# 2017 Atlanta Dream season

The 2017 WNBA season was the 10th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. The team began its season on May 21, 2017 against the Chicago Sky, in its new interim home of McCamish Pavilion on the Georgia Tech campus. The Dream had a strong start to the season posting a 4–1 record in May. However, the team finished 1–6 in June, falling under .500. The team couldn't recover its form for the rest of the season finishing a combined 7–15 in the last three months of the season. Their final record of 12–22 placed them 5th in the Eastern Conference, and failed to qualify the team for the playoffs.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/team/country |
| 1 | 7 | Brittney Sykes | United States | Syracuse |
| 2 | 19 | Jordan Reynolds | United States | Tennessee |
| 3 | 31 | Oderah Chidom | United States | Duke |

### Trades and Roster Changes

| Date | Transaction |
| January 3, 2017 | Cored Angel McCoughtry |
| January 3, 2017 | Extended Qualifying Offers to Layshia Clarendon and Meighan Simmons |
| January 4, 2017 | Angel McCoughtry announced that she will miss the 2017 season due to Rest |
| January 24, 2017 | Waived Carla Cortijo |
| January 26, 2017 | Traded Reshanda Gray to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for Aneika Henry-Morello |
| February 1, 2017 | Signed Layshia Clarendon and Brianna Kiesel |
| February 1, 2017 | Signed Meighan Simmons and Nirra Fields to training-camp contracts |
| February 7, 2017 | Signed Markeisha Gatling to a training-camp contract |
| February 9, 2017 | Signed Whitney Knight to a training-camp contract |
| February 22, 2017 | Signed Rachel Jarry to a training-camp contract |
| March 17, 2017 | Signed Darxia Morris to a training-camp contract |
| April 11, 2017 | Signed Sarah Imovbioh to a training-camp contract |
| April 17, 2017 | Signed Jordan Reynolds to a rookie-scale contract |
| April 17, 2017 | Signed Peyton Little to a training-camp contract |
| April 19, 2017 | Signed Brittney Sykes to a Rookie Scale Contract |
| April 20, 2017 | Signed Oderah Chidom to a rookie-scale contract |
| April 28, 2017 | Waived Peyton Little and Nirra Fields |
| May 3, 2017 | Waived Markeisha Gatling and Jordan Reynolds |
| May 6, 2017 | Waived Sarah Imovbioh, Rachel Jarry, Whitney Knight, and Oderah Chidom |
| May 6, 2017 | Signed Tyaunna Marshall |
| May 11, 2017 | Waived Darxia Morris and Tyaunna Marshall |
| June 7, 2017 | Temporarily Suspend Sancho Lyttle due to Overseas Commitments |
| June 8, 2017 | Traded a 2nd round pick in the 2018 WNBA draft to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for Jordan Hooper |
| June 25, 2017 | Waived Brianna Kiesel and Rachel Hollivay |
| June 26, 2017 | Activated Sancho Lyttle from the Temporary Suspension List |
| June 26, 2017 | Signed Darxia Morris |
| July 6, 2017 | Waived Meighan Simmons |
| July 17, 2017 | Waived Darxia Morris |
| July 17, 2017 | Signed Chelsea Hopkins to a 7-day contract |
| July 24, 2017 | Signed Chelsea Hopkins to a 2nd 7-day contract |
| July 31, 2017 | Traded Jordan Hooper and a 1st round pick in the 2018 WNBA draft to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Imani McGee-Stafford, Tamera Young, and a 2nd round pick in the 2018 WNBA draft |

## Roster
### Depth

| Pos. | Starter | Bench |
| C | Elizabeth Williams | Imani Boyette |
| PF | Sancho Lyttle | Damiris Dantas Aneika Henry-Morello |
| SF | Brittney Sykes | Bria Holmes |
| SG | Tiffany Hayes | Tamera Young |
| PG | Layshia Clarendon | Matee Ajavon |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2018 Schedule: Preseason :
Total: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 5 MinnesotaL 67-113Holmes (13)Tied (5)Sykes (4)Xcel Energy Center 5,1320-1 :
2017 pre-season schedule :

### Regular season

2017 Regular Season Total: 12–22 (Home: 9–8; Road: 3–14) :
May: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 13ConnecticutW 81–74Hayes (19)Williams (9)Tied (3)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,4441-0
2May 19ChicagoW 91-83Hayes (23)Williams (11)Clarendon (11)Allstate Arena 6,6312-0
3May 21ChicagoL 75-71Tied (17)Williams (13)Clarendon (9)McCamish Pavilion 4,8592-1
4May 27Los AngelesW 75-73Hayes (24)Williams (9)Clarendon (12)McCamish Pavilion 4,2533-1
5May 31San AntonioW 77-70Hayes (16)Williams (9)Clarendon (8)McCamish Pavilion 3,8134-1 :
June: 1–6 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–4)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
6June 4WashingtonL 72–78Hayes (24)Williams (9)Tied (9)Verizon Center 5,3204-2
7June 7New YorkL 61-76Tied (14)Lyttle (12)Tied (3)Madison Square Garden 14,8164-3
8June 10ConnecticutL 71-104Dantas (16)Williams (9)Clarendon (4)Mohegan Sun Arena 5,3274-4
9June 13SeattleW 91-86Dantas (22)Clarendon (8)Clarendon (6)KeyArena 4,3525-4
10June 15IndianaL 74-85Tied (17)Dantas (8)Clarendon (8)Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,8305-5
11June 23ChicagoL 78-82Williams (20)Williams (10)Clarendon (5)McCamish Pavilion 4,2375-6
12June 30Los AngelesL 76-85Hayes (18)Tied (5)Tied 6McCamish Pavilion 4,1195-6 :
July: 5–6 (Home: 5–2; Road: 0–4)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
13July 2New YorkW 81-72Sykes (19)Sykes (9)Clarendon (9)McCamish Pavilion 3,5216-7
14July 5DallasL 84-94Hayes (16)Dantas (9)Clarendon (8)College Park Center 3,5556-8
15July 7IndianaW 89-68Clarendon (27)Clarendon (8)Clarendon (6)McCamish Pavilion 3,3597-8
16July 9DallasW 98-78Hayes (19)Sykes (8)Clarendon (8)McCamish Pavilion 4,0198-8
17July 12PhoenixL 84-89Clarendon (21)Williams (10)Clarendon (10)Talking Stick Resort Arena 9,3428-9
18July 15SeattleL 84-90Hayes (19)Dantas (9)Clarendon (8)KeyArena 6,9938-10
19July 18San AntonioW 88-75Hayes (25)Lyttle (10)Clarendon (7)McCamish Pavilion 7,4139-10
20July 19WashingtonL 96-100Sykes (27)Lyttle (11)Clarendon (8)Verizon Center 15,5979-11
21July 25PhoenixW 99-91Sykes (20)Sykes (13)Clarendon (9)McCamish Pavilion 4,05310-11
22July 28MinnesotaL 80-90Hayes (25)Lyttle (6)Clarendon (8)McCamish Pavilion 4,19710-12
23July 30WashingtonL 70-77Williams (18)Lyttle (9)Clarendon (10)McCamish Pavilion 4,18510-13 :
August: 2–7 (Home: 2–3; Road: 0–4)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
24August 3MinnesotaL 54-69Clarendon (18)Lyttle (11)Clarendon (5)Xcel Energy Center 9,62210-14
25August 5ChicagoL 86-91Tied (13)Williams (12)Clarendon (5)Allstate Arena 5,75710-15
26August 8MinnesotaL 72-81Williams (16)Tied (11)Holmes (5)McCamish Pavilion 4,00610-16
27August 11New YorkL 77-83Sykes (16)Williams (6)Clarendon (8)McCamish Pavilion 5,15810-17
28August 12San AntonioL 66-84Sykes (28)Young (6)Clarendon (5)AT&T Center 6,95310-18
29August 15ConnecticutL 75-96Sykes (23)Lyttle (9)Clarendon (11)McCamish Pavilion 4,58510-19
30August 19DallasL 86-90Hayes (22)Tied (7)Ajavon (4)College Park Center 4,96210-20
31August 23SeattleW 89-83Lyttle (18)Lyttle (8)Clarendon (14)McCamish Pavilion 4,87811-20
32August 26IndianaW 79-74Hayes (24)Williams (15)Tied (4)McCamish Pavilion 5,02912-20 :
September: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
33September 1Los AngelesL 56-81Hayes (19)Williams (6)Clarendon (2)Staples Center 12,16312-21
34September 3PhoenixL 70-84Sykes (33)Tied (5)Tied (2)Talking Stick Resort Arena 11,22212-22 :
2017 season schedule :

## Standings

| # | Eastern Conference vte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| 1 | New York Liberty - (3) | 22 | 12 | .647 | - | 13–4 | 9–8 | 10–6 |
| 2 | Connecticut Sun - (4) | 21 | 13 | .636 | 1 | 12–5 | 9–6 | 10–6 |
| 3 | Washington Mystics - (6) | 18 | 16 | .529 | 4 | 11–6 | 7–10 | 12-4 |
| 4 | Chicago Sky - e | 12 | 22 | .353 | 10 | 4–13 | 8–9 | 6–10 |
| 5 | Atlanta Dream - e | 12 | 22 | .353 | 10 | 9–8 | 3–14 | 5–11 |
| 6 | Indiana Fever - e | 9 | 25 | .265 | 13 | 6–11 | 3–14 | 4–12 |
Notes
    (#) – Conference Standing
    Playoff Seeds shown next to team name
    e – Eliminated from playoffs

## Statistics
### Regular Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Tiffany Hayes | 33 | 33 | 30.0 | 43.6 | 37.2 | 85.4 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 16.3 |
| Brittney Sykes | 34 | 23 | 25.4 | 40.8 | 33.6 | 72.9 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 13.9 |
| Layshia Clarendon | 34 | 33 | 29.9 | 40.8 | 33.6 | 87.9 | 3.8 | 6.6 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 10.7 |
| Elizabeth Williams | 34 | 34 | 31.4 | 48.7 | 0.0 | 65.9 | 7.2 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 10.4 |
| Bria Holmes | 32 | 13 | 22.2 | 37.8 | 18.9 | 64.0 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 7.8 |
| Damiris Dantas | 34 | 2 | 18.1 | 39.2 | 26.5 | 76.7 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 7.7 |
| Sancho Lyttle | 29 | 28 | 28.3 | 43.5 | 25.0 | 75.9 | 7.1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 6.4 |
| Tamera Young | 11 | 1 | 15.2 | 31.0 | 33.3 | 61.5 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 4.3 |
| Jordan Hooper | 15 | 0 | 6.8 | 40.0 | 42.9 | 75.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3.1 |
| Imani Boyette | 10 | 0 | 9.0 | 54.2 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.9 |
| Matee Ajavon | 31 | 2 | 8.1 | 28.9 | 0.0 | 79.5 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2.4 |
| Aneika Henry-Morello | 6 | 0 | 5.2 | 85.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Meighan Simmons | 11 | 0 | 3.8 | 25.0 | 14.3 | 71.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
| Brianna Kiesel | 9 | 0 | 8.3 | 20.0 | 11.1 | 70.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.6 |
| Rachel Hollivay | 7 | 1 | 4.9 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
| Darxis Morris | 5 | 0 | 4.2 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Chelsea Hopkins | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded |
| Layshia Clarendon | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | May 22 |
| Tiffany Hayes | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | June 2 |
| Brittney Sykes | Rookie of the Month Award - July | August 1 |
| Brittney Sykes | Rookie of the Month Award - August | September 5 |