WNBA team season
The 2024 Atlanta Dream season was the 17th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association , and their third season under head coach Tanisha Wright .
The season tipped off on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, against the Los Angeles Sparks in Los Angeles.[ 1] The Dream started the season on an up-and-down run as they went 2–2 in their first four games. They defeated Washington and Las Vegas to end May 4–2. Their winning streak did not extend into June as they lost four of their first five games in the month, with the lone win coming in Chicago . They defeated Los Angeles again and Connecticut as the only other two wins in the month to finish 3–8 in June. Seven of the eight losses in the month came by double digits. Rhyne Howard injured her ankle on June 21 and missed nine games.[ 2] The Dream would only win one game during her absence, and went 0–7 in July prior to the Olympic Break. The losing streak featured a three point loss in Dallas as the closest game. The Dream returned healthier from the Olympic Break and won the first three games in August. However, they lost the next four games in August, with three of those losses coming by five points or less. They finished August 3–4 and in the hunt for the eighth and final playoff spot. The Dream won two of the first three games in September, including an overtime win against Dallas. They would go on to lose their next three games, including another overtime game against Indiana , and a three point loss to playoff rivals Washington. However, they followed that with three straight wins, including a win against Washington and their other playoff rival Chicago. The final game of the season was a win at New York , where the Dream clinched the eighth seed. They finished the regular season 15–25.
The Dream faced the Liberty in the first versus eighth seed First Round playoff series. The Dream lost the best-of-three series two games to zero. They lost game one by fourteen points and game two by nine points to end their season. It was the second straight year the Dream were swept two games to zero in the First Round. After the season, the Dream and Head Coach Tanisha Wright parted ways.[ 3]
Transactions
WNBA draft
Transactions
Date
Transaction
January 16, 2024
Extended qualifying offer to AD Durr [ 4]
January 24, 2024
Suspended contract of Iliana Rupert for the full season (personal decision) [ 5]
February 1, 2024
Traded the 8th overall pick in the 2024 WNBA draft and Aari McDonald to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Jordin Canada and the 12th overall pick in the 2024 Draft[ 6]
Signed Tina Charles and Aerial Powers [ 7]
Re-signed Nia Coffey [ 7]
February 28, 2024
Signed Khadijiah Cave to a training camp contract[ 8]
February 29, 2024
Exercised team options on Rhyne Howard and Naz Hillmon [ 4]
March 25, 2024
Signed Lorela Cubaj to a training camp contract[ 9]
April 19, 2024
Signed Elizabeth Balogun , Taj Cole, and Khaalia Hillsman to a training camp contracts[ 10]
April 27, 2024
Rescinded qualifying offer to AD Durr [ 11]
April 28, 2024
Signed Destanni Henderson to a training camp contract[ 12]
May 4, 2024
Traded a 2025 3rd round draft pick to the Dallas Wings in exchange for Crystal Dangerfield [ 13]
Waived Elizabeth Balogun and Taj Cole[ 14]
May 7, 2024
Waived Khaalia Hillsman [ 15]
May 10, 2024
Waived Khadijiah Cave and Destanni Henderson [ 16]
May 13, 2024
Suspended the contract of Lorela Cubaj (temporary)
May 24, 2024
Activated Lorela Cubaj
June 26, 2024
Waived Crystal Dangerfield [ 17]
Signed Maya Caldwell [ 18]
July 4, 2024
Signed Destanni Henderson to a 7-day hardship contract[ 19]
July 9, 2024
Suspended the contract of Laeticia Amihere (temporary)
July 12, 2024
Signed Destanni Henderson to second 7-day hardship contract
July 18, 2024
Released Destanni Henderson
August 11, 2024
Activated Laeticia Amihere
September 18, 2024
Signed Ezinne Kalu
Roster changes
Roster
2024 Atlanta Dream roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Nat.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
Yrs
F
7
Amihere, Laeticia
6' 3" (1.91m)
185 lb (84kg)
07-10-2001
South Carolina
1
G
11
Caldwell, Maya
5' 11" (1.8m)
160 lb (73kg)
12-15-1998
Georgia
2
G
3
Canada, Jordin
5' 6" (1.68m)
135 lb (61kg)
1995-08-11
UCLA
6
C
31
Charles, Tina
6' 4" (1.93m)
192 lb (87kg)
12-05-1988
Connecticut
12
F
12
Coffey, Nia
6' 1" (1.85m)
182 lb (83kg)
1995-06-11
Northwestern
7
F/C
19
Cubaj, Lorela
6' 4" (1.93m)
200 lb (91kg)
01-08-1999
Georgia Tech
2
G
15
Gray, Allisha
6' 0" (1.83m)
167 lb (76kg)
1995-01-12
South Carolina
6
F
00
Hillmon, Naz
6' 2" (1.88m)
190 lb (86kg)
04-05-2000
Michigan
2
F
10
Howard, Rhyne
6' 2" (1.88m)
175 lb (79kg)
04-29-2000
Kentucky
2
G/F
13
Jones, Haley
6' 1" (1.85m)
187 lb (85kg)
05-23-2001
Stanford
1
G
1
Kalu, Ezinne
5' 8" (1.73m)
–
06-26-1992
Savannah State
R
F
32
Parker, Cheyenne
6' 4" (1.93m)
193 lb (88kg)
1993-08-22
Middle Tennessee
9
G/F
23
Powers, Aerial
5' 9" (1.75m)
166 lb (75kg)
1994-07-17
Michigan State
8
C
Rupert, Iliana (S)
6' 4" (1.93m)
189 lb (86kg)
07-12-2001
France
2
G
Borlase, Isobel (DP)
5' 11" (1.8m)
–
09-12-2004
Australia
F
Puoch, Nyadiew (DP)
6' 3" (1.91m)
–
06-23-2004
Australia
G
Villa, Matilde (DP)
5' 7" (1.7m)
–
12-09-2004
Italy
Head coach
Tanisha Wright (Penn State
Assistant coaches
Vickie Johnson (Louisiana Tech ) Paul Goriss Barbara Turner (Connecticut )
Athletic trainer
Natalie Trotter
Strength and conditioning coach
Drew Williams
Legend
(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Injured
Depth chart
Schedule
Pre-season
Regular season
2024 game log Total: 15–25 (Home: 8–12; Road: 7–13)
May: 4–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–1)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
1
May 15
@ Los Angeles
W 92–81
Rhyne Howard (25)
Tina Charles (14)
Naz Hillmon (5)
Walter Pyramid 3,847
1–0
2
May 18
@ Phoenix
L 85–88
Allisha Gray (22)
Rhyne Howard (9)
Haley Jones (5)
Footprint Center 10,251
1–1
3
May 21
Dallas
W 83–78
Allisha Gray (21)
Tina Charles (11)
Rhyne Howard (4)
Gateway Center Arena 3,265
2–1
4
May 26
Minnesota
L 79–92
Rhyne Howard (23)
Cheyenne Parker-Tyus (8)
Howard, Jones (5)
Gateway Center Arena 3,265
2–2
5
May 29
@ Washington
W 73–67
Allisha Gray (19)
Tina Charles (15)
Howard, Jones (4)
Entertainment and Sports Arena 4,200
3–2
6
May 31
Las Vegas
W 78–74
Allisha Gray (24)
Charles, Parker-Tyus (8)
Charles, Gray (3)
Gateway Center Arena 4,015
4–2
June
: 3–8 (Home: 1–5; Road: 2–3)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
7
June 2
Connecticut
L 50–69
Tina Charles (12)
Tina Charles (12)
Crystal Dangerfield (3)
Gateway Center Arena 3,265
4–3
8
June 6
New York
L 61–78
Allisha Gray (16)
Tina Charles (8)
Rhyne Howard (5)
Gateway Center Arena 3,255
4–4
9
June 8
@ Chicago
W 89–80
Tina Charles (22)
Tina Charles (7)
Rhyne Howard (10)
Wintrust Arena 8,804
5–4
10
June 11
Washington
L 87–68
Rhyne Howard (16)
Tina Charles (12)
Allisha Gray (5)
Gateway Center Arena 3,260
5–5
11
June 13
@ Indiana
L 84–91
Rhyne Howard (26)
Charles, Parker-Tyus (6)
Coffey , Parker-Tyus (5)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 16,651
5–6
12
June 16
Los Angeles
W 87–74
Allisha Gray (25)
Tina Charles (11)
Rhyne Howard (5)
Gateway Center Arena 3,260
6–6
13
June 19
@ Minnesota
L 55–68
Tina Charles (14)
Tina Charles (10)
Allisha Gray (4)
Target Center 8,206
6–7
14
June 21
Indiana
L 79–91
Tina Charles (24)
Naz Hillmon (9)
Haley Jones (5)
State Farm Arena 17,575
6–8
15
June 23
New York
L 75–96
Tina Charles (19)
Haley Jones (8)
Gray, Jones (4)
Gateway Center Arena 3,260
6–9
16
June 28
@ Connecticut
W 78–74
Allisha Gray (17)
Charles, Jones (6)
Jordin Canada (6)
Mohegan Sun Arena 7,008
7–9
17
June 30
@ New York
L 75–81
Allisha Gray (24)
Tina Charles (12)
Jordin Canada (9)
Barclays Center 10,823
7–10
July
: 0–7 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–5)
August
: 3–4 (Home: 3–2; Road: 0–2)
September
: 5–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 3–2)
2024 season schedule
Playoffs
Standings
Notes
(#) – League Standing
c – Commissioner's Cup winners
y – Regular Season Champion
x – Clinched playoff berth
e – Eliminated from playoff contention
Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings
Playoffs
Bold Series winner
Statistics
Regular season
Player
GP
GS
MPG
FG%
3P%
FT%
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
TO
PF
PPG
Rhyne Howard
30
29
33.9
.371
.329
.784
4.4
3.2
1.8
0.6
1.7
2.1
17.3
Allisha Gray
40
40
33.3
.403
.342
.769
4.4
2.7
1.1
0.7
1.7
2.4
15.6
Tina Charles
39
39
29.7
.456
.262
.785
9.6
2.3
0.9
0.5
1.6
2.5
14.9
Jordin Canada
20
18
31.2
.390
.281
.781
3.5
5.8
1.6
0.3
2.1
2.6
10.6
Cheyenne Parker
25
11
19.7
.444
.214
.886
4.8
1.5
0.8
0.4
2.1
2.4
9.2
Aerial Powers
17
2
17.9
.355
.389
.791
3.3
1.4
0.9
0.2
1.1
2.1
8.6
Naz Hillmon
40
19
21.7
.552
.333
.762
4.8
1.3
0.7
0.3
1.0
1.4
5.7
Maya Caldwell ≠
25
6
16.2
.416
.300
.800
1.8
1.1
0.6
0.2
0.9
1.2
5.2
Destanni Henderson ≠ ‡
6
0
17.5
.345
.100
.429
2.0
2.5
0.3
0.2
1.7
0.8
4.0
Haley Jones
40
24
17.8
.397
.214
.702
2.2
2.1
0.4
0.3
1.7
2.0
3.9
Nia Coffey
40
11
13.3
.324
.273
.762
2.4
1.2
0.3
0.7
1.0
1.2
3.3
Crystal Dangerfield ‡
15
0
14.1
.278
.217
1.000
1.1
1.7
0.3
0.2
0.6
0.9
3.1
Ezinne Kalu ≠
1
0
13.0
.333
.000
.500
1.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
4.0
3.0
Lorela Cubaj
28
1
7.9
.429
—
.600
1.5
0.5
0.3
0.1
0.4
1.2
1.2
Laeticia Amihere
16
0
5.2
.269
—
.294
1.7
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.5
0.4
1.2
‡ Waived/Released during the season
† Traded during the season
≠ Acquired during the season
Playoffs
Player
GP
GS
MPG
FG%
3P%
FT%
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
TO
PF
PPG
Allisha Gray
2
2
33.5
.520
.455
.800
4.0
2.0
0.0
0.5
2.5
1.5
17.5
Rhyne Howard
2
2
34.5
.448
.231
.500
5.5
3.5
2.5
2.5
1.0
1.5
16.5
Tina Charles
2
2
29.0
.522
—
.667
6.5
1.5
0.0
0.0
1.0
2.5
13.0
Laeticia Amihere
1
0
10.0
.600
—
.500
5.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
2.0
8.0
Naz Hillmon
2
2
24.0
.538
—
1.000
6.5
0.5
0.5
0.0
2.0
1.0
7.5
Jordin Canada
2
2
27.0
.417
.250
.000
1.0
7.5
0.5
0.0
3.5
1.0
5.5
Ezinne Kalu
1
0
15.0
.250
.000
.667
0.0
2.0
1.0
0.0
2.0
1.0
4.0
Haley Jones
2
0
9.0
.429
—
1.000
1.0
0.5
0.5
0.0
1.0
0.5
4.0
Nia Coffey
2
0
11.0
.333
.250
—
2.0
1.0
0.0
0.5
0.5
3.0
3.5
Lorela Cubaj
2
0
11.0
.500
—
—
2.5
0.5
0.5
0.0
0.0
1.5
1.0
Maya Caldwell
2
0
9.0
.250
.000
—
1.5
1.0
1.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
1.0
Awards and honors
References
^ "2024 Schedule - Atlanta Dream" . dream.wnba.com . WNBA . Retrieved February 17, 2024 .
^ Michael Voepel (June 21, 2024). "Dream's Rhyne Howard out indefinitely with left ankle injury" . ESPN . Retrieved October 24, 2024 .
^ "The Atlanta Dream have made the difficult decision to part ways with head coach Tanisha Wright" . dream.wnba.com . Retrieved 2024-10-02 .
^ a b "WNBA Transactions" . acrossthetimeline.com . Across The Timeline. Retrieved 20 April 2024 .
^ "Iliana Rupert To Sit Out 2024 WNBA Season" . dream.wnba.com . WNBA . January 24, 204. Retrieved February 17, 2024 .
^ "Dream acquire 2-time WNBA steals leader Canada and send McDonald to Sparks in swap of guards" . apnews.com . Associated Press . February 1, 204. Retrieved February 17, 2024 .
^ a b "Atlanta Dream Sign Tina Charles and Aerial Powers; Re-sign Nia Coffey" . dream.wnba.com . WNBA . February 1, 204. Retrieved February 17, 2024 .
^ "Atlanta Dream Sign Khadijiah Cave to Training Camp Contract" . dream.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved 20 April 2024 .
^ "Atlanta Dream Sign Forward/Center Lorela Cubaj to Training Camp Contrac" . dream.wnba.com . WNBA . March 25, 204. Retrieved March 26, 2024 .
^ "WNBA's Atlanta Dream Sign Three Players to Training Camp Contracts" . dream.wnba.com . WNBA . April 19, 2024. Retrieved April 19, 2024 .
^ @RachGall (April 27, 2024). "The Atlanta Dream have renounced the rights to AD Durr making them an unrestricted free agent, multiple sources confirm to @Winsidr" (Tweet ) – via Twitter .
^ "Atlanta Dream Sign Guard Destanni Henderson to Training Camp Contract" . dream.wnba.com . WNBA . April 28, 2024. Retrieved April 29, 2024 .
^ "Dallas Wings Announce Roster Transaction" . wings.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved 4 May 2024 .
^ @ATLDreamPR (May 4, 2024). "Roster update: The Atlanta Dream have waived Taj Cole and Elizabeth Balogun, the organization announced today" (Tweet ). Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Twitter .
^ @ATLDreamPR (May 7, 2024). "Roster Update: The Atlanta Dream have waived Khaalia Hillsman, the organization announced today" (Tweet ). Retrieved May 11, 2024 – via Twitter .
^ @ATLDreamPR (May 10, 2024). "The Atlanta Dream have waived Destanni Henderson and Khadijiah Cave, the organization announced today" (Tweet ). Retrieved May 11, 2024 – via Twitter .
^ @ATLDreamPR (June 26, 2024). "The Atlanta Dream have waived guard Crystal Dangerfield, the organization announced today" (Tweet ). Retrieved June 26, 2024 – via Twitter .
^ "Atlanta Dream Sign Guard Maya Caldwell" . dream.wnba.com . WNBA . June 26, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2024 .
^ @ATLDreamPR (July 4, 2024). "The Atlanta Dream have signed guard Destanni Henderson to a seven-day hardship contract, the organization announced today" (Tweet ). Retrieved July 5, 2024 – via Twitter .
^ "Rosters Set for AT&T WNBA All-Star 2024 on July 20" . WNBA (Press release). July 2, 2024.
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