The 2008 WNBA season was the first for the Atlanta Dream. The team name was unveiled on January 23, 2008, with the expansion draft held on February 6. The Atlanta Dream had seventeen straight losses. It was the longest losing streak to start a season in WNBA history. Transactions Expansion Draft The list of players selected in the Expansion Draft includes: Additionally, Atlanta immediately orchestrated three trades involving players in the expansion draft. WNBA Draft Trades and Roster Changes Roster {| class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%; width: 100%;" |- ! colspan="2" style="background:#6495ED;color:white;"|2008 Atlanta Dream Roster |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;" ! Players !! Coaches |- | valign="top" | {| class="sortable" style="background:transparent; margin:0px; width:100%;" ! Pos. !! # !! Nat. !! Name !! Ht. !! Wt. !! From |- Depth Schedule Preseason |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 | May 3 | Los Angeles | L 80-86 | Thomas, Young (15) | Young (5) | Ingram (4) | Philips Arena 7,932 | 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 | May 11 | @ Phoenix | L 84-97 | Lennox (21) | Lovelace (6) | Haynie, Lennox (4) | US Airways Center 1,845 | 0-2 |- Regular season The Atlanta Dream lost their first game in franchise history, 67-100. Their opponent was the Connecticut Sun; the Sun delivered a 32-8 run that stretched into the second quarter to open a 17-point lead. The lead exploded to 34 points. At the conclusion of the game, the Dream were outrebounded 53-29. For the Dream, Stacey Lovelace had 11 points, five assists and four rebounds. |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 | May 17 | @ Connecticut | 67-100 | Lennox (17) | Haynie, Lennox (7) | Lovelace (5) | Mohegan Sun Arena 7,420 | 0-1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 | May 23 | Detroit | 76-88 | Lennox (21) | de Souza (18) | Latta (3) | Philips Arena 11,609 | 0-2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 | May 25 | Los Angeles | 56-74 | Castro Marques (17) | de Souza, Feenstra (6) | Haynie, Latta (4) | Philips Arena 11,186 | 0-3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 | May 27 | @ Washington | 74-80 | Lennox (29) | de Souza, Lennox, Little, Lovelace (3) | Latta (6) | Verizon Center 6,231 | 0-4 |- |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 | June 3 | Minnesota | 81-85 | Lennox (28) | Feenstra (9) | Lennox (8) | Philips Arena 5,844 |