#DoItForTheDream: Rally Behind Allisha Gray & Naz Hillmon for 2025 WNBA Awards

Fri, Aug 15, 2025, 8:50 PM
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As the 2025 End of Year WNBA Player Awards approach, we’re shining a spotlight on the Atlanta Dream players who defined our season. Their impact was undeniable on and off the court, leading through performance, presence, and the kind of consistency that changes a season. It's a no-brainer for Allisha Gray as the 2025 MVP and Naz Hillmon for 2025 6th Player of the Year. Let's show the world what Dream fans have known all season long!

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🏆 Allisha Gray for MVP

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Allisha Gray is delivering the best season of her career — and one of the most dominant in the WNBA this year.

18.8 PPG | 5.6 RPG | 3.8 APG
2nd in 3PM | 5th in Total Points | 2nd in Win Shares

Gray ranks 2nd in the WNBA in three-pointers made (80), 5th in total points (619), and 2nd in win shares (6.1). She’s not just scoring — she’s doing it efficiently, shooting 45.5% from the field and 40.4% from deep, all while leading the Dream night in and night out. She is the only player in the WNBA averaging more than 18 points per game while shooting at least 40% both inside the arc and from three.

She opened 2025 with fireworks, dropping 25+ points in four of her first seven games, including a then-career-high 28 at Seattle. That didn’t last long — she shattered it with a career-high 32 points at Washington (6/15). Gray has since tallied eight 25+ point performances and 14 games with 20 or more.

Beyond scoring, Gray posted her first double-double of the season (12p/11r vs. Seattle), followed by her second (22p/11r at Seattle). She poured in 26 points with a career-high seven threes in a statement win over Phoenix (8/1), while continuing to set the tone defensively and in the locker room.

A 2025 WNBA All-Star Starter and Eastern Conference Player of the Month in both May and June, Gray became the first Dream player ever to sweep back-to-back monthly honors. She is also just the second in franchise history with three consecutive All-Star selections. Gray added Eastern Conference Player of the Week honors three times this season — the first Dream player to do so since 2018.

Now top six all-time in both scoring and assists in franchise history, Gray also crossed major career milestones in 2025. She surpassed 4,000 career points and 400 made threes, becoming only the 22nd player in WNBA history to achieve both. Her impact? Undeniable.

🏆 Naz Hillmon for 6th Player of the Year

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No one shifts momentum off the bench like Naz Hillmon.

Hillmon ranks 2nd among all WNBA bench players in plus-minus (+5.7) and 9th overall in the league, a clear reflection of her impact the moment she steps on the floor. She also leads the entire Dream roster in net rating differential: Atlanta is +13.7 per 100 possessions with her on the court and -2.1 when she’s off — a staggering +15.8 swing.

One of the league’s most efficient scorers, Hillmon leads the WNBA in 2-point FG% (.681) and ranks 5th in offensive rating (119.0), all while anchoring Atlanta’s second unit.

Key Performances:

  • 21 points and 5 threes (career-highs) at Dallas, 7/30 — including the game-winning three with 2.6 seconds left.
  • Double-doubles in both games vs. Washington — totaling 24 points and 24 rebounds, including a season-high 13 boards (8/3).
  • Three straight games with 10+ rebounds (8/3–8/10), with two double-doubles in that span.

Hillmon earned her first start of the season on Aug. 1, but continues to be Atlanta’s most trusted spark — leading the team in rebounding, plus-minus, and energy whenever she checks in. On July 13, she set a Dream franchise record with 128 consecutive games played, a streak now at 140 (3rd-most among active WNBA players).

This isn’t bias — it’s data.