2009 Atlanta Dream season

August 2023 March 2026 Atlanta Dream 2009 18 16 Eastern 2nd Marynell Meadors Philips Arena E2; Lost in First Round 0–2 to Detroit The 2009 Atlanta Dream season was the 2nd season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association, and their second season under head coach, Marynell Meadors. 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 Houston Comets Dispersal Draft With the Houston Comets ceasing operation and based on the 2008 records of teams, the Dream selected 1st in the Dispersal Draft.WNBA.com: Houston Comets dispersal draft Pick Player Nationality College Previous team 1 Sancho Lyttle Spain Houston Houston Comets WNBA draft 2009 WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 1 Angel McCoughtry United States Louisville 2 25 Shalee Lehning United States Kansas State 3 27 Jessica Morrow United States Baylor Trades and Roster Changes DateTrade 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 HoldsclawDream Acquires Rights To Chamique Holdsclaw https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/dream-acquires-rights-to-chamique-holdsclaw/n-3753456 oursportscentral.com Our Sports Central July 6, 2022 January 2, 2009 Extended Qualifying Offers to Kasha Terry, Yelena Leuchanka, and Jennifer Lacy January 12, 2009 Signed Nikki TeasleyDream Re-Signs Point Guard Nikki Teasley https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/dream-re-signs-point-guard-nikki-teasley/n-3763147 oursportscentral.com Our Sports Central July 6, 2022 January 14, 2009 Waived Ann Strother and Chioma NnamakaDREAM WAIVES CHIOMA NNAMAKA and ANN STROTHER https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/dream/news/Atlanta_Dream_Waives_Nnamaka_Strother_140109.html wnba.com WNBA July 6, 2022 Rescinded the Qualifying Offer to Kasha Terry January 21, 2009 Traded Alison Bales to the Phoenix Mercury for a Second Round Pick in the 2009 WNBA draftMercury Acquires Center Alison Bales https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/mercury/news/bales_090121.html wnba.com WNBA July 6, 2022 February 3, 2009 Waived Betty LennoxBYE BYE BETTY: Atlanta Dream waive nine-year veteran Lennox http://www.scoreatl.com/stories/bye-bye-betty-atlanta-dream-waive-nine-year-veteran-lennox/ scoreatl.com Score ATL July 6, 2022 February 4, 2009 Waived Kasha TerryDREAM WAIVES FORWARD KASHA TERRY https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/dream/news/terry_040209.html wnba.com WNBA July 6, 2022 February 11, 2009 Signed Chantelle Anderson to a Training Camp ContractDream Signs Center Chantelle Anderson https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/dream-signs-center-chantelle-anderson/n-3776736 oursportscentral.com Our Sports Central July 6, 2022 February 17, 2009 Signed Jennifer Lacy to a Training Camp Contract February 18, 2009 Signed Michelle Snow to a Training Camp ContractAtlanta Dream signs All-Star forward Holdsclaw https://accesswdun.com/article/2009/4/219743 accesswdun.com Access WDUN July 6, 2022 April 8, 2009 Waived Katie MatteraDream Waives Center Katie Feenstra Mattera https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/dream-waives-center-katie-feenstra-mattera/n-3801906 oursportscentral.com Our Sports Central July 6, 2022 April 9, 2009 Traded a Second Round Pick in the 2009 WNBA draft to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Ashley ShieldsEarly Draft-Day Deal https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/shock/news/draftdeal_090409.html wnba.com WNBA July 6, 2022 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 HoldsclawDREAM SIGNS WNBA ALL-STAR CHAMIQUE HOLDSCLAW https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/dream/news/holdsclaw_signs_200409.html wnba.com WNBA July 6, 2022 April 28, 2009 Waived Ashley ShieldsDREAM WAIVES GUARD ASHLEY SHIELDS https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/dream/news/shields_waive_280409.html wnba.com WNBA July 6, 2022 May 11, 2009 Waived Jessica Morrow May 12, 2009 Signed Marlies Gipson to a Training Camp Contract May 15, 2009 Signed Coco MillerCOCO MILLER SIGNS WITH ATLANTA DREAM https://georgiadogs.com/news/2009/5/16/Coco_Miller_Signs_With_Atlanta_Dream.aspx georgiadogs.com Georgia Athletics July 6, 2022 May 29, 2009 Waived Marlies Gipson May 31, 2009 Waived Chantelle AndersonDream Waives Chantelle Anderson And Marlies Gibson https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/dream-waives-chantelle-anderson-and-marlies-gibson/n-3832919 oursportscentral.com Our Sports Central July 6, 2022 June 3, 2009 Waived Ivory LattaDream Waives Guard Ivory Latta https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/dream-waives-guard-ivory-latta/n-3834774 oursportscentral.com Our Sports Central July 6, 2022 July 3, 2009 Waived Nikki Teasley Signed Ivory LattaDream Signs Ivory Latta And Waives Nikki Teasley https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/dream-signs-ivory-latta-and-waives-nikki-teasley/n-3856049 oursportscentral.com Our Sports Central July 6, 2022 August 12, 2009 Traded Tamera Young to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Armintie PriceSky acquire Dream's Young for Price https://www.espn.com/chicago/news/story?id=4393922 ESPN.com ESPN July 6, 2022 Roster #6495ED white #FF0000 #FFFFFF 2009 Atlanta Dream WNBA 8 Iziane Castro Marques F/G 6 0 140 Brazil BRA 14 Erika DeSouza F/C 6 5 190 Brazil BRA 1 Chamique Holdsclaw F 6 2 172 Tennessee USA 21 Jennifer Lacy F 6 3 175 Pepperdine USA 12 Ivory Latta G 5 6 143 North Carolina USA 5 Shalee Lehning G 5 9 147 Kansas State USA 20 Sancho Lyttle F 6 4 143 University of Houston Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 35 Angel McCoughtry F 6 1 160 Louisville USA 9 Coco Miller SG 5 9 140 Georgia USA 22 Armintie Price G/F 5 9 133 Mississippi USA 2 Michelle Snow C 6 5 158 Tennessee USA USA Marynell Meadors Middle Tennessee State USA Carol Ross 1 Mississippi USA Fred Williams 1 Boise State USA Sue Panek 1 USA Jackie Ansley 1 Virginia Tech USA Kara Dolling 1 http://www.wnba.com/dream/roster/ 2009-07-03 Depth Pos.StarterBench C Érika de Souza Michelle Snow PF Sancho Lyttle Jennifer Lacy SF Chamique Holdsclaw Angel McCoughtry SG Iziane Castro Marques Armintie Price PG Shalee Lehning Ivory LattaCoco Miller Schedule background:#6495ED; color:white 2009 Preseason Schedule y background:#dc143c; color:white Total: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 27 || 7:00pm || Connecticut || 76-73 || de Souza, Holdsclaw (16) || de Souza (9) || Teasley (7) || Philips Arena 4,980 || 1-0 |- Regular season background:#6495ED; color:white 2009 Regular SeasonTotal: 18–16 (Home: 12–5; Road: 6–11) y background:#dc143c; color:white June: 4–6 (Home: 3–3; Road: 1–3) Game Date Time Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || June 6 || 7:00pm || Indiana || || 87-86 (2OT) || Holdsclaw (23) || de Souza (17) || Holdsclaw, Teasley (4) || Philips Arena 8,709 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || June 7 || 4:00pm || @ Washington || || 71-77 || Miller (17) || de Souza (6) || Lehning (4) || Verizon Center 11,759 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || June 12 || 8:30pm || @ Chicago || CN100NBA TV || 73-81 || Castro Marques (20) || de Souza (8) || Miller (4) || UIC Pavilion 5,689 || 1-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || June 14 || 3:00pm || @ Connecticut || || 67-62 || Lyttle (20) || Lyttle (16) || Teasley (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,429 || 2-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || June 19 || 7:30pm || Washington || || 93-81 || Lyttle (20) || Lyttle (13) || Teasley (4) || Philips Arena 6,050 || 3-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || June 21 || 3:00pm || New York || || 81-93 || Holdsclaw (17) || Lyttle (9) || Teasley (5) || Philips Arena 5,624 || 3-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || June 23 || 12:00pm || Chicago || || 98-99 (OT) || McCoughtry (26) || de Souza (7) || McCoughtry (8) || Philips Arena 10,351 || 3-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || June 26 || 7:30pm || Detroit || || 96-86 || Holdsclaw (28) || de Souza (13) || Teasley (11) || Philips Arena 5,935 || 4-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || June 27 || 7:00pm || @ Connecticut || || 68-82 || Castro Marques (16) || Snow (9) || Lehning (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,264 || 4-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || June 30 || 7:00pm || Minnesota || ESPN2 || 85-91 || Castro Marques (31) || de Souza (10) || Lehning (4) || Philips Arena 7,686 || 4-6 |- y background:#dc143c; color:white July: 5–4 (Home: 3–0; Road: 2–4) Game Date Time Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || July 3 || 7:30pm || Washington || || 72-65 || Holdsclaw (18) || Lacy, Snow (8) || Holdsclaw (8) || Philips Arena 5,456 || 5-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || July 5 || 6:00pm || @ Indiana || || 74-78 || Lyttle (18) || de Souza (8) || Lehning, McCoughtry (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,024 || 5-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || July 7 || 7:30pm || Connecticut || || 72-67 || Holdsclaw (19) || de Souza (17) || Lehning (7) || Philips Arena 6,225 || 6-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || July 15 || 1:00pm || @ Minnesota || FSN-N || 91-77 || Holdsclaw (28) || Lyttle (10) || Lehning (5) || Target Center 11,245 || 7-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || July 17 || 7:00pm|| @ Indiana || || 79-84 || de Souza (23) || de Souza (14) || Castro Marques, Lehning (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,975 || 7-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || July 19 || 4:00pm || @ New York || || 86-89 || Holdsclaw (26) || de Souza (10) || de Souza (3) || Madison Square Garden 8,560 || 7-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || July 22 || 12:00pm || @ Detroit || || 98-95 (OT) || Latta (22) || Snow (12) || Holdsclaw (4) || Palace of Auburn Hills 14,439 || 8-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || July 30 || 7:30pm || Phoenix || || 106-76 || McCoughtry (17) || de Souza (14) || Lehning (5) || Philips Arena 7,827 || 9-10 |- y background:#dc143c; color:white August: 6–4 (Home: 5–2; Road: 1–2) Game Date Time Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || August 1 || 7:00pm || New York || NBA TVMSG || 89-83 || Holdsclaw (18) || Holdsclaw, Lyttle (7) || Latta, Lehning (3) || Philips Arena 6,103 || 10-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || August 6 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || || 92-84 || Holdsclaw (21) || Lyttle (10) || Lehning (7) || AT&T Center 5,042 || 11-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || August 8 || 7:00pm || Chicago || || 80-82 || Latta (18) || de Souza (15) || Latta, Miller (3) || Philips Arena 5,424 || 11-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || August 13 || 7:30pm || Detroit || || 80-75 || Castro Marques (16) || de Souza (13) || Lehning (5) || Philips Arena 5,641 || 12-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || August 15 || 7:00pm || Seattle || || 88-79 || Lyttle (20) || de Souza (12) || Lehning (6) || Philips Arena 8,751 || 13-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 25 || August 20 || 7:30pm || San Antonio || || 93-87 || McCoughtry (34) || de Souza (11) || Lehning (6) || Philips Arena 5,848 || 14-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || August 25 || 7:30pm || Sacramento || || 103-83 || Castro Marques (30) || Lyttle (9) || Lehning (10) || Philips Arena 5,159 || 15-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || August 27 || 7:30pm || @ Detroit || || 83-87 || Castro Marques (19) || de Souza (13) || McCoughtry (5) || Palace of Auburn Hills 5,695 || 15-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 29 || August 29 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || || 84-91 (2OT) || McCoughtry (16) || Lyttle (11) || Lehning, McCoughtry (4) || KeyArena 9,089 || 15-14 |- y background:#dc143c; color:white September: 3–2 (Home: 1–0; Road: 2–2) Game Date Time Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || September 1 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || || 84-79 || Castro Marques (27) || de Souza, Lyttle (7) || de Souza, Latta (3) || STAPLES Center 8,756 || 16-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || September 4 || 10:00pm || @ Sacramento || || 98-90 || de Souza (27) || de Souza (13) || McCoughtry (10) || ARCO Arena 6,517 || 17-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || September 5 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || || 82-100 || de Souza (23) || Snow (7) || Lehning (10) || US Airways Center 10,424 || 17-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || September 11 || 7:00pm || Connecticut || || 88-64 || McCoughtry (18) || de Souza (14) || Lyttle (5) || Philips Arena 8,644 || 18-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || September 12 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || || 64-82 || McCoughtry (19) || McCoughtry (13) || Castro Marques, de Souza (3) || Verizon Center 11,987 || 18-16 |- | All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess Postseason background:#6495ED; color:white 2009 Postseason Schedule y background:#dc143c; color:white Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Detroit (Lost Series 0-2) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || September 16 || 8:00pm || @ Detroit || ESPN2 || 89-94 || Castro Marques (25) || Lyttle (9) || Castro Marques (7) || Palace of Auburn Hills 6,122 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || September 18 || 7:30pm || Detroit || NBA TV || 79-94 || Latta (21) || de Souza (7) || McCoughtry, Latta, Price (3) || Gwinnett Arena 4,780 || 0-2 |- Standings ATL Playoffs Bracket Statistics Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Iziane Castro Marques 34 33 26.9 41.3 34.5 78.0 2.2 2.0 1.1 0.1 14.4 Chamique Holdsclaw 25 25 28.3 41.4 20.0 83.9 4.4 2.2 1.4 0.3 13.9 Sancho Lyttle 34 31 27.4 50.7 0.0 74.3 7.5 1.5 2.0 0.6 13.0 Angel McCoughtry 34 10 21.6 47.6 29.4 74.1 3.1 2.1 2.2 0.4 12.8 Erika de Souza 34 34 27.3 52.8 0.0 65.3 9.1 1.1 0.9 1.3 11.8 Ivory Latta 24 0 14.6 40.9 36.0 82.6 0.7 1.4 0.5 0.0 6.1 Michelle Snow 34 2 14.8 47.9 0.0 76.1 4.3 0.5 0.4 0.5 5.4 Nikki Teasley 10 10 23.4 40.0 41.2 80.0 1.7 3.5 0.9 0.1 3.9 Coco Miller 34 5 12.0 41.0 29.6 88.5 1.5 1.0 0.4 0.1 3.9 Shalee Lehning 34 20 20.8 38.7 20.0 77.4 2.3 3.7 0.5 0.1 3.0 Jennifer Lacy 32 0 11.3 32.7 21.1 66.7 2.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 3.0 Tamera Young 11 0 6.5 33.3 20.0 64.7 1.3 0.5 0.5 0.1 2.7 Armintie Price 11 0 8.9 35.7 0.0 60.0 1.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 1.5 Playoffs Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Angel McCoughtry 2 2 29.0 48.4 57.1 66.7 5.5 3.0 1.0 0.0 19.0 Iziane Castro Marques 2 2 25.5 50.0 50.0 70.6 1.5 4.5 0.0 0.0 16.0 Ivory Latta 2 2 37.5 40.0 33.3 88.9 2.0 2.5 0.5 0.0 13.5 Erika de Souza 2 2 27.0 55.6 0.0 75.0 7.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 11.5 Sancho Lyttle 2 2 25.5 41.2 0.0 42.9 5.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 5.0 Armintie Price 2 0 15.5 33.3 0.0 57.1 3.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 5.0 Michelle Snow 2 0 16.5 30.0 0.0 60.0 4.0 0.5 0.0 1.0 4.5 Coco Miller 2 0 6.5 60.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 3.5 Chamique Holdsclaw 1 0 13.0 25.0 0.0 100.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 Jennifer Lacy 2 0 11.5 0.0 0.0 50.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 Awards and honors Recipient Award Date awarded Ref. Sancho Lyttle Eastern Conference Player of the Week August 17 Sancho Lyttle and Diana Taurasi Named WNBA Players of the Week https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/news/playersoftheweek_090817.html wnba.com WNBA July 6, 2022 2009 WNBA All-Star Selection July 20 WNBA Announces All-Star Game Reserves https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/allstar2009/as09_reserves_090720.html wnba.com WNBA July 6, 2022 All-Defensive Second Team September 25 2009 WNBA All-Defensive Team Selections Announced https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/news/awards09_alldefensive.html wnba.com WNBA July 6, 2022 Angel McCoughtry All-Defensive Second Team September 25 WNBA Rookie of the Year October 1 Coward Cheryl Atlanta Dream's Angel McCoughtry Snags 2009 WNBA Rookie of the Year Honors https://bleacherreport.com/articles/264726-dreams-angel-mccoughtry-snags-2009-wnba-rookie-of-the-year-honor https://web.archive.org/web/20220707005309/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/264726-dreams-angel-mccoughtry-snags-2009-wnba-rookie-of-the-year-honor dead July 7, 2022 bleacherreport.com Bleacher Report July 6, 2022 WNBA All-Rookie Team October 1 All-Rookie Teams https://www.wnba.com/history_all-rookie-teams/ wnba.com WNBA July 6, 2022 Érika de Souza 2009 WNBA All-Star Selection July 20 Marynell Meadors WNBA Coach of the Year October 1 Atlanta Dream’s Marynell Meadors Named 2009 WNBA Coach of the Year https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/news/awards09_coach.html wnba.com WNBA July 6, 2022 References External links Category:Atlanta Dream seasons Atlanta Atlanta Dream