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Michelle Smith May 14, 2021 Building on the bubble that changed the WNBA for good – and for the better – in 2020, the league’s 25th season is about to tip off with unprecedented levels of exposure and support. What’s new in 2021? Jerseys, talent, partnerships and even more team chemistry. What’s the same as it’s been for the last quarter of a century for a league that’s been defined by the history it creates every year that it exists and thrives? The hope ...

Our huge WNBA preseason roundtable includes predictions for all of the league’s big questions.

Getty Images The WNBA is a star-driven league. A’ja Wilson and Liz Cambage for Las Vegas, Breanna Stewart for Seattle, Elena Delle Donne and Tina Charles for Washington, and Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner for Phoenix all top the odds to win MVP, and their teams are some of the early favorites to win it all. But it takes a complete squad to grind through the season and into playoffs. This group of players is less heralded, but could be the key to taking their teams to the next level. Here�...

For all that was strange and unprecedented about the 2020 WNBA season in a bubble, one thing was standard: The team with the fewest questions won the championship. The Seattle Storm had all the pieces, led by WNBA Finals MVP Breanna Stewart. Even if coach Dan Hughes couldnt be in Bradenton, Florida, for health reasons, he contributed as much as possible from afar, and assistant Gary Kloppenburg filled in well for him. The Storm tied the Las Vegas Aces for most regular-season wins, then swept th...

Photo courtesy of the Dallas Wings via Twitter. Awak Kuier’s basketball journey began in the small city of Kotka, Finland and is now headed to Dallas, Texas where she hopes to bring a Kevin Durant-style of play to the WNBA. Kuier was born in Cairo, Egypt to South Sudan natives who fled civil war. She moved to Finland with her parents and four brothers when she was two years old. She learned Arabic, Finnish and English in that order and began playing basketball at age 11. Kuier is a 6-foot-5 p...

How 3 WNBA draftees performed against Syracuse last season Courtesy of Mark Konezny | USA TODAY Sports Stephanie Watts scored 15 points against Syracuse, before she was drafted by the Los Angeles Sparks. Heres how three WNBA draftees performed against the Orange this past season. Facebook Subscribe to our sports newsletter here No Syracuse players were selected in this year’s WNBA Draft, though point guard Tiana Mangakahia did sign a training camp contract with the Phoenix Merc...

Dallas Wings Second round: Dana Evans (No. 13) Grade: A-plus The Dallas Wings and their fans should be soaring! With the first two picks in the 2021 draft, the Wings selected two potentially-generational bigs in Charli Collier and Awak Kuier. Compared to the last big who went No. 1 in the draft — A’ja Wilson (2018) — Collier is not a surefire superstar. She notably struggled against higher-level competition in college. Yet, the potential is certainly there. Such potential might be there ...

Chelsea Dungee & Destiny Slocum picked in top 15 of 2021 WNBA Draft By Mario Bravante - Razorback Athletics | April 15, 2021 at 9:20 PM CDT - Updated April 15 at 9:20 PM Two former Razorback guards were taken in the first 15 picks of Thursday night’s 2021 WNBA Draft, as Chelsea Dungee was taken with the fifth pick by the Dallas Wings, while Destiny Slocum was taken 14th by the Las Vegas Aces. It was the first time in program history two Arkansas Women’s Basketball players were tak...

2021 WNBA Draft Tracker: Complete results, grades as Charli Collier taken with No. 1 pick by Dallas Wings As expected, the Dallas Wings took Collier with the first pick Apr 15, 2021 at 10:19 pm ET6 min read The 2021 WNBA Draft is in the books, and as expected the Dallas Wings started the night by selecting Texas center Charli Collier and Finnish center Awak Kuier. They needed depth in the frontcourt, so that was no surprise. Collier is WNBA ready and Kuier has perhap...