Dearica Hamby and Kelsey Plum have created a problem. They’ve both been vital cogs in the Las Vegas Aces machine this season, disrupting opponents off the bench all year. Plum, a 5-foot-8, 145-pound ball of energy, is a sparkplug who offers a change of pace at point guard of a deadly perimeter threat. And Hamby, […]
In 2019, the Las Vegas Aces excelled with the duo of Liz Cambage and A’ja Wilson, finishing 21-13 and advancing to the second round of the WNBA playoffs. But the team’s overall performance was better when playing through either Cambage or Wilson. Of the 25 two-person Vegas lineups with at least 200 minutes played, Wilson […]
At approximately one-third of the way through the 2021 WNBA season, we’re learning some unexpected things about the league and its best teams and players. What will the results thus far mean for the playoff race, and who will take home the most prestigious hardware? The Most Valuable Player race is largely a three-person contest […]
The 2021 WNBA season is here, and so are FiveThirtyEight’s new WNBA predictions. How excited am I about this? The days each of my two children were born loom large in my memory. So does this. I won’t be answering questions at this time about how I rank those three developments. The teams’ Elo ratings […]
When last we saw the WNBA’s best players on the court, the Seattle Storm were capping off their undefeated postseason with a championship sweep of the Las Vegas Aces in the league’s Bradenton, Florida-based bubble. The 2021 season, which tips off Friday, should be somewhat more normal than 2020 — the emotionally draining experience of […]