2023 Atlanta Dream season

The 2023 Atlanta Dream season will be the 16th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association, and their second season under head coach Tanisha Wright.

2023 Atlanta Dream season
CoachTanisha Wright
ArenaGateway Center Arena
Attendanceper game
Results
Record0–0
Place0th (Eastern)
2024 season →

The Dream secured the third overall pick in the 2023 WNBA Draft in the 2023 Draft Lottery. They entered the lottery with the 2nd best odds to get the first overall pick.[1]

Former assistant coach Christie Sides from the 2022 season left the team in the offseason after she was named the new head coach of the Indiana Fever.[2]

Transactions

WNBA Draft
See also: 2023 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 6 Haley Jones  United States Stanford
1 8 Laeticia Amihere  Canada South Carolina
2 15 Leigha Brown  United States Michigan

Transactions
Date Transaction
December 20, 2022 Extended Head Coach Tanisha Wright and General Manager Dan Padover to 5 Year Extensions[3]
January 13, 2023 Extended Qualifying Offers to AD Durr and Beatrice Mompremier[4]
Traded Kristy Wallace to the Indiana Fever in exchange for Danielle Robinson[5]
January 21, 2023 Traded the #3 Overall Pick in the 2023 WNBA draft and a First-Round Pick in 2025 to the Dallas Wings in exchange for Allisha Gray[6]
February 1, 2023 Signed Nia Coffey and AD Durr[7]
February 3, 2023 Signed Monique Billings[8]
February 9, 2023 Traded Tiffany Hayes to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for the 6th Overall Pick in the 2023 WNBA draft[9]
Hired Vickie Johnson as Assistant Coach[10]
February 11, 2023 Claimed and Awarded Iliana Rupert of a Waivers[11]
February 21, 2023 Signed Beatrice Mompremier to the Qualifying Offer - Training Camp Contract[12]
February 24, 2023 Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on Aari McDonald
March 2, 2023 Signed Mikayla Pivec to a Training Camp Contract[13]
March 7, 2023 Signed Allisha Gray to a Contract Extension[14]
March 8, 2023 Signed Lorela Cubaj to a Training Camp Contract[15]
March 9, 2023 Signed Cheyenne Parker to a Contract Extension[14]
April 13, 2023 Signed Laeticia Amihere to a Rookie Scale Contract
April 17, 2023 Waived Beatrice Mompremier[16]
April 18, 2023 Signed Haley Jones and Leigha Brown to Rookie Scale Contracts
April 20, 2023 Signed Alaina Coates to a Training Camp Contract[17]
May 5, 2023 Waived Alaina Coates and Mikayla Pivec[18]

Roster Changes

Roster
Atlanta Dream roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
F7CanadaAmihere, Laeticia6' 3" (1.91m)185 lb (84kg)2001-07-10South CarolinaR
F25United StatesBillings, Monique5' 11" (1.8m)160 lb (73kg)1998-12-15UCLA5
F12United StatesCoffey, Nia6' 1" (1.85m)182 lb (83kg)1995-06-11Northwestern6
F/C18ItalyCubaj, Lorela6' 4" (1.93m)200 lb (91kg)1999-01-08Georgia Tech1
G23United StatesDurr, AD5' 10" (1.78m)151 lb (68kg)1997-04-05Louisville2
G15United StatesGray, Allisha6' 0" (1.83m)167 lb (76kg)1995-01-12South Carolina6
F00United StatesHillmon, Naz6' 2" (1.88m)190 lb (86kg)2000-04-05Michigan1
F10United StatesHoward, Rhyne6' 2" (1.88m)175 lb (79kg)2000-04-29Kentucky1
G/F13United StatesJones, Haley6' 1" (1.85m)187 lb (85kg)2001-05-23StanfordR
G2United StatesMcDonald, Aari5' 6" (1.68m)141 lb (64kg)1998-08-20Arizona2
F32United StatesParker, Cheyenne6' 4" (1.93m)193 lb (88kg)1993-08-22Middle Tennessee8
G3United StatesRobinson, Danielle5' 9" (1.75m)137 lb (62kg)1989-05-10Oklahoma11
C21FranceRupert, Iliana6' 4" (1.93m)189 lb (86kg)2001-07-12France1
Head coach
United States Tanisha Wright (Penn State)
Assistant coaches
United States Vickie Johnson (Louisiana Tech)
Australia Paul Goriss
United States Barbara Turner (Connecticut)
Athletic trainer
United States Natalie Trotter
Strength and conditioning coach
United States Drew Williams
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured
  WNBA roster page
East
ATL
CHI
CON
IND
NY
WAS
West
DAL
LV
LA
MIN
PHO
SEA

Schedule

Preseason
2023 pre-season game log
Total: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
May: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 May 10 @ Washington L 76–88 Allisha Gray (14) Leigha Brown (8) Haley Jones (6) Entertainment and Sports Arena
3,612		 0–1
2 May 14 Connecticut L 68–85 Allisha Gray (12) Cheyenne Parker (7) Danielle Robinson (4) Gateway Center Arena
N/A		 0–2
2023 pre-season schedule

Regular Season
2023 game log
Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 May 20 @ Dallas College Park Center
2 May 23 @ Minnesota Target Center
3 May 28 Indiana Gateway Center Arena
4 May 30 Chicago Gateway Center Arena
June : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
5 June 2 Las Vegas Gateway Center Arena
6 June 9 New York Gateway Center Arena
7 June 11 Connecticut Gateway Center Arena
8 June 13 @ New York Barclays Center
9 June 15 @ Connecticut Mohegan Sun Arena
10 June 18 @ Indiana Gainbridge Fieldhouse
11 June 20 @ Dallas College Park Center
12 June 23 New York Gateway Center Arena
13 June 28 @ Washington Entertainment and Sports Arena
14 June 30 Washington Gateway Center Arena
July : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
15 July 2 Los Angeles Gateway Center Arena
16 July 5 @ Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena
17 July 7 @ Chicago Wintrust Arena
18 July 9 @ Chicago Wintrust Arena
19 July 12 Seattle Gateway Center Arena
20 July 18 Minnesota Gateway Center Arena
21 July 20 @ Connecticut Mohegan Sun Arena
22 July 22 Connecticut Gateway Center Arena
23 July 25 Phoenix Gateway Center Arena
24 July 27 @ New York Barclays Center
25 July 30 Washington Gateway Center Arena
August : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
26 August 1 @ Las Vegas Michelob Ultra Arena
27 August 3 @ Phoenix Footprint Center
28 August 6 Indiana Gateway Center Arena
29 August 10 @ Seattle Climate Pledge Arena
30 August 12 @ Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena
31 August 13 @ Las Vegas Michelob Ultra Arena
32 August 18 Chicago Gateway Center Arena
33 August 22 Las Vegas Gateway Center Arena
34 August 25 Los Angeles Gateway Center Arena
35 August 27 @ Indiana Gainbridge Fieldhouse
36 August 29 Phoenix Gateway Center Arena
September : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
37 September 1 @ Minnesota Target Center
38 September 6 Seattle Target Center
39 September 8 @ Washington Entertainment and Sports Arena
40 September 10 Dallas Gateway Center Arena
2023 season schedule

Standings
# Team
W L PCT GB Conf. Home Road Cup
1 Atlanta Dream00.000-0–00–00–00–0
2 Chicago Sky00.000-0–00–00–00–0
3 Connecticut Sun00.000-0–00–00–00–0
4 Dallas Wings00.000-0–00–00–00–0
5 Indiana Fever00.000-0–00–00–00–0
6 Las Vegas Aces00.000-0–00–00–00–0
7 Los Angeles Sparks00.000-0–00–00–00–0
8 Minnesota Lynx00.000-0–00–00–00–0
9 New York Liberty00.000-0–00–00–00–0
10 Phoenix Mercury00.000-0–00–00–00–0
11 Seattle Storm00.000-0–00–00–00–0
12 Washington Mystics00.000-0–00–00–00–0

Notes

(#) – League Standing
x – Clinched playoff berth
e – Eliminated from playoff contention
Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings

Statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per game Team leader League leader

Regular Season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG

Awards and Honors
Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.

References
  1. "Dream to Select Third in 2023 WNBA Draft". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  2. "Indiana Fever Hire Christie Sides as Head Coach". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  3. "WNBA's Atlanta Dream Make Long-Term Commitment to Head Coach and General Manager". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  4. @RachGall (January 13, 2023). "The Atlanta Dream have extended Qualifying Offers to AD Durr and Beatrice Mompremier. @Winsidr" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. "Fever Acquire Guard in Trade with Atlanta Dream". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  6. "Atlanta Dream Land Allisha Gray". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  7. "Nia Coffey and AD Re-Sign with Atlanta". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  8. "Monique Billings Re-Commits to Atlanta". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  9. "Connecticut Sun Acquire Rights to Tiffany Hayes". sun.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  10. "Atlanta Dream Hires Vickie Johnson as Assistant Coach". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  11. "Dream Awarded Iliana Rupert on Waivers". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  12. "Beatrice Mompremier Signs Qualifying Offer with Atlanta". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  13. "Atlanta Dream Sign Mikayla Pivec to Training Camp Contract". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  14. "Atlanta Dream Sign Allisha Gray to Contract Extension". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  15. "Atlanta Dream Sign Lorela Cubaj to Training Camp Contract". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  16. @ATLDreamPR (April 17, 2023). "The Atlanta Dream have waived forward Beatrice Mompremier" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  17. "Atlanta Dream Sign Alaina Coates". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  18. @ATLDreamPR (May 5, 2023). "The Atlanta Dream have waived center Alaina Coates and guard Mikayla Pivec" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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