2024 Atlanta Dream season explained

The 2024 Atlanta Dream season is the 17th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association, and their third season under head coach Tanisha Wright.

The season tipped off on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, against the Los Angeles Sparks in Los Angeles.^[1]

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2024 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	12	Nyadiew Puoch
2	20	Isobel Borlase
3	32	Matilde Villa

Transactions

Date	Transaction
January 16, 2024	Extended qualifying offer to AD Durr^[2]
January 24, 2024	Suspended contract of Iliana Rupert for the full season ^[3]
February 1, 2024	Traded the 8th overall pick in the 2024 WNBA draft and Aari McDonald to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Jordin Canada and the 12th overall pick in the 2024 Draft^[4]
	Signed Tina Charles and Aerial Powers^[5]
	Re-signed Nia Coffey
February 28, 2024	Signed Khadijiah Cave to a training camp contract^[6]
February 29, 2024	Exercised team options on Rhyne Howard and Naz Hillmon
March 25, 2024	Signed Lorela Cubaj to a training camp contract^[7]
April 19, 2024	Signed Elizabeth Balogun, Taj Cole, and Khaalia Hillsman to a training camp contracts^[8]
April 27, 2024	Rescinded qualifying offer to AD Durr^[9]
April 28, 2024	Signed Destanni Henderson to a training camp contract^[10]
May 4, 2024	Traded a 2025 3rd round draft pick to the Dallas Wings in exchange for Crystal Dangerfield^[11]
	Waived Elizabeth Balogun and Taj Cole^[12]
May 7, 2024	Waived Khaalia Hillsman^[13]
May 10, 2024	Waived Khadijiah Cave and Destanni Henderson^[14]
May 13, 2024
May 24, 2024	Activated Lorela Cubaj
June 26, 2024	Waived Crystal Dangerfield^[15]
	Signed Maya Caldwell^[16]
July 4, 2024	Signed Destanni Henderson to a 7-day hardship contract^[17]
July 9, 2024
July 12, 2024	Signed Destanni Henderson to second 7-day hardship contract
July 18, 2024	Released Destanni Henderson
August 11, 2024	Activated Laeticia Amihere

Roster changes

Additions

Personnel	Signed/Trade	Former Team
Isobel Borlase	Draft	Adelaide Lightning
Maya Caldwell	Signed	Free Agent
Jordin Canada	Trade	Los Angeles Sparks
Tina Charles	Signed	Free Agent
Lorela Cubaj	Signed	Free Agent
Crystal Dangerfield	Trade	Dallas Wings
Aerial Powers	Signed	Minnesota Lynx
Nyadiew Puoch	Draft
Matilde Villa	Draft

Subtractions

Personnel	Reason	New Team
Monique Billings	Signed	Los Angeles Sparks
Crystal Dangerfield	Waived
AD Durr	Released	—
Aari McDonald	Trade	Los Angeles Sparks
Taylor Mikesell	Signed	Los Angeles Sparks
Danielle Robinson	Released	—
Iliana Rupert	Suspended Contract	—

Roster

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench
	PG	Jordin Canada	Haley Jones Crystal Dangerfield
	SG	Allisha Gray
	SF	Rhyne Howard	Laeticia Amihere Nia Coffey
	PF	Cheyenne Parker	Naz Hillmon
	C	Tina Charles	Lorela Cubaj

Schedule

Pre-season

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 1| May 4| Washington| W 87–84| Cole
Powers (9)| Cave
Hillsman (5)| Taja Cole (6)| Gateway Center Arena| 1–0|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| May 9| @ Indiana| L 80–83| Rhyne Howard (13)| Tina Charles (7)| Destanni Henderson (5)| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
| 1–1

Regular season

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 1| May 15| @ Los Angeles| W 92–81| Rhyne Howard (25)| Tina Charles (14)| Naz Hillmon (5)| Walter Pyramid
3,847| 1–0|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| May 18| @ Phoenix| L 85–88| Allisha Gray (22)| Rhyne Howard (9)| Haley Jones (5)| Footprint Center
10,251| 1–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 3| May 21| Dallas| W 83–78| Allisha Gray (21)| Tina Charles (11)| Rhyne Howard (4)| Gateway Center Arena
3,265| 2–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4| May 26| Minnesota| L 79–92| Rhyne Howard (23)| Cheyenne Parker-Tyus (8)| Howard, Jones (5)| Gateway Center Arena
3,265| 2–2|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 5| May 29| @ Washington| W 73–67| Allisha Gray (19)| Tina Charles (15)| Howard, Jones (4)| Entertainment and Sports Arena
4,200| 3–2|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 6| May 31| Las Vegas| W 78–74| Allisha Gray (24)| Charles, Parker-Tyus (8)| Charles, Gray (3)| Gateway Center Arena
4,015| 4–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 7| June 2| Connecticut| L 50–69| Tina Charles (12)| Tina Charles (12)| Crystal Dangerfield (3)| Gateway Center Arena
3,265| 4–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8| June 6| New York| L 61–78| Allisha Gray (16)| Tina Charles (8)| Rhyne Howard (5)| Gateway Center Arena
3,255| 4–4|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 9| June 8| @ Chicago| W 89–80| Tina Charles (22)| Tina Charles (7)| Rhyne Howard (10)| Wintrust Arena
8,804| 5–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 10| June 11| Washington| L 87–68| Rhyne Howard (16)| Tina Charles (12)| Allisha Gray (5)| Gateway Center Arena
3,260| 5–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 11| June 13| @ Indiana| L 84–91| Rhyne Howard (26)| Charles, Parker-Tyus (6)| Coffey, Parker-Tyus (5)| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
16,651| 5–6|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 12| June 16| Los Angeles| W 87–74| Allisha Gray (25)| Tina Charles (11)| Rhyne Howard (5)| Gateway Center Arena
3,260| 6–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 13| June 19| @ Minnesota| L 55–68| Tina Charles (14)| Tina Charles (10)| Allisha Gray (4)| Target Center
8,206| 6–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 14| June 21| Indiana| L 79–91| Tina Charles (24)| Naz Hillmon (9)| Haley Jones (5)| State Farm Arena
17,575| 6–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 15| June 23| New York| L 75–96| Tina Charles (19)| Haley Jones (8)| Gray, Jones (4)| Gateway Center Arena
3,260| 6–9|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 16| June 28| @ Connecticut| W 78–74| Allisha Gray (17)| Charles, Jones (6)| Jordin Canada (6)| Mohegan Sun Arena
7,008| 7–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 17| June 30| @ New York| L 75–81| Allisha Gray (24)| Tina Charles (12)| Jordin Canada (9)| Barclays Center
10,823| 7–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 18| July 2| Chicago| L 77–85| Charles, Gray (19)| Tina Charles (14)| Jordin Canada (7)| Gateway Center Arena
3,260| 7–11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 19| July 5| @ Dallas| L 82–85| rowspan=2| Allisha Gray (19)| Tina Charles (8)| Allisha Gray (8)| College Park Center
5,872| 7–12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 20| July 7| @ Connecticut| L 67–80| Laeticia Amihere (8)| Tina Charles (4)| Mohegan Sun Arena
7,527| 7–13|- style="background:#fcc;"| 21| July 10| @ Chicago| L 69–78| Allisha Gray (20)| Cheyenne Parker-Tyus (8)| Maya Caldwell (4)| Wintrust Arena
9,025| 7–14|- style="background:#fcc;"| 22| July 12| Las Vegas| L 70–84| Cheyenne Parker-Tyus (17)| Tina Charles (12)| Destanni Henderson (5)| Gateway Center Arena
3,344| 7–15|- style="background:#fcc;"| 23| July 14| @ Seattle| L 70–81| Maya Caldwell (19)| Parker-Tyus, Powers (8)| Maya Caldwell (4)| Climate Pledge Arena
10,036| 7–16|- style="background:#fcc;"| 24| July 17| @ Minnesota| L 79–86| Cheyenne Parker-Tyus (16)| Rhyne Howard (9)| Destanni Henderson (4)| Target Center
15,013| 7–17|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 25| August 16| Seattle| W 83–81| Rhyne Howard (30)| Naz Hillmon (13)| Jordin Canada (8)| Gateway Center Arena
3,260| 8–17|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 26| August 18| Connecticut| W 82–70| Tina Charles (22)| Tina Charles (15)| Jordin Canada (6)| Gateway Center Arena
3,330| 9–17|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 27| August 21| Phoenix| W 72–63| Allisha Gray (21)| Tina Charles (17)| Jordin Canada (6)| Gateway Center Arena
3,260| 10–17|-| 28| August 23| Phoenix| | | | | Gateway Center Arena
| |-| 29| August 26| Indiana| | | | | State Farm Arena
| |-| 30| August 28| @ Seattle| | | | | Climate Pledge Arena
| |-| 31| August 30| @ Las Vegas| | | | | Michelob Ultra Arena
| |-| 32| September 1| @ Los Angeles| | | | | Crypto.com Arena
| |-| 33| September 3| @ Phoenix| | | | | Footprint Center
| |-| 34| September 6| Dallas| | | | | Gateway Center Arena
| |-| 35| September 8| @ Indiana| | | | | Gainbridge Fieldhouse
| |-| 36| September 10| Minnesota| | | | | Gateway Center Arena
| |-| 37| September 13| Washington| | | | | Gateway Center Arena
| |-| 38| September 15| @ Washington| | | | | Entertainment and Sports Arena
| |-| 39| September 17| Chicago| | | | | Gateway Center Arena
| |-| 40| September 19| @ New York| | | | | Barclays Center
|

Statistics

Regular Season

^‡Waived/Released during the season
^†Traded during the season
^≠Acquired during the season

External links

• The Official Site of the Atlanta Dream

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2024 Schedule - Atlanta Dream. dream.wnba.com. WNBA. February 17, 2024.
2. Web site: WNBA Transactions . acrossthetimeline.com . Across The Timeline . 20 April 2024.
3. Web site: Iliana Rupert To Sit Out 2024 WNBA Season. dream.wnba.com. WNBA. January 24, 204. February 17, 2024.
4. Web site: Dream acquire 2-time WNBA steals leader Canada and send McDonald to Sparks in swap of guards. apnews.com. Associated Press. February 1, 204. February 17, 2024.
5. Web site: Atlanta Dream Sign Tina Charles and Aerial Powers; Re-sign Nia Coffey. dream.wnba.com. WNBA. February 1, 204. February 17, 2024.
6. Web site: Atlanta Dream Sign Khadijiah Cave to Training Camp Contract . dream.wnba.com . WNBA . 20 April 2024.
7. Web site: Atlanta Dream Sign Forward/Center Lorela Cubaj to Training Camp Contrac. dream.wnba.com. WNBA. March 25, 204. March 26, 2024.
8. Web site: WNBA’s Atlanta Dream Sign Three Players to Training Camp Contracts. dream.wnba.com. WNBA. April 19, 2024. April 19, 2024.
9. RachGall. April 27, 2024 . 1784339588430889415. The Atlanta Dream have renounced the rights to AD Durr making them an unrestricted free agent, multiple sources confirm to @Winsidr.
10. Web site: Atlanta Dream Sign Guard Destanni Henderson to Training Camp Contract. dream.wnba.com. WNBA. April 28, 2024. April 29, 2024.
11. Web site: Dallas Wings Announce Roster Transaction . wings.wnba.com . WNBA . 4 May 2024.
12. 1786862018063925329. ATLDreamPR. May 4, 2024. May 5, 2024. Roster update: The Atlanta Dream have waived Taj Cole and Elizabeth Balogun, the organization announced today..
13. 1787965405656400166. ATLDreamPR. May 7, 2024. May 11, 2024. Roster Update: The Atlanta Dream have waived Khaalia Hillsman, the organization announced today..
14. 1789037744599027805. ATLDreamPR. May 10, 2024. May 11, 2024. The Atlanta Dream have waived Destanni Henderson and Khadijiah Cave, the organization announced today..
15. 1805994444023271931. ATLDreamPR. June 26, 2024. June 26, 2024. The Atlanta Dream have waived guard Crystal Dangerfield, the organization announced today..
16. Web site: Atlanta Dream Sign Guard Maya Caldwell. dream.wnba.com. WNBA. June 26, 2024. June 26, 2024.
17. 1809225822986793284. ATLDreamPR. July 4, 2024. July 5, 2024. The Atlanta Dream have signed guard Destanni Henderson to a seven-day hardship contract, the organization announced today..
18. Rosters Set for AT&T WNBA All-Star 2024 on July 20 . WNBA . July 2, 2024.