2021 Atlanta Dream season

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
2021 Atlanta Dream season
Head Coach Darius Taylor (Interim) (since July 24)
Mike Petersen (Interim) (before July 24)
Arena Gateway Center Arena
Attendance 1,347 per game
Results
Record 8–24
(.250)
Place 5th (Eastern)
Playoff Finish Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points Courtney Williams – 16.5
Rebounds Courtney Williams – 6.8
Assists Courtney Williams – 4.0
Atlanta Dream seasons
< 2020 2022 >

The 2021 WNBA season was the 14th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. The team began the season on May 14, 2021 at home against the Connecticut Sun.[1]

This was the first season that the Dream will play home games at the Gateway Center Arena at College Park. In the 2019 offseason the team elected to move from State Farm Arena. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 season was played at a neutral site.[2][3]

Mike Petersen began the season as interim head coach, but stepped down on July 24 due to health reasons. Darius Taylor took over as interim coach through the end of the regular season.[4]

The Dream began the season by losing their first two games, but then going on a four game winning streak. That win streak was followed by a four game losing streak. After winning their next game, the Dream were 5–6 through their first eleven games. However, the Dream could only win one more of their next eight games to go into the Olympic break with a record of 6–13. The team's struggles continued after the break as they lost seven straight games. They did manage to win two of their last five games to finish with an 8–24 record.

Transactions

WNBA draft

<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

See also: 2021 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country
1 3 Aari McDonald  United States Arizona
2 15 Raquel Carrera  Spain Valencia Basket (Spain)
3 27 Lindsey Pulliam  United States Northwestern

Trades and Roster Changes

Date Details
December 9, 2020 Exercised Team Options on Kalani Brown and Maite Cazorla[5]
January 2, 2021 Extended a Qualifying Offer to Kaela Davis, Jaylyn Agnew, and Blake Dietrick[6]
February 1, 2021 Signed Cheyenne Parker[7]
February 4, 2021 Signed Tianna Hawkins[8]
February 5, 2021 Renounced the rights to Kobi Thornton[9]
February 9, 2021 Renee Montgomery announced her Retirement[10]
February 13, 2021 Traded a 3rd round pick in the 2022 WNBA draft to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Yvonne Turner[11]
February 21, 2021 Signed Kaela Davis to a training-camp contract[12]
Waived Mikayla Pivec and Brittany Brewer
February 22, 2021 Signed Shatori Walker-Kimbrough[13]
March 1, 2021 Signed Odyssey Sims[14]
April 17, 2021 Signed Crystal Bradford and Mikayla Cowling to training camp contracts[15]
April 18, 2021 Signed Aari McDonald and Lindsey Pulliam[16]
May 3, 2021 Mike Petersen promoted to interim head coach after Nicki Collen leaves for Baylor[17]
May 5, 2021 Waived Yvonne Turner.[18]
May 9, 2021 Waived Kaela Davis and Lindsey Pulliam[19]
May 13, 2021 Waived Shatori Walker-Kimbrough and Mikayla Cowling[20]
May 26, 2021 Waived Kalani Brown[21]
July 6, 2021 Temporarily Suspend Chennedy Carter
July 26, 2021 Signed Candice Dupree.[22]
August 14, 2021 Cheyenne Parker moved to the Inactive List due to Pregnancy
August 24, 2021 Signed Blake Dietrick.[23]

Roster

2021 Atlanta Dream roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From
F 25 United States Billings, Monique 6' 4" (1.93m) 192 lb (87kg) 05-02-1996 UCLA 3
G 9 United States Bradford, Crystal 6' 0" (1.83m) 170 lb (77kg) 11-01-1993 Central Michigan 1
G 3 United States Carter, Chennedy (S) 5' 9" (1.75m) 143 lb (65kg) 11-14-1998 Texas A&M 1
G 11 United States Dietrick, Blake 5' 10" (1.78m) 169 lb (77kg) 07-19-1993 Princeton 4
F 24 United States Dupree, Candice 6' 2" (1.88m) 178 lb (81kg) 08-16-1984 Temple 15
F 21 United States Hawkins, Tianna 6' 3" (1.91m) 186 lb (84kg) 03-02-1991 Maryland 7
G 15 United States Hayes, Tiffany 5' 10" (1.78m) 155 lb (70kg) 09-29-1989 Connecticut 8
G 4 United States McDonald, Aari 5' 6" (1.68m) 141 lb (64kg) 08-20-1998 Arizona R
F 32 United States Parker, Cheyenne 6' 4" (1.93m) 193 lb (88kg) 08-22-1993 Middle Tennessee 6
G 0 United States Sims, Odyssey 5' 8" (1.73m) 163 lb (74kg) 07-13-1992 Baylor 7
F 40 United States Stricklen, Shekinna 6' 2" (1.88m) 230 lb (104kg) 07-30-1990 Tennessee 8
G 10 United States Williams, Courtney 5' 8" (1.73m) 133 lb (60kg) 05-11-1994 South Florida 5
F/C 1 United States Williams, Elizabeth 6' 3" (1.91m) 200 lb (91kg) 06-23-1993 Duke 6
Head coach

United States Darius Taylor (Michigan

Assistant coaches

United States La'Keshia Frett (Georgia
United States Daynia La-Force (Georgetown)

Athletic trainer

United States Natalie Trotter

Strength and conditioning coach

United States Drew Williams

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Depth

Pos. Starter Bench
C Elizabeth Williams Cheyenne Parker
PF Monique Billings Candice Dupree
Tianna Hawkins
SF Tiffany Hayes Crystal Bradford
Shekinna Stricklen
SG Courtney Williams Blake Dietrick
PG Odyssey Sims Aari McDonald
Chennedy Carter

Schedule

Preseason

2021 pre-season game log
2021 pre-season schedule
  • The preseason game vs. Minnesota was a scrimmage. The second half gave both teams multiple possessions and was not played like a real game.[24]

Regular season

2021 game log
2021 season schedule

Standings

# Team W L PCT GB Conf. Home Road Cup
1 x – Connecticut Sun 26 6 .813 – 12–3 15–1 11–5 9–1
2 x – Las Vegas Aces 24 8 .750 2 11–4 13–3 11–5 6–4
3 x – Minnesota Lynx 22 10 .688 4 10–5 13–3 9–7 7–3
4 x – Seattle Storm 21 11 .656 5 9–6 11–5 10–6 8–2
5 x – Phoenix Mercury 19 13 .594 7 6–9 7–9 12–4 5–5
6 x – Chicago Sky 16 16 .500 10 10–5 6–10 10–6 6–4
7 x – Dallas Wings 14 18 .438 12 7–8 7–9 7–9 3–7
8 x – New York Liberty 12 20 .375 14 6–9 7–9 5–11 5–5
9 e – Washington Mystics 12 20 .375 14 7–8 8–8 4–12 4–6
10 e – Los Angeles Sparks 12 20 .375 14 2–13 8–8 4–12 1–9
11 e – Atlanta Dream 8 24 .250 18 6–9 4–12 4–12 4–6
12 e – Indiana Fever 6 26 .188 20 4–11 4–12 2–14 2–8

Notes

(#) – League Standing
x – Clinched playoff berth
e – Eliminated from playoff contention
Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings


Statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per game Team leader League leader

Regular season

Source:[25]

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Courtney Williams 32 32 34.4 41.8 38.2 64.2 6.8 4.0 1.1 0.5 16.5
Tiffany Hayes 21 19 28.3 43.8 40.5 85.3 3.2 3.0 1.6 0.2 14.7
Chennedy Carter 11 11 25.5 45.5 11.1 87.5 1.3 3.3 0.7 0.4 14.2
Crystal Bradford 24 9 18.3 42.9 35.8 46.2 3.8 1.5 1.2 0.4 8.8
Odyssey Sims 30 21 25.1 37.0 23.2 72.9 2.5 3.6 1.2 0.1 8.7
Monique Billings 31 9 23.8 49.5 0.0 67.5 6.5 1.0 1.2 1.0 8.1
Candice Dupree 10 4 20.3 43.4 0.0 63.6 3.8 0.6 0.5 0.2 7.3
Aari McDonald 30 4 16.4 32.2 30.8 88.2 1.6 2.0 0.8 0.2 6.3
Elizabeth Williams 32 32 23.8 51.6 0.0 50.9 4.9 1.2 1.1 1.3 5.8
Tianna Hawkins 28 8 15.5 39.7 24.2 91.3 3.1 0.6 0.4 0.5 4.9
Shekinna Stricklen 24 0 9.8 25.9 21.2 40.0 0.9 0.3 0.4 0.2 2.5
Blake Dietrick 9 0 15.7 29.6 31.3 0.0 1.6 1.2 0.6 0.1 2.3

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Courtney Williams WNBA All-Star Selection June 30 [26]
Aari McDonald WNBA All-Rookie Team October 5 [27]

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  19. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  20. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  21. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  22. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  23. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  24. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  25. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  26. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  27. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=2021_Atlanta_Dream_season&oldid=727387604"