The 2023 Atlanta Dream season was the 16th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association, and their second season under head coach Tanisha Wright.

The Dream secured the third overall pick in the 2023 WNBA draft in the 2023 Draft Lottery. They entered the lottery with the 2nd best odds to get the first overall pick.

Former assistant coach Christie Sides from the 2022 season left the team in the offseason after she was named the new head coach of the Indiana Fever.

The Dream alternated losses and wins to begin the season and finished May with a 2–2 overall record. The pattern did not carry over into June where the team lost its first three games of the month. However, fortunes turned as the Dream won their next three. Again, the team was streaky, and lost their next three games. They won the final game of the month to finish with a 4–6 record in June. The Dream carried that momentum into July as they won six straight games to start the month, and extended their winning streak to seven games. They lost two games back to back against Connecticut but won two of their last three in the month to finish July 8–3. The Dream's good form did not carry over into August as they lost their first two games of the month. They did pick up a win before losing their next three. After stopping that losing streak with a win against Chicago, the Dream lost their next three games before ending the month with a win. A 3–8 August record left them in the hunt for a playoff spot entering the final month. They started September with an overtime loss against Minnesota before winning their next two games. The first of those wins secured them a playoff spot. They lost the final game of the regular season and finished in a three-way tie for fifth place. They finished September with a 2–2 record, which made their season record 19–21.

The Dream won the tiebreakers over both Minnesota and Washington. The tiebreaker was combined regular season record, where the Dream were 5–2. The Dream earned the fifth seed for the playoffs, which meant they would face off against the fourth seed Dallas Wings. In the first game, in Dallas, the Dream kept the game close, but ultimately came up short losing 82–94. The second game in Dallas was not as close and the Dream lost 74–101 to end their season. Their nineteen regular season wins were their highest total since 2018 and their playoff qualification was only their second in the last eight years.

Transactions WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 6 Haley Jones Stanford 1 8 Laeticia Amihere South Carolina 2 15 Leigha Brown Michigan

Transactions DateTransaction December 20, 2022 Extended Head Coach Tanisha Wright and General Manager Dan Padover to 5 Year Extensions January 13, 2023 Extended Qualifying Offers to AD Durr and Beatrice Mompremier Traded Kristy Wallace to the Indiana Fever in exchange for Danielle Robinson January 21, 2023 Traded the #3 Overall Pick in the 2023 WNBA draft and a First-Round Pick in 2025 to the Dallas Wings in exchange for Allisha Gray February 1, 2023 Signed Nia Coffey and AD Durr February 3, 2023 Signed Monique Billings February 9, 2023 Traded Tiffany Hayes to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for the 6th Overall Pick in the 2023 WNBA draft Hired Vickie Johnson as Assistant Coach February 11, 2023 Claimed and Awarded Iliana Rupert of a Waivers February 21, 2023 Signed Beatrice Mompremier to the Qualifying Offer - Training Camp Contract February 24, 2023 Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on Aari McDonald March 3, 2023 Signed Mikayla Pivec to a Training Camp Contract March 7, 2023 Signed Allisha Gray to a Contract Extension March 8, 2023 Signed Lorela Cubaj to a Training Camp Contract March 9, 2023 Signed Cheyenne Parker to a Contract Extension April 13, 2023 Signed Laeticia Amihere to a Rookie Scale Contract April 17, 2023 Waived Beatrice Mompremier April 18, 2023 Signed Haley Jones and Leigha Brown to Rookie Scale Contracts April 20, 2023 Signed Alaina Coates to a Training Camp Contract May 5, 2023 Waived Alaina Coates and Mikayla Pivec May 16, 2023 Traded Leigha Brown to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for a 2025 third-round pick May 18, 2023 Temporarily suspended the contract of Iliana Rupert due to Overseas Commitments June 3, 2023 Waived Lorela Cubaj June 5, 2023 Signed Taylor Mikesell July 3, 2023 Waived Taylor Mikesell July 4, 2023 Activated the temporarily suspended contract of Iliana Rupert due to Overseas Commitments

Roster Changes

Additions

PersonnelSigned/TradeFormer Team Danielle Robinson Trade Indiana Fever Allisha Gray Trade Dallas Wings Laeticia Amihere Draft Pick 2023 Draft Pick Haley Jones Draft Pick 2023 Draft Pick Iliana Rupert Waiver Claim Las Vegas Aces

Subtractions PersonnelReasonNew Team Christie Sides New Job - Head Coach Indiana Fever Kristy Wallace Traded Indiana Fever Tiffany Hayes Traded Connecticut Sun Maya Caldwell Free Agency Indiana Fever Erica Wheeler Free Agency Indiana Fever Kaila Charles Free Agency Seattle Storm Beatrice Mompremier Waived - Kia Vaughn Retired -

Roster

Depth Pos.StarterBench PG Danielle Robinson Aari McDonald SG Allisha Gray Haley Jones SF Rhyne Howard AD Durr PF Nia Coffey Naz HillmonLaeticia Amihere C Cheyenne Parker Monique BillingsIliana Rupert

Schedule

Preseason

| 1 | May 10 | @ Washington | L 76–88 | Allisha Gray (14) | Leigha Brown (8) | Haley Jones (6) | Entertainment and Sports Arena3,612 | 0–1 |- | 2 | May 14 | Connecticut | L 68–85 | Allisha Gray (12) | Cheyenne Parker (7) | Danielle Robinson (4) | Gateway Center ArenaN/A | 0–2

Regular season

| 1 | May 20 | @ Dallas | L 78–83 | Rhyne Howard (20) | Cheyenne Parker (11) | Allisha Gray (7) | College Park Center5,588 | 0–1 |- | 2 | May 23 | @ Minnesota | W 83–77 | Allisha Gray (26) | Allisha Gray (10) | HowardMcDonald (6) | Target Center7,803 | 1–1 |- | 3 | May 28 | Indiana | L 87–90 | Rhyne Howard (23) | Cheyenne Parker (6) | Allisha Gray (4) | Gateway Center Arena3,209 | 1–2 |- | 4 | May 30 | Chicago | W 83–65 | Rhyne Howard (20) | CoffeyParker (8) | CoffeyHillmon (4) | Gateway Center Arena2,562 | 2–2

| 5 | June 2 | Las Vegas | L 87–92 | Cheyenne Parker (25) | Cheyenne Parker (11) | Aari McDonald (7) | Gateway Center Arena3,209 | 2–3 |- | 6 | June 9 | New York | L 83–106 | Allisha Gray (17) | Cheyenne Parker (7) | Haley Jones (5) | Gateway Center Arena3,209 | 2–4 |- | 7 | June 11 | Connecticut | L 77–89 | Cheyenne Parker (20) | Cheyenne Parker (14) | Haley Jones (4) | Gateway Center Arena2,690 | 2–5 |- | 8 | June 13 | @ New York | W 86–79 | Allisha Gray (16) | Cheyenne Parker (11) | Rhyne Howard (4) | Barclays Center5,719 | 3–5 |- | 9 | June 15 | @ Connecticut | W 92–88 (OT) | Allisha Gray (27) | Allisha Gray (10) | Haley Jones (9) | Mohegan Sun Arena4,316 | 4–5 |- | 10 | June 18 | @ Indiana | W 100–94 | Allisha Gray (25) | Cheyenne Parker (7) | Nia Coffey (6) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse4,024 | 5–5 |- | 11 | June 20 | @ Dallas | L 73–85 | HowardParker (15) | Monique Billings (7) | JonesGray (4) | College Park Center3,392 | 5–6 |- | 12 | June 23 | New York | L 80–110 | Rhyne Howard (24) | Monique Billings (9) | Haley Jones (3) | Gateway Center Arena3,209 | 5–7 |- | 13 | June 28 | @ Washington | L 86–109 | Cheyenne Parker (23) | Cheyenne Parker (8) | Danielle Robinson (6) | Entertainment and Sports Arena3,624 | 5–8 |- | 14 | June 30 | Washington | W 94–89 | Allisha Gray (26) | Monique Billings (6) | Rhyne Howard (8) | Gateway Center Arena3,209 | 6–8

| 15 | July 2 | Los Angeles | W 112–84 | Rhyne Howard (43) | Naz Hillmon (7) | JonesRobinson (5) | Gateway Center Arena3,209 | 7–8 |- | 16 | July 5 | @ Los Angeles | W 90–79 | Allisha Gray (23) | Cheyenne Parker (11) | GrayHowardRobinson (6) | Crypto.com Arena5,912 | 8–8 |- | 17 | July 7 | @ Chicago | W 82–68 | Allisha Gray (21) | Cheyenne Parker (10) | Danielle Robinson (6) | Wintrust Arena7,911 | 9–8 |- | 18 | July 9 | @ Chicago | W 88–77 | Rhyne Howard (32) | Cheyenne Parker (11) | Danielle Robinson (6) | Wintrust Arena7,325 | 10–8 |- | 19 | July 12 | Seattle | W 85–75 | Allisha Gray (19) | Nia Coffey (7) | HowardRobinson (5) | Gateway Center Arena2,546 | 11–8 |- | 20 | July 18 | Minnesota | W 82–73 | Rhyne Howard (21) | Nia Coffey (10) | Rhyne Howard (7) | Gateway Center Arena2,394 | 12–8 |- | 21 | July 20 | @ Connecticut | L 71–82 | Rhyne Howard (22) | Nia Coffey (13) | Allisha Gray (7) | Mohegan Sun Arena8,054 | 12–9 |- | 22 | July 22 | Connecticut | L 78–86 | Rhyne Howard (22) | Cheyenne Parker (8) | GrayHowardRupert (2) | Gateway Center Arena3,209 | 12–10 |- | 23 | July 25 | Phoenix | W 78–65 | DurrGray (12) | Iliana Rupert (7) | Haley Jones (5) | Gateway Center Arena3,209 | 13–10 |- | 24 | July 27 | @ New York | L 84–95 | Allisha Gray (25) | Allisha Gray (8) | Allisha Gray (6) | Barclays Center6,206 | 13–11 |- | 25 | July 30 | Washington | W 80–73 | Allisha Gray (27) | Nia Coffey (9) | CoffeyMcDonald (5) | Gateway Center Arena3,209 | 14–11

| 26 | August 1 | @ Las Vegas | L 72–93 | Cheyenne Parker (19) | Cheyenne Parker (5) | Rhyne Howard (6) | Michelob Ultra Arena8,366 | 14–12 |- | 27 | August 3 | @ Phoenix | L 71–91 | Cheyenne Parker (20) | Cheyenne Parker (7) | Aari McDonald (5) | Footprint Center7,564 | 14–13 |- | 28 | August 6 | Indiana | W 82–73 | Rhyne Howard (24) | Cheyenne Parker (6) | Allisha Gray (4) | Gateway Center Arena3,209 | 15–13 |- | 29 | August 10 | @ Seattle | L 67–68 | Rhyne Howard (20) | Monique Billings (11) | GrayMcDonald (3) | Climate Pledge Arena7,649 | 15–14 |- | 30 | August 12 | @ Los Angeles | L 74–85 | HowardParker (17) | Cheyenne Parker (7) | Danielle Robinson (5) | Crypto.com Arena7,119 | 15–15 |- | 31 | August 13 | @ Las Vegas | L 65–86 | Allisha Gray (19) | Nia Coffey (10) | HowardParker (4) | Michelob Ultra Arena8,564 | 15–16 |- | 32 | August 18 | Chicago | W 78–67 | Cheyenne Parker (29) | GrayParker (7) | McDonaldRobinson (7) | Gateway Center Arena2,957 | 16–16 |- | 33 | August 22 | Las Vegas | L 100–112 | Rhyne Howard (27) | HowardJones (6) | HowardJonesRobinson (5) | Gateway Center Arena3,209 | 16–17 |- | 34 | August 25 | Los Angeles | L 78–83 | Cheyenne Parker (22) | Monique Billings (10) | Aari McDonald (5) | Gateway Center Arena2,957 | 16–18 |- | 35 | August 27 | @ Indiana | L 80–83 | Cheyenne Parker (24) | Cheyenne Parker (10) | Allisha Gray (4) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse4,034 | 16–19 |- | 36 | August 29 | Phoenix | W 94–76 | Cheyenne Parker (25) | BillingsHowardParker (7) | Rhyne Howard (6) | Gateway Center Arena2,785 | 17–19

| 37 | September 1 | @ Minnesota | L 85–91 (OT) | Cheyenne Parker (20) | Monique Billings (10) | Rhyne Howard (6) | Target Center7,114 | 17–20 |- | 38 | September 6 | Seattle | W 79–68 | Allisha Gray (18) | Monique Billings (14) | HowardMcDonald (7) | Gateway Center Arena2,731 | 18–20 |- | 39 | September 8 | @ Washington | W 80–75 | Rhyne Howard (21) | Rhyne Howard (12) | Rhyne Howard (4) | Entertainment and Sports Arena4,210 | 19–20 |- | 40 | September 10 | Dallas | L 77–94 | Rhyne Howard (19) | Monique Billings (7) | Rhyne Howard (7) | Gateway Center Arena3,207 | 19–21

Playoffs

| 1 | September 15 | @ Dallas | L 82–94 | Rhyne Howard (36) | BillingsParker (8) | RobinsonParker (4) | College Park Center 5,053 | 0–1 |- | 2 | September 19 | @ Dallas | L 74–101 | Rhyne Howard (21) | Allisha Gray (7) | Allisha Gray (6) | College Park Center 4,798 | 0–2

Standings

Playoffs

Statistics

Regular season