# 2024 Atlanta Dream season

The 2024 Atlanta Dream season was the 17th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association, and their third season under head coach Tanisha Wright.
The season tipped off on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, against the Los Angeles Sparks in Los Angeles. The Dream started the season on an up-and-down run as they went 2–2 in their first four games. They defeated Washington and Las Vegas to end May 4–2. Their winning streak did not extend into June as they lost four of their first five games in the month, with the lone win coming in Chicago. They defeated Los Angeles again and Connecticut as the only other two wins in the month to finish 3–8 in June. Seven of the eight losses in the month came by double digits. Rhyne Howard injured her ankle on June 21 and missed nine games. The Dream would only win one game during her absence, and went 0–7 in July prior to the Olympic Break. The losing streak featured a three point loss in Dallas as the closest game. The Dream returned healthier from the Olympic Break and won the first three games in August. However, they lost the next four games in August, with three of those losses coming by five points or less. They finished August 3–4 and in the hunt for the eighth and final playoff spot. The Dream won two of the first three games in September, including an overtime win against Dallas. They would go on to lose their next three games, including another overtime game against Indiana, and a three point loss to playoff rivals Washington. However, they followed that with three straight wins, including a win against Washington and their other playoff rival Chicago. The final game of the season was a win at New York, where the Dream clinched the eighth seed. They finished the regular season 15–25.
The Dream faced the Liberty in the first versus eighth seed First Round playoff series. The Dream lost the best-of-three series two games to zero. They lost game one by fourteen points and game two by nine points to end their season. It was the second straight year the Dream were swept two games to zero in the First Round. After the season, the Dream and Head Coach Tanisha Wright parted ways.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 12 | Nyadiew Puoch | Australia | Southside Flyers (Australia) |
| 2 | 20 | Isobel Borlase | Australia | Adelaide Lightning (Australia) |
| 3 | 32 | Matilde Villa | Italy | Reyer Venezia (Italy) |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| January 16, 2024 | Extended qualifying offer to AD Durr |
| January 24, 2024 | Suspended contract of Iliana Rupert for the full season (personal decision) |
| February 1, 2024 | Traded the 8th overall pick in the 2024 WNBA draft and Aari McDonald to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Jordin Canada and the 12th overall pick in the 2024 Draft |
| February 1, 2024 | Signed Tina Charles and Aerial Powers |
| February 1, 2024 | Re-signed Nia Coffey |
| February 28, 2024 | Signed Khadijiah Cave to a training camp contract |
| February 29, 2024 | Exercised team options on Rhyne Howard and Naz Hillmon |
| March 25, 2024 | Signed Lorela Cubaj to a training camp contract |
| April 19, 2024 | Signed Elizabeth Balogun, Taj Cole, and Khaalia Hillsman to a training camp contracts |
| April 27, 2024 | Rescinded qualifying offer to AD Durr |
| April 28, 2024 | Signed Destanni Henderson to a training camp contract |
| May 4, 2024 | Traded a 2025 3rd round draft pick to the Dallas Wings in exchange for Crystal Dangerfield |
| May 4, 2024 | Waived Elizabeth Balogun and Taj Cole |
| May 7, 2024 | Waived Khaalia Hillsman |
| May 10, 2024 | Waived Khadijiah Cave and Destanni Henderson |
| May 13, 2024 | Suspended the contract of Lorela Cubaj (temporary) |
| May 24, 2024 | Activated Lorela Cubaj |
| June 26, 2024 | Waived Crystal Dangerfield |
| June 26, 2024 | Signed Maya Caldwell |
| July 4, 2024 | Signed Destanni Henderson to a 7-day hardship contract |
| July 9, 2024 | Suspended the contract of Laeticia Amihere (temporary) |
| July 12, 2024 | Signed Destanni Henderson to second 7-day hardship contract |
| July 18, 2024 | Released Destanni Henderson |
| August 11, 2024 | Activated Laeticia Amihere |
| September 18, 2024 | Signed Ezinne Kalu |

### Roster changes
## Roster
### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starter | Bench |
| PG | Jordin Canada | Haley Jones Crystal Dangerfield |
| SG | Allisha Gray | Aerial Powers |
| SF | Rhyne Howard | Laeticia Amihere Nia Coffey |
| PF | Cheyenne Parker | Naz Hillmon |
| C | Tina Charles | Lorela Cubaj |

## Schedule
### Pre-season

2024 pre-season game log Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1) :
May: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 4
Washington
W 87–84
Cole Powers (9)
Cave Hillsman (5)
Taja Cole (6)
Gateway Center Arena
1–0
2
May 9
@ Indiana
L 80–83
Rhyne Howard (13)
Tina Charles (7)
Destanni Henderson (5)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
1–1 :
2024 pre-season schedule :

### Regular season

2024 game log Total: 15–25 (Home: 8–12; Road: 7–13) :
May: 4–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 15
@ Los Angeles
W 92–81
Rhyne Howard (25)
Tina Charles (14)
Naz Hillmon (5)
Walter Pyramid 3,847
1–0
2
May 18
@ Phoenix
L 85–88
Allisha Gray (22)
Rhyne Howard (9)
Haley Jones (5)
Footprint Center 10,251
1–1
3
May 21
Dallas
W 83–78
Allisha Gray (21)
Tina Charles (11)
Rhyne Howard (4)
Gateway Center Arena 3,265
2–1
4
May 26
Minnesota
L 79–92
Rhyne Howard (23)
Cheyenne Parker-Tyus (8)
Howard, Jones (5)
Gateway Center Arena 3,265
2–2
5
May 29
@ Washington
W 73–67
Allisha Gray (19)
Tina Charles (15)
Howard, Jones (4)
Entertainment and Sports Arena 4,200
3–2
6
May 31
Las Vegas
W 78–74
Allisha Gray (24)
Charles, Parker-Tyus (8)
Charles, Gray (3)
Gateway Center Arena 4,015
4–2 :
June
: 3–8 (Home: 1–5; Road: 2–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
7
June 2
Connecticut
L 50–69
Tina Charles (12)
Tina Charles (12)
Crystal Dangerfield (3)
Gateway Center Arena 3,265
4–3
8
June 6
New York
L 61–78
Allisha Gray (16)
Tina Charles (8)
Rhyne Howard (5)
Gateway Center Arena 3,255
4–4
9
June 8
@ Chicago
W 89–80
Tina Charles (22)
Tina Charles (7)
Rhyne Howard (10)
Wintrust Arena 8,804
5–4
10
June 11
Washington
L 87–68
Rhyne Howard (16)
Tina Charles (12)
Allisha Gray (5)
Gateway Center Arena 3,260
5–5
11
June 13
@ Indiana
L 84–91
Rhyne Howard (26)
Charles, Parker-Tyus (6)
Coffey, Parker-Tyus (5)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 16,651
5–6
12
June 16
Los Angeles
W 87–74
Allisha Gray (25)
Tina Charles (11)
Rhyne Howard (5)
Gateway Center Arena 3,260
6–6
13
June 19
@ Minnesota
L 55–68
Tina Charles (14)
Tina Charles (10)
Allisha Gray (4)
Target Center 8,206
6–7
14
June 21
Indiana
L 79–91
Tina Charles (24)
Naz Hillmon (9)
Haley Jones (5)
State Farm Arena 17,575
6–8
15
June 23
New York
L 75–96
Tina Charles (19)
Haley Jones (8)
Gray, Jones (4)
Gateway Center Arena 3,260
6–9
16
June 28
@ Connecticut
W 78–74
Allisha Gray (17)
Charles, Jones (6)
Jordin Canada (6)
Mohegan Sun Arena 7,008
7–9
17
June 30
@ New York
L 75–81
Allisha Gray (24)
Tina Charles (12)
Jordin Canada (9)
Barclays Center 10,823
7–10 :
July
: 0–7 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
18
July 2
Chicago
L 77–85
Charles, Gray (19)
Tina Charles (14)
Jordin Canada (7)
Gateway Center Arena 3,260
7–11
19
July 5
@ Dallas
L 82–85
Allisha Gray (19)
Tina Charles (8)
Allisha Gray (8)
College Park Center 5,872
7–12
20
July 7
@ Connecticut
L 67–80
Laeticia Amihere (8)
Tina Charles (4)
Mohegan Sun Arena 7,527
7–13
21
July 10
@ Chicago
L 69–78
Allisha Gray (20)
Cheyenne Parker-Tyus (8)
Maya Caldwell (4)
Wintrust Arena 9,025
7–14
22
July 12
Las Vegas
L 70–84
Cheyenne Parker-Tyus (17)
Tina Charles (12)
Destanni Henderson (5)
Gateway Center Arena 3,344
7–15
23
July 14
@ Seattle
L 70–81
Maya Caldwell (19)
Parker-Tyus, Powers (8)
Maya Caldwell (4)
Climate Pledge Arena 10,036
7–16
24
July 17
@ Minnesota
L 79–86
Cheyenne Parker-Tyus (16)
Rhyne Howard (9)
Destanni Henderson (4)
Target Center 15,013
7–17 :
August
: 3–4 (Home: 3–2; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
25
August 16
Seattle
W 83–81
Rhyne Howard (30)
Naz Hillmon (13)
Jordin Canada (8)
Gateway Center Arena 3,260
8–17
26
August 18
Connecticut
W 82–70
Tina Charles (22)
Tina Charles (15)
Jordin Canada (6)
Gateway Center Arena 3,330
9–17
27
August 21
Phoenix
W 72–63
Allisha Gray (21)
Tina Charles (17)
Gateway Center Arena 3,260
10–17
28
August 23
Phoenix
L 80–82
Allisha Gray (22)
Tina Charles (13)
Jordin Canada (6)
Gateway Center Arena 3,260
10–18
29
August 26
Indiana
L 79–84
Tina Charles (28)
Nia Coffey (9)
State Farm Arena 17,608
10–19
30
August 28
@ Seattle
L 81–85
Allisha Gray (22)
Tina Charles (17)
Tina Charles (10)
Climate Pledge Arena 9,228
10–20
31
August 30
@ Las Vegas
L 72–83
Allisha Gray (17)
Allisha Gray (9)
Allisha Gray (6)
Michelob Ultra Arena 10,397
10–21 :
September
: 5–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 3–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
32
September 1
@ Los Angeles
W 80–62
Tina Charles (23)
Tina Charles (9)
Jordin Canada (6)
Crypto.com Arena 11,165
11–21
33
September 3
@ Phoenix
L 66–74
Rhyne Howard (31)
Tina Charles (12)
Jordin Canada (6)
Footprint Center 7,639
11–22
34
September 6
Dallas
W 107–96 (OT)
Rhyne Howard (33)
Tina Charles (13)
Jordin Canada (10)
Gateway Center Arena 3,260
12–22
35
September 8
@ Indiana
L 100–104 (OT)
Rhyne Howard (36)
Tina Charles (12)
3 players (5)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,274
12–23
36
September 10
Minnesota
L 64–76
Allisha Gray (17)
Tina Charles (14)
Jordin Canada (3)
Gateway Center Arena 3,260
12–24
37
September 13
Washington
L 69–72
Naz Hillmon (11)
Allisha Gray (5)
12–25
38
September 15
@ Washington
W 76–73 (OT)
Tina Charles (20)
Tina Charles (10)
Jordin Canada (5)
Entertainment and Sports Arena 4,200
13–25
39
September 17
Chicago
W 86–70
Jordin Canada (18)
Tina Charles (14)
Gateway Center Arena 3,335
14–25
40
September 19
@ New York
W 78–67
Hillman, Howard (13)
Tina Charles (10)
Jordin Canada (6)
Barclays Center 12,721
15–25 :
2024 season schedule :

### Playoffs

2024 playoff game log :
First round vs. New York Liberty Lost Series: 0–2
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
September 22
@ New York
L 69–83
Rhyne Howard (14)
Tina Charles (7)
Canada, Howard (4)
Barclays Center 12,115
0–1
2
September 24
L 82–91
Allisha Gray (26)
Naz Hillmon (10)
Jordin Canada (11)
Barclays Center 11,003
0–2 :
2024 playoff schedule :

## Standings

| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Conf. | Home | Road | Cup |
| 1 | yx – New York Liberty | 32 | 8 | .800 | — | 16–4 | 16–4 | 16–4 | 5–0 |
| 2 | cx – Minnesota Lynx | 30 | 10 | .750 | 2 | 14–6 | 16–4 | 14–6 | 4–1 |
| 3 | x – Connecticut Sun | 28 | 12 | .700 | 4 | 14–6 | 14–6 | 14–6 | 4–1 |
| 4 | x – Las Vegas Aces | 27 | 13 | .675 | 5 | 12–8 | 13–7 | 14–6 | 2–3 |
| 5 | x – Seattle Storm | 25 | 15 | .625 | 7 | 13–7 | 14–6 | 11–9 | 4–1 |
| 6 | x – Indiana Fever | 20 | 20 | .500 | 12 | 11–9 | 12–8 | 8–12 | 3–2 |
| 7 | x – Phoenix Mercury | 19 | 21 | .475 | 13 | 10–10 | 10–10 | 9–11 | 3–2 |
| 8 | x – Atlanta Dream | 15 | 25 | .375 | 17 | 7–13 | 8–12 | 7–13 | 1–4 |
| 9 | e – Washington Mystics | 14 | 26 | .350 | 18 | 7–13 | 5–15 | 9–11 | 1–4 |
| 10 | e – Chicago Sky | 13 | 27 | .325 | 19 | 5–15 | 6–14 | 7–13 | 1–4 |
| 11 | e – Dallas Wings | 9 | 31 | .225 | 23 | 6–14 | 7–13 | 2–18 | 0–5 |
| 12 | e – Los Angeles Sparks | 8 | 32 | .200 | 24 | 5–15 | 5–15 | 3–17 | 2–3 |
* v
* t
* e
Notes
    (#) – League Standing
    c – Commissioner's Cup winners
    y – Regular Season Champion
    x – Clinched playoff berth
    e – Eliminated from playoff contention
    Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings

## Playoffs

| Round One: Best-of-3 | Round One: Best-of-3 | Round One: Best-of-3 | Semifinals: Best-of-5 | Semifinals: Best-of-5 | Semifinals: Best-of-5 | Finals: Best-of-5 | Finals: Best-of-5 | Finals: Best-of-5 |
| 1 | New York Liberty | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Atlanta Dream | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Atlanta Dream | 0 | 1 | New York Liberty | 3 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Las Vegas Aces | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Las Vegas Aces | 2 | 4 | Las Vegas Aces | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Seattle Storm | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Seattle Storm | 0 | | | | 1 | New York Liberty | 3 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Minnesota Lynx | 2 |
| 2 | Minnesota Lynx | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | Minnesota Lynx | 2 |
| 7 | Phoenix Mercury | 0 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Phoenix Mercury | 0 | 2 | Minnesota Lynx | 3 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Connecticut Sun | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Connecticut Sun | 2 | 3 | Connecticut Sun | 2 | | | |
| 6 | Indiana Fever | 0 | | | | | | |
Bold: series winner

## Statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PF | PPG |
| Rhyne Howard | 30 | 29 | 33.9 | .371 | .329 | .784 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 17.3 |
| Allisha Gray | 40 | 40 | 33.3 | .403 | .342 | .769 | 4.4 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 15.6 |
| Tina Charles | 39 | 39 | 29.7 | .456 | .262 | .785 | 9.6 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 14.9 |
| Jordin Canada | 20 | 18 | 31.2 | .390 | .281 | .781 | 3.5 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 10.6 |
| Cheyenne Parker | 25 | 11 | 19.7 | .444 | .214 | .886 | 4.8 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 9.2 |
| Aerial Powers | 17 | 2 | 17.9 | .355 | .389 | .791 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 8.6 |
| Naz Hillmon | 40 | 19 | 21.7 | .552 | .333 | .762 | 4.8 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 5.7 |
| Maya Caldwell $^≠$ | 25 | 6 | 16.2 | .416 | .300 | .800 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 5.2 |
| Destanni Henderson $^≠$ $^‡$ | 6 | 0 | 17.5 | .345 | .100 | .429 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| Haley Jones | 40 | 24 | 17.8 | .397 | .214 | .702 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 3.9 |
| Nia Coffey | 40 | 11 | 13.3 | .324 | .273 | .762 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 3.3 |
| Crystal Dangerfield $^‡$ | 15 | 0 | 14.1 | .278 | .217 | 1.000 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 3.1 |
| Ezinne Kalu $^≠$ | 1 | 0 | 13.0 | .333 | .000 | .500 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| Lorela Cubaj | 28 | 1 | 7.9 | .429 | — | .600 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Laeticia Amihere | 16 | 0 | 5.2 | .269 | — | .294 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.2 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season

### Playoffs

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PF | PPG |
| Allisha Gray | 2 | 2 | 33.5 | .520 | .455 | .800 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 17.5 |
| Rhyne Howard | 2 | 2 | 34.5 | .448 | .231 | .500 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 16.5 |
| Tina Charles | 2 | 2 | 29.0 | .522 | — | .667 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 13.0 |
| Laeticia Amihere | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | .600 | — | .500 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 8.0 |
| Naz Hillmon | 2 | 2 | 24.0 | .538 | — | 1.000 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 7.5 |
| Jordin Canada | 2 | 2 | 27.0 | .417 | .250 | .000 | 1.0 | 7.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 5.5 |
| Ezinne Kalu | 1 | 0 | 15.0 | .250 | .000 | .667 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| Haley Jones | 2 | 0 | 9.0 | .429 | — | 1.000 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| Nia Coffey | 2 | 0 | 11.0 | .333 | .250 | — | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 |
| Lorela Cubaj | 2 | 0 | 11.0 | .500 | — | — | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| Maya Caldwell | 2 | 0 | 9.0 | .250 | .000 | — | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
| Allisha Gray | WNBA All-Star | July 2, 2024 | |