2016 Atlanta Dream season

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2016 Atlanta Dream season
Head Coach Michael Cooper
Arena Philips Arena
Attendance 5,614 per game
Results
Record 17–17
(.500)
Place 4th (Eastern)
Playoff Finish Lost in Second Round to Chicago Sky
Team Leaders
Points Angel McCoughtry – 19.5
Rebounds Elizabeth Williams – 8.1
Assists Layshia Clarendon – 3.5
Atlanta Dream seasons
< 2015 2017 >

The 2016 WNBA season is the 9th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. The regular season began May 14 and concluded September 18.[1][2] The Dream qualified for the playoffs as the sixth seed after missing the playoffs the previous year, finishing 17–17. The Dream defeated the Seattle Storm in the first round of the playoffs before falling to the Chicago Sky in the second round to end their season.

Transactions

WNBA draft

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See also: 2016 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country
1 11 Bria Holmes  United States West Virginia
2 13 Rachel Hollivay  United States Rutgers
2 16 Courtney Walker  United States Texas A&M
3 28 Niya Johnson  United States Baylor

Trades and Roster Changes

Date Transaction
January 5, 2016 Exercised 4th-Year Team Options on Damiris Dantas and Shoni Schimmel
January 6, 2016 Extended Qualifying Offers to Amanda Thompson, Aneika Henry-Morello, Tiffany Hayes, and Cierra Burdick
February 1, 2016 Signed Tiffany Hayes[3]
February 2, 2016 Signed Carla Cortijo[4]
February 3, 2016 Traded the 4th Overall Pick in the 2016 WNBA draft to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for Elizabeth Williams[5]
February 10, 2016 Signed Matee Ajavon[6]
March 1, 2016 Signed Cierra Burdick
Signed Ariel Massengale to a rookie-scale contract[7]
March 3, 2016 Signed Kara Braxton, Amanda Thompson, Meighan Simmons to training-camp contracts[8]
April 19, 2016 Signed Tina Roy to a training-camp contract[9]
Signed Bria Holmes to a rookie-scale contract
April 21, 2016 Signed Niya Johnson and Courtney Walker to rookie-scale contracts
April 27, 2016 Waived Kara Braxton[10]
April 29, 2016 Waived Tina Roy and Amanda Thompson
May 2, 2016 Traded Shoni Schimmel to the New York Liberty in exchange for a 2nd Round Pick in the 2017 WNBA draft[11]
May 9, 2016 Claimed Jordan Jones of the Waivers[12]
May 10, 2016 Waived Ariel Massengale and Niya Johnson
Traded the 2nd Round Pick received from the Liberty to the Indiana Fever in exchange for Layshia Clarendon[13]
May 11, 2016 Suspended Damiris Dantas for the Full Season due to Overseas Commitments
May 12, 2016 Waived DeLisha Milton-Jones, Courtney Walker, Jordan Jones, and Roneeka Hodges[14]
May 13, 2016 Signed Rachel Hollivay to their rookie-scale contract
June 10, 2016 Temporarily Suspend Sancho Lyttle due to Overseas Commitments
Signed Avery Warley-Talbert
June 19, 2016 Waived Avery Warley-Talbert
June 21, 2016 Activated Sancho Lyttle from the Temporary Suspension
June 27, 2016 Waived Cierra Burdick
Claimed Markeisha Gatling of a Waivers[15]
December 6, 2016 Exercised the 4th-Year Team Option on Reshanda Gray and Elizabeth Williams

Roster

2016 Atlanta Dream roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From
G 10 United States Ajavon, Matee 5' 8" (1.73m) 160 lb (73kg) 05-07-1986 Rutgers 8
G 23 United States Clarendon, Layshia 5' 9" (1.75m) 140 lb (64kg) 05-02-1991 California 3
G 8 Puerto Rico Cortijo, Carla 5' 8" (1.73m) 135 lb (61kg) 07-21-1987 Texas 1
C 12 Brazil Dantas, Damiris (S) 6' 3" (1.91m) 196 lb (89kg) 11-17-1992 Brazil 2
C 34 United States Gatling, Markeisha 6' 5" (1.96m) 195 lb (88kg) 07-14-1992 North Carolina State 2
F 21 United States Gray, Reshanda 6' 2" (1.88m) 192 lb (87kg) 06-01-1993 California 1
G 15 United States Hayes, Tiffany 5' 10" (1.78m) 155 lb (70kg) 09-20-1989 Connecticut 4
C 14 United States Hollivay, Rachel 6' 4" (1.93m) 210 lb (95kg) 10-24-1993 Rutgers R
G 32 United States Holmes, Bria 6' 1" (1.85m) 170 lb (77kg) 04-19-1994 West Virginia R
F 20 Spain Lyttle, Sancho 6' 4" (1.93m) 175 lb (79kg) 09-20-1983 Houston 11
F 35 United States McCoughtry, Angel 6' 1" (1.85m) 160 lb (73kg) 09-10-1986 Louisville 7
G 0 United States Simmons, Meighan 5' 9" (1.75m) 140 lb (64kg) 01-25-1992 Tennessee R
F/C 52 United States Williams, Elizabeth 6' 3" (1.91m) 192 lb (87kg) 06-23-1993 Duke 1
Head coach
United States Michael Cooper (New Mexico)
Assistant coaches
United States Miles Cooper (Southern California)
United States Karleen Thompson (Southern California)
Athletic trainer
United States Michael Douglas (Morehouse)


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Depth

Pos. Starter Bench
C Elizabeth Williams Rachel Hollivay
Markeisha Gatling
PF Sancho Lyttle Reshanda Gray
SF Angel McCoughtry Bria Holmes
SG Tiffany Hayes Matee Ajavon
Meighan Simmons
PG Layshia Clarendon Carla Cortijo

Schedule

Preseason

2016 Game Log: Preseason
Total: 0–4 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 May 4 vs. San Antonio L 67–74 Simmons (10) Williams (10) Tied (3) Mohegan Sun Arena
4,199		 0–1
2 May 5 vs. Chicago L 75–95 Williams (12) Hollivay (6) Holmes (8) Mohegan Sun Arena
4,025		 0–2
3 May 7 @ Los Angeles L 80–88 Holmes (18) Gray (8) Cortijo (6) Pasadena College
460		 0–3
4 May 10 Los Angeles L 63–69 Simmons (11) Williams (13) Ajavon (4) McCamish Pavilion
1,385		 0–4
2016 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2016 Regular Season
Total: 17–17 (Home: 11–6; Road: 6–11)
May: 5–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 3–1)
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 May 14 @ San Antonio W 73–63 McCoughtry (15) Williams (10) Tied (3) AT&T Center
7,572		 1–0
2 May 20 @ Indiana L 85–94 Tied (19) McCoughtry (8) 3 Tied (2) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7,608		 1–1
3 May 22 Chicago W 87–81 McCoughtry (21) Clarendon (8) Cortijo (5) Philips Arena
6,152		 2–1
4 May 24 @ New York W 85–79 (OT) Hayes (27) Lyttle (14) Tied (3) Madison Square Garden
14,503		 3–1
5 May 27 @ Dallas W 102–93 McCoughtry (26) Lyttle (10) Lyttle (6) College Park Center
4,712		 4–1
6 May 29 Indiana W 85–76 McCoughtry (22) Williams (7) Hayes (6) Philips Arena
5,233		 5–1
June: 3–7 (Home: 2–3; Road: 1–4)
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
7 June 3 @ Connecticut W 83–77 Hayes (23) Lyttle (11) McCoughtry (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
4,541		 6–1
8 June 5 Washington L 79–86 McCoughtry (28) Lyttle (11) Cortijo (5) Philips Arena
3,611		 6–2
9 June 10 Minnesota L 78–110 Hayes (23) Clarendon (7) McCoughtry (4) Philips Arena
5,368		 6–3
10 June 12 Connecticut W 93–87 Williams (20) Williams (10) Clarendon (9) Philips Arena
4,486		 7–3
11 June 17 Chicago W 101–97 McCoughtry (22) Williams (9) Hayes (5) Philips Arena
4,560		 8–3
12 June 18 @ Washington L 65–95 Hayes (12) McCoughtry (8) Cortijo (4) Verizon Center
6,977		 8–4
13 June 22 New York L 79–90 McCoughtry (22) Lyttle (11) Tied (4) Philips Arena
10,345		 8–5
14 June 25 @ San Antonio L 69–73 McCoughtry (23) Williams (10) Tied (3) AT&T Center
9,439		 8–6
15 June 28 @ Seattle L 81–84 McCoughtry (22) Hollivay (9) Tied (3) KeyArena
4,648		 8–7
16 June 30 @ Los Angeles L 75–84 Hayes (32) Williams (10) Clarendon (7) Staples Center
10,215		 8–8
July: 5–4 (Home: 4–1; Road: 1–3)
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
17 July 3 Phoenix L 87–95 Hayes (26) Williams (9) Hayes (5) Philips Arena
6,557		 8–9
18 July 5 Seattle W 77–64 Lyttle (22) Lyttle (11) Tied (4) Philips Arena
3,983		 9–9
19 July 8 Dallas W 95–90 (OT) Tied (27) Lyttle (14) McCoughtry (9) Philips Arena
6,745		 10–9
20 July 10 @ Connecticut W 67–63 McCoughtry (26) Lyttle (14) Lyttle (3) Mohegan Sun Arena
5,857		 11–9
21 July 13 @ New York L 86–62 Hayes (12) Lyttle (9) Clarendon (3) Madison Square Garden
11,317		 11–10
22 July 15 @ Indiana L 72–78 Cortijo (20) Williams (8) McCoughtry (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
8,612		 11–11
23 July 17 Los Angeles W 91–74 Tied (17) Williams (12) Clarendon (6) Philips Arena
7,551		 12–11
24 July 20 @ Minnesota L 65–83 Clarendon (11) Williams (8) Tied (2) Target Center
16,132		 12–12
25 July 22 Dallas W 93–88 Gray (22) Williams (11) McCoughtry (5) McCamish Pavilion
4,749		 13–12
August: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
26 August 26 @ Chicago L 82–90 Tied (19) Williams (9) Tied (4) Allstate Arena
6,016		 13–13
27 August 28 Connecticut W 87–73 McCoughtry (22) Williams (8) 3 Tied (5) Philips Arena
7,055		 14–13
September: 3–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–2)
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
28 September 4 Seattle L 82–91 McCoughtry (32) Williams (6) Williams (4) Philips Arena
5,695		 14–14
29 September 6 Phoenix W 91–87 McCoughtry (27) McCoughtry (8) Clarendon (6) Philips Arena
3,625		 15–14
30 September 8 @ Los Angeles W 86–81 McCoughtry (32) Williams (12) Clarendon (6) Staples Center
6,152		 16–14
31 September 11 @ Phoenix L 75–86 Hayes (22) Williams (16) Clarendon (4) Talking Stick Resort Arena
9,877		 16–15
32 September 13 San Antonio L 67–71 Holmes (20) Williams (12) Hayes (4) Philips Arena
5,312		 16–16
33 September 15 Washington W 94–91 McCoughtry (31) Williams (10) Clarendon (9) Philips Arena
4,404		 17–16
34 September 17 @ Minnesota L 87–95 McCoughtry (18) Williams (9) Clarendon (7) Target Center
11,663		 17–17
2016 season schedule

Playoffs

2016 Playoffs
Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 September 21 Seattle W 94–85 McCoughtry (37) Williams (16) Tied (7) McCamish Pavilion
2,553		 1–0
2 September 25 @ Chicago L 98–108 Hayes (30) Williams (9) McCoughtry (9) Allstate Arena
3,922		 0–1
2016 playoff schedule

Standings

Eastern Conference
W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Atlanta Dream 0 0 .000 - 0–0 0–0 0–0
Chicago Sky 0 0 .000 - 0–0 0–0 0–0
Connecticut Sun 0 0 .000 - 0–0 0–0 0–0
Indiana Fever 0 0 .000 - 0–0 0–0 0–0
New York Liberty 0 0 .000 – 0–0 0–0 0–0
Washington Mystics 0 0 .000 - 0–0 0–0 0–0

Template:2016 WNBA Western Conference standings

Playoffs

Template:2016 WNBA Playoffs

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 PPG
Angel McCoughtry 33 32 30.0 .434 .302 .788 5.7 2.8 1.6 0.7 19.5
Tiffany Hayes 33 33 30.8 .441 .274 .804 3.4 2.4 1.2 0.2 15.0
Elizabeth Williams 34 34 34.7 .442 .000 .692 8.1 1.2 0.8 2.3 11.9
Layshia Clarendon 34 32 28.2 .466 .346 .765 4.3 3.5 0.7 0.1 10.4
Sancho Lyttle 19 18 30.1 .416 .222 .760 7.8 1.8 2.1 1.0 7.6
Bria Holmes 33 10 21.3 .435 .274 .774 2.6 1.2 0.9 0.2 7.5
Carla Cortijo 27 1 10.9 .354 .289 .781 1.6 1.6 0.3 0.0 4.7
Reshanda Gray 28 5 9.6 .521 .000 .556 2.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 3.4
Matee Ajavon 32 2 10.6 .305 .231 .750 1.6 1.2 0.4 0.3 3.3
Meighan Simmons 25 0 5.9 .289 .286 .833 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 2.6
Markeisha Gatling 16 2 10.5 .447 .000 .889 2.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 2.6
Rachel Hollivay 32 1 8.9 .316 .000 .469 2.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 1.2
Cierra Burdick 8 0 3.6 .125 .000 .500 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
Avery Warley-Talbert 1 0 4.0 .000 .000 .000 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Angel McCoughtry 2 2 35.0 54.8 70.0 73.3 4.5 8.0 0.5 0.0 32.0
Tiffany Hayes 1 1 37.0 58.8 42.9 87.5 6.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 30.0
Bria Holmes 2 2 35.0 50.0 28.6 62.5 5.5 2.5 0.5 0.5 15.5
Elizabeth Williams 2 2 38.5 38.1 0.0 77.8 12.5 1.5 0.5 2.5 11.5
Layshia Clarendon 2 2 32.0 53.3 25.0 62.5 6.0 6.0 0.0 1.0 11.0
Matee Ajavon 2 1 15.5 50.0 0.0 100.0 2.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 7.0
Meighan Simmons 2 0 12.5 10.0 14.3 0.0 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.5
Markeisha Gatling 2 0 7.0 0.0 0.0 75.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.5
Carla Cortijo 2 0 3.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
Reshanda Gray 2 0 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Angel McCoughtry Eastern Conference Player of the Week May 31 [16]
July 11 [17]
All-Defensive First Team September 30 [18]
All-WNBA Second Team October 14 [19]
Elizabeth Williams Most Improved Player Award September 21 [20]

References

  1. ↑ DREAM: Dream Schedule 2016
  2. ↑ Atlanta Dream Announces 2015 WNBA Schedule | NDNSPORTS[permanent dead link]
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