Lucky 13

Written on February 8, 2008 – 12:32 pm | by bcourtney |

The Atlanta Dream has its inaugural roster and 13 players have been added from the 2008 Expansion Draft. When the 2008 WNBA Draft takes place this April, the Dream will hold the eighth, 24th and 32nd picks. In the expansion draft the Dream has already traded the fourth overall pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft and guard Roneeka Hodges to Seattle in exchange for the eighth pick in the draft and veteran guard Iziane Castro Marques.

They also traded the 18th draft pick and foward LaToya Thomas to Detroit in exchange for second-year guard Ivory Latta. The Dream also has four international players; two from Brazil, Belarus and Belgium. The list of players selected includes: Carla Thomas (Chicago Sky), Erika DeSouza (Connecticut Sun), Katie Feenstra (Detroit Shock), Roneeka Hodges (Houston Comets), Ann Strother (Indiana Fever),LaToya Thomas (Los Angeles Sparks), Kristen Mann (Minnesota Lynx), Ann Wauters (New York Liberty), Jennifer Lacy (Phoenix Mercury), Kristin Haynie (Sacramento Monarchs), Chantelle Anderson (San Antonio Silver Stars), Betty Lennox - a great add to this team,(Seattle Storm) and Yelena Leuchanka (Washington Mystics).

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