2009 Atlanta Dream season
WNBA team season
2009 Atlanta Dream season | |
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Coach | Marynell Meadors |
Arena | Philips Arena |
Attendance | 7,102 per game |
Results | |
Record | 18–16 (.529) |
Place | 2nd (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | Lost First Round |
Team Leaders | |
Points | Iziane Castro Marques – 14.4 |
Rebounds | Érika de Souza – 9.1 |
Assists | Shalee Lehning – 3.7 |
← 2008 season 2010 season → |
The 2009 WNBA season was the 2nd season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Dream qualified for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. However, they were eliminated by the Detroit Shock in a sweep in the first round.
Transactions
Houston Comets Dispersal Draft
With the Houston Comets ceasing operation and based on the 2008 records of teams, the Dream selected 1st in the Dispersal Draft.[1]
Pick | Player | Nationality | College | Previous Team |
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1 | Sancho Lyttle | ![]() | Houston | Houston Comets |
WNBA draft
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
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1 | 1 | Angel McCoughtry | ![]() | Louisville |
2 | 25 | Shalee Lehning | ![]() | Kansas State |
3 | 27 | Jessica Morrow | ![]() | Baylor |
Trades and Roster Changes
Date | Trade | |
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December 8, 2008 | Traded a First Round Pick in the 2009 WNBA draft to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for the rights to Chamique Holdsclaw[2] | |
January 2, 2009 | Extended Qualifying Offers to Kasha Terry, Yelena Leuchanka, and Jennifer Lacy | |
January 12, 2009 | Signed Nikki Teasley[3] | |
January 14, 2009 | Waived Ann Strother and Chioma Nnamaka[4] | |
Rescinded the Qualifying Offer to Kasha Terry | ||
January 21, 2009 | Traded Alison Bales to the Phoenix Mercury for a Second Round Pick in the 2009 WNBA draft[5] | |
February 3, 2009 | Waived Betty Lennox[6] | |
February 4, 2009 | Waived Kasha Terry[7] | |
February 11, 2009 | Signed Chantelle Anderson to a Training Camp Contract[8] | |
February 17, 2009 | Signed Jennifer Lacy to a Training Camp Contract | |
February 18, 2009 | Signed Michelle Snow to a Training Camp Contract[9] | |
April 8, 2009 | Waived Katie Mattera[10] | |
April 9, 2009 | Traded a Second Round Pick in the 2009 WNBA draft to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Ashley Shields[11] | |
April 13, 2009 | Waived Kristin Haynie | |
April 14, 2009 | Signed Angel McCoughtry, Shalee Lehning, and Jessica Morrow to Rookie Scale Contracts | |
April 20, 2009 | Signed Chamique Holdsclaw[12] | |
April 28, 2009 | Waived Ashley Shields[13] | |
May 11, 2009 | Waived Jessica Morrow | |
May 12, 2009 | Signed Marlies Gipson to a Training Camp Contract | |
May 15, 2009 | Signed Coco Miller[14] | |
May 29, 2009 | Waived Marlies Gipson | |
May 31, 2009 | Waived Chantelle Anderson[15] | |
June 3, 2009 | Waived Ivory Latta[16] | |
July 3, 2009 | Waived Nikki Teasley | |
Signed Ivory Latta[17] | ||
August 12, 2009 | Traded Tamera Young to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Armintie Price[18] |
Roster
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Depth
Pos. | Starter | Bench |
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C | Érika de Souza | Michelle Snow |
PF | Sancho Lyttle | Jennifer Lacy |
SF | Chamique Holdsclaw | Angel McCoughtry |
SG | Iziane Castro Marques | Armintie Price |
PG | Shalee Lehning | Ivory Latta Coco Miller |
Schedule
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Total: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
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Regular season
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June: 4–6 (Home: 3–3; Road: 1–3)
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July: 5–4 (Home: 3–0; Road: 2–4)
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August: 6–4 (Home: 5–2; Road: 1–2)
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September: 3–2 (Home: 1–0; Road: 2–2)
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All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess |
Postseason
2009 Postseason Schedule | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Detroit (Lost Series 0-2)
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Standings
Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
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Indiana Fever x | 22 | 12 | .647 | – | 14–3 | 8–9 | 17–5 |
Atlanta Dream x | 18 | 16 | .529 | 4.0 | 12–5 | 6–11 | 10–12 |
Detroit Shock x | 18 | 16 | .529 | 4.0 | 11–6 | 7–10 | 11–11 |
Washington Mystics x | 16 | 18 | .471 | 6.0 | 11–6 | 5–12 | 10–12 |
Chicago Sky o | 16 | 18 | .471 | 6.0 | 12–5 | 4–13 | 10–12 |
Connecticut Sun o | 16 | 18 | .471 | 6.0 | 12–5 | 4–13 | 9–12 |
New York Liberty o | 13 | 21 | .382 | 9.0 | 8–9 | 5–12 | 8–13 |
Playoffs
Conference Semi-Finals Best-of-3 | Conference Finals Best-of-3 | WNBA Finals Best-of-5 | ||||||||||||
E1 | Indiana | 2 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Washington | 0 | ||||||||||||
E1 | Indiana | 2 | ||||||||||||
Eastern Conference | ||||||||||||||
E3 | Detroit | 1 | ||||||||||||
E2 | Atlanta | 0 | ||||||||||||
E3 | Detroit | 2 | ||||||||||||
E1 | Indiana | 2 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Phoenix | 3 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Phoenix | 2 | ||||||||||||
W4 | San Antonio | 1 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Phoenix | 2 | ||||||||||||
Western Conference | ||||||||||||||
W3 | Los Angeles | 1 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Seattle | 1 | ||||||||||||
W3 | Los Angeles | 2 |
Statistics
Legend | |||||||
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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
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Iziane Castro Marques | 34 | 33 | 26.9 | 41.3 | 34.5 | 78.0 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 14.4 |
Chamique Holdsclaw | 25 | 25 | 28.3 | 41.4 | 20.0 | 83.9 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 13.9 |
Sancho Lyttle | 34 | 31 | 27.4 | 50.7 | 0.0 | 74.3 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 13.0 |
Angel McCoughtry | 34 | 10 | 21.6 | 47.6 | 29.4 | 74.1 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 12.8 |
Erika de Souza | 34 | 34 | 27.3 | 52.8 | 0.0 | 65.3 | 9.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 11.8 |
Ivory Latta | 24 | 0 | 14.6 | 40.9 | 36.0 | 82.6 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 6.1 |
Michelle Snow | 34 | 2 | 14.8 | 47.9 | 0.0 | 76.1 | 4.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 5.4 |
Nikki Teasley | 10 | 10 | 23.4 | 40.0 | 41.2 | 80.0 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 3.9 |
Coco Miller | 34 | 5 | 12.0 | 41.0 | 29.6 | 88.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3.9 |
Shalee Lehning | 34 | 20 | 20.8 | 38.7 | 20.0 | 77.4 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 3.0 |
Jennifer Lacy | 32 | 0 | 11.3 | 32.7 | 21.1 | 66.7 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.0 |
Tamera Young | 11 | 0 | 6.5 | 33.3 | 20.0 | 64.7 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 2.7 |
Armintie Price | 11 | 0 | 8.9 | 35.7 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.5 |
Playoffs
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Angel McCoughtry | 2 | 2 | 29.0 | 48.4 | 57.1 | 66.7 | 5.5 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 19.0 |
Iziane Castro Marques | 2 | 2 | 25.5 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 70.6 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.0 |
Ivory Latta | 2 | 2 | 37.5 | 40.0 | 33.3 | 88.9 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 13.5 |
Erika de Souza | 2 | 2 | 27.0 | 55.6 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 11.5 |
Sancho Lyttle | 2 | 2 | 25.5 | 41.2 | 0.0 | 42.9 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
Armintie Price | 2 | 0 | 15.5 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 57.1 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
Michelle Snow | 2 | 0 | 16.5 | 30.0 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
Coco Miller | 2 | 0 | 6.5 | 60.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 |
Chamique Holdsclaw | 1 | 0 | 13.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
Jennifer Lacy | 2 | 0 | 11.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Awards and honors
Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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Sancho Lyttle | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | August 17 | [19] |
2009 WNBA All-Star Selection | July 20 | [20] | |
All-Defensive Second Team | September 25 | [21] | |
Angel McCoughtry | All-Defensive Second Team | September 25 | [21] |
WNBA Rookie of the Year | October 1 | [22] | |
WNBA All-Rookie Team | October 1 | [23] | |
Érika de Souza | 2009 WNBA All-Star Selection | July 20 | [20] |
Marynell Meadors | WNBA Coach of the Year | October 1 | [24] |
References
- ^ WNBA.com: Houston Comets dispersal draft
- ^ "Dream Acquires Rights To Chamique Holdsclaw". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
- ^ "Dream Re-Signs Point Guard Nikki Teasley". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
- ^ "DREAM WAIVES CHIOMA NNAMAKA and ANN STROTHER". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
- ^ "Mercury Acquires Center Alison Bales". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
- ^ "BYE BYE BETTY: Atlanta Dream waive nine-year veteran Lennox". scoreatl.com. Score ATL. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
- ^ "DREAM WAIVES FORWARD KASHA TERRY". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
- ^ "Dream Signs Center Chantelle Anderson". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
- ^ "Atlanta Dream signs All-Star forward Holdsclaw". accesswdun.com. Access WDUN. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
- ^ "Dream Waives Center Katie Feenstra Mattera". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
- ^ "Early Draft-Day Deal". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
- ^ "DREAM SIGNS WNBA ALL-STAR CHAMIQUE HOLDSCLAW". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
- ^ "DREAM WAIVES GUARD ASHLEY SHIELDS". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
- ^ "COCO MILLER SIGNS WITH ATLANTA DREAM". georgiadogs.com. Georgia Athletics. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
- ^ "Dream Waives Chantelle Anderson And Marlies Gibson". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
- ^ "Dream Waives Guard Ivory Latta". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
- ^ "Dream Signs Ivory Latta And Waives Nikki Teasley". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
- ^ "Sky acquire Dream's Young for Price". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
- ^ "Sancho Lyttle and Diana Taurasi Named WNBA Players of the Week". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
- ^ a b "WNBA Announces All-Star Game Reserves". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
- ^ a b "2009 WNBA All-Defensive Team Selections Announced". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
- ^ Coward, Cheryl. "Atlanta Dream's Angel McCoughtry Snags 2009 WNBA Rookie of the Year Honors". bleacherreport.com. Bleacher Report. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
- ^ "All-Rookie Teams". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
- ^ "Atlanta Dream's Marynell Meadors Named 2009 WNBA Coach of the Year". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
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Atlanta Dream
- Founded in 2007
- Based in Atlanta, Georgia
- Marynell Meadors
- Fred Williams
- Michael Cooper
- Nicki Collen
- Mike Petersen
- Darius Taylor
- Tanisha Wright
- Owner: Ron Terwilliger
- Kathy Betty
- Dream Too LLC
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- Marynell Meadors
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