The first-time defending champs are fine-tuning their roster for sustainable success New York Liberty center Jonquel Jones (35), forward Breanna Stewart (30), guard Sabrina Ionescu (20), guard-forward Betnijah Laney-Hamilton (44), and forward Leonie Fiebich (13) during WNBA Finals Game 2 against the Minnesota Lynx at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY, on Oct. 13, 2024. (Photo Credit: Hannah Kevorkian | The Next) Sign up ... Read more
Behind the New York Liberty’s rise lies a blueprint that could redefine the future of women’s basketball.BT
Jonquel Jones, a new member of the Liberty, was finishing her workout at the team’s practice facility at Barclays Center in late January when she saw assistant GM Ohemaa Nyanin’s eyes go wide. Courtney Vandersloot had announced over Twitter and Instagram that she’d be joining Jones and Breanna Stewart, the team’s other marquee offseason acquisition, in New York. “I just started screaming and going crazy ... Read more
Bam Adebayo stunned A’ja Wilson with the surprise that crowned her a four-time WNBA MVP and etched her name in history.BT
For those of you not entrenched in the professional basketball dating scene (a very niche group, I would imagine), former Kentucky big man Bam Adebayo has struck up a relationship with the best women’s player in the world, A’ja Wilson. And Adebayo is perfectly executing his part as the supportive boyfriend. Before the news of Wilson winning her record-setting fourth WNBA Most Valuable Player award broke ... Read more
If A’ja Wilson isn’t dropping 40, who saves the Aces’ playoff hopes against the Fever in a series hanging by a thread.BT
LAS VEGAS — Becky Hammon readily admits time and again she’s run out of adjectives to describe A’ja Wilson. So the morning Wilson publicly accepted her WNBA record fourth MVP, Hammon took a different route. “There's no Mount Rushmore,” Hammon said she told Wilson. “You are the only one. You're Everest.” Advertisement That may well be true in the halls of basketball greatness. But, in the bright lights of Michelob ... Read more
The Sparks’ newest weapon is three-time All-Star Kelsey Plum, and the league just got more interesting.BT
LA also receives the 2025 No. 9 draft pick and Seattle’s 2026 second-round pick The Los Angeles Sparks acquired three-time WNBA All-Star, two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time WNBA champion Kelsey Plum in a three-team trade with the Las Vegas Aces and Seattle Storm, the organization announced Saturday. Along with the veteran guard, the Sparks received the ninth overall pick in the 2025 Draft and the Storm’s 2026 ... Read more