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]
Traded LaToya Thomas and the 18th pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Ivory Latta .
Also traded the fourth pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft and Roneeka Hodges to the Seattle Storm for Iziane Castro Marques and the eighth pick in the draft.
Acquired the 24th overall draft pick from the Indiana Fever in exchange for agreeing not to select specific unprotected Fever players.
WNBA Draft [ ]
Transactions [ ]
Trades [ ]
Date
Trade
February 6, 2008
To Atlanta Dream
To Detroit Shock
Ivory Latta
LaToya Thomas , and the 18th pick in the 2008 Draft
February 6, 2008
To Atlanta Dream
To Seattle Storm
Iziane Castro Marques , and the 8th pick in the 2008 Draft
Roneeka Hodges , and the 4th pick in the 2008 Draft
February 6, 2008
To Atlanta Dream
To Indiana Fever
24th pick in the 2008 Draft
agreeing not to select specific unprotected Fever players
April 9, 2008
To Atlanta Dream
To San Antonio Silver Stars
Camille Little , draft rights to Chioma Nnamaka , and the Silver Stars' first-round pick in the 2009 Draft
Ann Wauters , draft rights to Morenike Atunrase , and the Dream's second-round pick in the 2009 Draft
June 22, 2008
To Atlanta Dream
To Seattle Storm
Storm's second-round pick in the 2009 Draft
Camille Little
July 4, 2008
To Atlanta Dream
To Indiana Fever
Alison Bales
Kristen Mann
Free agents [ ]
Additions [ ]
Subtractions [ ]
Roster [ ]
Atlanta Dream roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Nat.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
C
33
Bales, Alison
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
218 lb (99 kg)
Duke
G/F
8
Castro Marques, Iziane
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
140 lb (64 kg)
Brazil
F/C
14
DeSouza, Erika
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
Brazil
C
44
Feenstra, Katie
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
240 lb (109 kg)
Liberty University
G
4
Haynie, Kristin
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
147 lb (67 kg)
Michigan State
F
21
Lacy, Jennifer
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
Pepperdine
G
12
Latta, Ivory
5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
143 lb (65 kg)
North Carolina
G
22
Lennox, Betty
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
143 lb (65 kg)
Louisiana Tech
G
9
Nnamaka, Chioma
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Georgia Tech
G/F
43
Strother, Ann
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
166 lb (75 kg)
Connecticut
G
42
Teasley, Nikki
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
159 lb (72 kg)
North Carolina
F/C
35
Terry, Kasha
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
Georgia Tech
F
23
Young, Tamera
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
James Madison University
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Katy Steding (Stanford )
Fred Williams (Boise State )
Sue Panek
Athletic trainer
Kara Dolling
Strength and conditioning coach
Jackie Ansley (Virginia Tech )
Legend
(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Injured
Season standings [ ]
Schedule [ ]
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
Game
Date
Opponent
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location/Attendance
Record
1
May 17
@ Connecticut
67-100
Lennox (17)
Haynie , Lennox (7)
Lovelace (5)
Mohegan Sun Arena 7,420
0-1
2
May 23
Detroit
76-88
Lennox (21)
de Souza (18)
Latta (3)
Philips Arena 11,609
0-2
3
May 25
Los Angeles
56-74
Castro Marques (17)
de Souza , Feenstra (6)
Haynie , Latta (4)
Philips Arena 11,186
0-3
4
May 27
@ Washington
74-80
Lennox (29)
de Souza , Lennox , Little , Lovelace (3)
Latta (6)
Verizon Center 6,231
0-4
Game
Date
Opponent
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location/Attendance
Record
5
June 3
Minnesota
81-85
Lennox (28)
Feenstra (9)
Lennox (8)
Philips Arena 5,844
0-5
6
June 6
Chicago
72-86
Latta (17)
Little (7)
Latta , Lennox (5)
Philips Arena 7,418
0-6
7
June 7
@ Chicago
70-91
Lacy (18)
Lacy (10)
Lennox (4)
UIC Pavilion 3,182
0-7
8
June 11
New York
77-81
Lennox (28)
Lennox (7)
Latta (6)
Philips Arena 5,936
0-8
9
June 13
Indiana
67-76
Young , Latta (14)
Lacy , Young (5)
Latta (6)
Philips Arena 8,167
0-9
10
June 16
@ Houston
79-88
Lennox (29)
Lennox (11)
Young (3)
Reliant Arena 6,139
0-10
11
June 18
San Antonio
66-81
Lovelace (18)
Young (13)
Young (7)
Philips Arena 6,225
0-11
12
June 20
@ Washington
61-72
Lennox (18)
Lennox (9)
Latta (4)
Verizon Center 7,448
0-12
13
June 22
Detroit
76-97
Latta (26)
Young (11)
Latta (10)
Philips Arena 7,865
0-13
14
June 27
@ Connecticut
101-109 (OT)
Lennox (44)
Lennox (9)
Lennox (7)
Mohegan Sun Arena 7,612
0-14
15
June 29
@ Detroit
92-100
Young (26)
Lennox (8)
Latta (5)
Palace of Auburn Hills 8,798
0-15
Game
Date
Opponent
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location/Attendance
Record
16
July 1
Phoenix
79-97
Lennox (18)
Lovelace , Young (7)
Latta (5)
Philips Arena 9,795
0-16
17
July 3
Houston
65-72
Lennox (15)
Feenstra (9)
Haynie , Strother (3)
Philips Arena 7,430
0-17
18
July 5
Chicago
91-84
Lacy , Latta (18)
Young (8)
Haynie (11)
Philips Arena 8,468
1-17
19
July 9
@ Minnesota
73-67
Lennox (24)
Bales (11)
Haynie (5)
Target Center 5,893
2-17
20
July 11
@ San Antonio
74-82
Lennox (22)
Bales (9)
Lennox (4)
AT&T Center 10,943
2-18
21
July 13
@ Chicago
66-79
Feenstra (21)
Feenstra (8)
Feenstra , Haynie , Lennox (2)
UIC Pavilion 2,907
2-19
22
July 16
@ Indiana
81-77
Castro Marques (24)
Bales (11)
Haynie (7)
Conseco Fieldhouse 9,303
3-19
23
July 18
@ Sacramento
73-77
Haynie (12)
Feenstra (8)
Haynie (4)
ARCO Arena 7,236
3-20
24
July 19
@ Phoenix
84-110
Latta (18)
Terry (11)
Latta (3)
US Airways Center 7,913
3-21
25
July 22
Sacramento
66-79
Terry , Latta (15)
Terry (9)
Haynie (4)
Philips Arena 10,431
3-22
26
July 25
Washington
75-81
Castro Marques (23)
Bales (7)
Haynie (3)
Philips Arena 8,279
3-23
27
July 27
New York
76-86
Lennox (18)
de Souza (11)
Latta (5)
Philips Arena 8,759
3-24
Player stats [ ]
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
Érika de Souza
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
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