2022 Atlanta Dream season

The 2022 WNBA season will be the 15th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. The team will begin the season on May 14, 2022, on the road against the Dallas Wings.[1]

2022 Atlanta Dream season
CoachTanisha Wright
ArenaGateway Center Arena
Attendanceper game
Results
Record0–0
Place0th (Eastern)
2023 season →

This will be the first season for new head coach Tanisha Wright. Wright was hired on October 12, 2021.[2] Dan Padover was hired as the team's new General Manager, while Darius Taylor moved into the Assistant General Manager role - after serving as the team's interim head coach in the 2021 season.[3]

Transactions

WNBA Draft
See also: 2022 WNBA Draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 1 Rhyne Howard  United States Kentucky
2 15 Naz Hillmon  United States Michigan

Trades and Roster Changes
Date Transaction
October 12, 2021 Hired Tanisha Wright as Head Coach
December 23, 2021 Renounced the rights to Mengran Sun[4]
January 4, 2022 Extended Qualifying Offers to Monique Billings and Jaylyn Agnew[5]
January 6, 2022 Signed Jaylyn Agnew to a Qualifying Offer [6]
January 13, 2022 Waived Tianna Hawkins[7]
January 16, 2022 Suspended Maite Cazorla for Full-Season[8]
January 18, 2022 Claimed Megan Walker off of Waivers[9]
January 31, 2022 Traded a 2023 Third Round Pick to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Kia Vaughn[10]
February 1, 2022 Re-Signed Tiffany Hayes to a One-Year Deal[11][12]
Signed Nia Coffey to a One-Year Deal[13]
February 3, 2022 Re-Signed Monique Billings to a One-Year Deal[14][15]
February 5, 2022 Traded Chennedy Carter and the rights to Li Yueru to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Erica Wheeler, a 2023 First-Round Pick, and a 2022 Second Round Pick[16]
February 15, 2022 Signed N'dea Jones and Khaalia Hillsman to Training Camp Contracts[17]
February 21, 2022 Signed Kristy Wallace to a Rookie Contract[18]
February 23, 2022 Signed Maya Caldwell to a Training Camp Contract[19]
March 29, 2022 Hired Christie Sides, Paul Goriss and Barbara Turner as Assistant Coaches[20]
April 6, 2022 Traded the #3 and #14 picks in the 2022 WNBA Draft, and the right to exchange 1st Round Picks with the Los Angeles Sparks (from the Erica Wheeler trade) to the Washington Mystics in exchange for the #1 pick in the 2022 WNBA Draft[21]
April 12, 2022 Signed Que Morrison to a Training Camp Contract[22]
April 18, 2022 Signed Rhyne Howard and Naz Hillmon to Rookie Scale Contracts
April 22, 2022 Waived Khaalia Hillsmon [23]
April 23, 2022 Waived Que Morrison [24]
April 25, 2022 Waived N'dea Jones[25]
April 27, 2022 Waived Jaylyn Agnew[26]

Roster
Atlanta Dream roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
F25Billings, Monique6' 4" (1.93m)192 lb (87kg)1996-05-02UCLA4
G33Caldwell, Maya5' 11" (1.8m)160 lb (73kg)1998-12-15GeorgiaR
F12Coffey, Nia6' 1" (1.85m)182 lb (83kg)1995-06-11Northwestern5
G15Hayes, Tiffany5' 10" (1.78m)155 lb (70kg)1989-09-29Connecticut9
F00Hillmon, Naz6' 2" (1.88m)190 lb (86kg)2000-04-05MichiganR
F10Howard, Rhyne6' 2" (1.88m)175 lb (79kg)2000-04-29KentuckyR
G4McDonald, Aari5' 6" (1.68m)141 lb (64kg)1998-08-20Arizona1
F32Parker, Cheyenne6' 4" (1.93m)193 lb (88kg)1993-08-22Middle Tennessee7
C7Vaughn, Kia6' 4" (1.93m)205 lb (93kg)1987-01-24Rutgers12
F9Walker, Megan6' 1" (1.85m)175 lb (79kg)1998-11-23Connecticut2
G3Wallace, Kristy5' 11" (1.8m)1996-01-03BaylorR
G17Wheeler, Erica5' 7" (1.7m)143 lb (65kg)1991-05-02Rutgers6
Head coach
Tanisha Wright (Penn State)
Assistant coaches
Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech)
Paul Goriss
Barbara Turner (Connecticut)
Athletic trainer
Natalie Trotter
Strength and conditioning coach
Drew Williams
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured
  WNBA roster page
East
ATL
CHI
CON
IND
NY
WAS
West
DAL
LV
LA
MIN
PHO
SEA

Schedule

Preseason
2022 pre-season game log
Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
April: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 April 24 Washington W 88–69 Kristy Wallace (17) Monique Billings (10) Aari McDonald (6) Gateway Center Arena
854		 1–0
May : 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
2 May 1 @ Connecticut L 78–94 Aari McDonald (12) Billings/Hillmon (5) Caldwell/Howard/Parker (3) Mohegan Sun Arena
3,244		 1–1
2022 pre-season schedule

Regular Season
2022 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 7 @ Dallas College Park Center
2 May 11 Los Angeles Gateway Center Arena
3 May 13 Las Vegas Gateway Center Arena
4 May 15 @ Indiana Gainbridge Fieldhouse
5 May 17 @ Indiana Gainbridge Fieldhouse
6 May 20 Washington Gateway Center Arena
7 May 24 @ Washington Entertainment and Sports Arena
9 May 29 Phoenix Gateway Center Arena
June : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
10 June 1 Minnesota Gateway Center Arena
11 June 3 Chicago Gateway Center Arena
12 June 5 Indiana Gateway Center Arena
13 June 7 @ Seattle Climate Pledge Arena
14 June 10 @ Phoenix Footprint Center
15 June 15 @ Connecticut Mohegan Sun Arena
16 June 17 @ Chicago Wintrust Arena
17 June 21 Dallas Gateway Center Arena
18 June 24 New York Gateway Center Arena
19 June 26 Connecticut Gateway Center Arena
20 June 28 @ Washington Entertainment and Sports Arena
21 June 30 @ New York Barclays Center
July : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
22 July 3 Seattle Gateway Center Arena
23 July 6 Washington Gateway Center Arena
24 July 12 @ Chicago Wintrust Arena
25 July 15 Connecticut Gateway Center Arena
26 July 17 @ Phoenix Footprint Center
27 July 19 @ Las Vegas Michelob Ultra Arena
28 July 21 @ Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena
29 July 24 @ Seattle Climate Pledge Arena
30 July 28 Minnesota Gateway Center Arena
31 July 30 Dallas Gateway Center Arena
August : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
31 August 3 Indiana Gateway Center Arena
32 August 5 Los Angeles Gateway Center Arena
33 August 7 @ Minnesota Target Center
34 August 9 @ Las Vegas Michelob Ultra Arena
35 August 12 New York Gateway Center Arena
36 August 14 @ New York Barclays Center
2022 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

Awards and Honors
Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.

References
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  3. "Atlanta Dream names Dan Padover as General Manager, Darius Taylor as Assistant General Manager". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
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  13. "Richard Cohen Tweet 2". twitter.com. Twitter. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
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  18. "Dream Sign Kristy Wallace". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  19. "Dream Sign Maya Caldwell to Training Camp Contract". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
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  21. "Dream Lands 2022 Number One Overall Draft Pick". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  22. "Dream Sign Georgia's Que Morrison to Training Camp Contract". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
  23. "The Atlanta Dream announced today the team has waived center Khaalia Hillsman". twitter.com. Twitter. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
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  25. "The Atlanta Dream announced today the team has waived forward N'Dea Jones". twitter.com. Twitter. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  26. "The Atlanta Dream announced today the team has waived forward Jaylyn Agnew". twitter.com. Twitter. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
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