{"id":260003,"date":"2026-08-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/28\/six-time-all-star-dewanna-bonner-provides-immediate-impact-off-the-bench-for-atlanta-dream-the-gist\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T00:00:00","slug":"six-time-all-star-dewanna-bonner-provides-immediate-impact-off-the-bench-for-atlanta-dream-the-gist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/28\/six-time-all-star-dewanna-bonner-provides-immediate-impact-off-the-bench-for-atlanta-dream-the-gist\/","title":{"rendered":"Six-time All-Star DeWanna Bonner provides immediate impact off the bench for Atlanta Dream | The GIST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The GIST: <\/strong>If there\u2019s one thing <em>everyone\u2019s<\/em> watching right now, it\u2019s the WNBA. The proof is <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/fever-sky-marks-best-wnba-153247072.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in the pudding<\/a>. And with so much on the line in the final weekend of action before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dcjo9h3ET9Z\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the FIBA World Cup<\/a> break, it\u2019s the perfect time to catch up on the latest happenings from the hardwood.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udcad DeWanna Bonner signs with Atlanta Dream: <\/strong>The six-time All-Star is taking her talents to Atlanta, officially inking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/49735947\/sources-dewanna-bonner-signing-dream-mercury-buyout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a prorated $116K contract<\/a> yesterday. The deal\u2019s a true win-win: Atlanta\u2019s in dire need of depth as they seek their first-ever franchise title, while 39-year-old Bonner made it clear she wanted to hoop for a contender.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A defensive juggernaut, two-time champ Bonner will be an immediate asset off the bench, a place she\u2019s incredibly effective (just ask her three career Sixth Woman of the Year awards). Catch her potential Dream debut tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET vs. the Portland Fire.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\ud83c\udfc6 Playoff positioning remains too close to call: <\/strong>You already know<strong> <\/strong>the eight-team field is set, but the chaos continues when it comes to seeding. It <em>looked<\/em> like the Lynx had a stranglehold on the No. 1 seed, but the No. 2 Golden State Valkyries are surging, now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnba.com\/standings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">just three games back<\/a> of the top spot after last night\u2019s convincing 79\u201360 win over the NY Liberty. These margins? 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And with so much on the line in the final weekend of action before the FIBA World Cup break, it\u2019s the perfect time to catch up on the latest happenings from the hardwood. \ud83d\udcad DeWanna Bonner [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":260004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6805],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-260003","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-womens"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}