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 | |
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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 | Tiffany Hayes – 16.3 |
Rebounds | Elizabeth Williams – 7.2 |
Assists | Layshia Clarendon – 6.6 |
Media | |
Television | FS South (FS-S), SportSouth (SSO) |
Transactions
editWNBA draft
editRound | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/team/country |
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1 | 7 | Brittney Sykes | United States | Syracuse |
2 | 19 | Jordan Reynolds | United States | Tennessee |
3 | 31 | Oderah Chidom | United States | Duke |
Trades and Roster Changes
editDate | Transaction | |
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January 3, 2017 | Cored Angel McCoughtry | |
Extended Qualifying Offers to Layshia Clarendon and Meighan Simmons | ||
January 4, 2017 | Angel McCoughtry announced that she will miss the 2017 season due to Rest[2] | |
January 24, 2017 | Waived Carla Cortijo | |
January 26, 2017 | Traded Reshanda Gray to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for Aneika Henry-Morello[3] | |
February 1, 2017 | Signed Layshia Clarendon and Brianna Kiesel[4][5] | |
Signed Meighan Simmons and Nirra Fields to training-camp contracts[6] | ||
February 7, 2017 | Signed Markeisha Gatling to a training-camp contract | |
February 9, 2017 | Signed Whitney Knight to a training-camp contract[7] | |
February 22, 2017 | Signed Rachel Jarry to a training-camp contract[8] | |
March 17, 2017 | Signed Darxia Morris to a training-camp contract[9] | |
April 11, 2017 | Signed Sarah Imovbioh to a training-camp contract[10] | |
April 17, 2017 | Signed Jordan Reynolds to a rookie-scale contract | |
Signed Peyton Little to a training-camp contract | ||
April 19, 2017 | Signed Brittney Sykes to a Rookie Scale Contaact | |
April 20, 2017 | Signed Oderah Chidom to a rookie-scale contract | |
April 28, 2017 | Waived Peyton Little and Nirra Fields[11] | |
May 3, 2017 | Waived Markeisha Gatling and Jordan Reynolds[12] | |
May 6, 2017 | Waived Sarah Imovbioh, Rachel Jarry , Whitney Knight, and Oderah Chidom | |
Signed Tyaunna Marshall[13] | ||
May 11, 2017 | Waived Darxia Morris and Tyaunna Marshall | |
June 7, 2017 | Temporarily Suspend Sancho Lyttle due to Overseas Commitments | |
June 8, 2017 | Traded a 2nd round pick in the 2018 WNBA draft to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for Jordan Hooper[14] | |
June 25, 2017 | Waived Brianna Kiesel and Rachel Hollivay[15] | |
June 26, 2017 | Activated Sancho Lyttle from the Temporary Suspension List | |
Signed Darxia Morris[16] | ||
July 6, 2017 | Waived Meighan Simmons[17] | |
July 17, 2017 | Waived Darxia Morris | |
Signed Chelsea Hopkins to a 7-day contract[18] | ||
July 24, 2017 | Signed Chelsea Hopkins to a 2nd 7-day contract | |
July 31, 2017 | Traded Jordan Hooper and a 1st round pick in the 2018 WNBA draft to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Imani McGee-Stafford, Tamera Young, and a 2nd round pick in the 2018 WNBA draft[19] |
Roster
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Depth
editPos. | Starter | Bench |
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C | Elizabeth Williams | Imani Boyette |
PF | Sancho Lyttle | Damiris Dantas Aneika Henry-Morello |
SF | Brittney Sykes | Bria Holmes |
SG | Tiffany Hayes | Tamera Young |
PG | Layshia Clarendon | Matee Ajavon |
Schedule
editPreseason
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Total: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
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2017 pre-season schedule |
Regular season
edit2017 Regular Season Total: 12–22 (Home: 9–8; Road: 3–14) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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May: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–0)
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June: 1–6 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–4)
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July: 5–6 (Home: 5–2; Road: 0–4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
August: 2–7 (Home: 2–3; Road: 0–4)
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September: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–2)
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2017 season schedule |
Standings
edit# | Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
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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
editLegend | |||||||
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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
editPlayer | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Tiffany Hayes | 33 | 33 | 30.0 | 43.6 | 37.2 | 85.4 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 16.3 |
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 | 87.9 | 3.8 | 6.6 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 10.7 |
Elizabeth Williams | 34 | 34 | 31.4 | 48.7 | 0.0 | 65.9 | 7.2 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 10.4 |
Bria Holmes | 32 | 13 | 22.2 | 37.8 | 18.9 | 64.0 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 7.8 |
Damiris Dantas | 34 | 2 | 18.1 | 39.2 | 26.5 | 76.7 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 7.7 |
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 |
Jordan Hooper | 15 | 0 | 6.8 | 40.0 | 42.9 | 75.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3.1 |
Imani Boyette | 10 | 0 | 9.0 | 54.2 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.9 |
Matee Ajavon | 31 | 2 | 8.1 | 28.9 | 0.0 | 79.5 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2.4 |
Aneika Henry-Morello | 6 | 0 | 5.2 | 85.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
Meighan Simmons | 11 | 0 | 3.8 | 25.0 | 14.3 | 71.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
Brianna Kiesel | 9 | 0 | 8.3 | 20.0 | 11.1 | 70.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.6 |
Rachel Hollivay | 7 | 1 | 4.9 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
Darxis Morris | 5 | 0 | 4.2 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Chelsea Hopkins | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Awards and honors
editRecipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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Layshia Clarendon | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | May 22 | [20] |
Tiffany Hayes | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | June 2 | [21] |
Brittney Sykes | Rookie of the Month Award - July | August 1 | [22] |
Rookie of the Month Award - August | September 5 | [23] |
References
edit- ^ "ATLANTA DREAM ANNOUNCES 2017 SEASON SCHEDULE". WNBA.com. November 29, 2016.
- ^ "Dream's Angel McCoughtry Plans to Rest During 2017 Season". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ "Atlanta Dream Reacquire Henry-Morello in Trade with Connecticut". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ "Atlanta Dream Re-sign Layshia Clarendon". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ "Dream bolster backcourt by signing free agent Brianna Kiesel". si.com. SI. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ "Atlanta Dream Re-Sign Meighan Simmons". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ "Atlanta Dream signs center Markeisha Gatling and guard Whitney Knight". hoopfeed.com. Hoopfeed. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ "Atlanta Dream sign Australian guard Rachel Jarry". hoopfeed.com. Hoopfeed. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ "Atlanta Dream sign guard Darxia Morris". hoopfeed.com. Hoopfeed. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ "Atlanta Dream signs former Gamecock Sarah Imovbioh to training camp contract". abccolumbia.com. ABC Columbia. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ "Tiffany Hayes, Bria Holmes Join Atlanta Dream Training Camp Active Roster". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ Robinson, Mike. "Sources: Atlanta cuts Gatling, Reynolds". swishappeal.com. Swish Appeal. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ Steinberg, Russell. "WNBA roundup: Dream waive Rachel Jarry, sign Tyaunna Marshall, and more". highposthoops.com. High Post Hoops. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ "Dream Sends Second Round Pick to Connecticut for Jordan Hooper". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ "Atlanta Dream Waive Hollivay, Kiesel". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ "Atlanta Dream Sign Darxia Morris". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ "Dream Waive Meighan Simmons". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ Chambers, Arielle. "Atlanta Dream waive Darxia Morris, sign Chelsea Hopkins". highposthoops.com. High Post Hoops. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ Coward, Cheryl. "Sky trade Tamera Young and Imani Boyette to Dream in exchange for Jordan Hooper and 1st round pick". hoopfeed.com. Hoopfeed. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ "Atlanta's Clarendon and Minnesota's Fowles Named WNBA Players of the Week". wnba.com. WNBA. May 22, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
- ^ "Sylvia Fowles, Tiffany Hayes Named WNBA Players of the Month". wnba.com. WNBA. June 2, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
- ^ "Atlanta's Brittney Sykes Named WNBA Rookie of the Month". wnba.com. WNBA. August 1, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
- ^ "Atlanta's Sykes Named WNBA Rookie Of The Month". wnba.com. WNBA. September 5, 2017. Retrieved September 6, 2017.