The 2015 Atlanta Dream season was the 8th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association, and their 2nd season under head coach, Michael Cooper. The team missed the playoffs for the first time since the 2008 season. The Dream opened their season up against the New York Liberty on June 5, 2015, with an 82–73 loss.

Transactions

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country 1 9 Samantha Logic Iowa 3 29 Ariel Massengale Tennessee 3 34 Lauren Okafor James Madison

Trades and Roster Changes DateTransaction January 12, 2015 Extended Qualifying Offers to Nadia Colhado, Aneika Henry-Morello, Jasmine Thomas, and Amanda Thompson January 15, 2015 Cored Erika de Souza February 23, 2015 Signed Erika de Souza February 24, 2015 Signed Sequoia Holmes, Ify Ibekwe, and Nadia Colhado to training-camp contracts Signed Roneeka Hodges March 19, 2015 Signed Jasmine Thomas to Multi-Year Deal April 16, 2015 Traded Jasmine Thomas to the Connecticut Sun for the draft rights to Brittany Hrynko April 20, 2015 Signed Monique Oliver and Chucky Jeffery to training-camp contracts April 21, 2015 Signed Aneika Henry-Morello April 22, 2015 Signed Samantha Logic to a rookie-scale contract April 23, 2015 Signed Lauren Okafor to a rookie-scale contract May 6, 2015 Signed Matee Ajavon Signed Martha Alwal to a training-camp contract May 14, 2015 Signed Brittany Hrynko to a rookie-scale contract May 19, 2015 Waived Brittany Hrynko Full Season Suspend Celine Dumerc May 24, 2015 Waived Monique Oliver, Chucky Jeffery, and Lauren Okafor May 25, 2015 Signed Erica Wheeler to a training-camp contract May 29, 2015 Waived Ify Ibekwe June 1, 2015 Waived Martha Alwal and Sequoia Holmes June 14, 2015 Temporarily Suspend Aneika Henry-Morello and Tiffany Hayes due to Overseas Commitment June 17, 2015 Signed Cierra Burdick and Sydney Carter July 3, 2015 Waived Nadia Colhado July 4, 2015 Activated Tiffany Hayes from her Temporary Suspension July 5, 2015 Traded Samantha Logic to the San Antonio Stars in exchange for a 2nd round pick in the 2016 WNBA draft Activated Aneika Henry-Morello from her Temporary Suspension July 22, 2015 Waived Erica Wheeler July 26, 2015 Traded Erika de Souza to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Damiris Dantas and Reshanda Gray from the Minnesota Lynx in a 3-Team Deal. September 11, 2015 Signed Carla Cortijo to a Hardship Contract

Roster

Depth Pos.StarterBench C Damiris Dantas Aneika Henry-Morello PF Sancho Lyttle Delisha Milton-JonesReshanda Gray SF Angel McCoughtry Roneeka HodgesCierra Burdick SG Tiffany Hayes Matee Ajavon PG Shoni Schimmel Sydney CarterCarla Cortijo

Schedule Preseason

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | May 23 | Washington | L 55-79 | McCoughtryAlwal (10) | Aneika Henry-Morello (9) | Shoni Schimmel (6) | KFC Yum! Center6,347 | 0–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | May 27 | @ New York | W 85-72 | McCoughtryWheeler (13) | Érika de Souza (10) | Erica Wheeler (4) | Madison Square Garden14,530 | 1–1

Regular season

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | June 5 | @ New York | L 73-82 | Angel McCoughtry (27) | McCoughtrySchimmel (8) | Shoni Schimmel (4) | Madison Square Garden8,910 | 0–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | June 7 | Connecticut | L 70-75 | Sancho Lyttle (16) | Sancho Lyttle (14) | Shoni Schimmel (3) | Philips Arena8,350 | 0–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | June 11 | San Antonio | W 72-69 | Angel McCoughtry (21) | Sancho Lyttle (10) | Shoni Schimmel (3) | Philips Arena4,308 | 1–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | June 12 | @ Washington | W 64-61 | Angel McCoughtry (21) | Lyttlede Souza (6) | SchimmelMcCoughtryAjavon (3) | Philips Arena7,248 | 2–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 | June 14 | @ Connecticut | L 64-82 | Angel McCoughtry (24) | Sancho Lyttle (10) | LyttleWheeler (4) | Mohegan Sun Arena5,520 | 2–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 6 | June 16 | Indiana | L 79-90 | Sancho Lyttle (19) | Erika de Souza (9) | McCoughtryde Souza (4) | Philips Arena9,814 | 2–4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 7 | June 19 | Chicago | W 74-73 | Angel McCoughtry (18) | Erika de Souza (11) | Angel McCoughtry (6) | Philips Arena5,166 | 3–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 8 | June 21 | New York | L 64-73 | Angel McCoughtry (17) | Erika de Souza (9) | Angel McCoughtry (4) | Philips Arena5,805 | 3–5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 9 | June 24 | @ Chicago | L 96-100 OT | Angel McCoughtry (34) | LyttleMcCoughtry (10) | McCoughtryAjavon (6) | Allstate Arena9,893 | 3–6 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 10 | June 26 | Washington | W 72-69 | Angel McCoughtry (18) | Sancho Lyttle (10) | Matee Ajavon (4) | Philips Arena5,861 | 4–6

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 11 | July 5 | Seattle | W 72-64 | Angel McCoughtry (23) | Sancho Lyttle (15) | McCoughtryHayes(4) | Philips Arena5,385 | 5–6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 12 | July 7 | Tulsa | L 75-85 | Angel McCoughtry (25) | Sancho Lyttle (13) | Matee Ajavon (4) | Philips Arena6,744 | 5–7 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 13 | July 12 | New York | W 84-76 | Angel McCoughtry (32) | Erika de Souza (8) | Angel McCoughtry (6) | Philips Arena6,028 | 6–7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 14 | July 14 | @ Phoenix | L 71-80 | Tiffany Hayes (19) | Cierra Burdick (8) | Cierra Burdick (6) | US Airways Center10,472 | 6–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 15 | July 16 | @ Los Angeles | W 76-72 | Angel McCoughtry (22) | Erika de Souza (8) | McCoughtryWheeler (3) | STAPLES Center12,567 | 7–8 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 16 | July 18 | @ Seattle | L 73-86 | Angel McCoughtry (16) | de SouzaMilton-Jones (5) | Shoni Schimmel (3) | KeyArena9,686 | 7–9 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 17 | July 21 | @ Chicago | L 92-97 | Tiffany Hayes (19) | Erika de Souza (9) | Angel McCoughtry (6) | Allstate Arena5,967 | 7–10 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 18 | July 29 | @ San Antonio | L 85-102 | Angel McCoughtry (14) | Aneika Henry-Morello (9) | Shoni Schimmel (7) | Freeman Coliseum3,613 | 7–11 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 19 | July 31 | @ Minnesota | L 70-86 | Tiffany Hayes (15) | Aneika Henry-Morello (8) | Shoni Schimmel (10) | Target Center9,134 | 7–12

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 20 | August 2 | Phoenix | L 68-71 | Angel McCoughtry (16) | Henry-MorelloDantas (9) | Roneeka Hodges (4) | Philips Arena7,352 | 7–13 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 21 | August 7 | @ Indiana | L 77-106 | Angel McCoughtry (23) | Aneika Henry-Morello (7) | SchimmelMcCoughtry (3) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,869 | 7–14 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 22 | August 9 | @ Tulsa | W 98-90 | Angel McCoughtry (23) | Angel McCoughtry (9) | HayesMcCoughtry (4) | BOK Center5,345 | 8–14 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 23 | August 14 | Minnesota | L 82-84 | Angel McCoughtry (32) | DantasGray (8) | Shoni Schimmel (8) | Philips Arena5,890 | 8–15 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 24 | August 16 | Connecticut | W 90-77 | McCoughtryGray (18) | Sancho Lyttle (7) | Matee Ajavon (7) | Philips Arena5,661 | 9–15 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 25 | August 21 | @ New York | L 67-78 | Tiffany Hayes (17) | Sancho Lyttle (8) | Shoni Schimmel (4) | Madison Square Garden9,303 | 9–16 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 26 | August 23 | @ Connecticut | W 102-92 | Angel McCoughtry (33) | Angel McCoughtry (8) | Matee Ajavon (8) | Mohegan Sun Arena5,319 | 10–16 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 27 | August 25 | Connecticut | W 71-57 | Sancho Lyttle (17) | HayesHenry-Morello (9) | AjavonHayes (5) | Philips Arena5,573 | 11–16 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 28 | August 28 | @ Indiana | W 90-84 | Tiffany Hayes (28) | Sancho Lyttle (8) | AjavonSchimmelMcCoughtry (2) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,303 | 12–16 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 29 | August 29 | Chicago | L 98-96 | Angel McCoughtry (33) | Angel McCoughtry (11) | Sancho Lyttle (3) | Philips Arena6,872 | 12–17

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 30 | September 1 | @ New York | L 75-80 OT | Angel McCoughtry (25) | Aneika Henry-Morello (9) | Tiffany Hayes (6) | Madison Square Garden7,482 | 12–18 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 31 | September 6 | @ Washington | W 73-67 | Tiffany Hayes (19) | Aneika Henry-MorelloLyttle (10) | Sancho Lyttle (6) | Philips Arena5,584 | 13–18 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 32 | September 9 | Los Angeles | W 90-60 | Angel McCoughtry (23) | Damiris Dantas (12) | SchimmelHayesAjavon (5) | Philips Arena3,856 | 14–18 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 33 | September 11 | Indiana | L 67-75 | Sancho Lyttle (19) | LyttleAneika Henry-Morello (8) | HayesLyttle (3) | Philips Arena5,823 | 14–19 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 34 | September 13 | @ Washington | W 73-71 | Angel McCoughtry (24) | Sancho Lyttle (12) | SchimmelLyttle (3) | Verizon Center7,196 | 15–19

Standings

Statistics

Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Angel McCoughtry 34 26 30.0 41.3 36.3 80.5 5.3 2.8 2.1 0.5 20.1 Tiffany Hayes 28 27 29.9 39.2 27.4 80.5 3.0 2.2 1.0 0.4 12.9 Sancho Lyttle 24 24 30.0 47.5 20.0 73.6 8.3 2.2 2.3 0.6 10.3 Erika de Souza 17 17 28.9 45.9 0.0 54.2 7.5 1.2 0.9 0.8 8.6 Damiris Dantas 16 16 24.8 38.3 33.3 97.3 5.4 0.7 0.9 0.6 8.6 Shoni Schimmel 32 16 19.8 37.8 38.3 85.7 2.5 3.2 0.8 0.2 7.6 Carla Cortijo 2 0 16.0 55.6 50.0 75.0 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.0 7.0 Roneeka Hodges 23 9 19.5 38.2 36.0 75.0 2.0 1.3 0.2 0.2 6.4 Matee Ajavon 33 11 17.6 40.5 16.7 82.2 2.5 2.4 1.4 0.2 5.9 Reshanda Gray 17 1 14.8 49.3 0.0 73.3 2.8 0.2 0.4 0.4 5.9 Aneika Henry-Morello 29 11 17.9 48.5 0.0 75.0 4.7 0.4 0.3 0.9 5.2 Erica Wheeler 17 0 11.9 45.7 40.0 50.0 0.9 1.5 0.5 0.0 4.5 Cierra Burdick 11 4 18.9 42.5 0.0 87.5 3.2 1.2 0.9 0.5 4.4 DeLisha Milton-Jones 18 1 8.9 34.0 10.0 55.6 1.8 0.4 0.4 0.1 2.1 Sydney Carter 26 7 11.3 20.8 16.7 80.0 0.9 1.2 0.3 0.1 2.0 Nadia Colhado 6 0 5.3 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.7 1.0 Samantha Logic 4 0 5.8 9.1 12.5 0.0 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.8

Awards and honors Recipient Award Date awarded Ref. Angel McCoughtry All-Star Selection July 14 All-WNBA First Team October 8 All-Defensive First Team September 27 DeLisha Milton-Jones Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award October 1 Sancho Lyttle All-Defensive Second Team September 27 Shoni Schimmel All-Star Selection July 14

References

External links THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE ATLANTA DREAM Atlanta Dream 2015 Schedule - Dream Home and Away - ESPN