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Atlanta Dream standout and Bradley Central grad Rhyne Howard aims to be WNBA’s next ‘generational talent’

AP photo by John Bazemore / Atlanta Dream guard Rhyne Howard warms up for Tuesday night's home game against the Chicago Sky in College Park, Ga. Howard, a former Bradley Central High School and University of Kentucky standout from Cleveland, Tennessee, was the WNBA's No. 1 draft pick in 2022 as well as the league's rookie of the year.
AP photo by John Bazemore / Atlanta Dream guard Rhyne Howard warms up for Tuesday night's home game against the Chicago Sky in College Park, Ga. Howard, a former Bradley Central High School and University of Kentucky standout from Cleveland, Tennessee, was the WNBA's No. 1 draft pick in 2022 as well as the league's rookie of the year.

By CHARLES ODUM / The Associated Press 5 min read

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. — Rhyne Howard isn’t willing to rest on her first-year honors with the Atlanta Dream.

Howard made the WNBA All-Star Game and was the league’s rookie of the year after being the No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 draft. That was an impressive debut season, but when asked how she wants to be viewed in the league, the 23-year-old former Bradley Central High School and University of Kentucky standout from Cleveland, Tennessee, said she wants more.

Much more.

“I would like them to say that is a one-of-a-kind, like, a generational talent,” Howard said Tuesday.

To earn that level of respect, Howard first must help the Dream end their streak of four consecutive losing seasons and return to the playoffs for the first time since 2018. Led by the 6-foot-2, 175-pound Howard, a guard who plays on the wing, the Dream (2-2) played like a team on the rise in Tuesday night’s runaway 83-65 victory over the Chicago Sky (3-2), who won the WNBA title two years ago and reached the league semifinals last year.