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Atlanta Dream head coach Tanisha Wright isn’t blaming officials for her team’s 110-80 loss to the New York Liberty on Friday night. After yet another early-season game marked by frustration at referees from both sides, though, she made a passionate, public plea for improved performance and accountability from WNBA officials, inevitable fine be damned. Wright […]

WNBA history was made Tuesday night in the Dallas Wings’ 85-73 win over the Atlanta Dream. There were 10 technical fouls issued during the game, the most in a WNBA regular season contest according to Elias Sports Bureau. Six of those fouls were given to the Wings, four to the Dream. There were five defensive […]

New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu has been downgraded to doubtful for Tuesday’s game against the Atlanta Dream, according to a Tuesday tweet from Winsidr Senior Writer Myles Ehrlich. “Sabrina Ionescu has been downgraded to DOUBTFUL (L. Hamstring) for tonight’s game against the Dream @Winsidr,” wrote Ehrlich. She was initially listed as “questionable” before Tuesday’s game. Center […]

The Atlanta Dream fell to 2-4 on to start the 2023 WNBA season as they dropped their second consecutive game, this one to the New York Liberty after losing to the Las Vegas Aces on June 2. Despite the uneven start, the Dream have been seeing another step forward in the development of budding star […]

The Indiana Fever’s new era has come, and Aliyah Boston is the poster girl in the middle of it all. The WNBA’s first overall pick of the 2023 Draft had rough losses in their first two games against the Connecticut Sun and New York Liberty. However, things may be starting to change now as the […]

The Atlanta Dream have started out the 2023 season at 1-1 so far. After a season-opening loss against the Dallas Wings when they were buried by an avalanche of Arike Ogunbowale jumpers, they got a big road win against the Minnesota Lynx on Tuesday. The Dream added a major piece in the offseason in the […]

Dallas Wings star Arike Ogunbowale had such an easy time against the Atlanta Dream’s defense in their WNBA opener on Saturday, so much so that she only had one word to describe it: “BBQ chicken.” Ogunbowale dropped 27 points in the Wings’ 85-78 home win. The 26-year-old went 9-of-25 from the field (including 4-of-14 from […]

Atlanta Dream guard Aari McDonald sent a stern warning during the Dream’s training camp on Wednesday. “We’re going to be scary this year,” said Aari McDonald, via The Next Atlanta Dream Reporter Gabriella Lewis. Forwards Monique Billings and Cheyenne Parker, the two leading rebounders for the Dream during the 2022 season, will return to the roster […]

Coming into the WNBA draft, Haley Jones from Stanford was one of the top overall prospects. She was projected to go as high as No. 2 in the draft to somewhere late in the first round. She ended up being drafted at No. 6 overall to the Atlanta Dream. Draft night is a big night […]

The 2023 WNBA draft is here. For many players, they don’t get much of a break. Almost immediately after the NCAA season ends, WNBA draft preparation begins. The draft will be held on Monday, Apr. 10 at 7 P.M. EST and will consistent of three rounds with 12 picks per round. After some uncertainty, South […]

The dust from WNBA free agency is all but settled. At this point teams already know who is going to be on their roster and who is going to be invited to training camp. All that is left is some housekeeping issues in terms of contract extensions with players already on the roster. The Atlanta […]

According to a press release, the Atlanta Dream and Allisha Gray have agreed to a contract extension. Rachel Galligan of Winsidr reported the deal will keep Gray with the franchise through the 2025 season. The Dream acquired Gray earlier this offseason in a trade where they shipped the 2023 No. 3 overall pick and a 2025 […]

The Atlanta Dream announced today they have added Kia Vaughn to their front office as its new Basketball Operations Associate. Vaughn played 14 years in the WNBA (her last coming with the Dream last season) and joins a front office that has built the team back up behind head coach Tanisha Wright and general manager […]

The NBA trade deadline may have been on Thursday but the WNBA had some trades of their own as well. With the dust from the WNBA free agency period largely settled, teams are still in the process of filling out their rosters and looking at potential trades. The Connecticut Sun pulled off one of those […]

The WNBA free agency period has begun with teams and players allowed to negotiate contracts, but nothing can become official until the end of the moratorium period on Feb. 1. While the WNBA world is waiting for Breanna Stewart to make her decision, a few other signings have been announced. One of the most recent […]

The Atlanta Dream made one of the first moves of the WNBA off-season when they pulled off a trade with the Dallas Wings to acquire Allisha Gray. Gray, who had spent her whole career with the Wings to this point, had been rumored to be moved for much of last season. Now that Gray has […]

WNBA free agency has yet to begin, but that hasn’t stopped teams from already making moves in anticipation of the 2023 season. There have been a few trades that have already gone down and the latest one happened on Wednesday between the Atlanta Dream and the Dallas Wings as per M.A. Voepel of ESPN. Sources […]

The Atlanta Dream and Indiana Fever pulled the trigger on a player swap that brings WNBA vet Danielle Robinson to Atlanta and Kristy Wallace to Indiana. Wallace just finished her first season in the WNBA, though she was selected by the Dream in the second round (16th overall) of the 2018 WNBA Draft. Prior to […]

The WNBA draft lottery commenced yesterday, paving a clearer picture for front offices preparing for April when they get to choose from the best women’s basketball prospects in the country and abroad. The Indiana Fever landed the first overall pick for the first time in franchise history while the Minnesota Lynx nabbed the second selection […]

The WNBA announced today the 2023 draft lottery will take place on Nov. 11. It will be televised on ESPN 2 at 6 p.m. ET as a 30-minute draft special ahead of the primetime collegiate matchup between South Carolina and Maryland. The Indiana Fever, Washington Mystics, Atlanta Dream and Minnesota Lynx are all in contention […]

The 2022 WNBA regular season is officially in the books and some of the new young talent that entered the league have been honored for their hard work. Former No. 1 overall pick Rhyne Howard was deemed the WNBA’s most standout rookie in 2022, and the Atlanta Dream star was rewarded with Rookie of the […]

A video recently went viral of two Atlanta Dream players, Courtney Williams and Crystal Bradford, in an absolutely bonkers melee near a popular Atlanta food truck. It turns out the fight actually happened in May, and Dream co-owner Renee Montgomery went on ESPN during Wednesday’s halftime show of the playoff game between the Chicago Sky […]

Aside from being one of the greatest basketball players of all time, Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James has also never been shy to use his platform to speak out about social issues. Earlier this year, James voiced his support for players of the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream, who stood up against co-owner and former Georgia […]

Former Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler has finally completed her sale of WNBA franchise the Atlanta Dream. Shams Charania of The Athletic reported Loeffler, a co-owner of the Dream, reached an agreement to sell the team to a “three-member” investor group including former Dream star Renee Montgomery. The Atlanta Dream, co-owned by former U.S. Senator Kelly […]

LeBron James has been placing his ties in some ownership after his playing days with the Los Angeles Lakers are long over. The future Hall of Famer has been in negotiations recently in regards to taking control of some ownership in the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream franchise. As James made it known on Wednesday that he […]