Three ways the Atlanta Dream are setting the team up for a successful 2026 WNBA season
From the Angel Reese trade to re-signing their core, the Atlanta Dream are having an excellent offseason.
The Atlanta Dream. | NBAE via Getty Images A-Town is going up. The 2025 WNBA season was just the start of a new era for the Atlanta Dream.
Even if the team’s 30-14 season ended with an early playoff exit, there was enough evidence to believe that this team was on an upward trajectory. Ahead of the 2026 season, the Dream are consolidating and accelerating. Here’s how the Dream have, and can continue to, expertly execute their offseason.
Dreams fans, add your assessments in the comments. 1. The Dream have locked up their core—for multiple seasons Entering the offseason, Atlanta was in position to retain Allisha Gray, Rhyne Howard and Naz Hillmon, as Gray was a core-eligible unrestricted free agent and Howard and Hillmon were restricted.
It was questionable, however, if the Dream would re-sign their other two starters, Brionna Jones and Jordin Canada, as both were unrestricted free agents. Four of the five have been locked up, with only Howard yet to agree to a new deal. Crucially, the organization has signed Gray, Hillmon, Jones and Canada to contracts that extend beyond one season, situating Atlanta to continue to cultivate the success with this core and head coach Karl Smekso into the 2027 season.
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