The 2020 WNBA season was the 13th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association . The team began its season on July 26, 2020, against the Dallas Wings .[1]
On October 18, 2019, the Dream unveiled a rebrand of their logo and color scheme for their upcoming season.[2] Gateway Center Arena at College Park , electing to move from State Farm Arena in the 2019 off-season.[3] [4] COVID-19 pandemic .[5] IMG Academy , without fans present, starting on July 24.[6] [7]
The Dream started the season promisingly, winning two of their first three games. That promise was short lived, as the team lost their next ten games in a row. After the ten game losing streak was broken, the Dream lost their next two games to finish August with a 3–13 record, and a slim hope at making the playoffs. September proved to be a turn in fortunes for the Dream. They recorded four wins in five games to go into their final game against the Washington Mystics , with a chance to make the playoffs. However, Washington prevailed and the Dream missed the playoffs. Their overall winning percentage of .318 was the third worst in team history.
The Dream made the following selections in the 2020 WNBA draft .
Trades and roster changes edit Date Details January 21, 2020 Exercised 4th-year Team tption on Marie Gülich and Monique Billings Extended a qualifying offer to Alaina Coates January 22, 2020 Renounced the rights to Celine Dumerc and Isabelle Yacoubou February 10, 2020 Traded Brittney Sykes and Marie Gülich to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Kalani Brown [8] February 12, 2020 Signed Glory Johnson [9] February 16, 2020 Signed Shekinna Stricklen [10] February 18, 2020 Claimed Alexis Jones off waivers[11] February 19, 2020 Traded Jessica Breland and Nia Coffey to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Courtney Williams and the 17th pick in the 2020 WNBA draft from the Connecticut Sun , as part of a 3-team trade[12] February 23, 2020 Signed Blake Dietrick to a training-camp contract[13] February 25, 2020 Signed Elīna Babkina to a training-camp contract[14] April 16, 2020 Signed Alaina Coates to a training-camp contract[15] April 19, 2020 Signed Mikayla Pivec to a rookie-scale contract April 20, 2020 Signed Brittany Brewer to a rookie-scale contract April 23, 2020 Signed Chennedy Carter to a rookie-scale contract April 27, 2020 Waived Alaina Coates May 23, 2020 Waived Elīna Babkina [16] May 24, 2020 Full season suspension of Maite Cazorla due to her sitting out the 2020 season for personal reasons[17] May 25, 2020 Full season suspension of Mikayla Pivec due to her sitting out the 2020 season for personal reasons[18] June 18, 2020 Renee Montgomery opted out of the 2020 season[19] June 23, 2020 Tiffany Hayes opted out of the 2020 season[20] June 24, 2020 Signed Betnijah Laney and Jaylyn Agnew [21] July 12, 2020 Signed Erica McCall to a hardship contract[22] July 29, 2020 Released Erica McCall from her Hhrdship contract August 23, 2020 Waived Alexis Jones Signed Kaela Davis to a 7-day contract[23] August 31, 2020 Signed Kaela Davis to a 2nd 7-day contract September 7, 2020 Signed Kaela Davis
2020 Atlanta Dream roster Players Coaches Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F 5 Agnew, Jaylyn 5' 11" (1.8m)149 lb (68kg) 07-21-1997 Creighton R F 25 Billings, Monique 6' 4" (1.93m)192 lb (87kg) 05-02-1996 UCLA 2 F 20 Brewer, Brittany 6' 5" (1.96m)182 lb (83kg) 11-06-1997 Texas Tech R C 22 Brown, Kalani 6' 7" (2.01m)245 lb (111kg) 03-21-1997 Baylor 1 G 3 Carter, Chennedy 5' 9" (1.75m)143 lb (65kg) 11-14-1998 Texas A&M R F 33 Davis, Kaela 6' 2" (1.88m)170 lb (77kg) 03-15-1995 South Carolina 3 G 11 Dietrick, Blake 5' 10" (1.78m)169 lb (77kg) 07-19-1993 Princeton 3 F 0 Johnson, Glory 6' 3" (1.91m)170 lb (77kg) 07-27-1990 Tennessee 7 G/F 44 Laney, Betnijah 6' 0" (1.83m)166 lb (75kg) 10-29-1993 Rutgers 4 F 40 Stricklen, Shekinna 6' 2" (1.88m)230 lb (104kg) 07-30-1990 Tennessee 8 G 10 Williams, Courtney 5' 8" (1.73m)133 lb (60kg) 05-11-1994 South Florida 4 F/C 1 Williams, Elizabeth 6' 3" (1.91m)200 lb (91kg) 06-23-1993 Duke 5
Head coach Nicki Collen (Marquette )Assistant coaches Bushnell )Michigan )Athletic trainer Strength and conditioning coach Legend (C) Team captain(FA) Free agent(IN) Inactive(S) Suspended
Notes
x – Clinched playoff berthe – Eliminated from playoffsHome and Away records not shown, as all games played at a neutral location. Updated to include results from September 13, 2020 Source
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