2009 Atlanta Dream season

2009 Atlanta Dream season
2009 Atlanta Dream season
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	Castro Marques (14.4)
Rebounds	de Souza (9.1)
Assists	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.

Offseason[]

Dispersal Draft[]

Based on the Dream's 2008 record, they would pick 1st in the Houston Comets dispersal draft. The Dream picked Sancho Lyttle. ^[1]

WNBA Draft[]

The following are the Dream selections in the 2009 WNBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	1	Angel McCoughtry	United States	Louisville
2	25 (from Sea.)	Shalee Lehning	United States	Kansas State
3	27	Jessica Morrow	United States	Baylor

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Transactions[]

August 12: The Dream traded Tamera Young to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Armintie Price.
July 3: The Dream signed Ivory Latta and waived Nikki Teasley.
June 2: The Dream waived Ivory Latta.
May 31: The Dream waived Chantelle Anderson.
May 29: The Dream waived Marlies Gipson.
May 15: The Dream signed Coco Miller.
May 12: The Dream signed Marlies Gipson to a training camp contract.
May 11: The Dream waived Jessica Morrow.
April 28: The Dream waived Ashley Shields.
April 20: The Dream signed Chamique Holdsclaw and announced the end of her retirement.
April 15: The Dream waived Kristin Haynie.
April 9: The Dream traded the 18th pick in the 2009 Draft to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Ashley Shields.
April 8: The Dream waived Katie Mattera.
February 18: The Dream signed Michelle Snow.
February 17: The Dream re-signed Jennifer Lacy.
February 11: The Dream signed Chantelle Anderson to a training camp contract.
February 4: The Dream waived Kasha Terry.
February 3: The Dream withdrew its core qualifying offer and waived Betty Lennox.
January 21: The Dream traded Alison Bales to the Phoenix Mercury for their second-round pick in the 2009 draft.
January 14: The Dream waived Chioma Nnamaka and Ann Strother.
January 12: The Dream re-signed free agent Nikki Teasley.
September 12, 2008: The Dream re-signed Iziane Castro Marques.

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Date	Trade
December 17, 2008	To Atlanta Dream	To Los Angeles Sparks
December 17, 2008	rights to Chamique Holdsclaw^[4]	13th pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft
January 21, 2009	To Atlanta Dream	To Phoenix Mercury
January 21, 2009	18th pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft	Alison Bales
April 9, 2009	To Atlanta Dream	To Detroit Shock
April 9, 2009	Ashley Shields	18th pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft
August 12, 2009	To Atlanta Dream	To Chicago Sky
August 12, 2009	Armintie Price	Tamera Young

Free agents[]

Additions[]

Player	Signed	Former team
Iziane Castro Marques	September 12, 2008	re-signed
Michelle Snow	February 18, 2009	Houston Comets
Chamique Holdsclaw	April 20, 2009	retired
Coco Miller	May 15, 2009	Washington Mystics
Ivory Latta	July 3, 2009	re-signed
Armintie Price	August 12, 2009	Chicago Sky

Subtractions[]

Player	Left	New team
Chioma Nnamaka	January 14, 2009	free agent
Ann Strother	January 14, 2009	free agent
Betty Lennox	February 3, 2009	Los Angeles Sparks
Kasha Terry	February 4, 2009	Seattle Storm
Katie Feenstra Mattera	April 8, 2009	San Antonio Silver Stars
Kristin Haynie	April 15, 2009	Detroit Shock
Chantelle Anderson	May 31, 2009	free agent
Nikki Teasley	July 3, 2009	free agent
Tamera Young	August 12, 2009	Chicago Sky

Roster[]

Atlanta Dream roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	From
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
F	1	Holdsclaw, Chamique	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	Tennessee
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	5	Lehning, Shalee	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	147 lb (67 kg)	Kansas State
F	20	Lyttle, Sancho	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	143 lb (65 kg)	Houston
F	35	McCoughtry, Angel	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Louisville
SG	9	Miller, Coco	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	140 lb (64 kg)	Georgia
G/F	22	Price, Armintie	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	133 lb (60 kg)	Mississippi
C	2	Snow, Michelle	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	158 lb (72 kg)	Tennessee

Head coach

Marynell Meadors (Middle Tennessee State)

Assistant coaches

Carol Ross (Mississippi)
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[]

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
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

Schedule[]

Preseason[]

2009 Game Log: Preseason

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	May 27	7:00pm	Connecticut	76-73	de Souza, Holdsclaw (16)	de Souza (9)	Teasley (7)	Philips Arena 4,980	1-0

Regular season[]

2009 Game Log: Regular Season

June

Game	Date	Time	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	June 6	7:00pm	Indiana		87-86 (2OT)	Holdsclaw (23)	de Souza (17)	Holdsclaw, Teasley (4)	Philips Arena 8,709	1-0
2	June 7	4:00pm	@ Washington		71-77	Miller (17)	de Souza (6)	Lehning (4)	Verizon Center 11,759	1-1
3	June 12	8:30pm	@ Chicago	CN100 NBA TV	73-81	Castro Marques (20)	de Souza (8)	Miller (4)	UIC Pavilion 5,689	1-2
4	June 14	3:00pm	@ Connecticut		67-62	Lyttle (20)	Lyttle (16)	Teasley (5)	Mohegan Sun Arena 6,429	2-2
5	June 19	7:30pm	Washington		93-81	Lyttle (20)	Lyttle (13)	Teasley (4)	Philips Arena 6,050	3-2
6	June 21	3:00pm	New York		81-93	Holdsclaw (17)	Lyttle (9)	Teasley (5)	Philips Arena 5,624	3-3
7	June 23	12:00pm	Chicago		98-99 (OT)	McCoughtry (26)	de Souza (7)	McCoughtry (8)	Philips Arena 10,351	3-4
8	June 26	7:30pm	Detroit		96-86	Holdsclaw (28)	de Souza (13)	Teasley (11)	Philips Arena 5,935	4-4
9	June 27	7:00pm	@ Connecticut		68-82	Castro Marques (16)	Snow (9)	Lehning (4)	Mohegan Sun Arena 6,264	4-5
10	June 30	7:00pm	Minnesota	ESPN2	85-91	Castro Marques (31)	de Souza (10)	Lehning (4)	Philips Arena 7,686	4-6

July

Game	Date	Time	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
11	July 3	7:30pm	Washington		72-65	Holdsclaw (18)	Lacy, Snow (8)	Holdsclaw (8)	Philips Arena 5,456	5-6
12	July 5	6:00pm	@ Indiana		74-78	Lyttle (18)	de Souza (8)	Lehning, McCoughtry (4)	Conseco Fieldhouse 7,024	5-7
13	July 7	7:30pm	Connecticut		72-67	Holdsclaw (19)	de Souza (17)	Lehning (7)	Philips Arena 6,225	6-7
14	July 11	7:30pm	@ New York		69-71	Castro Marques (18)	Castro Marques, de Souza, Holdsclaw (8)	Castro Marques (6)	Madison Square Garden 8,732	6-8
15	July 15	1:00pm	@ Minnesota	FSN-N	91-77	Holdsclaw (28)	Lyttle (10)	Lehning (5)	Target Center 11,245	7-8
16	July 17	7:00pm	@ Indiana		79-84	de Souza (23)	de Souza (14)	Castro Marques, Lehning (3)	Conseco Fieldhouse 7,975	7-9
17	July 19	4:00pm	@ New York		86-89	Holdsclaw (26)	de Souza (10)	de Souza (3)	Madison Square Garden 8,560	7-10
18	July 22	12:00pm	@ Detroit		98-95 (OT)	Latta (22)	Snow (12)	Holdsclaw (4)	Palace of Auburn Hills 14,439	8-10
19	July 30	7:30pm	Phoenix		106-76	McCoughtry (17)	de Souza (14)	Lehning (5)	Philips Arena 7,827	9-10

August

Game	Date	Time	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
20	August 1	7:00pm	New York	NBA TV MSG	89-83	Holdsclaw (18)	Holdsclaw, Lyttle (7)	Latta, Lehning (3)	Philips Arena 6,103	10-10
21	August 6	8:00pm	@ San Antonio		92-84	Holdsclaw (21)	Lyttle (10)	Lehning (7)	AT&T Center 5,042	11-10
22	August 8	7:00pm	Chicago		80-82	Latta (18)	de Souza (15)	Latta, Miller (3)	Philips Arena 5,424	11-11
23	August 13	7:30pm	Detroit		80-75	Castro Marques (16)	de Souza (13)	Lehning (5)	Philips Arena 5,641	12-11
24	August 15	7:00pm	Seattle		88-79	Lyttle (20)	de Souza (12)	Lehning (6)	Philips Arena 8,751	13-11
25	August 20	7:30pm	San Antonio		93-87	McCoughtry (34)	de Souza (11)	Lehning (6)	Philips Arena 5,848	14-11
26	August 23	3:00pm	Los Angeles		87-91	Castro Marques (26)	de Souza (9)	Castro Marques, Lehning (4)	Philips Arena 11,304	14-12
27	August 25	7:30pm	Sacramento		103-83	Castro Marques (30)	Lyttle (9)	Lehning (10)	Philips Arena 5,159	15-12
28	August 27	7:30pm	@ Detroit		83-87	Castro Marques (19)	de Souza (13)	McCoughtry (5)	Palace of Auburn Hills 5,695	15-13
29	August 29	10:00pm	@ Seattle		84-91 (2OT)	McCoughtry (16)	Lyttle (11)	Lehning, McCoughtry (4)	KeyArena 9,089	15-14

September

Game	Date	Time	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
30	September 1	10:30pm	@ Los Angeles	84-79	Castro Marques (27)	de Souza, Lyttle (7)	de Souza, Latta (3)	STAPLES Center 8,756	16-14
31	September 4	10:00pm	@ Sacramento	98-90	de Souza (27)	de Souza (13)	McCoughtry (10)	ARCO Arena 6,517	17-14
32	September 5	10:00pm	@ Phoenix	82-100	de Souza (23)	Snow (7)	Lehning (10)	US Airways Center 10,424	17-15
33	September 11	7:00pm	Connecticut	88-64	McCoughtry (18)	de Souza (14)	Lyttle (5)	Philips Arena 8,644	18-15
34	September 12	7:00pm	@ Washington	64-82	McCoughtry (19)	McCoughtry (13)	Castro Marques, de Souza (3)	Verizon Center 11,987	18-16

All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Postseason[]

2009 Game Log: Postseason

Eastern Conference Semifinals

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Series
1	September 16	8:00pm	@ Detroit	ESPN2	89-94	Castro Marques (25)	Lyttle (9)	Castro Marques (7)	Palace of Auburn Hills 6,122	0-1
2	September 18	7:30pm	Detroit	NBA TV	79-94	Latta (21)	de Souza (7)	McCoughtry, Latta, Price (3)	Gwinnett Arena 4,780	0-2

Regular Season 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

Player Statistics[]

Player	GP	GS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Iziane Castro Marques	34	33	26.9	2.2	2.0	1.06	0.06	14.4
Érika de Souza	34	34	27.3	9.1	1.1	0.94	1.29	11.8
Chamique Holdsclaw	25	25	28.3	4.4	2.2	1.36	0.28	13.9
Jennifer Lacy	32	0	11.3	2.2	0.3	0.28	0.22	3.0
Ivory Latta	24	0	14.6	0.7	1.4	0.54	0.04	6.1
Shalee Lehning	34	20	20.8	2.3	3.7	0.53	0.09	3.0
Sancho Lyttle	34	31	27.4	7.5	1.5	2.00	0.65	13.0
Angel McCoughtry	34	10	21.6	3.1	2.1	2.18	0.35	12.8
Coco Miller	34	5	12.0	1.5	1.0	0.35	0.06	3.9
Armintie Price	11	0	8.9	1.5	0.4	0.27	0.18	1.5
Michelle Snow	34	2	14.8	4.3	0.5	0.44	0.50	5.4
Nikki Teasley	10	10	23.4	1.7	3.5	0.90	0.10	3.9
Tamera Young	11	0	6.5	1.3	0.5	0.60	0.10	2.7

Team Statistics[]

Team	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG
Atlanta Dream	.449	.305	.754	37.0	16.1	9.7	3.6	17.4	21.8	84.1
Opponents	.421	.342	.773	34.5	18.1	10.2	3.9	17.7	20.6	82.3

Awards and honors[]

Sancho Lyttle was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 10, 2009.
Érika de Souza was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Eastern Conference reserve.
Sancho Lyttle was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Eastern Conference reserve.
Angel McCoughtry was named to the All-Rookie Team.
Sancho Lyttle was named to the All-Defensive Second Team.
Angel McCoughtry was named to the All-Defensive Second Team.

References[]

^ WNBA.com: Houston Comets dispersal draft
^ "WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Draft Board". Archived from the original on 2009-06-11. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
^ WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Transactions
^ "News Archive".

External links[]

[1] WNBA.com: Houston Comets dispersal draft

[2] "WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Draft Board". Archived from the original on 2009-06-11. Retrieved 2009-06-07.

[3] WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Transactions

[4] "News Archive".

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v t Atlanta Dream
Founded in 2007 Based in Atlanta, Georgia
Franchise	Franchise Current season
Arenas	State Farm Arena McCamish Pavilion Gateway Center Arena
Head Coaches	Marynell Meadors Fred Williams Michael Cooper Nicki Collen Mike Petersen Darius Taylor Tanisha Wright
Administration	Owner: Ron Terwilliger Kathy Betty Dream Too LLC Larry Gottesdiener, Suzanne Abair, and Renee Montgomery
General Mangers	Marynell Meadors Fred Williams Angela Taylor Chris Sienko Dan Padover
All-Stars	Izi Castro Marques Layshia Clarendon Érika de Souza Tiffany Hayes Sancho Lyttle Angel McCoughtry Shoni Schimmel Courtney Williams Elizabeth Williams
Seasons	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Playoff Appearances	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2016 2018
Conference Titles	2010 2011 2013
WNBA Titles	None
Rivals	Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever Minnesota Lynx
Media	TV: FS South (FS-S), SportSouth (SSO) Announcers:

v t 2009 WNBA season by team
Draft Transactions Schedule All-Star Game Playoffs Finals
Eastern	Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Detroit Shock Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics
Western	Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Sacramento Monarchs San Antonio Silver Stars Seattle Storm
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