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2021 Atlanta Dream Season
The 2021 WNBA season was the 14th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. The team began the season on May 14, 2021 at home against the Connecticut Sun. This was the first season that the Dream will play home games at the Gateway Center Arena at College Park. In the 2019 offseason the team elected to move from State Farm Arena. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 season was played at a neutral site. Mike Petersen began the season as interim head coach, but stepped down on July 24 due to health reasons. Darius Taylor took over as interim coach through the end of the regular season. The Dream began the season by losing their first two games, but then going on a four game winning streak. That win streak was followed by a four game losing streak. After winning their next game, the Dream were 5–6 through their first eleven games. However, the Dream could only win one more of their next eight games to go into the Olympic brea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WNBA Eastern Conference
The Eastern Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams. From the league's second season in 1998 through 2015, the WNBA operated separate playoff brackets for its Eastern and Western Conferences. Each conference's playoff was divided into two playoff rounds, the Conference Semi-Finals and the Conference Finals, with the Conference Finals winners receiving Conference Championships and advancing to the WNBA Finals to determine the WNBA champion. In the final years of this playoff scheme, all in-conference playoff series were best-of-three. Since 2016, the league has abandoned separate conference playoffs in favor of a single league-wide playoff bracket. The top eight teams in the regular season, without regard to conference affiliation, advance to the playoffs, which are seeded based strictly on regular-season record (with tiebreakers as needed). The bottom four playoff teams play single-elimination games (5 vs. 8, 6 vs. 7) in the first round, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsey Pulliam
Lindsey Denise Pulliam (born August 6, 1999) is an American professional basketball for Valur of the Icelandic top-tier Úrvalsdeild kvenna. She was drafted by the Atlanta Dream in the third round of the 2021 WNBA draft. Pulliam was born in Washington, D.C. She grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland and attended high school at Our Lady of Good Counsel in Olney, Maryland. Northwestern Pulliam was a four-star recruit going into college. She played college basketball at Northwestern University. Over four years, she started 123 games and averaged 16.5 points per game on a .379 shooting percentage. She had 120 steals and 25 blocks. Pulliam is only the third Northwestern player to score 2,000 points. She was the fastest Wildcat to 1,000 points. She guided Northwestern to a regular-season Big 10 title in 2020 and an NCAA Tournament berth in 2021, when the team reached the Round of 32 for the first time since 1993. She was named to the All-Big Ten First Team in 2020 and the All-Big Ten Seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikayla Pivec
Mikayla Pivec (born November 18, 1997) is an American basketball player for :es:Club Deportivo Promete, Club Deportivo Promete of :es:Liga Femenina de baloncesto, La Liga Feminina in Spain. Born in Bellevue, Washington, Pivec went to Lynnwood High School and played collegiately for Oregon State University. She was drafted by the Atlanta Dream with the 25th overall pick of the 2020 WNBA draft. In May, with the 2020 WNBA season in jeopardy due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Pivec opted out of the season. On July 13, it was announced Pivec had signed a one-year contract with Club Deportivo Promete in Spain. Pivec is expected to return to Atlanta Dream training camp in 2021 for an opportunity to earn a roster spot. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Pivec, Mikayla Living people Atlanta Dream draft picks Guards (basketball) Oregon State Beavers women's basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Spain People from Bothell, Washington Basketball players fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvonne Turner
Yvonne Turner (born October 13, 1987) is an American-Hungarian professional basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Sopron Basket of the EuroLeague Women, and the Hungarian women's basketball league. She previously played with the Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team from 2006 to 2010. Turner played professionally outside of the U.S. as well, including time in Australia, Ecuador, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Spain, Turkey. In Hungary during the 2016–17 season, she led the EuroLeague in scoring while playing with Uniqa Sopron. She has played the Phoenix Mercury, Minnesota Lynx, and the Atlanta Dream during her time in the WNBA. Nebraska Statistics Source Professional career WNBA Phoenix Mercury (2017–2019) Turner made her WNBA debut in 2017 with Phoenix. She averaged 5.1 points and 12.8 minutes per game in her 34 appearances, which included four starts. Turner scored a season high of 18 on July 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference (WNBA), Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 WNBA season, 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises. The team is owned by Robert Sarver, who also owns the NBA team Phoenix Suns. The Mercury have qualified for the WNBA Playoffs in fifteen of its twenty-four years in Phoenix. The franchise has been home to players such as former University of Connecticut, UConn Diana Taurasi, Rutgers University, Rutgers grad Cappie Pondexter, former Temple University, Temple power forward Candice Dupree, former Baylor University, Baylor center Brittney Griner, and Australian guard Penny Taylor. In 1998 WNBA season, 1998, 2007 WNBA season, 2007, 2009 WNBA season, 2009, 2014 WNBA season, 2014, and 2021 WNBA season, 2021 the Mercury went to the WNBA Finals; they lost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renee Montgomery
Renee Danielle Montgomery (born December 2, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player, sports broadcaster and activist who is currently vice president, part-owner, and investor of the Atlanta Dream, and one of three owners of the FCF Beasts Indoor Football Team; making her the first player in the WNBA to become an owner and executive of a team and first female owner in the FCF. During her 11-year playing career in the Women's National Basketball Association, she won two championships with the Minnesota Lynx in 2015 and 2017. During her college playing career, she won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. In 2020, Montgomery opted-out of the WNBA season in protest of police brutality, bringing forth awareness throughout the league and leading to multiple campaigns dedicated to human rights. High school Montgomery was a high school teammate of fellow future WNBA player Alexis Hornbuckle at South Charleston High School, where she was a captain e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tianna Hawkins
Tianna Bartoletta née Madison (born August 30, 1985) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the long jump and short sprinting events. She is a two-time Olympian with three gold medals. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she placed fourth in the 100m race then won her first gold by leading off the world record-setting 4 × 100 m relay team. At the 2016 Summer Olympics she won two more golds, first with a personal best to win the long jump then again leading off the victorious 4 × 100 m relay team. Other achievements include winning the long jump World Championship in 2005 and 2015, plus the long jump World Indoor Championship in 2006. She also was a pusher on the U.S. bobsled team in 2012. It was announced in August 2020 that Bartoletta would be joining SPIRE Institute and Academy as an ambassador. She will be joining the others such as Ryan Lochte and Elizabeth Beisel representing the school. The goal of the partnership with SPIRE and the ambassadors is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheyenne Parker (basketball)
Cheyenne Parker (born August 22, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Early life Parker was born and raised in Queens, New York and grew up in a single mother home. Later on in life, she and her mother moved to High Point, North Carolina to help accommodate her with more basketball opportunities. She enrolled at Southwest Guilford High School and played for the girls' basketball team. College career After graduating from Southwest Guilford High School, Parker enrolled at High Point Panthers women's basketball, High Point University. She played for the women's basketball team from 2010 to 2013. However, upon her senior season she was dismissed by the team due to a failed drug test, it was for marijuana. Due to the violation she had to sit out the entire 2013–14 college season. In 2014, Parker transferred to Middle Tennessee State University, where she put up college career-high numbers i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blake Dietrick
Blake Julia Dietrick (born July 19, 1993) is an American professional basketball player who is currently playing for Lyon ASVEL in France. After signing a contract in August 2021 and becoming a team member for the Atlanta Dream during the 2021 season. She played previously for the Seattle Storm in the WNBA, and the Gernika KESB in Spain. She played college basketball at Princeton. High school and college Born in Wellesley, Massachusetts, Dietrick played basketball for Wellesley High School, where she scored a school record 1,440 career points, leading the team to an 84-9 record during that time. Dietrick was also a three-time All-American in lacrosse, earning first team US Lacrosse honors her sophomore through senior years. In her final season for Princeton, Dietrick was named Ivy League Player of the Year and chosen as an All-American honorable mention by the Associated Press and Women's Basketball Coaches Association. She also led the Ivy League in assists (4.9/game) while set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaylyn Agnew
Jaylyn Agnew (born July 21, 1997) is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent. She played college basketball for the Creighton Bluejays. High school career Agnew played high school basketball for Andover High School. In her sophomore season, she averaged 13.3 points per game and shot 53 percent from the field. In her junior year, she averaged 14.3 points per game and led her team to a 17–6 record. In her senior year, she averaged 17.4 points per game and she was a three-time conference MVP for her high school. College career Agnew played college basketball for the Creighton Bluejays from 2016 to 2020. In her freshman season, she averaged 7.1 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game and was named Big East Freshman of the Year. In her sophomore season, she averaged 14.5 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game. In her junior year, she averaged 11.8 points, 6.6 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. In her senior year, she averaged 20.8 point ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaela Davis
Kaela Davis (born March 15, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for Georgia Tech before transferring to the University of South Carolina. She has also played for the Dallas Wings, Atlanta Dream, Chicago Sky, and the Seattle Storm in the WNBA. College career After helping lead South Carolina to the NCAA Championship, Davis opted to enter the 2017 WNBA draft. She was drafted 10th overall by the Dallas Wings. Georgia Tech statistics Source Professional career On August 10, 2018, Davis signed with the Perth Lynx for the 2018–19 WNBL season. However, due to suffering with vertigo, she was unable to travel to Perth and thus the Lynx released Davis from her contract on September 4. In August 2020, it was announced that Davis had reached a deal with the Atlanta Dream. Davis signed a hardship contract with the Seattle Storm on May 13, 2022. On July 21, 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
