The 2020 WNBA season was unlike any other, in its bubble on the campus of IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. In just 74 days of games, we saw A’ja Wilson outduel Breanna Stewart for Most Valuable Player, Courtney Vandersloot and Sue Bird set single-game assist records, and many other players surprise us with their improved […]
It took a benching to turn A’ja Wilson into the basketball player she is today. The WNBA’s newly named Most Valuable Player was in her freshman year at South Carolina, in 2014, and her Hall of Fame coach didn’t like what she was seeing. “Her first game, she played terribly. I didn’t feel like she […]
Courtney Vandersloot of the Chicago Sky may have found herself a new favorite assist on Monday night. THE RECORD. @Sloot22 dishes out a #WNBA record 1️⃣8️⃣ ASSISTS in tonight's game!#BradentonArea pic.twitter.com/TKWxZBYe3n — WNBA (@WNBA) September 1, 2020 That one — to Vandersloot’s wife, Allie Quigley — set a new WNBA record of 17 assists in […]
As has become the standard, home teams in the WNBA wiped the floor with their visiting counterparts Tuesday night. The Sun crushed the Fever. The Storm routed the Liberty. And the Sky edged the Aces. WNBA home teams are now 41-25 this season. If that’s puzzling to you, since the WNBA is playing in a […]
In an Atlanta Dream offseason with plenty of splashy additions, including fourth overall draft pick Chennedy Carter and standout guard Courtney Williams, the signing of Betnijah Laney off waivers did not register much reaction. Even head coach Nicki Collen said she thought of Laney as more of a substitute energy source, primarily wanting the versatile […]