The Atlanta Dream jumpstarted the WNBA’s transaction season with a blockbuster trade for Allisha Gray, sending the Dallas Wings two first-round picks, including the No. 3 selection in the upcoming WNBA Draft, in exchange for the guard from Sandersville, Georgia.
While initial reports suggested Gray still intended to exercise her unrestricted free agency next offseason, subsequent reporting has indicated that Gray and her representation will engage in contract extension conversations with Atlanta. In an interview with Dream co-owner Renee Montgomery on her podcast, “Montgomery & Company,” Gray shared her family’s excitement about the opportunity to be in the building for every home game, a sentiment that should give general manager Dan Padover and the Atlanta front office confidence about their ability to agree to a longer-term arrangement with their prize offseason acquisition.
Since bringing Gray to the A, the Dream have made a couple of moves that, while overshadowed by some of the splashiest free agency decisions in WNBA history, should better situate them to challenge the W’s presumed title-contending titans.
The organization announced that both Nia Coffey and AD will be back with Atlanta next season.
Coffey and the Dream reprised the contract agreed to…
