Atlanta Dream
Smesko: ‘I just thought, who knows if I’d ever get another opportunity of doing something like this’
Dan Padover: ‘As an organization, we are committed to developing talent on and off the court’
Engelbert: ‘The WNBA Canada Game has been a tremendous opportunity to grow our league’s footprint’
Rupert will take her talents to the west coast after her international commitment in Turkey
Teams will play a record-high 44 regular-season games between May 16 and Sept. 11
Atlanta general manager Dan Padover also described Smesko as a “proven winner”
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Smesko brings player development, decades of winning to Dream
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Dan Padover: ‘This was the decision that we made to position us best moving forward and to get us where we [want] to’
