The WNBA is a collection of the finest basketball talent in the world. Who wins and loses is determined by an almost endless collection of factors, a movable chessboard around a basketball court, skill and intellect and physicality in new and unpredictable permutations. Accordingly, I am here to boil down each of the league’s eight […]
It’s long been known that the WNBA has too few roster spots for the vast universe of women’s basketball talent it draws from. The league has maintained a steady group of 12 teams — and, therefore, 144 on-court job opportunities — for more than six seasons now, even as the popularity of the game has […]
In a WNBA draft full of surprises, one particularly shocking development was a trio of players projected as top picks falling into the second round. Arella Guirantes out of Rutgers was considered a possible lottery pick but didn’t go until the Los Angeles Sparks selected her at No. 22 overall. Widely expected to go as […]
A quartet of WNBA decision-makers came together last week to answer questions from those of us in the media preparing for Thursday night’s 2021 WNBA draft. And while none of them would answer questions like “Hey, who you picking?” their responses did offer a window into their overall thinking. So I asked the four — […]
Two weeks into the WNBA’s free agency period, we’ve seen big moves by all 12 teams. Signings, star relocation, massive trades — on Feb. 10 we essentially had a five-team trade. Five! That’s 41.667 percent of the league involved in one trade. Players regularly outgrow more limited roles on their original teams, particularly since the […]