2017 Atlanta Dream season

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	Tiffany Hayes – 16.3
Rebounds	Elizabeth Williams – 7.2
Assists	Layshia Clarendon – 6.6
Media
Television	FS South (FS-S), SportSouth (SSO)
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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.

Transactions

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 and Roster Changes

Date	Transaction
January 3, 2017	Cored Angel McCoughtry
January 3, 2017	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]
February 1, 2017	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
April 17, 2017	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
May 6, 2017	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
June 26, 2017	Signed Darxia Morris^[16]
July 6, 2017	Waived Meighan Simmons^[17]
July 17, 2017	Waived Darxia Morris
July 17, 2017	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

2017 Atlanta Dream roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From	Yrs
G	10	Ajavon, Matee	5' 8" (1.73m)	160 lb (73kg)	05-07-1986	Syracuse	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

Head coach: Michael Cooper (New Mexico)
Assistant coaches: Miles Cooper (USC)
Karleen Thompson (USC)

Athletic trainer: Michael Douglas (Morehouse)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Injured

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
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

Preseason

2018 Schedule: Preseason

Total: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)

Game	Date	Opponent	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 Regular Season
Total: 12–22 (Home: 9–8; Road: 3–14)

May: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	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	Opponent	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	Opponent	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	Opponent	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	Opponent	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 v t e	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

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
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

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
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]
Brittney Sykes	Rookie of the Month Award - August	September 5	^[23]