Atlanta Dream
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| Conference | Eastern | ||
| Leagues | WNBA | ||
| Founded | 2007 | ||
| History | Atlanta Dream 2008–present |
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| Arena |
Philips Arena (2007–present) Hank McCamish Pavilion (2017–2018) |
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| Location | Atlanta, Georgia | ||
| Team colors | Red, blue, light blue, navy, white |
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| General manager | Angela Taylor | ||
| Head coach | Michael Cooper | ||
| Assistant(s) | Karleen Thompson Miles Cooper |
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| Ownership | Dream Too LLC | ||
| Championships | 0 | ||
| Conference titles | 3 (2010, 2011, 2013) | ||
| Website | dream |
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The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta businesswomen: Mary Brock, and Kelly Loeffler. Like some other WNBA teams, the Dream is not affiliated with an NBA counterpart, even though the Dream share the market with the Atlanta Hawks.
The Dream has qualified for the WNBA Playoffs in seven of its nine years in Atlanta and has reached the WNBA Finals three times. The franchise has been home to many high-quality players such as University of Louisville standouts Angel McCoughtry and Shoni Schimmel, former Finals MVP Betty Lennox, and Brazilian sharpshooter Izi Castro Marques. In 2010, the Dream went to the WNBA Finals but fell short to Seattle. They lost to the Minnesota Lynx in the 2011 and 2013 WNBA Finals. They have been in the finals for three of four years, but haven't won a single game in them, going 0-9.
Even before the success of the United States women's basketball team in the 1996 Olympic Games, the American Basketball League had interest in placing a women's professional basketball team in Atlanta. Plans were made to place a women's pro team in Atlanta as early as 1995. Eight of the 12 Olympians would play on ABL teams when the league began play in October 1996. The Atlanta Glory played at Forbes Arena and would last two seasons before folding before the start of the 1998–99 season, which would be the ABL's final.
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