# 2008 Atlanta Dream season

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.

## Transactions
### Expansion draft

The list of players selected in the Expansion Draft includes:
| Player | Nationality | Former WNBA Team |
| Carla Thomas | United States | Chicago Sky |
| Érika de Souza | Brazil | Connecticut Sun |
| Katie Feenstra | United States | Detroit Shock |
| Roneeka Hodges | United States | Houston Comets |
| Ann Strother | United States | Indiana Fever |
| LaToya Thomas | United States | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Kristen Mann | United States | Minnesota Lynx |
| Ann Wauters | Belgium | New York Liberty |
| Jennifer Lacy | United States | Phoenix Mercury |
| Kristin Haynie | United States | Sacramento Monarchs |
| Chantelle Anderson | United States | San Antonio Silver Stars |
| Betty Lennox | United States | Seattle Storm |
| Yelena Leuchanka | Belarus | Washington Mystics |
Additionally, Atlanta immediately orchestrated three trades involving players in the expansion draft.
Trade :
| To Atlanta Dream | To Detroit Shock |
| Ivory Latta | LaToya Thomas and the 18th pick in the 2008 WNBA draft |
| To Atlanta Dream | To Seattle Storm |
| Iziane Castro Marques and the 8th pick in the 2008 WNBA draft | Roneeka Hodges and the 4th pick in the 2008 WNBA draft |
| To Atlanta Dream | To Indiana Fever |
| 24th pick in the 2008 Draft | Agreeing not to select specific unprotected Fever players |

### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 8 | Tamera Young | United States | James Madison |
| 2 | 24 | Morenike Atunrase | United States | Texas A&M |
| 3 | 32 | Danielle Hood | United States | Hartford |

### Trades and Roster Changes

| Date | Transaction |
| February 6, 2008 | Traded LaToya Thomas and a Second Round Pick in the 2008 WNBA draft to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Ivory Latta |
| February 6, 2008 | Traded Roneeka Hodges and a First Round Pick in the 2008 WNBA draft to the Seattle Storm in exchange for Iziane Castro Marques and a First Round Pick in the 2008 WNBA draft |
| February 6, 2008 | Agreed to not select any specific unprotected Indiana Fever players in exchange for the Fever's Second Round Pick in the 2008 WNBA draft |
| February 25, 2008 | Signed Tasha Butts |
| March 24, 2008 | Signed Jennifer Lacy and Brittany Jackson to Training Camp Contracts |
| March 27, 2008 | Signed Stacey Lovelace |
| April 9, 2008 | Traded Ann Wauters, the draft rights to Morenike Atunrase, and a Second Round Pick in the 2009 WNBA draft to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for Camille Little, the draft rights to Chioma Nnamaka and a Second Round Pick in the 2009 WNBA draft |
| April 11, 2008 | Signed Jessica Dickson to a Training Camp Contract |
| April 14, 2008 | Signed Danielle Hood, Chioma Nnamaka, Tamera Young, and Jessica Dickson to Rookie Scale Contracts |
| April 18, 2008 | Signed Dalila Eshe to a Training Camp Contract |
| April 22, 2008 | Signed Jill Ingram to a Training Camp Contract |
| May 4, 2008 | Waived Brittany Jackson and Dalila Este |
| May 5, 2008 | Waived Tasha Butts |
| May 14, 2008 | Waived Jill Ingram, Jessica Dickson, and Danielle Hood |
| May 15, 2008 | Signed Katie Feenstra, Kristin Haynie, and Kristen Mann to Contract Extensions |
| May 16, 2008 | Waived Carla Thomas |
| May 16, 2008 | Temporarily Suspend Yelena Leuchanka due to Overseas Commitments |
| Mau 28, 2008 | Waived Chantelle Anderson |
| June 22, 2008 | Traded Camille Little to the Seattle Storm in exchange for a Second Round Pick in the 2009 WNBA draft |
| June 23, 2008 | Signed Kasha Terry |
| July 4, 2008 | Traded Kristen Mann to the Indiana Fever in exchange for Alison Bales |
| July 8, 2008 | Waived Stacey Lovelace |
| August 15, 2008 | Signed Nikki Teasley |
| September 12, 2008 | Re-Signed Iziane Castro Marques |

## Roster
### Depth

| Pos. | Starter | Bench |
| C | Alison Bales | Katie Feenstra |
| PF | Érika de Souza | Jennifer Lacy |
| SF | Iziane Castro Marques | Tamera Young Ann Strother |
| SG | Betty Lennox | Kasha Terry Chioma Nnamaka |
| PG | Ivory Latta | Kristin Haynie Nikki Teasley |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2008 Preseason Schedule :
Total: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1
May 3
Los Angeles
L 80-86
Thomas, Young (15)
Young (5)
Ingram (4)
Philips Arena 7,932
0-1
2
May 11
@ Phoenix
L 84-97
Lennox (21)
Lovelace (6)
Haynie, Lennox (4)
US Airways Center 1,845
0-2 :

### 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 Regular Season Total: 4–30 (Home: 1–16; Road: 3–14) :
May: 0–4 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
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 :
June: 0–11 (Home: 0–6; Road: 0–5)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
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 :
July: 3–9 (Home: 1–5; Road: 2–4)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
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 :
August: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
Summer Olympic break
28
August 29
Connecticut
72-98
Lennox (19)
de Souza, Feenstra (6)
Haynie (6)
Philips Arena 11,442
3-25
29
August 30
@ Indiana
72-87
Lennox (27)
Bales (5)
Haynie (5)
Conseco Fieldhouse 9,280
3-26 :
September: 1–4 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
30
September 2
Seattle
69-83
Lennox (25)
de Souza (8)
Latta (4)
Philips Arena 7,390
3-27
31
September 5
@ New York
71-82
Lennox (28)
Lennox (7)
Castro Marques (4)
Madison Square Garden 7,039
3-28
32
September 8
Indiana
77-81
Lennox (19)
Bales (9)
Castro Marques (6)
Philips Arena 7,706
3-29
33
September 11
@ Los Angeles
83-72
Castro Marques (23)
Bales (9)
Latta (10)
Staples Center 9,060
4-29
34
September 12
@ Seattle
72-77
Young (20)
Feenstra, Haynie, Terry (5)
Latta (4)
KeyArena 9,686
4-30 :

## Standings

| Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| Detroit Shock $^x$ | 22 | 12 | .647 | – | 14–3 | 8–9 | 16–4 |
| Connecticut Sun $^x$ | 21 | 13 | .618 | 1.0 | 13–4 | 8–9 | 13–7 |
| New York Liberty $^x$ | 19 | 15 | .559 | 3.0 | 11–6 | 8–9 | 11–9 |
| Indiana Fever $^x$ | 17 | 17 | .500 | 5.0 | 11–6 | 6–11 | 12–8 |
| Chicago Sky $^o$ | 12 | 22 | .353 | 10.0 | 8–9 | 4–13 | 10–10 |
| Washington Mystics $^o$ | 10 | 24 | .294 | 12.0 | 6–11 | 4–13 | 6–14 |
| Atlanta Dream $^o$ | 4 | 30 | .118 | 18.0 | 1–16 | 3–14 | 2–18 |

## Statistics
### Regular Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Betty Lennox | 34 | 33 | 29.7 | 41.5 | 35.8 | 85.5 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 17.5 |
| Ivory Latta | 34 | 31 | 28.2 | 36.2 | 34.4 | 80.2 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 11.4 |
| Erika de Souza | 12 | 8 | 23.1 | 58.5 | 0.0 | 61.5 | 6.6 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 9.3 |
| Iziane Castro Marques | 29 | 20 | 23.1 | 35.3 | 30.9 | 81.4 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 9.3 |
| Tamera Young | 33 | 15 | 22.6 | 33.3 | 32.5 | 69.1 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 7.3 |
| Katie Feenstra | 33 | 4 | 14.0 | 53.5 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 3.9 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 6.7 |
| Stacey Lovelace | 15 | 7 | 17.2 | 40.4 | 41.7 | 69.2 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 6.1 |
| Jennifer Lacy | 33 | 22 | 18.3 | 38.9 | 19.0 | 67.3 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 5.7 |
| Alison Bales | 17 | 9 | 22.3 | 40.5 | 33.3 | 67.7 | 6.0 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 4.8 |
| Camille Little | 13 | 2 | 17.0 | 42.0 | 40.0 | 59.3 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 4.8 |
| Kasha Terry | 20 | 8 | 13.8 | 47.4 | 0.0 | 60.6 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 4.6 |
| Kristen Mann | 13 | 8 | 17.2 | 40.9 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 3.5 |
| Kristin Haynie | 33 | 3 | 14.7 | 31.6 | 31.3 | 75.0 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 2.8 |
| Ann Strother | 21 | 0 | 7.6 | 35.3 | 36.8 | 66.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.9 |
| Chioma Nnamaka | 12 | 0 | 7.0 | 23.1 | 18.2 | 66.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.3 |