WNBA team season
The 2009 WNBA season was the 2nd season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association . The Dream qualified for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. However, they were eliminated by the Detroit Shock in a sweep in the first round.
Houston Comets Dispersal Draft [ edit ] With the Houston Comets ceasing operation and based on the 2008 records of teams, the Dream selected 1st in the Dispersal Draft .[ 1]
Trades and Roster Changes [ edit ] Date Trade December 8, 2008 Traded a First Round Pick in the 2009 WNBA draft to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for the rights to Chamique Holdsclaw [ 2] January 2, 2009 Extended Qualifying Offers to Kasha Terry , Yelena Leuchanka , and Jennifer Lacy January 12, 2009 Signed Nikki Teasley [ 3] January 14, 2009 Waived Ann Strother and Chioma Nnamaka [ 4] Rescinded the Qualifying Offer to Kasha Terry January 21, 2009 Traded Alison Bales to the Phoenix Mercury for a Second Round Pick in the 2009 WNBA draft [ 5] February 3, 2009 Waived Betty Lennox [ 6] February 4, 2009 Waived Kasha Terry [ 7] February 11, 2009 Signed Chantelle Anderson to a Training Camp Contract[ 8] February 17, 2009 Signed Jennifer Lacy to a Training Camp Contract February 18, 2009 Signed Michelle Snow to a Training Camp Contract[ 9] April 8, 2009 Waived Katie Mattera [ 10] April 9, 2009 Traded a Second Round Pick in the 2009 WNBA draft to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Ashley Shields [ 11] April 13, 2009 Waived Kristin Haynie April 14, 2009 Signed Angel McCoughtry , Shalee Lehning , and Jessica Morrow to Rookie Scale Contracts April 20, 2009 Signed Chamique Holdsclaw [ 12] April 28, 2009 Waived Ashley Shields [ 13] May 11, 2009 Waived Jessica Morrow May 12, 2009 Signed Marlies Gipson to a Training Camp Contract May 15, 2009 Signed Coco Miller [ 14] May 29, 2009 Waived Marlies Gipson May 31, 2009 Waived Chantelle Anderson [ 15] June 3, 2009 Waived Ivory Latta [ 16] July 3, 2009 Waived Nikki Teasley Signed Ivory Latta [ 17] August 12, 2009 Traded Tamera Young to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Armintie Price [ 18]
2009 Atlanta Dream Roster Players Coaches Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From G/F 8 Castro Marques, Iziane 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 140 lb (64 kg) Brazil F/C 14 DeSouza, Erika 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Brazil F 1 Holdsclaw, Chamique 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 172 lb (78 kg) Tennessee F 21 Lacy, Jennifer 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Pepperdine G 12 Latta, Ivory 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 143 lb (65 kg) North Carolina G 5 Lehning, Shalee 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 147 lb (67 kg) Kansas State F 20 Lyttle, Sancho 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 143 lb (65 kg) Houston F 35 McCoughtry, Angel 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Louisville SG 9 Miller, Coco 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 140 lb (64 kg) Georgia G/F 22 Price, Armintie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 133 lb (60 kg) Mississippi C 2 Snow, Michelle 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 158 lb (72 kg) Tennessee
Head coach Assistant coaches Athletic trainer Kara Dolling Strength and conditioning coach Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured
2009 Preseason Schedule Total: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
2009 Regular Season Total: 18–16 (Home: 12–5; Road: 6–11) June: 4–6 (Home: 3–3; Road: 1–3)
Game Date Time Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 June 6 7:00pm Indiana 87-86 (2OT) Holdsclaw (23) de Souza (17) Holdsclaw , Teasley (4) Philips Arena 8,709 1-0 2 June 7 4:00pm @ Washington 71-77 Miller (17) de Souza (6) Lehning (4) Verizon Center 11,759 1-1 3 June 12 8:30pm @ Chicago CN100 NBA TV 73-81 Castro Marques (20) de Souza (8) Miller (4) UIC Pavilion 5,689 1-2 4 June 14 3:00pm @ Connecticut 67-62 Lyttle (20) Lyttle (16) Teasley (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,429 2-2 5 June 19 7:30pm Washington 93-81 Lyttle (20) Lyttle (13) Teasley (4) Philips Arena 6,050 3-2 6 June 21 3:00pm New York 81-93 Holdsclaw (17) Lyttle (9) Teasley (5) Philips Arena 5,624 3-3 7 June 23 12:00pm Chicago 98-99 (OT) McCoughtry (26) de Souza (7) McCoughtry (8) Philips Arena 10,351 3-4 8 June 26 7:30pm Detroit 96-86 Holdsclaw (28) de Souza (13) Teasley (11) Philips Arena 5,935 4-4 9 June 27 7:00pm @ Connecticut 68-82 Castro Marques (16) Snow (9) Lehning (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,264 4-5 10 June 30 7:00pm Minnesota ESPN2 85-91 Castro Marques (31) de Souza (10) Lehning (4) Philips Arena 7,686 4-6
July: 5–4 (Home: 3–0; Road: 2–4)
Game Date Time Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 11 July 3 7:30pm Washington 72-65 Holdsclaw (18) Lacy , Snow (8) Holdsclaw (8) Philips Arena 5,456 5-6 12 July 5 6:00pm @ Indiana 74-78 Lyttle (18) de Souza (8) Lehning , McCoughtry (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,024 5-7 13 July 7 7:30pm Connecticut 72-67 Holdsclaw (19) de Souza (17) Lehning (7) Philips Arena 6,225 6-7 14 July 11 7:30pm @ New York 69-71 Castro Marques (18) Castro Marques , de Souza , Holdsclaw (8) Castro Marques (6) Madison Square Garden 8,732 6-8 15 July 15 1:00pm @ Minnesota FSN-N 91-77 Holdsclaw (28) Lyttle (10) Lehning (5) Target Center 11,245 7-8 16 July 17 7:00pm @ Indiana 79-84 de Souza (23) de Souza (14) Castro Marques , Lehning (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,975 7-9 17 July 19 4:00pm @ New York 86-89 Holdsclaw (26) de Souza (10) de Souza (3) Madison Square Garden 8,560 7-10 18 July 22 12:00pm @ Detroit 98-95 (OT) Latta (22) Snow (12) Holdsclaw (4) Palace of Auburn Hills 14,439 8-10 19 July 30 7:30pm Phoenix 106-76 McCoughtry (17) de Souza (14) Lehning (5) Philips Arena 7,827 9-10
August: 6–4 (Home: 5–2; Road: 1–2)
Game Date Time Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 20 August 1 7:00pm New York NBA TV MSG 89-83 Holdsclaw (18) Holdsclaw , Lyttle (7) Latta , Lehning (3) Philips Arena 6,103 10-10 21 August 6 8:00pm @ San Antonio 92-84 Holdsclaw (21) Lyttle (10) Lehning (7) AT&T Center 5,042 11-10 22 August 8 7:00pm Chicago 80-82 Latta (18) de Souza (15) Latta , Miller (3) Philips Arena 5,424 11-11 23 August 13 7:30pm Detroit 80-75 Castro Marques (16) de Souza (13) Lehning (5) Philips Arena 5,641 12-11 24 August 15 7:00pm Seattle 88-79 Lyttle (20) de Souza (12) Lehning (6) Philips Arena 8,751 13-11 25 August 20 7:30pm San Antonio 93-87 McCoughtry (34) de Souza (11) Lehning (6) Philips Arena 5,848 14-11 26 August 23 3:00pm Los Angeles 87-91 Castro Marques (26) de Souza (9) Castro Marques , Lehning (4) Philips Arena 11,304 14-12 27 August 25 7:30pm Sacramento 103-83 Castro Marques (30) Lyttle (9) Lehning (10) Philips Arena 5,159 15-12 28 August 27 7:30pm @ Detroit 83-87 Castro Marques (19) de Souza (13) McCoughtry (5) Palace of Auburn Hills 5,695 15-13 29 August 29 10:00pm @ Seattle 84-91 (2OT) McCoughtry (16) Lyttle (11) Lehning , McCoughtry (4) KeyArena 9,089 15-14
September: 3–2 (Home: 1–0; Road: 2–2)
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess
2009 Postseason Schedule Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Detroit (Lost Series 0-2)
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