2008 Atlanta Dream season

2008 Atlanta Dream season
Head 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 Erika DeSouza (6.6)
Assists Ivory Latta (3.6)
Atlanta Dream seasons
< 2007 2009 >

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.

Offseason

Expansion Draft

The list of players selected in the Expansion Draft includes:

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

WNBA Draft

Transactions

Trades

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 United States Bales, Alison 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Duke
G/F 8 Brazil Castro Marques, Iziane 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 140 lb (64 kg) Brazil
F/C 14 Brazil DeSouza, Erika 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Brazil
C 44 United States Feenstra, Katie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Liberty University
G 4 United States Haynie, Kristin 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 147 lb (67 kg) Michigan State
F 21 United States Lacy, Jennifer 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Pepperdine
G 12 United States Latta, Ivory 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 143 lb (65 kg) North Carolina
G 22 United States Lennox, Betty 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 143 lb (65 kg) Louisiana Tech
G 9 Sweden Nnamaka, Chioma 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Georgia Tech
G/F 43 United States Strother, Ann 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 166 lb (75 kg) Connecticut
G 42 United States Teasley, Nikki 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 159 lb (72 kg) North Carolina
F/C 35 United States Terry, Kasha 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Georgia Tech
F 23 United States Young, Tamera 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) James Madison University
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Athletic trainer
  • United States Kara Dolling
Strength and conditioning coach
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

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

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
Erika DeSouza 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

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