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. May 16, 2019. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  13. ^ "Atlanta Dream Waive Lynetta Kizer". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  14. ^ "Atlanta Dream Finalize 2019 Season-Opening Roster". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  15. ^ "Atlanta Dream Sign Natisha Hiedeman". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  16. ^ "Atlanta Dream Waive Haley Peters". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  17. ^ "Atlanta Dream Sign Alaina Coates". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
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