The 2008 Atlanta Dream season was the debut season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association, and their first season under head coach, Marynell Meadors. 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.
The list of players selected in the expansion draft were as follows:
Additionally, Atlanta immediately orchestrated three trades involving players in the expansion draft.
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 | May 3 | Los Angeles | L 80-86 | Thomas, Young (15) | Young (5) | Ingram (4) | Philips Arena <br> 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 <br> 1,845 | 0-2 |-
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 <BR> 7,420 | 0-1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 | May 23 | Detroit | 76-88 | Lennox (21) | de Souza (18) | Latta (3) | Philips Arena <BR> 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 <BR> 11,186 | 0-3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 | May 27 | @ Washington | 74-80 | Lennox (29) | de Souza, Lennox, Little, Lovelace (3) | Latta (6) | Verizon Center <BR> 6,231 | 0-4 |-
|- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 | June 3 | Minnesota | 81-85 | Lennox (28) | Feenstra (9) | Lennox (8) | Philips Arena <BR> 5,844 | 0-5 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 | June 6 | Chicago | 72-86 | Latta (17) | Little (7) | Latta, Lennox (5) | Philips Arena <BR> 7,418 | 0-6 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 | June 7 | @ Chicago | 70-91 | Lacy (18) | Lacy (10) | Lennox (4) | UIC Pavilion <BR> 3,182 | 0-7 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 | June 11 | New York | 77-81 | Lennox (28) | Lennox (7) | Latta (6) | Philips Arena <BR> 5,936 | 0-8 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 | June 13 | Indiana | 67-76 | Young, Latta (14) | Lacy, Young (5) | Latta (6) | Philips Arena <BR> 8,167 | 0-9 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 | June 16 | @ Houston | 79-88 | Lennox (29) | Lennox (11) | Young (3) | Reliant Arena <BR> 6,139 | 0-10 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 | June 18 | San Antonio | 66-81 | Lovelace (18) | Young (13) | Young (7) | Philips Arena <BR> 6,225 | 0-11 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 | June 20 | @ Washington | 61-72 | Lennox (18) | Lennox (9) | Latta (4) | Verizon Center <BR> 7,448 | 0-12 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 | June 22 | Detroit | 76-97 | Latta (26) | Young (11) | Latta (10) | Philips Arena <BR> 7,865 | 0-13 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 | June 27 | @ Connecticut | 101-109 (OT) | Lennox (44) | Lennox (9) | Lennox (7) | Mohegan Sun Arena <BR> 7,612 | 0-14 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 | June 29 | @ Detroit | 92-100 | Young (26) | Lennox (8) | Latta (5) | Palace of Auburn Hills <BR> 8,798 | 0-15 |-
|- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 | July 1 | Phoenix | 79-97 | Lennox (18) | Lovelace, Young (7) | Latta (5) | Philips Arena <BR> 9,795 | 0-16 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 | July 3 | Houston | 65-72 | Lennox (15) | Feenstra (9) | Haynie, Strother (3) | Philips Arena <BR> 7,430 | 0-17 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 | July 5 | Chicago | 91-84 | Lacy, Latta (18) | Young (8) | Haynie (11) | Philips Arena <BR> 8,468 | 1-17 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 | July 9 | @ Minnesota | 73-67 | Lennox (24) | Bales (11) | Haynie (5) | Target Center <BR> 5,893 | 2-17 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 20 | July 11 | @ San Antonio | 74-82 | Lennox (22) | Bales (9) | Lennox (4) | AT&T Center <BR> 10,943 | 2-18 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 21 | July 13 | @ Chicago | 66-79 | Feenstra (21) | Feenstra (8) | Feenstra, Haynie, Lennox (2) | UIC Pavilion <BR> 2,907 | 2-19 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 | July 16 | @ Indiana | 81-77 | Castro Marques (24) | Bales (11) | Haynie (7) | Conseco Fieldhouse <BR> 9,303 | 3-19 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 | July 18 | @ Sacramento | 73-77 | Haynie (12) | Feenstra (8) | Haynie (4) | ARCO Arena <BR> 7,236 | 3-20 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 24 | July 19 | @ Phoenix | 84-110 | Latta (18) | Terry (11) | Latta (3) | US Airways Center <BR> 7,913 | 3-21 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 | July 22 | Sacramento | 66-79 | Terry, Latta (15) | Terry (9) | Haynie (4) | Philips Arena <BR> 10,431 | 3-22 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 26 | July 25 | Washington | 75-81 | Castro Marques (23) | Bales (7) | Haynie (3) | Philips Arena <BR> 8,279 | 3-23 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 27 | July 27 | New York | 76-86 | Lennox (18) | de Souza (11) | Latta (5) | Philips Arena <BR> 8,759 | 3-24 |-
|- | colspan="9" align="center" valign="middle" | Summer Olympic break |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 | August 29 | Connecticut | 72-98 | Lennox (19) | de Souza, Feenstra (6) | Haynie (6) | Philips Arena <BR> 11,442 | 3-25 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 29 | August 30 | @ Indiana | 72-87 | Lennox (27) | Bales (5) | Haynie (5) | Conseco Fieldhouse <BR> 9,280 | 3-26 |-
|- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 | September 2 | Seattle | 69-83 | Lennox (25) | de Souza (8) | Latta (4) | Philips Arena <BR> 7,390 | 3-27 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 | September 5 | @ New York | 71-82 | Lennox (28) | Lennox (7) | Castro Marques (4) | Madison Square Garden <BR> 7,039 | 3-28 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 | September 8 | Indiana | 77-81 | Lennox (19) | Bales (9) | Castro Marques (6) | Philips Arena <BR> 7,706 | 3-29 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 | September 11 | @ Los Angeles | 83-72 | Castro Marques (23) | Bales (9) | Latta (10) | Staples Center <BR> 9,060 | 4-29 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 | September 12 | @ Seattle | 72-77 | Young (20) | Feenstra, Haynie, Terry (5) | Latta (4) | KeyArena <BR> 9,686 | 4-30 |-