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After starting out the season as one of the top teams in the WNBA, the Atlanta Dream have hit a recent slide having lost five straight games to slip to seventh place in the standings. Perhaps looking for something to give the team a little jolt, the Dream added a vet to their roster with the signing of Shatori Walker-Kimbrough on Tuesday to a rest-of-season contract, the team announced.
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To make room on the roster for the Shatori Walker-Kimbrough singing, the Dream waived rookie Indya Nivar. The former Stanford and North Carolina standout appeared in 19 games this season at only a little over three minutes per game.
In Walker-Kimbrough, the Dream get a capable guard with championship experience from the 2019 Washington Mystics ' run. The 10-year veteran began this season with the Indiana Fever, but was cut in favor of rookie Grace VanSlooten , after appearing in only two games.
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She is familiar with the Dream, having played the 2025 season with the organization after signing as a free agent that offseason. She appeared in 41 out of 44 games, including one start, at a little over eight minutes per game while shooting 35.5 percent from the 3-point.
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The No. 6 overall pick in the 2017 WNBA Draft, Walker-Kimbrough is just two years removed from when she was a Sixth Player of the Year candidate with the Mystics in 2024. In addition to the Mystics, Fever and Dream, she's also had stints with the Phoenix Mercury and the Connecticut Sun .
The Dream play host to the Seattle Storm on Thursday as they look to snap their five-game losing streak.
