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.[1] 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.
| 2017 Atlanta Dream season | |
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| Coach | Michael Cooper |
| Arena | McCamish Pavilion |
| Attendance | 4,452 per game |
| Results | |
| Record | 12–22 (.353) |
| Place | 5th (Eastern) |
| Playoff finish | Did Not Qualify |
| Team Leaders | |
| Points | Hayes (16.3 ppg) |
| Rebounds | Williams (7.2 rpg) |
| Assists | Clarendon (6.6 apg) |
| Media | |
| Television | FS South (FS-S), SportSouth (SSO) |
Transactions
WNBA Draft
The Dream made the following selections in the 2017 WNBA Draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
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| 1 | 7 | Brittney Sykes |  United States |
Syracuse |
| 2 | 19 | Jordan Reynolds | United States |
Tennessee |
| 3 | 31 | Oderah Chidom | United States |
Duke |
Trades
- Angel McCoughtry announced she would take time to rest during the 2017 WNBA season.[2]
- Jordan Hooper and a 2018 First Round Pick were traded to Chicago for Imani Boyette, Tamera Young, and a 2018 Second Round Pick[3]
Roster
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Game log
Preseason
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May: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
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Regular season
| 2017 game log Total: 12-22 (Home: 9-8; Road: 3-14) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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May: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–0)
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June
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August
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September
: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–2)
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Standings
| # | Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
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| 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
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| 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
Statistics are accurate as of September 4, 2017.
Source:[4]
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| Matee Ajavon | 31 | 2 | 8.1 | 28.9% | 0.0% | 79.5% | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2.4 |
| 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% | 72.9% | 3.8 | 6.6 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 10.7 |
| Damiris Dantas | 34 | 2 | 18.1 | 39.2% | 26.5% | 76.7% | 3.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 7.7 |
| Aneika Henry | 6 | 0 | 5.2 | 85.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Tiffany Hayes | 33 | 33 | 30.0 | 43.6% | 37.2% | 85.4% | 3.8 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 16.3 |
| Imani Boyette | 10 | 0 | 9.0 | 54.2% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 2.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.9 |
| Bria Holmes | 32 | 13 | 22.2 | 37.8% | 18.9% | 64.0% | 2.9 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 7.8 |
| 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 |
| Elizabeth Williams | 34 | 34 | 31.4 | 48.7% | 0.0% | 65.9% | 7.2 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 10.4 |
Awards and honors
| Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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| Layshia Clarendon | Player of the Week award | May 22, 2017 | [5] |
| Tiffany Hayes | Player of the Month award | June 2, 2017, for May 2017 | [6] |
| Brittney Sykes | Rookie of the Month | July 2017 | [7] |
| Brittney Sykes | Rookie of the Month | August 2017 | [8] |
References
- "ATLANTA DREAM ANNOUNCES 2017 SEASON SCHEDULE". WNBA.com. November 29, 2016.
- "Dream's Angel McCoughtry Plans to Rest During 2017 Season". WNBA.com. January 4, 2017.
- "Dream Acquire Boyette, Young, Pick from Chicago Sky". WNBA.com. July 31, 2017.
- "Team Stats". wnba.com. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- "Atlanta's Clarendon and Minnesota's Fowles Named WNBA Players of the Week". wnba.com. WNBA. May 22, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
- "Sylvia Fowles, Tiffany Hayes Named WNBA Players of the Month". wnba.com. WNBA. June 2, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
- "Atlanta's Brittney Sykes Named WNBA Rookie of the Month". wnba.com. WNBA. August 1, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
- "Atlanta's Sykes Named WNBA Rookie Of The Month". wnba.com. WNBA. September 5, 2017. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
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