2024 Atlanta Dream season

The 2024 Atlanta Dream season is the 17th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association, and their third season under head coach Tanisha Wright.

2024 Atlanta Dream season
CoachTanisha Wright
ArenaGateway Center Arena
Attendanceper game
Results
Record11–22 (.333)
Place5th (Eastern)

The season tipped off on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, against the Los Angeles Sparks in Los Angeles.[1]

Transactions

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WNBA draft

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Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 12 Nyadiew Puoch   Australia Southside Flyers (Australia)
2 20 Isobel Borlase   Australia Adelaide Lightning (Australia)
3 32 Matilde Villa   Italy Reyer Venezia (Italy)

Transactions

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Date Transaction
January 16, 2024 Extended qualifying offer to AD Durr[2]
January 24, 2024 Suspended contract of Iliana Rupert for the full season (personal decision)[3]
February 1, 2024 Traded the 8th overall pick in the 2024 WNBA draft and Aari McDonald to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Jordin Canada and the 12th overall pick in the 2024 Draft[4]
Signed Tina Charles and Aerial Powers[5]
Re-signed Nia Coffey[5]
February 28, 2024 Signed Khadijiah Cave to a training camp contract[6]
February 29, 2024 Exercised team options on Rhyne Howard and Naz Hillmon[2]
March 25, 2024 Signed Lorela Cubaj to a training camp contract[7]
April 19, 2024 Signed Elizabeth Balogun, Taj Cole, and Khaalia Hillsman to a training camp contracts[8]
April 27, 2024 Rescinded qualifying offer to AD Durr[9]
April 28, 2024 Signed Destanni Henderson to a training camp contract[10]
May 4, 2024 Traded a 2025 3rd round draft pick to the Dallas Wings in exchange for Crystal Dangerfield[11]
Waived Elizabeth Balogun and Taj Cole[12]
May 7, 2024 Waived Khaalia Hillsman[13]
May 10, 2024 Waived Khadijiah Cave and Destanni Henderson[14]
May 13, 2024 Suspended the contract of Lorela Cubaj (temporary)
May 24, 2024 Activated Lorela Cubaj
June 26, 2024 Waived Crystal Dangerfield[15]
Signed Maya Caldwell[16]
July 4, 2024 Signed Destanni Henderson to a 7-day hardship contract[17]
July 9, 2024 Suspended the contract of Laeticia Amihere (temporary)
July 12, 2024 Signed Destanni Henderson to second 7-day hardship contract
July 18, 2024 Released Destanni Henderson
August 11, 2024 Activated Laeticia Amihere

Roster changes

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Roster

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PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
F7 Amihere, Laeticia6' 3" (1.91m)185 lb (84kg)2001-07-10South Carolina1
G11 Caldwell, Maya5' 11" (1.8m)160 lb (73kg)1998-12-15Georgia2
G3 Canada, Jordin5' 6" (1.68m)135 lb (61kg)1995-08-11UCLA6
C31 Charles, Tina6' 4" (1.93m)192 lb (87kg)1988-12-05Connecticut12
F12 Coffey, Nia6' 1" (1.85m)182 lb (83kg)1995-06-11Northwestern7
F/C19 Cubaj, Lorela6' 4" (1.93m)200 lb (91kg)1999-01-08Georgia Tech2
G15 Gray, Allisha6' 0" (1.83m)167 lb (76kg)1995-01-12South Carolina6
F00 Hillmon, Naz6' 2" (1.88m)190 lb (86kg)2000-04-05Michigan2
F10 Howard, Rhyne6' 2" (1.88m)175 lb (79kg)2000-04-29Kentucky2
G/F13 Jones, Haley6' 1" (1.85m)187 lb (85kg)2001-05-23Stanford1
F32 Parker, Cheyenne  6' 4" (1.93m)193 lb (88kg)1993-08-22Middle Tennessee9
G/F23 Powers, Aerial  5' 9" (1.75m)166 lb (75kg)1994-07-17Michigan State8
C Rupert, Iliana (S)6' 4" (1.93m)189 lb (86kg)2001-07-12France2
G Borlase, Isobel (DP)5' 11" (1.8m)2004-09-12Australia
F Puoch, Nyadiew (DP)6' 3" (1.91m)2004-06-23Australia
G Villa, Matilde (DP)5' 7" (1.7m)2004-12-09Italy
Head coach
  Tanisha Wright (Penn State)
Assistant coaches
  Vickie Johnson (Louisiana Tech)
  Paul Goriss
  Barbara Turner (Connecticut)
Athletic trainer
  Natalie Trotter
Strength and conditioning coach
  Drew Williams

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  •   Injured

  WNBA roster page

Depth chart

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Pos. Starter Bench
PG Jordin Canada Haley Jones
Crystal Dangerfield
SG Allisha Gray Aerial Powers  
SF Rhyne Howard Laeticia Amihere
Nia Coffey
PF Cheyenne Parker   Naz Hillmon
C Tina Charles Lorela Cubaj

Schedule

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Pre-season

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2024 pre-season game log
Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
May: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 May 4 Washington W 87–84 Cole
Powers (9)
Cave
Hillsman (5)
Taja Cole (6) Gateway Center Arena 1–0
2 May 9 @ Indiana L 80–83 Rhyne Howard (13) Tina Charles (7) Destanni Henderson (5) Gainbridge Fieldhouse
1–1
2024 pre-season schedule

Regular season

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2024 game log
Total: 11–21 (Home: 6–10; Road: 5–11)
May: 4–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 May 15 @ Los Angeles W 92–81 Rhyne Howard (25) Tina Charles (14) Naz Hillmon (5) Walter Pyramid
3,847
1–0
2 May 18 @ Phoenix L 85–88 Allisha Gray (22) Rhyne Howard (9) Haley Jones (5) Footprint Center
10,251
1–1
3 May 21 Dallas W 83–78 Allisha Gray (21) Tina Charles (11) Rhyne Howard (4) Gateway Center Arena
3,265
2–1
4 May 26 Minnesota L 79–92 Rhyne Howard (23) Cheyenne Parker-Tyus (8) Howard, Jones (5) Gateway Center Arena
3,265
2–2
5 May 29 @ Washington W 73–67 Allisha Gray (19) Tina Charles (15) Howard, Jones (4) Entertainment and Sports Arena
4,200
3–2
6 May 31 Las Vegas W 78–74 Allisha Gray (24) Charles, Parker-Tyus (8) Charles, Gray (3) Gateway Center Arena
4,015
4–2
June : 3–8 (Home: 1–5; Road: 2–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
7 June 2 Connecticut L 50–69 Tina Charles (12) Tina Charles (12) Crystal Dangerfield (3) Gateway Center Arena
3,265
4–3
8 June 6 New York L 61–78 Allisha Gray (16) Tina Charles (8) Rhyne Howard (5) Gateway Center Arena
3,255
4–4
9 June 8 @ Chicago W 89–80 Tina Charles (22) Tina Charles (7) Rhyne Howard (10) Wintrust Arena
8,804
5–4
10 June 11 Washington L 87–68 Rhyne Howard (16) Tina Charles (12) Allisha Gray (5) Gateway Center Arena
3,260
5–5
11 June 13 @ Indiana L 84–91 Rhyne Howard (26) Charles, Parker-Tyus (6) Coffey, Parker-Tyus (5) Gainbridge Fieldhouse
16,651
5–6
12 June 16 Los Angeles W 87–74 Allisha Gray (25) Tina Charles (11) Rhyne Howard (5) Gateway Center Arena
3,260
6–6
13 June 19 @ Minnesota L 55–68 Tina Charles (14) Tina Charles (10) Allisha Gray (4) Target Center
8,206
6–7
14 June 21 Indiana L 79–91 Tina Charles (24) Naz Hillmon (9) Haley Jones (5) State Farm Arena
17,575
6–8
15 June 23 New York L 75–96 Tina Charles (19) Haley Jones (8) Gray, Jones (4) Gateway Center Arena
3,260
6–9
16 June 28 @ Connecticut W 78–74 Allisha Gray (17) Charles, Jones (6) Jordin Canada (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,008
7–9
17 June 30 @ New York L 75–81 Allisha Gray (24) Tina Charles (12) Jordin Canada (9) Barclays Center
10,823
7–10
July : 0–7 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
18 July 2 Chicago L 77–85 Charles, Gray (19) Tina Charles (14) Jordin Canada (7) Gateway Center Arena
3,260
7–11
19 July 5 @ Dallas L 82–85 Allisha Gray (19) Tina Charles (8) Allisha Gray (8) College Park Center
5,872
7–12
20 July 7 @ Connecticut L 67–80 Laeticia Amihere (8) Tina Charles (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,527
7–13
21 July 10 @ Chicago L 69–78 Allisha Gray (20) Cheyenne Parker-Tyus (8) Maya Caldwell (4) Wintrust Arena
9,025
7–14
22 July 12 Las Vegas L 70–84 Cheyenne Parker-Tyus (17) Tina Charles (12) Destanni Henderson (5) Gateway Center Arena
3,344
7–15
23 July 14 @ Seattle L 70–81 Maya Caldwell (19) Parker-Tyus, Powers (8) Maya Caldwell (4) Climate Pledge Arena
10,036
7–16
24 July 17 @ Minnesota L 79–86 Cheyenne Parker-Tyus (16) Rhyne Howard (9) Destanni Henderson (4) Target Center
15,013
7–17
August : 3–4 (Home: 3–2; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
25 August 16 Seattle W 83–81 Rhyne Howard (30) Naz Hillmon (13) Jordin Canada (8) Gateway Center Arena
3,260
8–17
26 August 18 Connecticut W 82–70 Tina Charles (22) Tina Charles (15) Jordin Canada (6) Gateway Center Arena
3,330
9–17
27 August 21 Phoenix W 72–63 Allisha Gray (21) Tina Charles (17) Gateway Center Arena
3,260
10–17
28 August 23 Phoenix L 80–82 Allisha Gray (22) Tina Charles (13) Jordin Canada (6) Gateway Center Arena
3,260
10–18
29 August 26 Indiana L 79–84 Tina Charles (28) Nia Coffey (9) State Farm Arena
17,608
10–19
30 August 28 @ Seattle L 81–85 Allisha Gray (22) Tina Charles (17) Tina Charles (10) Climate Pledge Arena
9,228
10–20
31 August 30 @ Las Vegas L 72–83 Allisha Gray (17) Allisha Gray (9) Allisha Gray (6) Michelob Ultra Arena
10,397
10–21
September: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
32 September 1 @ Los Angeles W 80–62 Tina Charles (23) Tina Charles (9) Jordin Canada (6) Crypto.com Arena
11,165
11–21
33 September 3 @ Phoenix L 66–74 Rhyne Howard (31) Tina Charles (12) Jordin Canada (6) Footprint Center
7,639
11–22
34 September 6 Dallas Gateway Center Arena
35 September 8 @ Indiana Gainbridge Fieldhouse
36 September 10 Minnesota Gateway Center Arena
37 September 13 Washington Gateway Center Arena
38 September 15 @ Washington Entertainment and Sports Arena
39 September 17 Chicago Gateway Center Arena
40 September 19 @ New York Barclays Center
2024 season schedule

Standings

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# Team P W L PCT GB Conf. Home Road Cup
1 xNew York Liberty 33 27 6 .818 15–3 14–2 13–4 5–0
2 xConnecticut Sun 33 24 9 .727 3 13–6 13–4 11–5 4–1
3 cxMinnesota Lynx 33 24 9 .727 3 14–5 15–3 9–6 4–1
4 xLas Vegas Aces 33 21 12 .636 6 10–8 11–7 10–5 2–3
5 xSeattle Storm 33 20 13 .606 7 8–6 12–5 8–8 4–1
6 xIndiana Fever 34 18 16 .529 9.5 10–8 10–5 8–11 3–2
7 xPhoenix Mercury 34 17 17 .500 10.5 9–8 10–7 7–10 3–2
8 Chicago Sky 33 11 22 .333 16 5–12 4–12 7–10 1–4
9 Atlanta Dream 33 11 22 .333 16 4–11 6–10 5–12 1–4
10 Washington Mystics 33 10 23 .303 17 4–11 4–12 6–11 1–4
11 Dallas Wings 33 9 24 .273 18 6–12 7–10 2–14 0–5
12 Los Angeles Sparks 33 7 26 .212 20 4–12 5–11 2–15 2–3

Notes

(#) – League Standing
c – Commissioner's Cup winners
x – Clinched playoff berth
e – Eliminated from playoff contention
Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings


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


Waived/Released during the season
Traded during the season
Acquired during the season

Awards and honors

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Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Allisha Gray WNBA All-Star July 2, 2024 [18]

References

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  1. ^ "2024 Schedule - Atlanta Dream". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "WNBA Transactions". acrossthetimeline.com. Across The Timeline. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Iliana Rupert To Sit Out 2024 WNBA Season". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. January 24, 204. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  4. ^ "Dream acquire 2-time WNBA steals leader Canada and send McDonald to Sparks in swap of guards". apnews.com. Associated Press. February 1, 204. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Atlanta Dream Sign Tina Charles and Aerial Powers; Re-sign Nia Coffey". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. February 1, 204. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  6. ^ "Atlanta Dream Sign Khadijiah Cave to Training Camp Contract". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Atlanta Dream Sign Forward/Center Lorela Cubaj to Training Camp Contrac". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. March 25, 204. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  8. ^ "WNBA's Atlanta Dream Sign Three Players to Training Camp Contracts". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. April 19, 2024. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  9. ^ @RachGall (April 27, 2024). "The Atlanta Dream have renounced the rights to AD Durr making them an unrestricted free agent, multiple sources confirm to @Winsidr" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ^ "Atlanta Dream Sign Guard Destanni Henderson to Training Camp Contract". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. April 28, 2024. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
  11. ^ "Dallas Wings Announce Roster Transaction". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  12. ^ @ATLDreamPR (May 4, 2024). "Roster update: The Atlanta Dream have waived Taj Cole and Elizabeth Balogun, the organization announced today" (Tweet). Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Twitter.
  13. ^ @ATLDreamPR (May 7, 2024). "Roster Update: The Atlanta Dream have waived Khaalia Hillsman, the organization announced today" (Tweet). Retrieved May 11, 2024 – via Twitter.
  14. ^ @ATLDreamPR (May 10, 2024). "The Atlanta Dream have waived Destanni Henderson and Khadijiah Cave, the organization announced today" (Tweet). Retrieved May 11, 2024 – via Twitter.
  15. ^ @ATLDreamPR (June 26, 2024). "The Atlanta Dream have waived guard Crystal Dangerfield, the organization announced today" (Tweet). Retrieved June 26, 2024 – via Twitter.
  16. ^ "Atlanta Dream Sign Guard Maya Caldwell". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. June 26, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  17. ^ @ATLDreamPR (July 4, 2024). "The Atlanta Dream have signed guard Destanni Henderson to a seven-day hardship contract, the organization announced today" (Tweet). Retrieved July 5, 2024 – via Twitter.
  18. ^ "Rosters Set for AT&T WNBA All-Star 2024 on July 20". WNBA (Press release). July 2, 2024.
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