{"id":11183,"date":"2022-01-11T22:11:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T22:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nbanewsinsider.com\/2022\/01\/11\/2022-wnba-free-agency-what-will-atlanta-dream-do-with-chennedy-carter\/"},"modified":"2022-01-11T22:11:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T22:11:10","slug":"2022-wnba-free-agency-what-will-atlanta-dream-do-with-chennedy-carter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nbanewsinsider.com\/2022-wnba-free-agency-what-will-atlanta-dream-do-with-chennedy-carter\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 WNBA Free Agency: What will Atlanta Dream do with Chennedy Carter?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Who are the Atlanta Dream? <\/p>\n
While we know unrestricted free agents Courtney Williams and Crystal Bradford will not be returning to Atlanta, little else is certain about the 2022 version of the Dream. <\/p>\n
After an unstable, injury-riddled 2021 season, the Dream hired a new head coach in Tanisha Wright and then a new general manager and executive vice president in Dan Padover, both of whom are arriving in Atlanta by way of the Las Vegas Aces. <\/p>\n
Following a 14-year WNBA career, Wright spent two seasons as an assistant coach under former Aces head coach Bill Laimbeer. Padover served as general manager for the Aces since the organization relocated to Las Vegas in 2018. The past two seasons, Padover was named the WNBA\u2019s Executive of the Year. <\/p>\n
Padover earned these honors, and, in turn, transformed the Aces into a bona fide championship contender, because of his willingness to make big, bold moves. Before the 2019 season, he brought Liz Cambage to Vegas. During the 2020 offseason, he imported former Dream superstar Angel McCoughtry. In 2021, he lured Chelsea Gray away from the Los Angeles Sparks. <\/p>\n
With the Dream having only one player on a guaranteed contract entering the 2022 offseason \u2014 Cheyenne Parker, who recently gave birth to a daughter and, therefore, might not be a full participant in the 2022 WNBA season \u2014 Padover has the potential to make some big, franchise-altering moves. <\/p>\n
Will he try to microwave a contender, retaining veterans and signing prime free agents in order to vault the Dream into playoff contention? Or, will he opt for a slower rebuild, constructing a young team around Chennedy Carter, Aari McDonald and the forthcoming 2022 No. 3 draft pick? <\/p>\n
Total average salary of free agents: $936,219<\/p>\n
Total team salary: $542,959<\/p>\n
Cap space: $836,241<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n