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. 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.
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WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country 1 7 Brittney Sykes Syracuse 2 19 Jordan Reynolds Tennessee 3 31 Oderah Chidom Duke
Trades and Roster Changes DateTransaction January 3, 2017 Cored Angel McCoughtry Extended Qualifying Offers to Layshia Clarendon and Meighan Simmons January 4, 2017 Angel McCoughtry announced that she will miss the 2017 season due to Rest January 24, 2017 Waived Carla Cortijo January 26, 2017 Traded Reshanda Gray to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for Aneika Henry-Morello February 1, 2017 Signed Layshia Clarendon and Brianna Kiesel Signed Meighan Simmons and Nirra Fields to training-camp contracts February 7, 2017 Signed Markeisha Gatling to a training-camp contract February 9, 2017 Signed Whitney Knight to a training-camp contract February 22, 2017 Signed Rachel Jarry to a training-camp contract March 17, 2017 Signed Darxia Morris to a training-camp contract April 11, 2017 Signed Sarah Imovbioh to a training-camp contract April 17, 2017 Signed Jordan Reynolds to a rookie-scale contract Signed Peyton Little to a training-camp contract April 19, 2017 Signed Brittney Sykes to a Rookie Scale Contract April 20, 2017 Signed Oderah Chidom to a rookie-scale contract April 28, 2017 Waived Peyton Little and Nirra Fields May 3, 2017 Waived Markeisha Gatling and Jordan Reynolds May 6, 2017 Waived Sarah Imovbioh, Rachel Jarry, Whitney Knight, and Oderah Chidom Signed Tyaunna Marshall May 11, 2017 Waived Darxia Morris and Tyaunna Marshall June 7, 2017 Temporarily Suspend Sancho Lyttle due to Overseas Commitments June 8, 2017 Traded a 2nd round pick in the 2018 WNBA draft to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for Jordan Hooper June 25, 2017 Waived Brianna Kiesel and Rachel Hollivay June 26, 2017 Activated Sancho Lyttle from the Temporary Suspension List Signed Darxia Morris July 6, 2017 Waived Meighan Simmons July 17, 2017 Waived Darxia Morris Signed Chelsea Hopkins to a 7-day contract July 24, 2017 Signed Chelsea Hopkins to a 2nd 7-day contract July 31, 2017 Traded Jordan Hooper and a 1st round pick in the 2018 WNBA draft to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Imani McGee-Stafford, Tamera Young, and a 2nd round pick in the 2018 WNBA draft
Roster
Depth Pos.StarterBench C Elizabeth Williams Imani Boyette PF Sancho Lyttle Damiris DantasAneika Henry-Morello SF Brittney Sykes Bria Holmes SG Tiffany Hayes Tamera Young PG Layshia Clarendon Matee Ajavon
Schedule Preseason
|- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 1 || May 5 || Minnesota || L 67-113 || Holmes (13) || Tied (5) || Sykes (4) || Xcel Energy Center5,132 || 0-1
Regular season
|- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 || May 13 || Connecticut || W 81–74 || Hayes (19) || Williams (9) || Tied (3) || Mohegan Sun Arena6,444 || 1-0 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 2 || May 19 || Chicago || W 91-83 || Hayes (23) || Williams (11) || Clarendon (11) || Allstate Arena 6,631 || 2-0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 || May 21 || Chicago || L 75-71 || Tied (17) || Williams (13) || Clarendon (9) || McCamish Pavilion 4,859 || 2-1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 4 || May 27 || Los Angeles || W 75-73 || Hayes (24) || Williams (9) || Clarendon (12) || McCamish Pavilion 4,253 || 3-1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 5 || May 31 || San Antonio || W 77-70 || Hayes (16) || Williams (9) || Clarendon (8) || McCamish Pavilion 3,813 || 4-1
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 6 || June 4 || Washington || L 72–78 || Hayes (24) || Williams (9) || Tied (9) || Verizon Center5,320 || 4-2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 || June 7 || New York || L 61-76 || Tied (14) || Lyttle (12) || Tied (3) || Madison Square Garden14,816 || 4-3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 8 || June 10 || Connecticut || L 71-104 || Dantas (16) || Williams (9) || Clarendon (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena5,327 || 4-4 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 9 || June 13 || Seattle || W 91-86 || Dantas (22) || Clarendon (8) || Clarendon (6) || KeyArena 4,352 || 5-4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 10 || June 15 || Indiana || L 74-85 || Tied (17) || Dantas (8) || Clarendon (8) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,830 || 5-5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 11 || June 23 || Chicago || L 78-82 || Williams (20) || Williams (10) || Clarendon (5) || McCamish Pavilion 4,237 || 5-6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 12 || June 30 || Los Angeles || L 76-85 || Hayes (18) || Tied (5) || Tied 6 || McCamish Pavilion 4,119 || 5-6
|- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 13 || July 2 || New York || W 81-72 || Sykes (19) || Sykes (9) || Clarendon (9) ||McCamish Pavilion 3,521 || 6-7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 14 || July 5 || Dallas || L 84-94 || Hayes (16) || Dantas (9) || Clarendon (8) || College Park Center 3,555 || 6-8 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 15 || July 7 || Indiana || W 89-68 || Clarendon (27) || Clarendon (8) || Clarendon (6) || McCamish Pavilion 3,359 || 7-8 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 16 || July 9 || Dallas || W 98-78 || Hayes (19) || Sykes (8) || Clarendon (8) || McCamish Pavilion 4,019 || 8-8 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 17 || July 12 || Phoenix || L 84-89 || Clarendon (21) || Williams (10) || Clarendon (10) || Talking Stick Resort Arena 9,342 || 8-9 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 18 || July 15 || Seattle || L 84-90 || Hayes (19) || Dantas (9) || Clarendon (8) || KeyArena 6,993 || 8-10 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 19 || July 18 || San Antonio || W 88-75 || Hayes (25) || Lyttle (10) || Clarendon (7) || McCamish Pavilion 7,413 || 9-10 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 20 || July 19 || Washington || L 96-100 || Sykes (27) || Lyttle (11) || Clarendon (8) || Verizon Center 15,597 || 9-11 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 21 || July 25 || Phoenix || W 99-91 || Sykes (20) || Sykes (13) || Clarendon (9) || McCamish Pavilion 4,053 || 10-11 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 22 || July 28 || Minnesota || L 80-90 || Hayes (25) || Lyttle (6) || Clarendon (8) || McCamish Pavilion 4,197 || 10-12 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 23 || July 30 || Washington || L 70-77 || Williams (18) || Lyttle (9) || Clarendon (10) || McCamish Pavilion 4,185 || 10-13
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 24 || August 3 || Minnesota || L 54-69 || Clarendon (18) || Lyttle (11) || Clarendon (5) || Xcel Energy Center 9,622 || 10-14 |- style="background:#fcc;" |25 || August 5 || Chicago || L 86-91 || Tied (13) || Williams (12) || Clarendon (5) || Allstate Arena 5,757 || 10-15 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 26 || August 8 || Minnesota || L 72-81 || Williams (16) || Tied (11) || Holmes (5) || McCamish Pavilion 4,006 || 10-16 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 27 || August 11 || New York || L 77-83 || Sykes (16) || Williams (6) || Clarendon (8) || McCamish Pavilion5,158 || 10-17 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 28 || August 12 || San Antonio || L 66-84 || Sykes (28) || Young (6) || Clarendon (5) || AT&T Center6,953 || 10-18 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 29 || August 15 || Connecticut || L 75-96 || Sykes (23) || Lyttle (9) || Clarendon (11) || McCamish Pavilion4,585 || 10-19 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 30 || August 19 || Dallas || L 86-90 || Hayes (22) || Tied (7) || Ajavon (4) || College Park Center 4,962 || 10-20 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 31 || August 23 || Seattle || W 89-83 || Lyttle (18) || Lyttle (8) || Clarendon (14) || McCamish Pavilion 4,878 || 11-20 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 32 || August 26 || Indiana || W 79-74 || Hayes (24) || Williams (15) || Tied (4) || McCamish Pavilion5,029 || 12-20
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 33 || September 1 || Los Angeles || L 56-81 || Hayes (19) || Williams (6) || Clarendon (2) || Staples Center12,163 || 12-21 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 34 || September 3 || Phoenix || L 70-84 || Sykes (33) || Tied (5) || Tied (2) || Talking Stick Resort Arena11,222 || 12-22
Standings
Statistics
Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Tiffany Hayes 33 33 30.0 43.6 37.2 85.4 3.8 2.4 1.2 0.2 16.3 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 87.9 3.8 6.6 0.9 0.1 10.7 Elizabeth Williams 34 34 31.4 48.7 0.0 65.9 7.2 1.4 1.1 2.0 10.4 Bria Holmes 32 13 22.2 37.8 18.9 64.0 2.9 1.8 0.7 0.2 7.8 Damiris Dantas 34 2 18.1 39.2 26.5 76.7 3.6 0.7 0.5 0.6 7.7 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 Jordan Hooper 15 0 6.8 40.0 42.9 75.0 0.9 0.2 0.3 0.0 3.1 Imani Boyette 10 0 9.0 54.2 0.0 50.0 2.9 0.2 0.1 0.7 2.9 Matee Ajavon 31 2 8.1 28.9 0.0 79.5 1.2 1.0 0.4 0.0 2.4 Aneika Henry-Morello 6 0 5.2 85.7 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 2.0 Meighan Simmons 11 0 3.8 25.0 14.3 71.4 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 1.7 Brianna Kiesel 9 0 8.3 20.0 11.1 70.0 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.1 1.6 Rachel Hollivay 7 1 4.9 66.7 0.0 50.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.3 Darxis Morris 5 0 4.2 33.3 100.0 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.0 Chelsea Hopkins 2 0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Awards and honors Recipient Award Date awarded Ref. Layshia Clarendon Eastern Conference Player of the Week May 22 Tiffany Hayes Eastern Conference Player of the Week June 2 Brittney Sykes Rookie of the Month Award - July August 1 Rookie of the Month Award - August September 5
References
External links THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE ATLANTA DREAM