# 2019 Atlanta Dream season

The 2019 WNBA season was the 12th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. The team began its season on May 24, 2019, against the Dallas Wings and concluded the season on September 8 against the New York Liberty.
On December 13, 2018, the Atlanta Dream announced that they would return to State Farm Arena, formerly Philips Arena, after playing the previous two seasons at Georgia Tech's McCamish Pavilion while State Farm Arena underwent a $192.5 million renovation.
The Dream endured a season without star Angel McCoughtry, who missed time with a knee ligament injury sustained in 2018. The Dream started slowly only winning 2 games of their first ten. Early July brought some hope to the team, with the Dream winning three of four games between July 5 and July 12. However, the streak would not continue as the Dream lost twelve games in a row from July 14 to August 20. The Dream won three of their last 7 games to finish with an 8–26 record, last in the WNBA. It was the Dream's second worst season in franchise history. For the first time in franchise history, the Dream did not have a player selected to the All-Star Game.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/team/country |
| 1 | 11 | Brianna Turner | United States | Notre Dame |
| 2 | 23 | Maite Cazorla | Spain | Oregon |
| 3 | 35 | Li Yueru | China | Guangdong Vermilion Birds (China) |

### Trades and Roster Changes

| Date | Transaction |
| January 1, 2019 | Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on Brittney Sykes |
| January 1, 2019 | Extended a Qualifying Offer to Damiris Dantas |
| January 2, 2019 | Extended a Qualifying Offer to Blake Dietrick |
| February 2, 2019 | Signed Blake Dietrick to a training-camp contract |
| February 6, 2019 | Signed Haley Peters to a training-camp contract |
| February 11, 2019 | Signed Lynetta Kizer to a training-camp contract |
| March 15, 2019 | Signed Mengran Sun to a training-camp contract |
| April 10, 2019 | Traded F Brianna Turner to the Phoenix Mercury for Marie Gülich |
| April 11, 2019 | Traded a 2nd round pick in the 2020 WNBA draft to the New York Liberty in exchange for Nia Coffey from the Las Vegas Aces - as part of a 3-Team Trade |
| April 14, 2019 | Signed Maite Cazorla to a rookie-scale contract |
| April 17, 2019 | Signed Meme Jackson to training-camp contract |
| May 16, 2019 | Waived Meme Jackson |
| May 16, 2019 | Traded Imani McGee-Stafford to Dallas Wings for a 3rd round pick in the 2020 WNBA draft |
| May 21, 2019 | Waived Lynetta Kizer |
| May 23, 2019 | Waived Blake Dietrick |
| May 23, 2019 | Full Season Suspension of Mengran Sun |
| June 16, 2019 | Temporarily Suspend Alex Bentley due to Overseas Commitments |
| June 19, 2019 | Signed Natisha Hiedeman |
| July 1, 2019 | Activated Alex Bentley from her Temporary Suspension |
| July 1, 2019 | Waived Natisha Hiedeman |
| July 17, 2019 | Waived Haley Peters |
| July 18, 2019 | Signed Alaina Coates |

## Roster
### Depth

| Pos. | Starter | Bench |
| C | Elizabeth Williams | Marie Gülich Alaina Coates |
| PF | Jessica Breland | Monique Billings |
| SF | Brittney Sykes | Nia Coffey Angel McCoughtry |
| SG | Tiffany Hayes | Alex Bentley |
| PG | Renee Montgomery | Maite Cazorla |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2019 Preseason Schedule :
Total: 2–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 2–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1
May 13
vs. Dallas
W 82–59
Bentley (15)
Gülich (6)
Tied (5)
Mohegan Sun Arena 3,300
1–0
2
May 14
vs. New York
W 87–92
Coffey (18)
McGee-Stafford (6)
Tied (4)
Mohegan Sun Arena 3,458
2–0
3
May 17
Washington
L 64–75
Hayes (17)
Billings (6)
Montgomery (4)
Albany Civic Center N/A
2–1 :
2019 pre-season schedule :

### Regular season

2016 Regular Season Total: 8–26 (Home: 5–12; Road: 3–14) :
May: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1
May 24
Dallas
W 76–72
Breland (17)
Tied (6)
Sykes (4)
State Farm Arena 3,070
1–0
2
May 31
Seattle
L 66–82
Sykes (12)
3 tied (8)
Bentley (4)
State Farm Arena 2,119
1–1 :
June: 1–7 (Home: 1–4; Road: 0–3)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
3
June 1
@ Washington
L 75–96
Tied (11)
Breland (7)
Bentley (4)
St. Elizabeth's East Arena 4,200
1–2
4
June 6
Las Vegas
L 69–92
Sykes (15)
Breland (9)
Montgomery (5)
State Farm Arena 2,630
1–3
5
June 9
Connecticut
L 59–65
Tied (14)
Billings (10)
Tied (3)
State Farm Arena 3,082
1–4
6
June 15
@ Dallas
L 61–71
Williams (16)
Williams (8)
Hayes (3)
College Park Center 5,220
1–5
7
June 19
Indiana
W 88–78
Hayes (28)
Billings (8)
Montgomery (9)
State Farm Arena 6,474
2–5
8
June 21
@ Connecticut
L 76–86
Sykes (18)
Breland (8)
Hayes (6)
Mohegan Sun Arena 6,608
2–6
9
June 23
Washington
L 73–89
Hayes (18)
Billings (14)
Cazorla (6)
State Farm Arena 4,136
2–7
10
June 30
New York
L 58–74
Sykes (18)
Williams (8)
Tied (4)
State Farm Arena 4,359
2–8 :
July: 3–8 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–6)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
11
July 2
@ Minnesota
L 68–85
Williams (14)
Breland (5)
Bentley (5)
Target Center 8,208
2–9
12
July 5
@ Seattle
W 77–66
Hayes (21)
Williams (9)
Tied (5)
Alaska Airlines Arena 8,111
3–9
13
July 7
@ Phoenix
L 63–65
Sykes (29)
Sykes (10)
3 tied (3)
Talking Stick Resort Arena 9,850
3–10
14
July 10
Connecticut
W 78–75
Hayes (18)
Breland (13)
Tied (4)
State Farm Arena 3,866
4–10
15
July 12
Minnesota
W 60–53
Williams (17)
Breland (9)
Hayes (4)
State Farm Arena 4,001
5–10
16
July 14
Los Angeles
L 71–76 (OT)
Hayes (24)
Billings (16)
Hayes (4)
State Farm Arena 5,083
5–11
17
July 17
@ Chicago
L 76–77
Montgomery (23)
Breland (11)
Tied (6)
Wintrust Arena 10,143
5–12
18
July 19
@ Connecticut
L 69–98
Sykes (26)
Coffey (7)
Sykes (4)
Mohegan Sun Arena 6,733
5–13
19
July 21
@ Washington
L 65–93
Williams (14)
Gülich (8)
Cazorla (4)
St. Elizabeth's East Arena 4,200
5–14
20
July 23
Los Angeles
L 66–78
Billings (16)
Tied (8)
Bentley (5)
State Farm Arena 7,047
5–15
21
July 31
@ Indiana
L 59–61
Williams (17)
Billings (12)
Breland (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,702
5–16 :
August: 2–7 (Home: 0–4; Road: 2–3)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
22
August 3
Chicago
L 75–87
Bentley (21)
Breland (7)
Hayes (4)
State Farm Arena 5,427
5–17
23
August 6
Minnesota
L 69–85
Montgomery (19)
Sykes (8)
Tied (3)
State Farm Arena 3,395
5–18
24
August 10
@ Indiana
L 82–87
Hayes (34)
Sykes (9)
Sykes (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,923
5–19
25
August 13
@ Las Vegas
L 90–94
Breland (18)
Gülich (12)
Bentley (7)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 3,532
5–20
26
August 16
@ Phoenix
L 68–77
Montgomery (17)
Williams (11)
Williams (4)
Talking Stick Resort Arena 8,480
5–21
27
August 20
Chicago
L 83–87
Hayes (27)
Billings (9)
Bentley (5)
State Farm Arena 4,662
5–22
28
August 23
@ New York
W 90–87
Hayes (19)
Breland (12)
Sykes (6)
Westchester County Center 1,831
6–22
29
August 25
@ Dallas
W 77–73
Hayes (23)
Breland (12)
Bentley (4)
College Park Center 4,715
7–22
30
August 29
Phoenix
L 58–65
Montgomery (20)
Breland (11)
3 tied (3)
State Farm Arena 3,727
7–23 :
September: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
31
September 1
@ Seattle
L 75–92
Tied (15)
Williams (6)
Bentley (5)
Alaska Airlines Arena 9,000
7–24
32
September 3
@ Los Angeles
L 60–70
Tied (15)
Billings (10)
Montgomery (4)
Staples Center 9,889
7–25
33
September 5
Las Vegas
W 78–74
Williams (20)
Billings (14)
Bentley (8)
State Farm Arena 4,023
8–25
34
September 8
New York
L 63–71
Bentley (17)
Breland (12)
Breland (4)
State Farm Arena 5,495
8–26 :
2019 season schedule :

## Standings

| # | Eastern Conference vte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| 1 | Washington Mystics (1) | 26 | 8 | .765 | – | 14–3 | 12–5 | 13–3 |
| 2 | Connecticut Sun (2) | 23 | 11 | .676 | 3 | 15–2 | 8–9 | 11–5 |
| 3 | Chicago Sky (5) | 20 | 14 | .588 | 6 | 12–5 | 8–9 | 11–5 |
| 4 | e –Indiana Fever | 13 | 21 | .382 | 13 | 7–10 | 6–11 | 7–9 |
| 5 | e –New York Liberty | 10 | 24 | .294 | 16 | 4–13 | 6–11 | 3–13 |
| 6 | e –Atlanta Dream | 8 | 26 | .235 | 18 | 5–12 | 3–14 | 3–13 |
Notes
    (#) – Conference Standing, Playoff Seeds shown to the right of team name
    e – Eliminated from playoffs

## Statistics
### Regular Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Tiffany Hayes | 29 | 29 | 28.2 | 39.3 | 30.8 | 76.4 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 14.7 |
| Brittney Sykes | 34 | 27 | 25.9 | 36.5 | 25.9 | 70.3 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 10.2 |
| Renee Montgomery | 34 | 34 | 27.9 | 37.0 | 32.4 | 82.4 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 9.5 |
| Elizabeth Williams | 32 | 32 | 28.4 | 45.5 | 0.0 | 73.2 | 6.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 9.3 |
| Alex Bentley | 29 | 4 | 21.9 | 30.7 | 23.5 | 85.7 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 9.0 |
| Jessica Breland | 33 | 33 | 23.2 | 37.8 | 23.7 | 87.9 | 7.3 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 7.5 |
| Monique Billings | 29 | 2 | 19.1 | 38.9 | 100 | 78.3 | 6.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 5.5 |
| Nia Coffey | 28 | 6 | 13.9 | 33.8 | 37.9 | 54.8 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 5.0 |
| Marie Gülich | 31 | 1 | 11.3 | 36.1 | 32.0 | 72.7 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 3.3 |
| Maite Cazorla | 31 | 1 | 15.4 | 31.2 | 23.6 | 87.5 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0 | 3.0 |
| Alaina Coates | 9 | 0 | 8.3 | 64.3 | 0 | 53.8 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 2.8 |
| Angel McCoughtry | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |