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.
Transactions [ edit ] 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]
WNBA draft [ edit ] 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and Jennifer Lacy January 12, 2009 Signed Nikki Teasley [3] January 14, 2009 Waived Ann Strother and Chioma Nnamaka [4] Rescinded the Qualifying Offer to Kasha Terry January 21, 2009 Traded Alison Bales to the Phoenix Mercury for a Second Round Pick in the 2009 WNBA draft [5] February 3,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
Schedule [ edit ] 2009 Preseason Schedule Total: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
Regular season [ edit ] 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
Postseason [ edit ] 2009 Postseason Schedule Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Detroit (Lost Series 0-2)
Standings [ edit ] Playoffs [ edit ] Statistics [ edit ] Regular Season [ edit ] Playoffs [ edit ] Awards and honors [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ WNBA.com: Houston Comets dispersal draft ^ "Dream Acquires Rights To Chamique Holdsclaw" . oursportscentral.com . Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 6, 2022 . ^ "Dream Re-Signs Point Guard Nikki Teasley" . oursportscentral.com . Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 6, 2022 . ^ "DREAM WAIVES CHIOMA NNAMAKA and ANN STROTHER" . wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022 . ^ "Mercury Acquires Center Alison Bales" . wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022 . ^ "BYE BYE BETTY: Atlanta Dream waive nine-year veteran Lennox" . scoreatl.com . Score ATL. Retrieved July 6, 2022 . ^ "DREAM WAIVES FORWARD KASHA TERRY" . wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022 . ^ "Dream Signs Center Chantelle Anderson" . oursportscentral.com . Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 6, 2022 . ^ "Atlanta Dream signs All-Star forward Holdsclaw" . accesswdun.com . Access WDUN. Retrieved July 6, 2022 . ^ "Dream Waives Center Katie Feenstra Mattera" . oursportscentral.com . Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 6, 2022 . ^ "Early Draft-Day Deal" . wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022 . ^ "DREAM SIGNS WNBA ALL-STAR CHAMIQUE HOLDSCLAW" . wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022 . ^ "DREAM WAIVES GUARD ASHLEY SHIELDS" . wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022 . ^ "COCO MILLER SIGNS WITH ATLANTA DREAM" . georgiadogs.com . Georgia Athletics. Retrieved July 6, 2022 . ^ "Dream Waives Chantelle Anderson And Marlies Gibson" . oursportscentral.com . Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 6, 2022 . ^ "Dream Waives Guard Ivory Latta" . oursportscentral.com . Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 6, 2022 . ^ "Dream Signs Ivory Latta And Waives Nikki Teasley" . oursportscentral.com . Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 6, 2022 . ^ "Sky acquire Dream's Young for Price" . ESPN.com . ESPN. Retrieved July 6, 2022 . ^ "Sancho Lyttle and Diana Taurasi Named WNBA Players of the Week" . wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022 . ^ a b "WNBA Announces All-Star Game Reserves" . wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022 . ^ a b "2009 WNBA All-Defensive Team Selections Announced" . wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022 . ^ Coward, Cheryl. "Atlanta Dream's Angel McCoughtry Snags 2009 WNBA Rookie of the Year Honors" . bleacherreport.com . Bleacher Report. Retrieved July 6, 2022 . ^ "All-Rookie Teams" . wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022 . ^ "Atlanta Dream's Marynell Meadors Named 2009 WNBA Coach of the Year" . wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved July 6, 2022 . External links [ edit ]
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