2008 Atlanta Dream season

The 2008 WNBA season was the first for the Atlanta Dream. The team name was unveiled on January 23, 2008, with the expansion draft held on February 6. The Atlanta Dream had seventeen straight losses. It was the longest losing streak to start a season in WNBA history.

2008 Atlanta Dream season
Coach	Marynell Meadors
Arena	Philips Arena
Attendance	8,316 per game
Results
Record	4–30 (.118)
Place	7th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Betty Lennox (17.5)
Rebounds	Érika de Souza (6.6)
Assists	Ivory Latta (3.6)
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Offseason

Expansion Draft

The list of players selected in the Expansion Draft includes:

Player	Nationality	Former WNBA Team
Carla Thomas	United States	Chicago Sky
Érika de Souza	Brazil	Connecticut Sun
Katie Feenstra	United States	Detroit Shock
Roneeka Hodges	United States	Houston Comets
Ann Strother	United States	Indiana Fever
LaToya Thomas	United States	Los Angeles Sparks
Kristen Mann	United States	Minnesota Lynx
Ann Wauters	Belgium	New York Liberty
Jennifer Lacy	United States	Phoenix Mercury
Kristin Haynie	United States	Sacramento Monarchs
Chantelle Anderson	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars
Betty Lennox	United States	Seattle Storm
Yelena Leuchanka	Belarus	Washington Mystics

Additionally, Atlanta immediately orchestrated three trades involving players in the expansion draft.[1]

• Traded LaToya Thomas and the 18th pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Ivory Latta.
• Also traded the fourth pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft and Roneeka Hodges to the Seattle Storm for Iziane Castro Marques and the eighth pick in the draft.
• Acquired the 24th overall draft pick from the Indiana Fever in exchange for agreeing not to select specific unprotected Fever players.

WNBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School
1	8 (from Seattle)	Tamera Young	United States	James Madison
2	24 (from Indiana)	Morenike Atunrase	United States	Texas A&M
3	32	Danielle Hood	United States	Hartford

Transactions

Trades

Date	Trade
February 6, 2008	To Atlanta Dream	To Detroit Shock
	Ivory Latta	LaToya Thomas, and the 18th pick in the 2008 Draft
February 6, 2008	To Atlanta Dream	To Seattle Storm
	Iziane Castro Marques, and the 8th pick in the 2008 Draft	Roneeka Hodges, and the 4th pick in the 2008 Draft
February 6, 2008	To Atlanta Dream	To Indiana Fever
	24th pick in the 2008 Draft	agreeing not to select specific unprotected Fever players
April 9, 2008	To Atlanta Dream	To San Antonio Silver Stars
	Camille Little, draft rights to Chioma Nnamaka, and the Silver Stars' first-round pick in the 2009 Draft	Ann Wauters, draft rights to Morenike Atunrase, and the Dream's second-round pick in the 2009 Draft
June 22, 2008	To Atlanta Dream	To Seattle Storm
	Storm's second-round pick in the 2009 Draft	Camille Little
July 4, 2008	To Atlanta Dream	To Indiana Fever
	Alison Bales	Kristen Mann

Free agents

Additions Player Signed Former team Stacey Lovelace March 27, 2008 Washington Mystics Kasha Terry July 23, 2008 Indiana Fever Nikki Teasley August 15, 2008 Washington Mystics

Subtractions Player Left New team Carla Thomas May 16, 2008 free agent Chantelle Anderson May 28, 2008 free agent Stacey Lovelace July 8, 2008 Detroit Shock (August 8, 2008)

Roster

Atlanta Dream roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From C 33 Bales, Alison 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Duke G/F 8 Castro Marques, Iziane 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 140 lb (64 kg) Brazil F/C 14 DeSouza, Erika 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Brazil C 44 Feenstra, Katie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Liberty University G 4 Haynie, Kristin 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 147 lb (67 kg) Michigan State F 21 Lacy, Jennifer 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Pepperdine G 12 Latta, Ivory 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 143 lb (65 kg) North Carolina G 22 Lennox, Betty 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 143 lb (65 kg) Louisiana Tech G 9 Nnamaka, Chioma 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Georgia Tech G/F 43 Strother, Ann 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 166 lb (75 kg) Connecticut G 42 Teasley, Nikki 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 159 lb (72 kg) North Carolina F/C 35 Terry, Kasha 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Georgia Tech F 23 Young, Tamera 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) James Madison University	Head coach Marynell Meadors (Middle Tennessee State) Assistant coaches Katy Steding (Stanford) Fred Williams (Boise State) Sue Panek Athletic trainer Kara Dolling Strength and conditioning coach Jackie Ansley (Virginia Tech) Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Detroit Shock ^x	22	12	.647	–	14–3	8–9	16–4
Connecticut Sun ^x	21	13	.618	1.0	13–4	8–9	13–7
New York Liberty ^x	19	15	.559	3.0	11–6	8–9	11–9
Indiana Fever ^x	17	17	.500	5.0	11–6	6–11	12–8
Chicago Sky ^o	12	22	.353	10.0	8–9	4–13	10–10
Washington Mystics ^o	10	24	.294	12.0	6–11	4–13	6–14
Atlanta Dream ^o	4	30	.118	18.0	1–16	3–14	2–18

Schedule

Preseason

2008 Game Log: Preseason
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 3 Los Angeles L 80-86 Thomas, Young (15) Young (5) Ingram (4) Philips Arena 7,932 0-1 2 May 11 @ Phoenix L 84-97 Lennox (21) Lovelace (6) Haynie, Lennox (4) US Airways Center 1,845 0-2

Regular season

The Atlanta Dream lost their first game in franchise history, 67-100. Their opponent was the Connecticut Sun; the Sun delivered a 32-8 run that stretched into the second quarter to open a 17-point lead. The lead exploded to 34 points. At the conclusion of the game, the Dream were outrebounded 53-29. For the Dream, Stacey Lovelace had 11 points, five assists and four rebounds.

2008 Game Log: Regular Season
May Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 17 @ Connecticut 67-100 Lennox (17) Haynie, Lennox (7) Lovelace (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,420 0-1 2 May 23 Detroit 76-88 Lennox (21) de Souza (18) Latta (3) Philips Arena 11,609 0-2 3 May 25 Los Angeles 56-74 Castro Marques (17) de Souza, Feenstra (6) Haynie, Latta (4) Philips Arena 11,186 0-3 4 May 27 @ Washington 74-80 Lennox (29) de Souza, Lennox, Little, Lovelace (3) Latta (6) Verizon Center 6,231 0-4
June Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 5 June 3 Minnesota 81-85 Lennox (28) Feenstra (9) Lennox (8) Philips Arena 5,844 0-5 6 June 6 Chicago 72-86 Latta (17) Little (7) Latta, Lennox (5) Philips Arena 7,418 0-6 7 June 7 @ Chicago 70-91 Lacy (18) Lacy (10) Lennox (4) UIC Pavilion 3,182 0-7 8 June 11 New York 77-81 Lennox (28) Lennox (7) Latta (6) Philips Arena 5,936 0-8 9 June 13 Indiana 67-76 Young, Latta (14) Lacy, Young (5) Latta (6) Philips Arena 8,167 0-9 10 June 16 @ Houston 79-88 Lennox (29) Lennox (11) Young (3) Reliant Arena 6,139 0-10 11 June 18 San Antonio 66-81 Lovelace (18) Young (13) Young (7) Philips Arena 6,225 0-11 12 June 20 @ Washington 61-72 Lennox (18) Lennox (9) Latta (4) Verizon Center 7,448 0-12 13 June 22 Detroit 76-97 Latta (26) Young (11) Latta (10) Philips Arena 7,865 0-13 14 June 27 @ Connecticut 101-109 (OT) Lennox (44) Lennox (9) Lennox (7) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,612 0-14 15 June 29 @ Detroit 92-100 Young (26) Lennox (8) Latta (5) Palace of Auburn Hills 8,798 0-15
July Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 16 July 1 Phoenix 79-97 Lennox (18) Lovelace, Young (7) Latta (5) Philips Arena 9,795 0-16 17 July 3 Houston 65-72 Lennox (15) Feenstra (9) Haynie, Strother (3) Philips Arena 7,430 0-17 18 July 5 Chicago 91-84 Lacy, Latta (18) Young (8) Haynie (11) Philips Arena 8,468 1-17 19 July 9 @ Minnesota 73-67 Lennox (24) Bales (11) Haynie (5) Target Center 5,893 2-17 20 July 11 @ San Antonio 74-82 Lennox (22) Bales (9) Lennox (4) AT&T Center 10,943 2-18 21 July 13 @ Chicago 66-79 Feenstra (21) Feenstra (8) Feenstra, Haynie, Lennox (2) UIC Pavilion 2,907 2-19 22 July 16 @ Indiana 81-77 Castro Marques (24) Bales (11) Haynie (7) Conseco Fieldhouse 9,303 3-19 23 July 18 @ Sacramento 73-77 Haynie (12) Feenstra (8) Haynie (4) ARCO Arena 7,236 3-20 24 July 19 @ Phoenix 84-110 Latta (18) Terry (11) Latta (3) US Airways Center 7,913 3-21 25 July 22 Sacramento 66-79 Terry, Latta (15) Terry (9) Haynie (4) Philips Arena 10,431 3-22 26 July 25 Washington 75-81 Castro Marques (23) Bales (7) Haynie (3) Philips Arena 8,279 3-23 27 July 27 New York 76-86 Lennox (18) de Souza (11) Latta (5) Philips Arena 8,759 3-24
August Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record Summer Olympic break 28 August 29 Connecticut 72-98 Lennox (19) de Souza, Feenstra (6) Haynie (6) Philips Arena 11,442 3-25 29 August 30 @ Indiana 72-87 Lennox (27) Bales (5) Haynie (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 9,280 3-26
September Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 30 September 2 Seattle 69-83 Lennox (25) de Souza (8) Latta (4) Philips Arena 7,390 3-27 31 September 5 @ New York 71-82 Lennox (28) Lennox (7) Castro Marques (4) Madison Square Garden 7,039 3-28 32 September 8 Indiana 77-81 Lennox (19) Bales (9) Castro Marques (6) Philips Arena 7,706 3-29 33 September 11 @ Los Angeles 83-72 Castro Marques (23) Bales (9) Latta (10) Staples Center 9,060 4-29 34 September 12 @ Seattle 72-77 Young (20) Feenstra, Haynie, Terry (5) Latta (4) KeyArena 9,686 4-30

Player stats

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

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Betty Lennox	34	33	29.7	.415	.358	.855	4.2	2.4	1.3	0.1	17.5
Ivory Latta	34	31	28.2	.362	.344	.802	2.1	3.6	1.3	0.0	11.4
Érika de Souza	12	8	23.1	.585	.000	.615	6.6	0.7	1.4	1.8	9.3
Iziane Castro Marques	29	20	23.1	.353	.309	.814	2.2	1.8	0.9	0.2	9.3
Tamera Young	33	15	22.6	.333	.325	.691	4.2	1.2	0.9	0.3	7.3
Katie Feenstra	33	4	14.0	.535	.000	.750	3.9	0.3	0.9	0.8	6.7
Stacey Lovelace	15	7	17.2	.404	.417	.692	3.6	1.0	1.1	0.7	6.1
Jennifer Lacy	33	22	18.3	.389	.190	.673	2.7	0.8	0.6	0.2	5.7
Alison Bales	17	9	22.3	.405	.333	.677	6.0	0.6	0.9	1.7	4.8
Camille Little	13	2	17.0	.420	.400	.593	3.1	0.7	0.8	0.5	4.8
Kasha Terry	20	8	13.8	.474	.000	.606	3.2	0.5	0.5	0.6	4.6
Kristen Mann	13	8	17.2	.409	.500	1.000	1.5	1.1	0.6	0.3	3.5
Kristin Haynie	33	3	14.7	.316	.313	.750	1.7	2.5	0.9	0.1	2.8
Ann Strother	21	0	7.6	.353	.368	.667	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.1	1.9
Chioma Nnamaka	12	0	7.0	.231	.182	.667	1.0	0.2	0.4	0.0	1.3

References

1. "Atlanta Dream Expansion Draft". Archived from the original on 2009-08-20. Retrieved 2008-04-24.