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WNBA team season
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 for 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.
Trades and Roster Changes [ edit ]
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]
2021 Atlanta Dream roster Players Coaches Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F 25 Billings, Monique 6' 4" (1.93m) 192 lb (87kg) 1996-05-02 UCLA 3 G 9 Bradford, Crystal 6' 0" (1.83m) 170 lb (77kg) 1993-11-01 Central Michigan 1 G 3 Carter, Chennedy (S )5' 9" (1.75m) 143 lb (65kg) 1998-11-14 Texas A&M 1 G 11 Dietrick, Blake 5' 10" (1.78m) 169 lb (77kg) 1993-07-19 Princeton 4 F 24 Dupree, Candice 6' 2" (1.88m) 178 lb (81kg) 1984-08-16 Temple 15 F 21 Hawkins, Tianna 6' 3" (1.91m) 186 lb (84kg) 1991-03-02 Maryland 7 G 15 Hayes, Tiffany 5' 10" (1.78m) 155 lb (70kg) 1989-09-29 Connecticut 8 G 4 McDonald, Aari 5' 6" (1.68m) 141 lb (64kg) 1998-08-20 Arizona R C 32 Parker, Cheyenne 6' 4" (1.93m) 193 lb (88kg) 1993-08-22 Middle Tennessee 6 G 0 Sims, Odyssey 5' 8" (1.73m) 163 lb (74kg) 1992-07-13 Baylor 7 F 40 Stricklen, Shekinna 6' 2" (1.88m) 230 lb (104kg) 1990-07-30 Tennessee 8 G 10 Williams, Courtney 5' 8" (1.73m) 133 lb (60kg) 1994-05-11 South Florida 5 C 1 Williams, Elizabeth 6' 3" (1.91m) 200 lb (91kg) 1993-06-23 Duke 6
Head coach
Darius Taylor (Michigan )
Assistant coaches
La'Keshia Frett (Georgia )
Daynia La-Force (Georgetown )
Athletic trainer
Natalie Trotter
Strength and conditioning coach
Drew Williams
Legend
(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured
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]
2021 game log Total: 8–24 (Home: 4–12; Road: 4–12)
May: 4–2 (Home: 1–2; Road: 3–0)
June
: 2–7 (Home: 2–4; Road: 0–3)
July
: 0–4 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–3)
August
: 0–6 (Home: 0–3; Road: 0–3)
September
: 2–5 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–3)
2021 season schedule
Notes
(#) – League Standing
x – Clinched playoff berth
e – Eliminated from playoff contention
Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings
Source :[ 25]
^ "Atlanta Dream 2021 Season Schedule" . WNBA.com. Retrieved April 26, 2020 .
^ "Atlanta Dream Announces New Home Court at Gateway Center in College Park" (Press release). Atlanta Dream. October 18, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2020 .
^ "WNBA announces plans for 2020 season to start late July in Florida" . NBC Sports Washington . June 15, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2020 .
^ "Atlanta Dream interim head coach Mike Petersen steps down due to health reasons" . cbssports.com . CBS. July 24, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2021 .
^ "WNBA Transactions" . wnba.com . WNBA. December 9, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2021 .
^ "WNBA Transaction" . wnba.com . WNBA. January 2, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2021 .
^ "Cheyenne Parker Signs Multi-Year Deal with Atlanta" . dream.wnba.com . WNBA. February 1, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021 .
^ "Tianna Hawkins Inks Multi-Year Deal with Atlanta" . dream.wnba.com . WNBA. February 4, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021 .
^ "fromkurtis Tweet" . twitter.com . Twitter. February 5, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2021 .
^ "Renee Montgomery Retires From WNBA" . dream.wnba.com . WNBA. February 9, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021 .
^ "Dream Acquire Yvonne Turner From Phoenix" . dream.wnba.com . WNBA. February 13, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021 .
^ "Dream Sign Kaela Davis" . dream.wnba.com . WNBA. February 21, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021 .
^ "Dream Sign Shatori Walker-Kimbrough" . dream.wnba.com . WNBA. February 22, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021 .
^ "Odyssey Sims Signs with Atlanta Dream" . dream.wnba.com . WNBA. March 1, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021 .
^ "WNBA Transactions" . wnba.com . WNBA. April 17, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2021 .
^ "WNBA Transactions" . wnba.com . WNBA. April 18, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2021 .
^ "Atlanta Dream's Nicki Collen leaving WNBA to coach Baylor after Kim Mulkey's departure" . ESPN.com . ESPN. May 3, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2021 .
^ "Atlanta PR Tweet" . Twitter.com . Twitter.com. May 5, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2021 .
^ "Atlanta Dream Waive Davis, Pulliam" . oursportscentral.com . oursportscentral.com. May 9, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2021 .
^ "Atlanta Dream Waive Walker-Kimbrough,Cowling" . oursportscentral.com . oursportscentral.com. May 13, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2021 .
^ "Atlanta Dream Waive Kalani Brown" . oursportscentral.com . oursportscentral.com. May 26, 2021. Retrieved June 3, 2021 .
^ "Atlanta Dream Sign WNBA Veteran Candice Dupree" . dream.wnba.com . WNBA. July 26, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2021 .
^ "Atlanta Dream Bring Back Blake Dietrick" . dream.wnba.com . WNBA. August 24, 2021. Retrieved August 30, 2021 .
^ "Dream's Twitter Account Post" . twitter.com . Twitter. May 1, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2021 .
^ "Team Stats" . wnba.com . Retrieved September 23, 2021 .
^ "Rosters Set for AT&T WNBA All-Star 2021 on July 14" . wnba.com . WNBA. June 30, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2021 .
^ "Sky Guard Dana Evans Named to 2021 WNBA All-Rookie Team" . sky.wnba.com . WNBA. October 5, 2021. Retrieved October 16, 2021 .
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