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2020 Atlanta Dream season

2020 Atlanta Dream season
CoachNicki Collen
ArenaOriginally: Gateway Center Arena
Rescheduled to: IMG Academy gymnasiums, Bradenton, Florida
Attendance0 per game
Results
Record7–15 (.318)
Place4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
PointsChennedy Carter – 17.4
ReboundsMonique Billings – 8.5
AssistsBetnijah Laney – 4.0

The 2020 WNBA season was the 13th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. The team began its season on July 26, 2020, against the Dallas Wings.[1]

On October 18, 2019, the Dream unveiled a rebrand of their logo and color scheme for their upcoming season.[2] The Dream was originally scheduled to start play its home games at the new Gateway Center Arena at College Park, electing to move from State Farm Arena in the 2019 off-season.[3] The WNBA season was to have a 36-game schedule, which would have been the most games in a season in league history.[4] However, the plan for expanded games was put on hold on April 3, when the WNBA postponed its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] Under a plan approved on June 15, the league is scheduled to hold a shortened 22-game regular season at IMG Academy, without fans present, starting on July 24.[6][7]

The Dream started the season promisingly, winning two of their first three games. That promise was short lived, as the team lost their next ten games in a row. After the ten game losing streak was broken, the Dream lost their next two games to finish August with a 3–13 record, and a slim hope at making the playoffs. September proved to be a turn in fortunes for the Dream. They recorded four wins in five games to go into their final game against the Washington Mystics, with a chance to make the playoffs. However, Washington prevailed and the Dream missed the playoffs. Their overall winning percentage of .318 was the third worst in team history.

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2020 WNBA draft

The Dream made the following selections in the 2020 WNBA draft.

Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country
1 4 Chennedy Carter  United States Texas A&M
2 17 Brittany Brewer  United States Texas Tech
3 25 Mikayla Pivec  United States Oregon State
3 27 Kobi Thornton  United States Clemson

Trades and roster changes

Date Details
January 21, 2020 Exercised 4th-year Team tption on Marie Gülich and Monique Billings
Extended a qualifying offer to Alaina Coates
January 22, 2020 Renounced the rights to Celine Dumerc and Isabelle Yacoubou
February 10, 2020 Traded Brittney Sykes and Marie Gülich to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Kalani Brown[8]
February 12, 2020 Signed Glory Johnson[9]
February 16, 2020 Signed Shekinna Stricklen[10]
February 18, 2020 Claimed Alexis Jones off waivers[11]
February 19, 2020 Traded Jessica Breland and Nia Coffey to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Courtney Williams and the 17th pick in the 2020 WNBA draft from the Connecticut Sun, as part of a 3-team trade[12]
February 23, 2020 Signed Blake Dietrick to a training-camp contract[13]
February 25, 2020 Signed Elīna Babkina to a training-camp contract[14]
April 16, 2020 Signed Alaina Coates to a training-camp contract[15]
April 19, 2020 Signed Mikayla Pivec to a rookie-scale contract
April 20, 2020 Signed Brittany Brewer to a rookie-scale contract
April 23, 2020 Signed Chennedy Carter to a rookie-scale contract
April 27, 2020 Waived Alaina Coates
May 23, 2020 Waived Elīna Babkina[16]
May 24, 2020 Full season suspension of Maite Cazorla due to her sitting out the 2020 season for personal reasons[17]
May 25, 2020 Full season suspension of Mikayla Pivec due to her sitting out the 2020 season for personal reasons[18]
June 18, 2020 Renee Montgomery opted out of the 2020 season[19]
June 23, 2020 Tiffany Hayes opted out of the 2020 season[20]
June 24, 2020 Signed Betnijah Laney and Jaylyn Agnew[21]
July 12, 2020 Signed Erica McCall to a hardship contract[22]
July 29, 2020 Released Erica McCall from her Hhrdship contract
August 23, 2020 Waived Alexis Jones
Signed Kaela Davis to a 7-day contract[23]
August 31, 2020 Signed Kaela Davis to a 2nd 7-day contract
September 7, 2020 Signed Kaela Davis

Roster

2020 Atlanta Dream roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
F 5 United States Agnew, Jaylyn 5' 11" (1.8m) 149 lb (68kg) 07-21-1997 Creighton R
F 25 United States Billings, Monique 6' 4" (1.93m) 192 lb (87kg) 05-02-1996 UCLA 2
F 20 United States Brewer, Brittany 6' 5" (1.96m) 182 lb (83kg) 11-06-1997 Texas Tech R
C 22 United States Brown, Kalani 6' 7" (2.01m) 245 lb (111kg) 03-21-1997 Baylor 1
G 3 United States Carter, Chennedy 5' 9" (1.75m) 143 lb (65kg) 11-14-1998 Texas A&M R
F 33 United States Davis, Kaela 6' 2" (1.88m) 170 lb (77kg) 03-15-1995 South Carolina 3
G 11 United States Dietrick, Blake 5' 10" (1.78m) 169 lb (77kg) 07-19-1993 Princeton 3
F 0 Montenegro Johnson, Glory 6' 3" (1.91m) 170 lb (77kg) 07-27-1990 Tennessee 7
G/F 44 United States Laney, Betnijah 6' 0" (1.83m) 166 lb (75kg) 10-29-1993 Rutgers 4
F 40 United States Stricklen, Shekinna 6' 2" (1.88m) 230 lb (104kg) 07-30-1990 Tennessee 8
G 10 United States Williams, Courtney 5' 8" (1.73m) 133 lb (60kg) 05-11-1994 South Florida 4
F/C 1 United States Williams, Elizabeth 6' 3" (1.91m) 200 lb (91kg) 06-23-1993 Duke 5
Head coach
United States Nicki Collen (Marquette)
Assistant coaches
United States Mike Peterson (Bushnell)
United States Darius Taylor (Michigan)
Athletic trainer
United States Natalie Trotter
Strength and conditioning coach
United States Jamal Baptiste
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Depth

Pos. Starter Bench
C Elizabeth Williams Kalani Brown
Brittany Brewer
PF Monique Billings Glory Johnson
SF Betnijah Laney Shekinna Stricklen
Kaela Davis
SG Courtney Williams Jaylyn Agnew
PG Chennedy Carter Blake Dietrick

Schedule

Regular season

2020 game log
Regular season total: 7–15
July
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 July 26 Dallas W 105–95 Billings (30) Billings (13) Carter (8) IMG Academy 1–0
2 July 29 Las Vegas L 70–100 E. Williams (16) Billings (7) Tied (4) IMG Academy 1–1
3 July 31 New York W 84–78 Laney (30) Billings (15) Carter (3) IMG Academy 2–1
August
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
4 August 2 Indiana L 77–93 C. Williams (18) Billings (8) Laney (6) IMG Academy 2–2
5 August 4 Phoenix L 74–81 Carter (26) C. Williams (9) Laney (5) IMG Academy 2–3
6 August 6 Seattle L 92–93 Carter (35) C. Williams (10) Carter (7) IMG Academy 2–4
7 August 8 Dallas L 75–85 Laney (16) Tied (7) 3 tied (3) IMG Academy 2–5
8 August 10 Connecticut L 82–93 Stricklen (18) C. Williams (7) Dietrick (6) IMG Academy 2–6
9 August 12 Seattle L 63–100 Laney (17) Tied (7) Dietrick (4) IMG Academy 2–7
10 August 14 Phoenix L 80–96 Laney (16) C. Williams (14) Dietrick (7) IMG Academy 2–8
11 August 16 Chicago L 67–92 C. Williams (15) Billings (8) Tied (4) IMG Academy 2–9
12 August 19 Washington L 91–98 Laney (35) Billings (12) C. Williams (7) IMG Academy 2–10
13 August 21 Los Angeles L 85–93 (OT) Johnson (23) Billings (9) Laney (11) IMG Academy 2–11
14 August 23 Minnesota W 78–75 Tied (16) Billings (13) Laney (10) IMG Academy 3–11
15 August 28 Minnesota L 79–88 Laney (22) C. Williams (10) Tied (5) IMG Academy 3–12
16 August 30 Los Angeles L 79–84 Carter (26) Billings (14) Dietrick (5) IMG Academy 3–13
September
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
17 September 1 Indiana W 102–90 Tied (22) Johnson (8) Carter (6) IMG Academy 4–13
18 September 3 New York W 62–56 C. Williams (15) C. Williams (13) Laney (3) IMG Academy 5–13
19 September 5 Las Vegas L 79–89 Laney (21) 3 tied (7) Carter (6) IMG Academy 5–14
20 September 9 Chicago W 97–89 Laney (24) 3 tied (10) Tied (5) IMG Academy 6–14
21 September 11 Connecticut W 82–75 Carter (22) Laney (10) Tied (4) IMG Academy 7–14
22 September 13 Washington L 78–85 Laney (27) C. Williams (11) Dietrick (4) IMG Academy 7–15
2020 season schedule

Standings

# Team W L PCT GB Conf.
1 x – Las Vegas Aces 18 4 .818 – 8–2
2 x – Seattle Storm 18 4 .818 – 8–2
3 x – Los Angeles Sparks 15 7 .682 3 5–5
4 x – Minnesota Lynx 14 8 .636 4 4–6
5 x – Phoenix Mercury 13 9 .591 5 4–6
6 x – Chicago Sky 12 10 .545 6 6–4
7 x – Connecticut Sun 10 12 .455 8 7–3
8 x – Washington Mystics 9 13 .409 9 6–4
9 e – Dallas Wings 8 14 .364 10 1–9
10 e – Atlanta Dream 7 15 .318 11 5–5
11 e – Indiana Fever 6 16 .273 12 4–6
12 e – New York Liberty 2 20 .091 16 2–8

Notes

x – Clinched playoff berth
e – Eliminated from playoffs
Home and Away records not shown, as all games played at a neutral location.
Updated to include results from September 13, 2020
Source


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
Chennedy Carter 16 16 25.4 47.3 37.5 82.1 2.3 3.4 0.9 0.3 17.4
Betnijah Laney 22 22 33.3 48.1 40.5 82.7 4.9 4.0 1.6 0.1 17.2
Courtney Williams 20 14 30.5 43.6 23.5 69.6 7.2 3.2 0.7 0.1 14.6
Elizabeth Williams 22 22 29.2 48.9 0 74.2 5.7 1.4 0.8 1.4 10.1
Monique Billings 22 16 27.1 40.0 0 76.1 8.5 1.2 1.1 0.8 8.5
Shekinna Stricklen 22 15 21.7 34.1 33.3 100 1.9 0.6 0.3 0 6.1
Blake Dietrick 22 4 21.0 47.1 44.8 62.5 1.6 3.4 0.8 0.1 5.9
Glory Johnson 18 1 15.1 37.3 26.2 50.0 3.7 0.6 0.8 0.4 4.7
Kalani Brown 10 0 6.1 52.2 0 60.0 1.2 0 0.1 0.1 3.0
Jaylyn Agnew 12 0 5.9 26.7 23.1 80.0 0.4 0.3 0 0 1.3
Brittany Brewer 5 0 6.6 66.7 0 0 1.0 0 0.6 0.8 0.8
Kaela Davis 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Betnijah Laney Most Improved Player September 24 [24]
WNBA All-Defense 1st Team September 29 [25]
Chennedy Carter All-Rookie Team September 27 [26]
Elizabeth Williams WNBA All-Defense 1st Team September 29 [25]

References

  1. ^ "Atlanta Dream 2020 Season Schedule". WNBA.com. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  2. ^ "Atlanta Dream Unveil Bold New Brand". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  3. ^ "Atlanta Dream Announces New Home Court at Gateway Center in College Park" (Press release). Atlanta Dream. October 18, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  4. ^ "Atlanta Dream Announce 2020 Schedule - Atlanta Dream". dream.wnba.com. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  5. ^ "WNBA Statement Regarding the Start of the 2020 Regular Season". April 3, 2020. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  6. ^ "WNBA Announces Plan To Tip Off 2020 Season". WNBA. June 15, 2020. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  7. ^ "WNBA announces plans for 2020 season to start late July in Florida". NBC Sports Washington. June 15, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  8. ^ "Dream Acquire Kalani Brown From Los Angeles". dream.wnba.com. Atlanta Dream. February 10, 2020. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
  9. ^ "Atlanta Dream Sign Free-Agent Forward Glory Johnson". dream.wnba.com. Atlanta Dream. February 13, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  10. ^ "Shekinna Stricklen Signs Multi-Year Deal with Dream". dream.wnba.com. Atlanta Dream. February 16, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  11. ^ "Atlanta Dream Claim Alexis Jones Off Waivers". dream.wnba.com. Atlanta Dream. February 18, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  12. ^ "Dream Acquire Courtney Williams In Three-Team Trade". dream.wnba.com. Atlanta Dream. February 19, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  13. ^ "Blake Dietrick Returning to Atlanta Dream". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  14. ^ "Atlanta Dream Signs Guard Elīna Babkina". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  15. ^ Atlanta Dream PR [@ATLDreamPR] (April 16, 2020). "TRANSACTION: Atlanta Dream sign Alaina Coates to a training camp contract" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  16. ^ Atlanta Dream PR [@ATLDreamPR] (May 23, 2020). "TRANSACTION: The Dream have waived Elīna Babkina" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  17. ^ Atlanta Dream PR [@ATLDreamPR] (May 24, 2020). "Maite Cazorla has chosen to stay in Spain and will miss the 2020 Atlanta Dream season due to personal reasons. We look forward to welcoming her back in 2021" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  18. ^ Atlanta Dream PR [@ATLDreamPR] (May 25, 2020). "Mikayla Pivec has chosen to sit out the 2020 WNBA season for personal reasons and will be suspended by the Atlanta Dream. We look forward to having Pivec attend training camp in 2021" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  19. ^ "Montgomery to Miss 2020 Atlanta Dream Season". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. June 18, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  20. ^ "Hayes Opts Out for 2020 Season". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. June 23, 2020. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  21. ^ "Dream Add Free Agents Laney, Agnew". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. June 24, 2020. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  22. ^ "Atlanta Signs Free Agent Forward Erica McCall". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. July 12, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  23. ^ "Atlanta Signs Free Agent Forward-Guard Kaela Davis". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  24. ^ "Atlanta Dream's Betnijah Laney Named 2020 Most Improved Player". wnba.com. WNBA. September 24, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  25. ^ a b "Two Atlanta Dream Players And Seattle Storm's Alysha Clark Headline 2020 WNBA All-Defensive Team". wnba.com. WNBA. September 29, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  26. ^ "Rookie Of The Year Crystal Dangerfield Headlines 2020 WNBA All-Rookie Team". wnba.com. WNBA. September 27, 2019. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Atlanta_Dream_season