The Atlanta Dream pushed the Golden State Valkyries to seven games in the WNBA Finals, and came up short in their attempt to win the franchise's first championship. It was a hard-fought series where the Dream showed they had the talent to win, but a Gabby Williams heater in the second half of the final game crushed any hope of them getting the job done.
Now, the Dream will go into the offseason seeing what they could do to improve their team, and it shouldn't be much after seeing how close they were this time around.
With their core of Angel Reese, Rhyne Howard, Allisha Gray and Jordin Canada returning, and Brionna Jones returning from injury, they could run it back with just a few tweaks.
What should the Dream add during the offseason?
As much as the Dream relied on their core this season, one of their main problems was that they relied on them a little bit too much. That could be due to depth issues and head coach Karl Smesko playing his wings, such as Howard and Gray, almost 40 minutes a game. After those two would come out, there weren't many options for the Dream to go to, which is why Smesko would have to stagger their minutes.
That was a good idea, but the Dream still needed...