Rhyne Howard

Angel Reese has won the WNBA's Defensive Player of the Year award, making her the first player in Dream franchise history to win the award.

Rhyne Howard. (Photo by Adam Hagy) | NBAE via Getty Images Who could forget Dre’una Edwards’ dramatic 3 with 4.2 seconds left to lift Kentucky past eventual national champion South Carolina in the 2022 SEC Tournament championship game? The Wildcats weren’t even slated to make the NCAA Tournament before their improbable run through the conference tourney earned them a No. 6 seed in the Big Dance and the confidence that they could make a deep run. But it wasn’t in the cards for Kentucky senior ...

The hardest game in any series is the close-out game, and it’s the one this current Atlanta Dream core hadn’t yet figured out how to win. Facing a boisterous Washington Mystics home crowd and dealing with a tight whistle and foul trouble for Rhyne Howard and Angel Reese, the conditions were ripe for an upset by the lower seed to send the best-of-three series back to Atlanta. Instead, with the minutes of two All-Stars limited, the Dream turned to a third. The old head of the group Allisha Gray wa

Angel Reese and the Dream bench celebrate during Game 1. | Christina Merrion. Game 1 of the first-round WNBA playoff series between the No. 4-seed Atlanta Dream and No. 5-seed Washington Mystics began in all-too-typical Atlanta fashion. The Dream team that closed out the season playing with confidence and crispness was nowhere to be seen as the Mystics executed in ways the belied their inexperience. Something, however, woke up the Dream at halftime, with Atlanta, after trailing by as many as ...

DeWanna Bonner, who signed with Atlanta on Aug. 27, took charge on Sunday, and the No. 4 seed Dream followed along with her, en route to a 92-77 victory over the No. 5 Washington Mystics in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series at State Farm Arena.

Angel Reese makes Atlanta Dream history after taking home AP Defensive Player of the Year honors

Leonie Fiebich swats Napheesa Collier. | Getty Images Breanna Stewart did her thing. So did A’ja Wilson. Rhyne Howard had ever best-ever playoff game. Gabby Williams likewise was excellent. However, the New York Liberty, Las Vegas Aces, Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries would not have earned Game 1 wins in their first-round series without key contributors from players who, in contrast to Stewie, A’ja, Rhy and Gabby, less frequently occupy the spotlight. So, let’s get some love to these...

ATLANTA – There could be several arguments about the reason the Atlanta Dream signed DeWanna Bonner toward the end of the season, and they’d all be valid. It could’ve been because Brionna Jones went down with an injury , and they needed another frontcourt player. Maybe it was because they needed to add some depth to their young bench unit. Or maybe […] The post Dream news: Rhyne Howard’s message to DeWanna Bonner that sparked run appeared first on ClutchPoints.