2020 Atlanta Dream season

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

2020 Atlanta Dream season
Coach	Nicki Collen
Arena	Originally: Gateway Center Arena Rescheduled to: IMG Academy gymnasiums, Bradenton, Florida
Attendance	0 per game
Results
Record	2–8 (.200)
Place	5th (Eastern)
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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.[2] The WNBA season was to have a legue high 36-game schedule.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5][6]

Transactions

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
February 10, 2020	G Angel McCoughtry left the team to sign with the Las Vegas Aces in free agency.[7]
February 10, 2020	Dream acquire C Kalani Brown from the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for G Brittney Sykes and C Marie Gülich[8]
February 13, 2020	Signed F Glory Johnson[9]
February 16, 2020	Signed F Shekinna Stricklen[10]
February 18, 2020	Claimed G Alexis Jones off waivers[11]
February 19, 2020	Acquired G Courtney Williams and the 17th pick in the 2020 WNBA draft in exchange for F Jessica Breland and F Nia Coffey.[12]
April 11, 2020	Acquired F Nia Coffey in a three team deal that saw Atlanta send the 13th pick in the 2020 draft to New York.[13]
June 18, 2020	G Renee Montgomery announces that she will sit out of the 2020 season to focus on social justice reform.[14]
June 23, 2020	G Tiffany Hayes announces she has opted out of the 2020 season.[15]
June 24, 2020	Signed G Betnijah Laney and F Jaylyn Agnew[16]
July 12, 2020	Signed F Erica McCall via emergency medical hardship.[17]

Roster

Atlanta Dream roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F 5 Agnew, Jaylyn 5' 11" (1.8m) 149 lb (68kg) 07-21-1997 Creighton R F 25 Billings, Monique 6' 4" (1.93m) 192 lb (87kg) 05-02-1996 UCLA 2 F 20 Brewer, Brittany 6' 5" (1.96m) 182 lb (83kg) 11-06-1997 Texas Tech R C 22 Brown, Kalani 6' 7" (2.01m) 245 lb (111kg) 03-21-1997 Baylor 1 G 3 Carter, Chennedy 5' 9" (1.75m) 143 lb (65kg) 11-14-1998 Texas A&M R G 11 Dietrick, Blake 5' 10" (1.78m) 169 lb (77kg) 07-19-1993 Princeton 3 F 0 Johnson, Glory 6' 3" (1.91m) 170 lb (77kg) 07-27-1990 Tennessee 7 G 7 Jones, Alexis 5' 9" (1.75m) 167 lb (76kg) 05-08-1994 Baylor 3 G/F 44 Laney, Betnijah 6' 0" (1.83m) 166 lb (75kg) 10-29-1993 Rutgers 4 F 40 Stricklen, Shekinna 6' 2" (1.88m) 230 lb (104kg) 07-30-1990 Tennessee 8 G 10 Williams, Courtney 5' 8" (1.73m) 133 lb (60kg) 05-11-1994 South Florida 4 F/C 1 Williams, Elizabeth 6' 3" (1.91m) 200 lb (91kg) 06-23-1993 Duke 5	Head coach Nicki Collen (Marquette) Assistant coaches Mike Peterson (Northwest Christian College) Darius Taylor (Michigan) Athletic trainer Natalie Trotter Strength and conditioning coach Jamal Baptiste Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured   WNBA roster page
East ATL CHI CON IND NY WAS West DAL LV LA MIN PHO SEA

Game log

Regular season

2020 game log Total: 2–8
July Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 July 26 Dallas Wings W 105–95 Billings (30) Billings (13) Carter (8) IMG Academy 1–0 2 July 29 Minnesota Lynx L 70–100 E. Williams (16) Billings (7) Tied (4) IMG Academy 1–1 3 July 31 New York Liberty 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 Fever L 77–93 C. Williams (18) Billings (8) Laney (6) IMG Academy 2–2 5 August 4 Phoenix Mercury L 74–81 Carter (26) C. Williams (9) Laney (5) IMG Academy 2–3 6 August 6 Seattle Storm L 92–93 Carter (35) C. Williams (10) Carter (7) IMG Academy 2–4 7 August 8 Dallas Wings L 75–85 Laney (16) Tied (7) 3 tied (3) IMG Academy 2–5 8 August 10 Connecticut Sun L 82–93 Stricklen (18) C. Williams (7) Dietrick (6) IMG Academy 2–6 9 August 12 Seattle Storm L 63–100 Laney (17) Tied (7) Dietrick (4) IMG Academy 2–7 10 August 14 Phoenix Mercury L 80–96 Laney (16) C. Williams (14) Dietrick (7) IMG Academy 2–8 11 August 16 Chicago Sky IMG Academy 0 0–0 12 August 19 Washington Mystics IMG Academy 0 0–0 13 August 21 Los Angeles Sparks IMG Academy 0 0–0 14 August 23 Minnesota Lynx IMG Academy 0 0–0 15 August 26 Washington Mystics IMG Academy 0 0–0 16 August 28 Minnesota Lynx IMG Academy 0 0–0 17 August 30 Los Angeles Sparks IMG Academy 0 0–0
September Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 18 September 1 Indiana Fever IMG Academy 0 0–0 19 September 3 New York Liberty IMG Academy 0 0–0 20 September 5 Las Vegas Aces IMG Academy 0 0–0 21 September 9 Chicago Sky IMG Academy 0 0–0 22 September 11 Connecticut Sun IMG Academy 0 0–0
2020 season schedule

Standings

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Conf.
1	Seattle Storm	9	1	.900	–	4–0
2	Las Vegas Aces	8	2	.800	1	3–1
3	Los Angeles Sparks	7	3	.700	2	2–2
3	Minnesota Lynx	7	3	.700	2	0–3
5	Chicago Sky	6	4	.600	3	2–1
5	Phoenix Mercury	6	4	.600	3	2–2
7	Indiana Fever	4	6	.400	5	3–1
7	Connecticut Sun	4	6	.400	5	2–2
9	Washington Mystics	3	7	.300	6	2–3
9	Dallas Wings	3	7	.300	6	0–3
11	Atlanta Dream	2	8	.200	7	1–2
12	New York Liberty	1	9	.100	8	1–2

Notes

(#) - League Standing

y- Clinched conference

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 August 15, 2020

Source

References

1. "Atlanta Dream 2020 Season Schedule". WNBA.com. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
2. "Atlanta Dream Announces New Home Court at Gateway Center in College Park" (Press release). Atlanta Dream. October 18, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
3. "Atlanta Dream Announce 2020 Schedule - Atlanta Dream". dream.wnba.com. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
4. "WNBA Statement Regarding the Start of the 2020 Regular Season". 2020-04-03. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
5. "WNBA Announces Plan To Tip Off 2020 Season". WNBA. 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
6. "WNBA announces plans for 2020 season to start late July in Florida". NBC Sports Washington. 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
7. "Angel McCoughtry signs with the Las Vegas Aces". winsidr.com. Winsidr. February 10, 2020. Retrieved February 10, 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. "Atlanta Dream Acquire Nia Coffey in Trade". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. April 11, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
14. "Montgomery to Miss 2020 Atlanta Dream Season". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. June 18, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
15. "Hayes Opts Out for 2020 Season". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. June 23, 2020. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
16. "Dream Add Free Agents Laney, Agnew". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. June 24, 2020. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
17. "Atlanta Signs Free Agent Forward Erica McCall". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. July 12, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.

External links

• The Official Site of the Atlanta Dream