Brittney Griner and the Atlanta Dream are experiencing their best stretch of the 2025 WNBA season, having won their last six games to improve to 21-11. Griner, 34, is still playing at a high level during her first season away from the Phoenix Mercury, averaging 10.3 points on 50.9% shooting and 5.5 rebounds per game. Despite the Dream’s successful season, one thing has caught the attention of Griner and Atlanta fans: the team’s lack of a mascot. This week, numerous Dream fans requested that the franchise add a mascot. And one post in particular caught Griner’s attention. “ATLANTA DREAM we need a mascot RIGHT NOW,” the fan wrote. “That’d be crazyyy,” Griner responded. The Dream haven’t always been without a mascot. From their inaugural season in 2008 until 2020, Atlanta’s WNBA mascot was Star, a gray bird, before he retired. In a farewell note to fans, Star promised a replacement, a promise that has yet to be fulfilled. “And please don’t fret Dream fans,” Star wrote in 2020. “I have been grooming my replaceme
