# 2025 Atlanta Dream season

The 2025 Atlanta Dream season will be the 18th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association, and their first season under head coach, Karl Smesko.

## Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Club | Outcome |
| 2 | 18 | | | | | |
| 3 | 36 | | | | | |

## Transactions
### Front office and coaching

| Date | Details |
| October 2, 2024 | Fired head coach, Tanisha Wright |
| November 13, 2024 | Hired Karl Smesko as head coach |
| January 6, 2025 | Hired LaToya Sanders and Brandi Poole as assistant coaches |
| January 6, 2025 | Promoted Brooklyn Cartwright to assistant general manager |

### Free agency
#### Re-signed

| Player | Date | Notes | Ref. |
| Maya Caldwell | January 18, 2025 | Training camp contract | |

#### Additions

| Player | Date | Notes | Former Team |
| Shatori Walker-Kimbrough | February 1 | One-year deal | Washington Mystics |
| Brittney Griner | February 1 | One-year deal | Phoenix Mercury |
| Brionna Jones | February 1 | One-year deal | Connecticut Sun |
| Holly Winterburn | February 5 | Training camp contract | Beşiktaş HDI Sigorta (Turkey) |
| Ashley Joens | March 6 | Training camp contract | Athinaikos AS Vurona (Greece) |

#### Subtractions / Unsigned

| Player | Date | Reason | New Team |
| Iliana Rupert | December 6, 2024 | Expansion draft | Golden State Valkyries |
| Danielle Robinson | January 1, 2025 | Retired | N/A |
| Laeticia Amihere | February 1, 2025 | Waived | Golden State Valkyries |
| Tina Charles | February 2, 2025 | Free agency – uncoreable unrestricted | Connecticut Sun |
| Cheyenne Parker-Tyus | February 6, 2025 | Free agency – unrestricted | Las Vegas Aces |
| Maite Cazorla | — | Suspended – contract expired | — |
| Lorela Cubaj | — | Free agency – reserved (qualifying offer pending) | TBA |
| Ezinne Kalu | — | Free agency – unrestricted | TBA |
| Aerial Powers | — | Free agency – unrestricted | TBA |

## Roster
### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starter | Bench |
| PG | Jordin Canada | Haley Jones |
| SG | Allisha Gray | Maya Caldwell Shatori Walker-Kimbrough Holly Winterburn |
| SF | Rhyne Howard | Nia Coffey |
| PF | Brionna Jones | Naz Hillmon |
| C | Brittney Griner | |

## Schedule
### Pre-season

2025 pre-season game log Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) :
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 7
@ Washington
CareFirst Arena
2
May 10
Indiana
Gateway Center Arena :
2025 pre-season schedule :

### Regular season

2025 game log Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) :
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 16
@ Washington
CareFirst Arena
2
May 20
@ Indiana
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
3
May 22
Indiana
State Farm Arena
4
May 24
Dallas
Gateway Center Arena
5
May 25
Connecticut
Gateway Center Arena
6
May 27
@ Los Angeles
Crypto.com Arena
7
May 30
@ Seattle
Climate Pledge Arena :
June
: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
8
June 6
@ Connecticut
Mohegan Sun Arena
9
June 10
Indiana
Gateway Center Arena
10
June 13
Chicago
Gateway Center Arena
11
June 15
@ Washington
CareFirst Arena
12
June 17
@ New York
Barclays Center
13
June 20
Washington
Gateway Center Arena
14
June 22
Chicago
Gateway Center Arena
15
June 24
@ Dallas
College Park Center
16
June 27
Minneosta
Gateway Center Arena
17
June 29
New York
Gateway Center Arena :
July
: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
18
July 3
Seattle
Gateway Center Arena
19
July 7
Golden State
Gateway Center Arena
20
July 11
@ Indiana
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
21
July 13
@ New York
Barclays Center
22
July 16
@ Chicago
Wintrust Arena
23
July 22
@ Las Vegas
Michelob Ultra Arena
24
July 23
@ Phoenix
PHX Arena
25
July 27
@ Minnesota
Target Center
26
July 29
Golden State
Gateway Center Arena
27
July 30
@ Dallas
College Park Center :
August
: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
28
August 1
Phoenix
Gateway Center Arena
29
August 3
Washington
Gateway Center Arena
30
August 7
@ Chicago
Wintrust Arena
31
August 10
@ Phoenix
PHX Arena
32
August 13
@ Seattle
Climate Pledge Arena
33
August 15
Seattle
Rogers Arena
34
August 17
@ Golden State
Chase Center
35
August 19
@ Las Vegas
Michelob Ultra Arena
36
August 21
Minneosta
Gateway Center Arena
37
August 23
New York
Gateway Center Arena
38
August 27
Las Vegas
Gateway Center Arena
39
August 29
Dallas
Gateway Center Arena :
September
: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
40
September 1
@ Connecticut
Mohegan Sun Arena
41
September 3
Los Angeles
Gateway Center Arena
42
September 5
Los Angeles
Gateway Center Arena
43
September 8
Connecticut
Gateway Center Arena
44
September 10
@ Connecticut
Mohegan Sun Arena :
2025 season schedule :

## Standings

| # | vteTeam | W | L | PCT | GB | Conf. | Home | Road | Cup |
| 1 | Atlanta Dream | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Chicago Sky | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Connecticut Sun | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 4 | Dallas Wings | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 5 | Golden State Valkyries | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 6 | Indiana Fever | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 7 | Las Vegas Aces | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 8 | Los Angeles Sparks | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 9 | Minnesota Lynx | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 10 | New York Liberty | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 11 | Phoenix Mercury | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 12 | Seattle Storm | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 13 | Washington Mystics | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
Notes
    (#) – League Standing
    x – Clinched playoff berth
    e – Eliminated from playoff contention
    Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings

## Statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PF | PPG |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |