Here are our predictions for the jam-packed 2024 WNBA season — 40 games in three months, sandwiched around the Olympics break — starting with the order of finish:
When they’re on pause from running the league, Aces will comprise one-third of Team USA.
What will be Breanna Stewart’s Brooklyn encore after winning MVP but shooting 3-for-17 in the eliminator?
A repeat of last year’s Liberty experiment: Does an All-Star-caliber five have sufficient time to jell?
At some point, the wheels will fall off the veteran Alyssa Thomas-DeWanna Bonner core.
A lot depends on the continued development of All-Star guard Rhyne Howard.
Napheesa Collier is the best player we’re not really talking about.
A combustible mix of a roster under first-year coach Nate Tibbetts, an NBA transplant.
Playoff Caitlin. Why not? She’s a ceiling-raiser, but Aliyah Boston must be excellent.
We’re shorting the Wings with Satou Sabally sidelined for the first half due to a shoulder injury.
Will be a tough assignment if they take on the tenacious personality of new coach Teresa Weatherspoon.
This is a multi-year project, but Cameron Brink and Rickea Jackson will get plenty of reps.
Wreckers for Bueckers? Pain for Paige? Still workshopping the tanking slogan.
Would join Lisa Leslie and Lauren Jackson as a three-time winner. It’s bad business to bet against her.
Can she average 20 points a game? What about taking aim at Sabrina Ionescu’s single-season 3-point record (128)?
A big leap is in store after last year’s 11-29 finish.
First-Team All-WNBA: Wilson, Stewart, Thomas, Collier, Jewell Loyd