2024 Atlanta Dream season

The 2024 Atlanta Dream season was the 17th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association, and their third season under head coach Tanisha Wright.

2024 Atlanta Dream season
Coach	Tanisha Wright
Arena	Gateway Center Arena
Attendance	4,744 per game
Results
Record	15–25 (.375)
Place	4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	8th seed; Lost in First Round 0–2 to New York
Team Leaders
Points	Rhyne Howard – 17.3 ppg
Rebounds	Tina Charles – 9.6 rpg
Assists	Jordin Canada – 5.8 apg
← 2023 season 2025 season →

The season tipped off on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, against the Los Angeles Sparks in Los Angeles.^[1] The Dream started the season on an up-and-down run as they went 2–2 in their first four games. They defeated Washington and Las Vegas to end May 4–2. Their winning streak did not extend into June as they lost four of their first five games in the month, with the lone win coming in Chicago. They defeated Los Angeles again and Connecticut as the only other two wins in the month to finish 3–8 in June. Seven of the eight losses in the month came by double digits. Rhyne Howard injured her ankle on June 21 and missed nine games.^[2] The Dream would only win one game during her absence, and went 0–7 in July prior to the Olympic Break. The losing streak featured a three point loss in Dallas as the closest game. The Dream returned healthier from the Olympic Break and won the first three games in August. However, they lost the next four games in August, with three of those losses coming by five points or less. They finished August 3–4 and in the hunt for the eighth and final playoff spot. The Dream won two of the first three games in September, including an overtime win against Dallas. They would go on to lose their next three games, including another overtime game against Indiana, and a three point loss to playoff rivals Washington. However, they followed that with three straight wins, including a win against Washington and their other playoff rival Chicago. The final game of the season was a win at New York, where the Dream clinched the eighth seed. They finished the regular season 15–25.

The Dream faced the Liberty in the first versus eighth seed First Round playoff series. The Dream lost the best-of-three series two games to zero. They lost game one by fourteen points and game two by nine points to end their season. It was the second straight year the Dream were swept two games to zero in the First Round. After the season, the Dream and Head Coach Tanisha Wright parted ways.^[3]

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2024 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	12	Nyadiew Puoch	Australia	Southside Flyers (Australia)
2	20	Isobel Borlase	Australia	Adelaide Lightning (Australia)
3	32	Matilde Villa	Italy	Reyer Venezia (Italy)

Transactions

Date	Transaction
January 16, 2024	Extended qualifying offer to AD Durr[4]
January 24, 2024	Suspended contract of Iliana Rupert for the full season (personal decision)[5]
February 1, 2024	Traded the 8th overall pick in the 2024 WNBA draft and Aari McDonald to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Jordin Canada and the 12th overall pick in the 2024 Draft[6]
	Signed Tina Charles and Aerial Powers[7]
	Re-signed Nia Coffey[7]
February 28, 2024	Signed Khadijiah Cave to a training camp contract[8]
February 29, 2024	Exercised team options on Rhyne Howard and Naz Hillmon[4]
March 25, 2024	Signed Lorela Cubaj to a training camp contract[9]
April 19, 2024	Signed Elizabeth Balogun, Taj Cole, and Khaalia Hillsman to a training camp contracts[10]
April 27, 2024	Rescinded qualifying offer to AD Durr[11]
April 28, 2024	Signed Destanni Henderson to a training camp contract[12]
May 4, 2024	Traded a 2025 3rd round draft pick to the Dallas Wings in exchange for Crystal Dangerfield[13]
	Waived Elizabeth Balogun and Taj Cole[14]
May 7, 2024	Waived Khaalia Hillsman[15]
May 10, 2024	Waived Khadijiah Cave and Destanni Henderson[16]
May 13, 2024	Suspended the contract of Lorela Cubaj (temporary)
May 24, 2024	Activated Lorela Cubaj
June 26, 2024	Waived Crystal Dangerfield[17]
	Signed Maya Caldwell[18]
July 4, 2024	Signed Destanni Henderson to a 7-day hardship contract[19]
July 9, 2024	Suspended the contract of Laeticia Amihere (temporary)
July 12, 2024	Signed Destanni Henderson to second 7-day hardship contract
July 18, 2024	Released Destanni Henderson
August 11, 2024	Activated Laeticia Amihere
September 18, 2024	Signed Ezinne Kalu

Roster changes

Additions Personnel Signed/Trade Former Team Isobel Borlase Draft Adelaide Lightning Maya Caldwell Signed Free Agent Jordin Canada Trade Los Angeles Sparks Tina Charles Signed Free Agent Lorela Cubaj Signed Free Agent Crystal Dangerfield Trade Dallas Wings Ezinne Kalu Signed Aerial Powers Signed Minnesota Lynx Nyadiew Puoch Draft Southside Flyers Matilde Villa Draft Reyer Venezia

Subtractions Personnel Reason New Team Monique Billings Signed Los Angeles Sparks Crystal Dangerfield Waived AD Durr Released — Aari McDonald Trade Los Angeles Sparks Taylor Mikesell Signed Los Angeles Sparks Danielle Robinson Released — Iliana Rupert Suspended Contract —

Roster

2024 Atlanta Dream roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F 7 Amihere, Laeticia 6' 3" (1.91m) 185 lb (84kg) 2001-07-10 South Carolina 1 G 33 Caldwell, Maya 5' 11" (1.8m) 160 lb (73kg) 1998-12-15 Georgia 2 G 3 Canada, Jordin 5' 6" (1.68m) 135 lb (61kg) 1995-08-11 UCLA 6 C 31 Charles, Tina 6' 4" (1.93m) 192 lb (87kg) 1988-12-05 Connecticut 12 F 12 Coffey, Nia 6' 1" (1.85m) 182 lb (83kg) 1995-06-11 Northwestern 7 F/C 19 Cubaj, Lorela 6' 4" (1.93m) 200 lb (91kg) 1999-01-08 Georgia Tech 2 G 15 Gray, Allisha 6' 0" (1.83m) 167 lb (76kg) 1995-01-12 South Carolina 6 F 00 Hillmon, Naz 6' 2" (1.88m) 190 lb (86kg) 2000-04-05 Michigan 2 F 10 Howard, Rhyne 6' 2" (1.88m) 175 lb (79kg) 2000-04-29 Kentucky 2 G/F 13 Jones, Haley 6' 1" (1.85m) 187 lb (85kg) 2001-05-23 Stanford 1 G 1 Kalu, Ezinne 5' 8" (1.73m) 1992-06-26 Savannah State R F 32 Parker, Cheyenne  6' 4" (1.93m) 193 lb (88kg) 1993-08-22 Middle Tennessee 9 G/F 23 Powers, Aerial  5' 9" (1.75m) 166 lb (75kg) 1994-01-17 Michigan State 8 C 21 Rupert, Iliana (S) 6' 4" (1.93m) 189 lb (86kg) 2001-07-12 France 2 G Borlase, Isobel (DP) 5' 11" (1.8m) 2004-09-12 Australia F Puoch, Nyadiew (DP) 6' 3" (1.91m) 2004-06-23 Australia G Villa, Matilde (DP) 5' 7" (1.7m) 2004-12-09 Italy	Head coach Tanisha Wright (Penn State) Assistant coaches Vickie Johnson (Louisiana Tech) Paul Goriss Barbara Turner (Connecticut) Athletic trainer Natalie Trotter Strength and conditioning coach Drew Williams Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench
PG	Jordin Canada	Haley Jones Crystal Dangerfield
SG	Allisha Gray	Aerial Powers
SF	Rhyne Howard	Laeticia Amihere Nia Coffey
PF	Cheyenne Parker	Naz Hillmon
C	Tina Charles	Lorela Cubaj

Schedule

Pre-season

2024 pre-season game log Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
May: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 4 Washington W 87–84 Cole Powers (9) Cave Hillsman (5) Taja Cole (6) Gateway Center Arena 1–0 2 May 9 @ Indiana L 80–83 Rhyne Howard (13) Tina Charles (7) Destanni Henderson (5) Gainbridge Fieldhouse 1–1
2024 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2024 game log Total: 15–25 (Home: 8–12; Road: 7–13)
May: 4–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 15 @ Los Angeles W 92–81 Rhyne Howard (25) Tina Charles (14) Naz Hillmon (5) Walter Pyramid 3,847 1–0 2 May 18 @ Phoenix L 85–88 Allisha Gray (22) Rhyne Howard (9) Haley Jones (5) Footprint Center 10,251 1–1 3 May 21 Dallas W 83–78 Allisha Gray (21) Tina Charles (11) Rhyne Howard (4) Gateway Center Arena 3,265 2–1 4 May 26 Minnesota L 79–92 Rhyne Howard (23) Cheyenne Parker-Tyus (8) Howard, Jones (5) Gateway Center Arena 3,265 2–2 5 May 29 @ Washington W 73–67 Allisha Gray (19) Tina Charles (15) Howard, Jones (4) Entertainment and Sports Arena 4,200 3–2 6 May 31 Las Vegas W 78–74 Allisha Gray (24) Charles, Parker-Tyus (8) Charles, Gray (3) Gateway Center Arena 4,015 4–2
June : 3–8 (Home: 1–5; Road: 2–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 7 June 2 Connecticut L 50–69 Tina Charles (12) Tina Charles (12) Crystal Dangerfield (3) Gateway Center Arena 3,265 4–3 8 June 6 New York L 61–78 Allisha Gray (16) Tina Charles (8) Rhyne Howard (5) Gateway Center Arena 3,255 4–4 9 June 8 @ Chicago W 89–80 Tina Charles (22) Tina Charles (7) Rhyne Howard (10) Wintrust Arena 8,804 5–4 10 June 11 Washington L 87–68 Rhyne Howard (16) Tina Charles (12) Allisha Gray (5) Gateway Center Arena 3,260 5–5 11 June 13 @ Indiana L 84–91 Rhyne Howard (26) Charles, Parker-Tyus (6) Coffey, Parker-Tyus (5) Gainbridge Fieldhouse 16,651 5–6 12 June 16 Los Angeles W 87–74 Allisha Gray (25) Tina Charles (11) Rhyne Howard (5) Gateway Center Arena 3,260 6–6 13 June 19 @ Minnesota L 55–68 Tina Charles (14) Tina Charles (10) Allisha Gray (4) Target Center 8,206 6–7 14 June 21 Indiana L 79–91 Tina Charles (24) Naz Hillmon (9) Haley Jones (5) State Farm Arena 17,575 6–8 15 June 23 New York L 75–96 Tina Charles (19) Haley Jones (8) Gray, Jones (4) Gateway Center Arena 3,260 6–9 16 June 28 @ Connecticut W 78–74 Allisha Gray (17) Charles, Jones (6) Jordin Canada (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,008 7–9 17 June 30 @ New York L 75–81 Allisha Gray (24) Tina Charles (12) Jordin Canada (9) Barclays Center 10,823 7–10
July : 0–7 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 18 July 2 Chicago L 77–85 Charles, Gray (19) Tina Charles (14) Jordin Canada (7) Gateway Center Arena 3,260 7–11 19 July 5 @ Dallas L 82–85 Allisha Gray (19) Tina Charles (8) Allisha Gray (8) College Park Center 5,872 7–12 20 July 7 @ Connecticut L 67–80 Laeticia Amihere (8) Tina Charles (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,527 7–13 21 July 10 @ Chicago L 69–78 Allisha Gray (20) Cheyenne Parker-Tyus (8) Maya Caldwell (4) Wintrust Arena 9,025 7–14 22 July 12 Las Vegas L 70–84 Cheyenne Parker-Tyus (17) Tina Charles (12) Destanni Henderson (5) Gateway Center Arena 3,344 7–15 23 July 14 @ Seattle L 70–81 Maya Caldwell (19) Parker-Tyus, Powers (8) Maya Caldwell (4) Climate Pledge Arena 10,036 7–16 24 July 17 @ Minnesota L 79–86 Cheyenne Parker-Tyus (16) Rhyne Howard (9) Destanni Henderson (4) Target Center 15,013 7–17
August : 3–4 (Home: 3–2; Road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 25 August 16 Seattle W 83–81 Rhyne Howard (30) Naz Hillmon (13) Jordin Canada (8) Gateway Center Arena 3,260 8–17 26 August 18 Connecticut W 82–70 Tina Charles (22) Tina Charles (15) Jordin Canada (6) Gateway Center Arena 3,330 9–17 27 August 21 Phoenix W 72–63 Allisha Gray (21) Tina Charles (17) Gateway Center Arena 3,260 10–17 28 August 23 Phoenix L 80–82 Allisha Gray (22) Tina Charles (13) Jordin Canada (6) Gateway Center Arena 3,260 10–18 29 August 26 Indiana L 79–84 Tina Charles (28) Nia Coffey (9) State Farm Arena 17,608 10–19 30 August 28 @ Seattle L 81–85 Allisha Gray (22) Tina Charles (17) Tina Charles (10) Climate Pledge Arena 9,228 10–20 31 August 30 @ Las Vegas L 72–83 Allisha Gray (17) Allisha Gray (9) Allisha Gray (6) Michelob Ultra Arena 10,397 10–21
September : 5–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 3–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 32 September 1 @ Los Angeles W 80–62 Tina Charles (23) Tina Charles (9) Jordin Canada (6) Crypto.com Arena 11,165 11–21 33 September 3 @ Phoenix L 66–74 Rhyne Howard (31) Tina Charles (12) Jordin Canada (6) Footprint Center 7,639 11–22 34 September 6 Dallas W 107–96 (OT) Rhyne Howard (33) Tina Charles (13) Jordin Canada (10) Gateway Center Arena 3,260 12–22 35 September 8 @ Indiana L 100–104 (OT) Rhyne Howard (36) Tina Charles (12) 3 players (5) Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,274 12–23 36 September 10 Minnesota L 64–76 Allisha Gray (17) Tina Charles (14) Jordin Canada (3) Gateway Center Arena 3,260 12–24 37 September 13 Washington L 69–72 Naz Hillmon (11) Allisha Gray (5) 12–25 38 September 15 @ Washington W 76–73 (OT) Tina Charles (20) Tina Charles (10) Jordin Canada (5) Entertainment and Sports Arena 4,200 13–25 39 September 17 Chicago W 86–70 Jordin Canada (18) Tina Charles (14) Gateway Center Arena 3,335 14–25 40 September 19 @ New York W 78–67 Hillman, Howard (13) Tina Charles (10) Jordin Canada (6) Barclays Center 12,721 15–25
2024 season schedule

Playoffs

2024 playoff game log
First round vs. New York Liberty Lost Series: 0–2 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 September 22 @ New York L 69–83 Rhyne Howard (14) Tina Charles (7) Canada, Howard (4) Barclays Center 12,115 0–1 2 September 24 L 82–91 Allisha Gray (26) Naz Hillmon (10) Jordin Canada (11) Barclays Center 11,003 0–2
2024 playoff schedule

Standings

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Conf.	Home	Road	Cup
1	yx – New York Liberty	32	8	.800	—	16–4	16–4	16–4	5–0
2	cx – Minnesota Lynx	30	10	.750	2	14–6	16–4	14–6	4–1
3	x – Connecticut Sun	28	12	.700	4	14–6	14–6	14–6	4–1
4	x – Las Vegas Aces	27	13	.675	5	12–8	13–7	14–6	2–3
5	x – Seattle Storm	25	15	.625	7	13–7	14–6	11–9	4–1
6	x – Indiana Fever	20	20	.500	12	11–9	12–8	8–12	3–2
7	x – Phoenix Mercury	19	21	.475	13	10–10	10–10	9–11	3–2
8	x – Atlanta Dream	15	25	.375	17	7–13	8–12	7–13	1–4
9	e – Washington Mystics	14	26	.350	18	7–13	5–15	9–11	1–4
10	e – Chicago Sky	13	27	.325	19	5–15	6–14	7–13	1–4
11	e – Dallas Wings	9	31	.225	23	6–14	7–13	2–18	0–5
12	e – Los Angeles Sparks	8	32	.200	24	5–15	5–15	3–17	2–3

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Notes

(#) – League Standing

c – Commissioner's Cup winners

y – Regular Season Champion

x – Clinched playoff berth

e – Eliminated from playoff contention

Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings

Playoffs

See also: 2024 WNBA Playoffs

	First round Best-of-3					Semifinals Best-of-5					Finals Best-of-5
	1	New York Liberty	2
	8	Atlanta Dream	0
						1	New York Liberty	3
						4	Las Vegas Aces	1
	4	Las Vegas Aces	2
	5	Seattle Storm	0
											1	New York Liberty	3
											2	Minnesota Lynx	2
	2	Minnesota Lynx	2
	7	Phoenix Mercury	0
						2	Minnesota Lynx	3
						3	Connecticut Sun	2
	3	Connecticut Sun	2
	6	Indiana Fever	0

• Bold – Series winner
• Italic – Team with home-court-advantage

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

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG
Rhyne Howard	30	29	33.9	.371	.329	.784	4.4	3.2	1.8	0.6	1.7	2.1	17.3
Allisha Gray	40	40	33.3	.403	.342	.769	4.4	2.7	1.1	0.7	1.7	2.4	15.6
Tina Charles	39	39	29.7	.456	.262	.785	9.6	2.3	0.9	0.5	1.6	2.5	14.9
Jordin Canada	20	18	31.2	.390	.281	.781	3.5	5.8	1.6	0.3	2.1	2.6	10.6
Cheyenne Parker	25	11	19.7	.444	.214	.886	4.8	1.5	0.8	0.4	2.1	2.4	9.2
Aerial Powers	17	2	17.9	.355	.389	.791	3.3	1.4	0.9	0.2	1.1	2.1	8.6
Naz Hillmon	40	19	21.7	.552	.333	.762	4.8	1.3	0.7	0.3	1.0	1.4	5.7
Maya Caldwell ≠	25	6	16.2	.416	.300	.800	1.8	1.1	0.6	0.2	0.9	1.2	5.2
Destanni Henderson ≠ ‡	6	0	17.5	.345	.100	.429	2.0	2.5	0.3	0.2	1.7	0.8	4.0
Haley Jones	40	24	17.8	.397	.214	.702	2.2	2.1	0.4	0.3	1.7	2.0	3.9
Nia Coffey	40	11	13.3	.324	.273	.762	2.4	1.2	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.2	3.3
Crystal Dangerfield ‡	15	0	14.1	.278	.217	1.000	1.1	1.7	0.3	0.2	0.6	0.9	3.1
Ezinne Kalu ≠	1	0	13.0	.333	.000	.500	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	3.0
Lorela Cubaj	28	1	7.9	.429	—	.600	1.5	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.2	1.2
Laeticia Amihere	16	0	5.2	.269	—	.294	1.7	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.4	1.2

^‡Waived/Released during the season
^†Traded during the season
^≠Acquired during the season

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG
Allisha Gray	2	2	33.5	.520	.455	.800	4.0	2.0	0.0	0.5	2.5	1.5	17.5
Rhyne Howard	2	2	34.5	.448	.231	.500	5.5	3.5	2.5	2.5	1.0	1.5	16.5
Tina Charles	2	2	29.0	.522	—	.667	6.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.5	13.0
Laeticia Amihere	1	0	10.0	.600	—	.500	5.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	8.0
Naz Hillmon	2	2	24.0	.538	—	1.000	6.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	2.0	1.0	7.5
Jordin Canada	2	2	27.0	.417	.250	.000	1.0	7.5	0.5	0.0	3.5	1.0	5.5
Ezinne Kalu	1	0	15.0	.250	.000	.667	0.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	4.0
Haley Jones	2	0	9.0	.429	—	1.000	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	0.5	4.0
Nia Coffey	2	0	11.0	.333	.250	—	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	3.0	3.5
Lorela Cubaj	2	0	11.0	.500	—	—	2.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.0
Maya Caldwell	2	0	9.0	.250	.000	—	1.5	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Allisha Gray	WNBA All-Star	July 2, 2024	[20]