2017 Atlanta Dream season

The 2017 WNBA season was the 10th 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 interim home of 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.

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)
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Transactions

WNBA Draft

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

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	7	Brittney Sykes	United States	Syracuse
2	19	Jordan Reynolds	United States	Tennessee
3	31	Oderah Chidom	United States	Duke

Trades

• Angel McCoughtry announced she would take time to rest during the 2017 WNBA season.[2]
• Jordan Hooper and a 2018 First Round Pick were traded to Chicago for Imani Boyette, Tamera Young, and a 2018 Second Round Pick[3]

Roster

Atlanta Dream roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G 10 Ajavon, Matee 5' 8" (1.73m) 160 lb (73kg) 05-07-1986 Syracruse R G 7 Sykes, Brittney 5' 9" (1.75m) 146 lb (66kg) 02-07-1994 Rutgers 10 G 23 Clarendon, Layshia 5' 9" (1.75m) 140 lb (64kg) 05-02-1991 California 5 C 12 Dantas, Damiris 6' 3" (1.91m) 196 lb (89kg) 11-17-1992 Brazil 4 F/C 13 Henry, Aneika 6' 4" (1.93m) 192 lb (87kg) 02-13-1986 Florida 6 G 15 Hayes, Tiffany 5' 10" (1.78m) 155 lb (70kg) 09-20-1989 Connecticut 6 C 34 Boyette, Imani 6' 7" (2.01m) 195 lb (88kg) 10-11-1992 Texas 1 G 32 Holmes, Bria 6' 1" (1.85m) 170 lb (77kg) 04-19-1994 West Virginia R F 20 Lyttle, Sancho 6' 4" (1.93m) 175 lb (79kg) 09-20-1983 Houston 13 G/F 11 Young, Tamera 6' 2" (1.88m) 170 lb (77kg) 10-30-1986 Tennessee 9 F/C 52 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 Miles Cooper (Southern California) Karleen Thompson (Southern California) Athletic trainer 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) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 5 Minnesota L 67-113 Holmes (13) Tied (5) Sykes (4) Xcel Energy Center 5,132 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) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 13 Connecticut W 81–74 Hayes (19) Williams (9) Tied (3) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,444 1-0 2 May 19 Chicago W 91-83 Hayes (23) Williams (11) Clarendon (11) Allstate Arena 6,631 2-0 3 May 21 Chicago L 75-71 Tied (17) Williams (13) Clarendon (9) McCamish Pavilion 4,859 2-1 4 May 27 Los Angeles W 75-73 Hayes (24) Williams (9) Clarendon (12) McCamish Pavilion 4,253 3-1 5 May 31 San Antonio W 77-70 Hayes (16) Williams (9) Clarendon (8) McCamish Pavilion 3,813 4-1
June : 1–6 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 6 June 4 Washington L 72–78 Hayes (24) Williams (9) Tied (9) Verizon Center 5,320 4-2 7 June 7 New York L 61-76 Tied (14) Lyttle (12) Tied (3) Madison Square Garden 14,816 4-3 8 June 10 Connecticut L 71-104 Dantas (16) Williams (9) Clarendon (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 5,327 4-4 9 June 13 Seattle W 91-86 Dantas (22) Clarendon (8) Clarendon (6) KeyArena 4,352 5-4 10 June 15 Indiana L 74-85 Tied (17) Dantas (8) Clarendon (8) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,830 5-5 11 June 23 Chicago L 78-82 Williams (20) Williams (10) Clarendon (5) McCamish Pavilion 4,237 5-6 12 June 30 Los Angeles L 76-85 Hayes (18) Tied (5) Tied 6 McCamish Pavilion 4,119 5-6
July : 5–6 (Home: 5–2; Road: 0–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 13 July 2 New York W 81-72 Sykes (19) Sykes (9) Clarendon (9) McCamish Pavilion 3,521 6-7 14 July 5 Dallas L 84-94 Hayes (16) Dantas (9) Clarendon (8) College Park Center 3,555 6-8 15 July 7 Indiana W 89-68 Clarendon (27) Clarendon (8) Clarendon (6) McCamish Pavilion 3,359 7-8 16 July 9 Dallas W 98-78 Hayes (19) Sykes (8) Clarendon (8) McCamish Pavilion 4,019 8-8 17 July 12 Phoenix L 84-89 Clarendon (21) Williams (10) Clarendon (10) Talking Stick Resort Arena 9,342 8-9 18 July 15 Seattle L 84-90 Hayes (19) Dantas (9) Clarendon (8) KeyArena 6,993 8-10 19 July 18 San Antonio W 88-75 Hayes (25) Lyttle (10) Clarendon (7) McCamish Pavilion 7,413 9-10 20 July 19 Washington L 96-100 Sykes (27) Lyttle (11) Clarendon (8) Verizon Center 15,597 9-11 21 July 25 Phoenix W 99-91 Sykes (20) Sykes (13) Clarendon (9) McCamish Pavilion 4,053 10-11 22 July 28 Minnesota L 80-90 Hayes (25) Lyttle (6) Clarendon (8) McCamish Pavilion 4,197 10-12 23 July 30 Washington L 70-77 Williams (18) Lyttle (9) Clarendon (10) McCamish Pavilion 4,185 10-13
August : 2–7 (Home: 2–3; Road: 0–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 24 August 3 Minnesota L 54-69 Clarendon (18) Lyttle (11) Clarendon (5) Xcel Energy Center 9,622 10-14 25 August 5 Chicago L 86-91 Tied (13) Williams (12) Clarendon (5) Allstate Arena 5,757 10-15 26 August 8 Minnesota L 72-81 Williams (16) Tied (11) Holmes (5) McCamish Pavilion 4,006 10-16 27 August 11 New York L 77-83 Sykes (16) Williams (6) Clarendon (8) McCamish Pavilion 5,158 10-17 28 August 12 San Antonio L 66-84 Sykes (28) Young (6) Clarendon (5) AT&T Center 6,953 10-18 29 August 15 Connecticut L 75-96 Sykes (23) Lyttle (9) Clarendon (11) McCamish Pavilion 4,585 10-19 30 August 19 Dallas L 86-90 Hayes (22) Tied (7) Ajavon (4) College Park Center 4,962 10-20 31 August 23 Seattle W 89-83 Lyttle (18) Lyttle (8) Clarendon (14) McCamish Pavilion 4,878 11-20 32 August 26 Indiana W 79-74 Hayes (24) Williams (15) Tied (4) McCamish Pavilion 5,029 12-20
September : 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 33 September 1 Los Angeles L 56-81 Hayes (19) Williams (6) Clarendon (2) Staples Center 12,163 12-21 34 September 3 Phoenix L 70-84 Sykes (33) Tied (5) Tied (2) Talking Stick Resort Arena 11,222 12-22
2017 season schedule

Standings

#	Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
1	New York Liberty - (3)	22	12	.647	-	13–4	9–8	10–6
2	Connecticut Sun - (4)	21	13	.636	1	12–5	9–6	10–6
3	Washington Mystics - (6)	18	16	.529	4	11–6	7–10	12-4
4	Chicago Sky - e	12	22	.353	10	4–13	8–9	6–10
5	Atlanta Dream - e	12	22	.353	10	9–8	3–14	5–11
6	Indiana Fever - e	9	25	.265	13	6–11	3–14	4–12

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]

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Matee Ajavon	31	2	8.1	28.9%	0.0%	79.5%	1.2	1.0	0.4	0.0	2.4
Brittney Sykes	34	23	25.4	40.8%	33.6%	72.9%	4.1	1.9	0.6	0.5	13.9
Layshia Clarendon	34	33	29.9	40.8%	33.6%	72.9%	3.8	6.6	0.9	0.1	10.7
Damiris Dantas	34	2	18.1	39.2%	26.5%	76.7%	3.6	0.7	0.5	0.6	7.7
Aneika Henry	6	0	5.2	85.7%	0.0%	0.0%	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	2.0
Tiffany Hayes	33	33	30.0	43.6%	37.2%	85.4%	3.8	2.4	1.2	0.2	16.3
Imani Boyette	10	0	9.0	54.2%	0.0%	50.0%	2.9	0.2	0.1	0.7	2.9
Bria Holmes	32	13	22.2	37.8%	18.9%	64.0%	2.9	1.8	0.7	0.2	7.8
Sancho Lyttle	29	28	28.3	43.5%	25.0%	75.9%	7.1	1.6	1.6	0.6	6.4
Tamera Young	11	1	15.2	31.0%	33.3%	61.5%	2.3	0.7	0.3	0.5	4.3
Elizabeth Williams	34	34	31.4	48.7%	0.0%	65.9%	7.2	1.4	1.1	2.0	10.4

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.

External links

• THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE ATLANTA DREAM