Defense wins championships. So does a healthy roster, team chemistry and sometimes, a bit of good luck. Reloaded with all of the above, the Washington Mystics — the 2019 WNBA champions — have a winning record for the first time since that title run, and are back in the playoffs after a yearlong absence. With […]
Sitting on the bench at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center in late June, Atlanta Dream head coach Tanisha Wright did not think much of my question when I asked her who the 2022 WNBA Rookie of the Year should be. “I mean, I don’t think it’s a question,” Wright said, as customarily blunt as she’s been in […]
Had Rhyne Howard elected to graduate early and enter the 2021 WNBA draft, she easily could have been selected with the top pick. Howard elected instead to stay in school and is starring once more for the Kentucky Wildcats. Even though you cannot elevate your draft stock above first — presumably, you come to us […]