2011 Atlanta Dream season
Encyclopedia
The 2011 WNBA season is the 4th season for the Atlanta Dream
Atlanta Dream
The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...

 of the Women's National Basketball Association
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...

. The Dream finished the regular season with a 20-14 record, good for third-best in the Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference (WNBA)
The Eastern Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Eastern Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Western Conference...

. The Dream then won their second consecutive Eastern Conference Championship
Eastern Conference (WNBA)
The Eastern Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Eastern Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Western Conference...

.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Dream's selections in the 2011 WNBA Draft
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...

.

Transaction log

  • March 23: The Dream signed Sandora Irvin to a training camp contract.
  • March 25: The Dream signed Ashley Paris to a training camp contract.
  • April 1: The Dream re-signed Alison Bales.
  • April 11: The Dream traded draft rights to Rachel Jarry and a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for draft rights to Felicia Chester.
  • April 11: The Dream traded Kelly Miller, draft rights to Ta'Shia Phillips and a first-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Lindsey Harding and a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft.
  • May 21: The Dream waived Kelsey Bolte and Ashley Paris.
  • June 1: The Dream waived Shannon McCallum.
  • June 2: The Dream waived Felicia Chester.
  • June 6: The Dream waived Brittainey Raven and signed Kelly Mazzante.
  • June 18: The Dream suspended Sancho Lyttle and signed Courtney Paris.
  • July 2: The Dream waived Kelly Mazzante.

Trades


Additions

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| style="background:#6495ED;color:white; width:210px"|Former team
|- style="height:40px"
| Sandora Irvin
Sandora Irvin
Sandora Lavett Irvin is an American professional basketball player for the Women's National Basketball Association...

|| March 23, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Lindsey Harding
Lindsey Harding
Lindsey Marcie Harding is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Atlanta Dream. She was born in Mobile, Alabama, but grew up in Houston, Texas.-College career:...

|| April 11, 2011 || Washington Mystics
Washington Mystics
The Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'...


|- style="height:40px"
| Kelly Mazzante
Kelly Mazzante
Kelly Anne Mazzante is a professional basketball player in the WNBA. She is the all-time leading scorer in Big Ten basketball history .-Early life and college career:...

|| June 6, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Courtney Paris
Courtney Paris
Courtney Paris most recently played for the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA, she was the senior starting center for the University of Oklahoma women's basketball team. Her twin sister, player Ashley Paris, was also a Sooner.-Early life:In addition to being a twin, Paris has four brothers: Wayne, David,...

|| June 18, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|}

Subtractions

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|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#6495ED;color:white; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#6495ED;color:white; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#6495ED;color:white; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Kelly Miller || April 11, 2011 || Washington Mystics
Washington Mystics
The Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'...


|- style="height:40px"
| Yelena Leuchanka
Yelena Leuchanka
Yelena Leuchanka is a Belarusian professional women's basketball player with the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA in the United States. Prior to joining the Dream for their inaugural 2008 season, Leuchanka was a member of the Charlotte Sting in 2006 and Washington Mystics in 2007. She began her college...

|| May 15, 2011 || hiatus
|- style="height:40px"
| Brittainey Raven
Brittainey Raven
Brittainey Raven is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. She is a graduate of North Crowley High School and of the University of Texas at Austin. She was drafted as the 33rd overall pick in the 2010 WNBA draft by the Atlanta Dream, the team she most recently played...

|| June 6, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Kelly Mazzante
Kelly Mazzante
Kelly Anne Mazzante is a professional basketball player in the WNBA. She is the all-time leading scorer in Big Ten basketball history .-Early life and college career:...

|| July 2, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|}

Depth

{| style="text-align: center; background:#6495ED; color:#FFFFFF"
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!width="250"|Starter
!width="250"|Bench
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#FF0000" | C
Center (basketball)
The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...


| Erika de Souza
Erika de Souza
Érika Cristina de Souza is a Brazilian professional women's basketball player with the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA in the United States. Prior to joining the Dream for their inaugural 2008 season, DeSouza was a member of the Los Angeles Sparks in 2002, with whom she played in 11 games...


| Courtney Paris
Courtney Paris
Courtney Paris most recently played for the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA, she was the senior starting center for the University of Oklahoma women's basketball team. Her twin sister, player Ashley Paris, was also a Sooner.-Early life:In addition to being a twin, Paris has four brothers: Wayne, David,...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#FF0000" | PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...


| Sancho Lyttle
Sancho Lyttle
Sancho Lyttle is a professional basketball player born in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, with Spanish citizenship. She is currently a power forward in the WNBA for the Atlanta Dream. Through her career, she has scored 1,505 points, collected 1,041 rebounds, and has 200 assists, 242 steals, and...


| Alison Bales
Alison Bales
Alison Marie Bales is an American professional basketball player who plays for the WNBA's Atlanta Dream.-High school:...


Sandora Irvin
Sandora Irvin
Sandora Lavett Irvin is an American professional basketball player for the Women's National Basketball Association...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#FF0000" | SF
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...


| Angel McCoughtry
Angel McCoughtry
Angel Lajuane McCoughtry is a professional basketball player who completed her college career at the University of Louisville in 2009. She was selected first overall by the Atlanta Dream in the 2009 WNBA Draft and is considered its franchise player...


|
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FF0000" | SG
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...


| Armintie Price
Armintie Price
Armintie Ada Price is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream. Price, who played collegiately at the University of Mississippi, was drafted third overall by the Chicago Sky in the 2007 WNBA Draft...


| Iziane Castro Marques
Iziane Castro Marques
Iziane "Izi" Castro Marques is a Brazilian professional basketball player. The six-foot forward is a mainstay of the Brazil women's national basketball team, and a starting small forward on the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA.The undrafted Castro Marques was signed by the Miami Sol as a free agent out...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#FF0000" | PG
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...


| Lindsey Harding
Lindsey Harding
Lindsey Marcie Harding is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Atlanta Dream. She was born in Mobile, Alabama, but grew up in Houston, Texas.-College career:...


| Coco Miller
Coco Miller
-External links:**...


Shalee Lehning
Shalee Lehning
Shalee Lehning is an American basketball player who was selected by the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA in the 2009 WNBA Draft.-High school:...

 
|}

Preseason

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|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#6495ED; color:white" | 2011 Game Log: Preseason
|- valign="top"
|
The 2011 WNBA season is the 4th season for the Atlanta Dream
Atlanta Dream
The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...

 of the Women's National Basketball Association
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...

. The Dream finished the regular season with a 20-14 record, good for third-best in the Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference (WNBA)
The Eastern Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Eastern Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Western Conference...

. The Dream then won their second consecutive Eastern Conference Championship
Eastern Conference (WNBA)
The Eastern Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Eastern Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Western Conference...

.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Dream's selections in the 2011 WNBA Draft
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...

.
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| 1
| 8
| Ta'Shia Phillips
Ta'Shia Phillips
Ta'Shia Phillips is a basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association.She is the sister of Cinncinnati Reds second baseman, Brandon Phillips.-WNBA:...


|
| Xavier
|-
| 2
| 18 (from S.A.
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...

)
| Rachel Jarry
Rachel Jarry
Rachel Jarry is an Australian professional basketball player for the Bulleen Boomers in the WNBL and Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. She began her pro career as a forward for the Boomers...


|
| Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...


|-
| 3
| 32
| Kelsey Bolte
|
| Iowa State
Iowa State University
Iowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University , is a public land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames, Iowa, United States. Iowa State has produced astronauts, scientists, and Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, along with a host of...


|-
|}

Transaction log

  • March 23: The Dream signed Sandora Irvin to a training camp contract.
  • March 25: The Dream signed Ashley Paris to a training camp contract.
  • April 1: The Dream re-signed Alison Bales.
  • April 11: The Dream traded draft rights to Rachel Jarry and a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for draft rights to Felicia Chester.
  • April 11: The Dream traded Kelly Miller, draft rights to Ta'Shia Phillips and a first-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Lindsey Harding and a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft.
  • May 21: The Dream waived Kelsey Bolte and Ashley Paris.
  • June 1: The Dream waived Shannon McCallum.
  • June 2: The Dream waived Felicia Chester.
  • June 6: The Dream waived Brittainey Raven and signed Kelly Mazzante.
  • June 18: The Dream suspended Sancho Lyttle and signed Courtney Paris.
  • July 2: The Dream waived Kelly Mazzante.

Trades

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! style="background:#6495ED;color:white;" colspan=2|Trade
|-
| rowspan=2|April 11, 2011
| width=375|To Atlanta Dream
Atlanta Dream
The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...


| width=375|To Minnesota Lynx
Minnesota Lynx
The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...


|-
| Felicia Chester
Felicia Chester
Felicia Chester is a basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...


| Rachel Jarry and second-round pick in 2012 Draft
|-
| rowspan=2|April 11, 2011
| width=375|To Atlanta Dream
Atlanta Dream
The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...


| width=375|To Washington Mystics
Washington Mystics
The Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'...


|-
| Lindsey Harding
Lindsey Harding
Lindsey Marcie Harding is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Atlanta Dream. She was born in Mobile, Alabama, but grew up in Houston, Texas.-College career:...

 and second-round pick in 2012 Draft
| Ta'Shia Phillips
Ta'Shia Phillips
Ta'Shia Phillips is a basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association.She is the sister of Cinncinnati Reds second baseman, Brandon Phillips.-WNBA:...

, Kelly Miller and first-round pick in 2012 Draft
|}

Additions

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|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#6495ED;color:white; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#6495ED;color:white; width:100px"|Signed
| style="background:#6495ED;color:white; width:210px"|Former team
|- style="height:40px"
| Sandora Irvin
Sandora Irvin
Sandora Lavett Irvin is an American professional basketball player for the Women's National Basketball Association...

|| March 23, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Lindsey Harding
Lindsey Harding
Lindsey Marcie Harding is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Atlanta Dream. She was born in Mobile, Alabama, but grew up in Houston, Texas.-College career:...

|| April 11, 2011 || Washington Mystics
Washington Mystics
The Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'...


|- style="height:40px"
| Kelly Mazzante
Kelly Mazzante
Kelly Anne Mazzante is a professional basketball player in the WNBA. She is the all-time leading scorer in Big Ten basketball history .-Early life and college career:...

|| June 6, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Courtney Paris
Courtney Paris
Courtney Paris most recently played for the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA, she was the senior starting center for the University of Oklahoma women's basketball team. Her twin sister, player Ashley Paris, was also a Sooner.-Early life:In addition to being a twin, Paris has four brothers: Wayne, David,...

|| June 18, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|}

Subtractions

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|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#6495ED;color:white; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#6495ED;color:white; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#6495ED;color:white; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Kelly Miller || April 11, 2011 || Washington Mystics
Washington Mystics
The Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'...


|- style="height:40px"
| Yelena Leuchanka
Yelena Leuchanka
Yelena Leuchanka is a Belarusian professional women's basketball player with the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA in the United States. Prior to joining the Dream for their inaugural 2008 season, Leuchanka was a member of the Charlotte Sting in 2006 and Washington Mystics in 2007. She began her college...

|| May 15, 2011 || hiatus
|- style="height:40px"
| Brittainey Raven
Brittainey Raven
Brittainey Raven is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. She is a graduate of North Crowley High School and of the University of Texas at Austin. She was drafted as the 33rd overall pick in the 2010 WNBA draft by the Atlanta Dream, the team she most recently played...

|| June 6, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Kelly Mazzante
Kelly Mazzante
Kelly Anne Mazzante is a professional basketball player in the WNBA. She is the all-time leading scorer in Big Ten basketball history .-Early life and college career:...

|| July 2, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|}

Depth

{| style="text-align: center; background:#6495ED; color:#FFFFFF"
!width="50"|Pos.
!width="250"|Starter
!width="250"|Bench
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#FF0000" | C
Center (basketball)
The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...


| Erika de Souza
Erika de Souza
Érika Cristina de Souza is a Brazilian professional women's basketball player with the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA in the United States. Prior to joining the Dream for their inaugural 2008 season, DeSouza was a member of the Los Angeles Sparks in 2002, with whom she played in 11 games...


| Courtney Paris
Courtney Paris
Courtney Paris most recently played for the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA, she was the senior starting center for the University of Oklahoma women's basketball team. Her twin sister, player Ashley Paris, was also a Sooner.-Early life:In addition to being a twin, Paris has four brothers: Wayne, David,...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#FF0000" | PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...


| Sancho Lyttle
Sancho Lyttle
Sancho Lyttle is a professional basketball player born in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, with Spanish citizenship. She is currently a power forward in the WNBA for the Atlanta Dream. Through her career, she has scored 1,505 points, collected 1,041 rebounds, and has 200 assists, 242 steals, and...


| Alison Bales
Alison Bales
Alison Marie Bales is an American professional basketball player who plays for the WNBA's Atlanta Dream.-High school:...


Sandora Irvin
Sandora Irvin
Sandora Lavett Irvin is an American professional basketball player for the Women's National Basketball Association...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#FF0000" | SF
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...


| Angel McCoughtry
Angel McCoughtry
Angel Lajuane McCoughtry is a professional basketball player who completed her college career at the University of Louisville in 2009. She was selected first overall by the Atlanta Dream in the 2009 WNBA Draft and is considered its franchise player...


|
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FF0000" | SG
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...


| Armintie Price
Armintie Price
Armintie Ada Price is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream. Price, who played collegiately at the University of Mississippi, was drafted third overall by the Chicago Sky in the 2007 WNBA Draft...


| Iziane Castro Marques
Iziane Castro Marques
Iziane "Izi" Castro Marques is a Brazilian professional basketball player. The six-foot forward is a mainstay of the Brazil women's national basketball team, and a starting small forward on the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA.The undrafted Castro Marques was signed by the Miami Sol as a free agent out...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#FF0000" | PG
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...


| Lindsey Harding
Lindsey Harding
Lindsey Marcie Harding is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Atlanta Dream. She was born in Mobile, Alabama, but grew up in Houston, Texas.-College career:...


| Coco Miller
Coco Miller
-External links:**...


Shalee Lehning
Shalee Lehning
Shalee Lehning is an American basketball player who was selected by the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA in the 2009 WNBA Draft.-High school:...

 
|}

Preseason

{| class="toccolours" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#6495ED; color:white" | 2011 Game Log: Preseason
|- valign="top"
|
The 2011 WNBA season is the 4th season for the Atlanta Dream
Atlanta Dream
The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...

 of the Women's National Basketball Association
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...

. The Dream finished the regular season with a 20-14 record, good for third-best in the Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference (WNBA)
The Eastern Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Eastern Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Western Conference...

. The Dream then won their second consecutive Eastern Conference Championship
Eastern Conference (WNBA)
The Eastern Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Eastern Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Western Conference...

.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Dream's selections in the 2011 WNBA Draft
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...

.
{| class="navbox wikitable"
! style="background:#6495ED; color:white;" width="2%"| Round
! style="background:#6495ED; color:white;" width="5%"| Pick
! style="background:#6495ED; color:white;" width="10%"| Player
! style="background:#6495ED; color:white;" width="10%"| Nationality
! style="background:#6495ED; color:white;" width="10%"| School/Team/Country
|-
| 1
| 8
| Ta'Shia Phillips
Ta'Shia Phillips
Ta'Shia Phillips is a basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association.She is the sister of Cinncinnati Reds second baseman, Brandon Phillips.-WNBA:...


|
| Xavier
|-
| 2
| 18 (from S.A.
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...

)
| Rachel Jarry
Rachel Jarry
Rachel Jarry is an Australian professional basketball player for the Bulleen Boomers in the WNBL and Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. She began her pro career as a forward for the Boomers...


|
| Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...


|-
| 3
| 32
| Kelsey Bolte
|
| Iowa State
Iowa State University
Iowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University , is a public land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames, Iowa, United States. Iowa State has produced astronauts, scientists, and Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, along with a host of...


|-
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Transaction log

  • March 23: The Dream signed Sandora Irvin to a training camp contract.
  • March 25: The Dream signed Ashley Paris to a training camp contract.
  • April 1: The Dream re-signed Alison Bales.
  • April 11: The Dream traded draft rights to Rachel Jarry and a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for draft rights to Felicia Chester.
  • April 11: The Dream traded Kelly Miller, draft rights to Ta'Shia Phillips and a first-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Lindsey Harding and a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft.
  • May 21: The Dream waived Kelsey Bolte and Ashley Paris.
  • June 1: The Dream waived Shannon McCallum.
  • June 2: The Dream waived Felicia Chester.
  • June 6: The Dream waived Brittainey Raven and signed Kelly Mazzante.
  • June 18: The Dream suspended Sancho Lyttle and signed Courtney Paris.
  • July 2: The Dream waived Kelly Mazzante.

Trades

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! style="background:#6495ED;color:white; width=125"|Date
! style="background:#6495ED;color:white;" colspan=2|Trade
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| rowspan=2|April 11, 2011
| width=375|To Atlanta Dream
Atlanta Dream
The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...


| width=375|To Minnesota Lynx
Minnesota Lynx
The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...


|-
| Felicia Chester
Felicia Chester
Felicia Chester is a basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...


| Rachel Jarry and second-round pick in 2012 Draft
|-
| rowspan=2|April 11, 2011
| width=375|To Atlanta Dream
Atlanta Dream
The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...


| width=375|To Washington Mystics
Washington Mystics
The Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'...


|-
| Lindsey Harding
Lindsey Harding
Lindsey Marcie Harding is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Atlanta Dream. She was born in Mobile, Alabama, but grew up in Houston, Texas.-College career:...

 and second-round pick in 2012 Draft
| Ta'Shia Phillips
Ta'Shia Phillips
Ta'Shia Phillips is a basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association.She is the sister of Cinncinnati Reds second baseman, Brandon Phillips.-WNBA:...

, Kelly Miller and first-round pick in 2012 Draft
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Additions

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| valign="top" |
{|class="navbox wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#6495ED;color:white; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#6495ED;color:white; width:100px"|Signed
| style="background:#6495ED;color:white; width:210px"|Former team
|- style="height:40px"
| Sandora Irvin
Sandora Irvin
Sandora Lavett Irvin is an American professional basketball player for the Women's National Basketball Association...

|| March 23, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Lindsey Harding
Lindsey Harding
Lindsey Marcie Harding is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Atlanta Dream. She was born in Mobile, Alabama, but grew up in Houston, Texas.-College career:...

|| April 11, 2011 || Washington Mystics
Washington Mystics
The Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'...


|- style="height:40px"
| Kelly Mazzante
Kelly Mazzante
Kelly Anne Mazzante is a professional basketball player in the WNBA. She is the all-time leading scorer in Big Ten basketball history .-Early life and college career:...

|| June 6, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Courtney Paris
Courtney Paris
Courtney Paris most recently played for the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA, she was the senior starting center for the University of Oklahoma women's basketball team. Her twin sister, player Ashley Paris, was also a Sooner.-Early life:In addition to being a twin, Paris has four brothers: Wayne, David,...

|| June 18, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


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Subtractions

{|class="navbox wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#6495ED;color:white; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#6495ED;color:white; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#6495ED;color:white; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Kelly Miller || April 11, 2011 || Washington Mystics
Washington Mystics
The Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'...


|- style="height:40px"
| Yelena Leuchanka
Yelena Leuchanka
Yelena Leuchanka is a Belarusian professional women's basketball player with the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA in the United States. Prior to joining the Dream for their inaugural 2008 season, Leuchanka was a member of the Charlotte Sting in 2006 and Washington Mystics in 2007. She began her college...

|| May 15, 2011 || hiatus
|- style="height:40px"
| Brittainey Raven
Brittainey Raven
Brittainey Raven is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. She is a graduate of North Crowley High School and of the University of Texas at Austin. She was drafted as the 33rd overall pick in the 2010 WNBA draft by the Atlanta Dream, the team she most recently played...

|| June 6, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Kelly Mazzante
Kelly Mazzante
Kelly Anne Mazzante is a professional basketball player in the WNBA. She is the all-time leading scorer in Big Ten basketball history .-Early life and college career:...

|| July 2, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|}

Depth

{| style="text-align: center; background:#6495ED; color:#FFFFFF"
!width="50"|Pos.
!width="250"|Starter
!width="250"|Bench
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#FF0000" | C
Center (basketball)
The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...


| Erika de Souza
Erika de Souza
Érika Cristina de Souza is a Brazilian professional women's basketball player with the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA in the United States. Prior to joining the Dream for their inaugural 2008 season, DeSouza was a member of the Los Angeles Sparks in 2002, with whom she played in 11 games...


| Courtney Paris
Courtney Paris
Courtney Paris most recently played for the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA, she was the senior starting center for the University of Oklahoma women's basketball team. Her twin sister, player Ashley Paris, was also a Sooner.-Early life:In addition to being a twin, Paris has four brothers: Wayne, David,...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#FF0000" | PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...


| Sancho Lyttle
Sancho Lyttle
Sancho Lyttle is a professional basketball player born in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, with Spanish citizenship. She is currently a power forward in the WNBA for the Atlanta Dream. Through her career, she has scored 1,505 points, collected 1,041 rebounds, and has 200 assists, 242 steals, and...


| Alison Bales
Alison Bales
Alison Marie Bales is an American professional basketball player who plays for the WNBA's Atlanta Dream.-High school:...


Sandora Irvin
Sandora Irvin
Sandora Lavett Irvin is an American professional basketball player for the Women's National Basketball Association...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#FF0000" | SF
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...


| Angel McCoughtry
Angel McCoughtry
Angel Lajuane McCoughtry is a professional basketball player who completed her college career at the University of Louisville in 2009. She was selected first overall by the Atlanta Dream in the 2009 WNBA Draft and is considered its franchise player...


|
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FF0000" | SG
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...


| Armintie Price
Armintie Price
Armintie Ada Price is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream. Price, who played collegiately at the University of Mississippi, was drafted third overall by the Chicago Sky in the 2007 WNBA Draft...


| Iziane Castro Marques
Iziane Castro Marques
Iziane "Izi" Castro Marques is a Brazilian professional basketball player. The six-foot forward is a mainstay of the Brazil women's national basketball team, and a starting small forward on the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA.The undrafted Castro Marques was signed by the Miami Sol as a free agent out...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#FF0000" | PG
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...


| Lindsey Harding
Lindsey Harding
Lindsey Marcie Harding is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Atlanta Dream. She was born in Mobile, Alabama, but grew up in Houston, Texas.-College career:...


| Coco Miller
Coco Miller
-External links:**...


Shalee Lehning
Shalee Lehning
Shalee Lehning is an American basketball player who was selected by the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA in the 2009 WNBA Draft.-High school:...

 
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Preseason

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! colspan=2 style="background:#6495ED; color:white" | 2011 Game Log: Preseason
|- valign="top"
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