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.
Trades and Roster Changes edit 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]
2019 Atlanta Dream roster Players Coaches Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G 20 Bentley, Alex 5' 7" (1.7m)152 lb (69kg) 10-27-1990 Penn State 6 F 25 Billings, Monique 6' 4" (1.93m)185 lb (84kg) 05-02-1996 UCLA 1 F 51 Breland, Jessica 6' 2" (1.88m)166 lb (75kg) 02-23-1988 North Carolina 7 G 5 Cazorla, Maite 5' 10" (1.78m)155 lb (70kg) 6-18-1997 Oregon R C 81 Coates, Alaina 6' 4" (1.93m)225 lb (102kg) 04-07-1995 South Carolina 1 F 10 Coffey, Nia 5' 10" (1.78m)182 lb (83kg) 06-11-1993 Northwestern 2 C 24 Gülich, Marie 6' 5" (1.96m)205 lb (93kg) 05-28-1994 Oregon State 1 G 15 Hayes, Tiffany 5' 10" (1.78m)155 lb (70kg) 09-20-1989 Connecticut 7 G/F 35 McCoughtry, Angel 6' 1" (1.85m)173 lb (78kg) 07-10-1986 Louisville 9 G 21 Montgomery, Renee 5' 7" (1.7m)140 lb (64kg) 12-02-1986 Connecticut 10 G 7 Sykes, Brittney 5' 9" (1.75m)154 lb (70kg) 02-07-1994 Syracuse 2 F/C 1 Williams, Elizabeth 6' 3" (1.91m)200 lb (91kg) 06-23-1993 Duke 4
Head coach Nicki Collen (Marquette )Assistant coaches Bushnell )Michigan )Athletic trainer Vanderbilt )Strength and conditioning coach New Orleans )Legend (C) Team captain(FA) Free agent(IN) Inactive(S) Suspended
2016 Regular Season May: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0)
June: 1–7 (Home: 1–4; Road: 0–3)
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 2–9 12 July 5 @ Seattle W 77–66 Hayes (21)Williams (9)Tied (5)Alaska Airlines Arena 3–9 13 July 7 @ Phoenix L 63–65 Sykes (29)Sykes (10)3 tied (3)Talking Stick Resort Arena 3–10 14 July 10 Connecticut W 78–75 Hayes (18)Breland (13)Tied (4)State Farm Arena 4–10 15 July 12 Minnesota W 60–53 Williams (17)Breland (9)Hayes (4)State Farm Arena 5–10 16 July 14 Los Angeles L 71–76 (OT) Hayes (24)Billings (16)Hayes (4)State Farm Arena 5–11 17 July 17 @ Chicago L 76–77 Montgomery (23)Breland (11)Tied (6)Wintrust Arena 5–12 18 July 19 @ Connecticut L 69–98 Sykes (26)Coffey (7)Sykes (4)Mohegan Sun Arena 5–13 19 July 21 @ Washington L 65–93 Williams (14)Gülich (8)Cazorla (4)St. Elizabeth's East Arena 5–14 20 July 23 Los Angeles L 66–78 Billings (16)Tied (8)Bentley (5)State Farm Arena 5–15 21 July 31 @ Indiana L 59–61 Williams (17)Billings (12)Breland (4)Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5–16
August: 2–7 (Home: 0–4; Road: 2–3)
September: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–2)
2019 season schedule
Notes
(#) e – Eliminated from playoffs^ "Atlanta Dream 2019 Season Schedule" . WNBA.com. Retrieved February 11, 2019 .^ "Atlanta Dream Announce 2019 Home Games to be Played at State Farm Arena" . dream.wnba.com . WNBA. December 13, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2019 .^ "Atlanta Dream Re-Sign Blake Dietrick to Contract" . dream.wnba.com . Atlanta Dream. February 2, 2019. Retrieved February 11, 2019 .^ "Atlanta Dream Sign Forward Haley Peters" . dream.wnba.com . Atlanta Dream. February 6, 2019. Retrieved February 11, 2019 .^ "Atlanta Dream Sign Forward Lynetta Kizer" . dream.wnba.com . Atlanta Dream. February 11, 2019. Retrieved February 11, 2019 .^ DuDonis, Blake (February 11, 2019). "Atlanta Dream add veteran Lynetta Kizer to roster" . highposthoops.com . Retrieved February 11, 2019 . ^ "Atlanta Dream Add Center Mengran Sun" . dream.wnba.com . Atlanta Dream. March 15, 2019. Retrieved March 19, 2019 .^ Russo, Kelsey (April 10, 2019). "Atlanta Dream draft, trade Brianna Turner" . ajc.com . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved April 11, 2019 . ^ "Atlanta Dream Acquire Nia Coffey in Trade" . dream.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2022 .^ "Atlanta Dream Sign Jackson to training-camp contract" . dream.wnba.com . WNBA. April 17, 2019. Retrieved April 19, 2019 .^ "Atlanta Dream Waive Meme Jackson" . dream.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2022 .^ "Dream trade center Imani McGee-Stafford to Dallas" . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . May 16, 2019. Retrieved May 17, 2019 .^ "Atlanta Dream Waive Lynetta Kizer" . dream.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2022 .^ "Atlanta Dream Finalize 2019 Season-Opening Roster" . dream.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2022 .^ "Atlanta Dream Sign Natisha Hiedeman" . dream.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2022 .^ "Atlanta Dream Waive Haley Peters" . dream.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2019 .^ "Atlanta Dream Sign Alaina Coates" . dream.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2022 .
