All-Star games are usually an afterthought in any sport, with little defense played, the results largely meaningless. It’s generally no different in the WNBA. This year, well, expect it to be different. For one thing, it isn’t East vs. West. It will be the USA Basketball team headed to Tokyo on one side and Team […]
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 […]
Entering the season, FiveThirtyEight’s new Elo-based WNBA projections had the New York Liberty finishing 12th in the league, with just a 26 percent chance to make the playoffs and less than a 1 percent chance at winning it all. Six games into this 32-game season, it’s time to reevaluate. Elo now projects the Liberty at […]
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 […]
2021 WNBA PredictionsUpdated after every game. More WNBA:[a][b][c][d] How this works STANDINGS GAMESAces Dream Fever Liberty Lynx Mercury Mystics Sky Sparks Storm Sun Wings REGULAR SEASON PLAYOFFS RANK ELO RATING 1-WEEK CHANGE TEAM PROJ. RECORD PROJ. POINT DIFF/G CHANCE OF MAKING PLAYOFFS CHANCE OF MAKING FINALS CHANCE OF WINNING FINALS 1 1621 — Storm0-0 21-11 […]