The 2008 WNBA season was the first for the Atlanta Dream. The team name was unveiled on January 23, 2008, with the expansion draft held on February 6. The Atlanta Dream had seventeen straight losses. It was the longest losing streak to start a season in WNBA history.[1]
The list of players selected in the Expansion Draft includes:
Additionally, Atlanta immediately orchestrated three trades involving players in the expansion draft.[2]
| Trade | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| width=400 | To Atlanta Dream | width=400 | To Detroit Shock |
| Ivory Latta | LaToya Thomas and the 18th pick in the 2008 WNBA draft | ||
| To Atlanta Dream | To Seattle Storm | ||
| Iziane Castro Marques and the 8th pick in the 2008 WNBA draft | Roneeka Hodges and the 4th pick in the 2008 WNBA draft | ||
| To Atlanta Dream | To Indiana Fever | ||
| 24th pick in the 2008 Draft | Agreeing not to select specific unprotected Fever players | ||
See also: 2008 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Tamera Young | James Madison | |
| 2 | 24 | Morenike Atunrase | Texas A&M | |
| 3 | 32 | Danielle Hood | Hartford | |
| Date | Transaction | |
|---|---|---|
| February 6, 2008 | Traded LaToya Thomas and a Second Round Pick in the 2008 WNBA draft to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Ivory Latta | |
| Traded Roneeka Hodges and a First Round Pick in the 2008 WNBA draft to the Seattle Storm in exchange for Iziane Castro Marques and a First Round Pick in the 2008 WNBA draft | ||
| Agreed to not select any specific unprotected Indiana Fever players in exchange for the Fever's Second Round Pick in the 2008 WNBA draft[3] | ||
| February 25, 2008 | Signed Tasha Butts | |
| March 24, 2008 | Signed Jennifer Lacy and Brittany Jackson to Training Camp Contracts | |
| March 27, 2008 | ||
| April 9, 2008 | Traded Ann Wauters, the draft rights to Morenike Atunrase, and a Second Round Pick in the 2009 WNBA draft to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for Camille Little, the draft rights to Chioma Nnamaka and a Second Round Pick in the 2009 WNBA draft[4] | |
| April 11, 2008 | Signed Jessica Dickson to a Training Camp Contract | |
| April 14, 2008 | Signed Danielle Hood, Chioma Nnamaka, Tamera Young, and Jessica Dickson to Rookie Scale Contracts | |
| April 18, 2008 | Signed Dalila Eshe to a Training Camp Contract | |
| April 22, 2008 | Signed Jill Ingram to a Training Camp Contract | |
| May 4, 2008 | Waived Brittany Jackson and Dalila Este | |
| May 5, 2008 | Waived Tasha Butts | |
| May 14, 2008 | Waived Jill Ingram, Jessica Dickson, and Danielle Hood | |
| May 15, 2008 | Signed Katie Feenstra, Kristin Haynie, and Kristen Mann to Contract Extensions | |
| May 16, 2008 | ||
| Temporarily Suspend Yelena Leuchanka due to Overseas Commitments | ||
| Mau 28, 2008 | Waived Chantelle Anderson | |
| June 22, 2008 | Traded Camille Little to the Seattle Storm in exchange for a Second Round Pick in the 2009 WNBA draft[5] | |
| June 23, 2008 | Signed Kasha Terry | |
| July 4, 2008 | Traded Kristen Mann to the Indiana Fever in exchange for Alison Bales[6] | |
| July 8, 2008 | Waived Stacey Lovelace | |
| August 15, 2008 | Signed Nikki Teasley[7] | |
| September 12, 2008 | Re-Signed Iziane Castro Marques |