2025 WNBA Regular Season

[triaddukefan]

It does indeed sound painful, nwhoopfan, yet I'm really happy for Dearica, and truly appreciate the support from Triad. She's labored so well, almost unnoticed, throughout her WNBA career, just as she did for a middling to poor Deacon women's program.

By the way, Triad, do you remember Gil McGregor? He was in my class at Wake and, while not a great player, his solid contributions were usually overshadowed by the brilliance of Charlie Davis.

Congrats to all the Deacon inducees, or inductees.😉

Ive been singing her praises here on the Boneyard for a decade. It's a testament to her hard work that she wasn't even in the top 150 high school players in her class, yet she managed to go #6 in the 2015 draft. I looked back through some old posts, and a few times I said if I were a GM I'd take her #1 overall.🧐

As far as McGregor, I remember him as the color commenter of my beloved Charlotte Hornets (version 1). I always enjoyed listening to him and his insight.

That sounds painful. I would rather be inducted than induced.

😒 Typing on a phone will do that. Didn't even realize the typo until 7 minutes ago.

 

[Jonathan14]

As for Stewie, I think she's got a lot of priorities. Besides winning championships, she also wanted to come to Brooklyn for personal reasons. How important are those to her?

To me, this is a really important point. I would be very surprised if Breanna “Stew York” Stewart left the Liberty. She’s a New Yorker by birth and she and her wife Marta have really embraced living in the city and raising their kids there. I think Stewie is still the caliber of player with the clout to draw people to play with her and the Wu Tsais have created a very attractive place to play in Brooklyn. I could easily see her retiring in a Liberty jersey—hopefully many years from now.

 

[cancontent]

@nwhoopfan @cancontent

Well, you've gotten around to the points that I consider most important: not only are most core Liberty players UFA's in their 30's, but nine -- 9! -- are UFA's after this season. So the Liberty and numerous other teams will have opportunities to mix and match vets with teams that have rookies on entry-level contracts.

To be exact, these members of the Liberty are free to go wherever they want/can get signed next year: Stewie, Meesseman, JJ, Cloud, Talbot, Laney, Harrison, Burke and Ionescu. As of now, only two are under 30: Burke and Ionescu.

https://www.spotrac.com/wnba/free-agents/_/year/2026/team/ny/type/ufa

Last I checked, Brondello was the coach of the team that won the WNBA title last year. @azfan would love to have her back.
I think the thing that Sandy misses most this year is a healthy Stewie. Ditto for her teammates: Stewie makes players better.

As for Stewie, I think she's got a lot of priorities. Besides winning championships, she also wanted to come to Brooklyn for personal reasons. How important are those to her?

It will be an interesting off-season but -- if Stewie comes back -- I look forward to seeing how this plays out this season and playoffs.

This is another reason why the idea Dallas doesn't make any sense, to me. Proximity is a huge factor. But to me, the Tsai's commitment to the players on their roster is something that Stewart seems to values highly. Dallas isn't at that point just yet.

 

[cancontent]

 

[cancontent]

It's a little weird that a player 3rd in scoring and assists is talked about so little. LA got off to a terrible start and her FG shooting wasn't great, but she's heated up quite a bit and they've been winning.

Plum may not be getting enough credit from the media, but this little superfan appreciates her. Real fans know what's up. 😍😍