2017 Atlanta Dream season

2017 Atlanta Dream season
Coach Michael Cooper
Arena McCamish Pavilion
Attendance 4,452 per game
Results
Record 12–22 (.353)
Place 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish Did Not Qualify
Team Leaders
Points Hayes (16.3 ppg)
Rebounds Williams (7.2 rpg)
Assists Clarendon (6.6 apg)
Media
Television FS South (FS-S), SportSouth (SSO)

The 2017 WNBA season was the tenth season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. The team began its season on May 21, 2017 against the Chicago Sky, in its new home McCamish Pavilion on the Georgia Tech campus.[1] The Dream had a strong start to the season posting a 4–1 record in May. However, the team finished 1–6 in June, falling under .500. The team couldn't recover its form for the rest of the season finishing a combined 7–15 in the last three months of the season. Their final record of 12–22 placed them 5th in the Eastern Conference, and failed to qualify the team for the playoffs.

Transactions

WNBA Draft

The Dream made the following selections in the 2017 WNBA Draft.

Trades

Roster

Atlanta Dream roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G 10 United States Ajavon, Matee 5' 8" (1.73m) 160 lb (73kg) 05-07-1986 Syracruse R
G 7 United States Sykes, Brittney 5' 9" (1.75m) 146 lb (66kg) 02-07-1994 Rutgers 10
G 23 United States Clarendon, Layshia 5' 9" (1.75m) 140 lb (64kg) 05-02-1991 California 5
C 12 Brazil Dantas, Damiris 6' 3" (1.91m) 196 lb (89kg) 11-17-1992 Brazil 4
F/C 13 Jamaica Henry, Aneika 6' 4" (1.93m) 192 lb (87kg) 02-13-1986 Florida 6
G 15 United States Hayes, Tiffany 5' 10" (1.78m) 155 lb (70kg) 09-20-1989 Connecticut 6
C 34 United States Boyette, Imani 6' 7" (2.01m) 195 lb (88kg) 10-11-1992 Texas 1
G 32 United States Holmes, Bria 6' 1" (1.85m) 170 lb (77kg) 04-19-1994 West Virginia R
F 20 Spain Lyttle, Sancho 6' 4" (1.93m) 175 lb (79kg) 09-20-1983 Houston 13
G/F 11 United States Young, Tamera 6' 2" (1.88m) 170 lb (77kg) 10-30-1986 Tennessee 9
F/C 52 United States Williams, Elizabeth 6' 3" (1.91m) 192 lb (87kg) 06-23-1993 Duke 3



East: ATL • CHI • CON • IND • NY • WAS | West: DAL • LV • LA • MIN • PHO • SEA
Head coach
Assistant coaches
United States Miles Cooper (Southern California)
United States Karleen Thompson (Southern California)
Athletic trainer
United States Michael Douglas (Morehouse)


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

WNBA roster page

Game Log

Preseason

2017 pre-season game log
May: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
2017 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2017 game log
Total: 12-22 (Home: 9-8; Road: 3-14)
May: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–0)
June : 1–6 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–4)
July : 5–6 (Home: 5–2; Road: 0–4)
August : 2–7 (Home: 2–3; Road: 0–4)
September : 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–2)
2017 season schedule

Standings

# Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
1 New York Liberty - (3)2212.647-13–49–810–6
2 Connecticut Sun - (4)2113.636112–59–610–6
3 Washington Mystics - (6)1816.529411–67–1012-4
4 Chicago Sky - e1222.353104–138–96–10
5 Atlanta Dream - e1222.353109–83–145–11
6 Indiana Fever - e925.265136–113–144–12

Notes

(#) – Conference Standing
Playoff Seeds shown next to team name
e – Eliminated from playoffs

Statistics

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

Statistics are accurate as of September 4, 2017.
Source:[4]

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Layshia Clarendon Player of the Week award May 22, 2017 [5]
Tiffany Hayes Player of the Month award June 2, 2017, for May 2017 [6]
Brittney Sykes Rookie of the Month July 2017 [7]
Brittney Sykes Rookie of the Month August 2017 [8]

References

  1. ↑ "ATLANTA DREAM ANNOUNCES 2017 SEASON SCHEDULE". WNBA.com. November 29, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Dream's Angel McCoughtry Plans to Rest During 2017 Season". WNBA.com. January 4, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Dream Acquire Boyette, Young, Pick from Chicago Sky". WNBA.com. July 31, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Team Stats". wnba.com. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Atlanta's Clarendon and Minnesota's Fowles Named WNBA Players of the Week". wnba.com. WNBA. May 22, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Sylvia Fowles, Tiffany Hayes Named WNBA Players of the Month". wnba.com. WNBA. June 2, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Atlanta's Brittney Sykes Named WNBA Rookie of the Month". wnba.com. WNBA. August 1, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Atlanta's Sykes Named WNBA Rookie Of The Month". wnba.com. WNBA. September 5, 2017. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
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