WNBA Off-Season

[bballnut90]

Betts and Flaujae both confirmed they're staying in college for the 2025-26 season. Olivia Miles is the next big question mark--my guess is she goes pro since she's been in South Bend for 5 seasons already.

 

[Bigboote]

Two notations from the WNBA transaction page that caught my attention:

- Grace Berger was picked off waivers by the Minnesota Lynx.
Now I know Berger spent years in Bloomington, then played in Indy for two seasons, but I can't think of a better team for her to be given her next chance.

- Hey UConn fans! Ann Makurat signed a Rookie Scale Contract with the Phoenix Mercury. She's been in the Lega Basket Femminile for a few years.

I’m so glad Berger has been picked up by a team that might know how to use her. She had a decent rookie year for the Fever, but Sides totally ignored her once the Caitlin Clark Show arrived. She has a good skill set — does everything well, nothing spectacular.

I hope we’ll see Makurat this year.

 

[JellyBean]

I’m so glad Berger has been picked up by a team that might know how to use her. She had a decent rookie year for the Fever, but Sides totally ignored her once the Caitlin Clark Show arrived. She has a good skill set — does everything well, nothing spectacular.

I hope we’ll see Makurat this year.

I love this pick up for my Minnesota Lynx. I am a huge Grace Berger fan. I hated that she would torch my Minnesota Gophers while playing for Indiana, but Grace is a gamer! I am happy that she is on the roster for the Lynx. Grace just has one of the sweetest mid-range shots in the game! Well done, Coach Reeve!! Now I just hope that we keep Grace on the roster.

 

[DRR25]

Colson signing is surprising, especially with all of the nasty things her agent has said about Clark on twitter. Wheeler isn't commanding that salary again but who else in the league is offering her more than the vet minimum at this point in her career? A vet minimum on the Fever is probably more attractive than anywhere else with the exposure.

Can you quote from the tweets what the "nasty things her agent has said about Clark"? I've read a few of the tweets but wonder what you're seeing as "nasty."

 

[GamecockFam]

I love this pick up for my Minnesota Lynx. I am a huge Grace Berger fan. I hated that she would torch my Minnesota Gophers while playing for Indiana, but Grace is a gamer! I am happy that she is on the roster for the Lynx. Grace just has one of the sweetest mid-range shots in the game! Well done, Coach Reeve!! Now I just hope that we keep Grace on the roster.

I could see Courtney Williams taking Berger under her wing as her backup. I feel like that is a good pairing of styles and the Lynx won't have to change much on the court to accommodate Berger's style of PG play.

 

[Dillon77]

Betts and Flaujae both confirmed they're staying in college for the 2025-26 season. Olivia Miles is the next big question mark--my guess is she goes pro since she's been in South Bend for 5 seasons already.

As a homer Domer, my gut: If the Irish get to the Final Four this year (knock on plate gold), Olivia will go pro for sure.
Elite 8, maybe: her long-standing colleagues on the Irish are Soni Citron and Maddy Westbeld and both of those players have to move on. Sweet 16 -- I think she'll come back.

 

[cancontent]

I love this pick up for my Minnesota Lynx. I am a huge Grace Berger fan. I hated that she would torch my Minnesota Gophers while playing for Indiana, but Grace is a gamer! I am happy that she is on the roster for the Lynx. Grace just has one of the sweetest mid-range shots in the game! Well done, Coach Reeve!! Now I just hope that we keep Grace on the roster.

I'm with you and @Bigboote on hoping Berger gets a chance to shine here. She has a great role model to learn from with Carleton on the roster. Things didn't work out at the Sun, but over the last few years, Carleton has turned into a key part of the Lynx's roster as we all saw this season.

 

[cancontent]

I could see Courtney Williams taking Berger under her wing as her backup. I feel like that is a good pairing of styles and the Lynx won't have to change much on the court to accommodate Berger's style of PG play.

Is Berger a PG though? That's not how I felt she played while at Indiana. I see her style of play being similar to Carleton.

 

[Dillon77]

I'm with you and @Bigboote on hoping Berger gets a chance to shine here. She has a great role model to learn from with Carleton on the roster. Things didn't work out at the Sun, but over the last few years, Carleton has turned into a key part of the Lynx's roster as we all saw this season.

Lots of superb role models on that team about people that have persevered: Williams, Alanna Smith, Carleton among them.
Plus you've got the great/very good players who have their feet firmly on earth in 'Phee and Kayla McBride. Think she'll also get along with players like Dorka Juhasz and Jess Shepard, another midwestern girl.

 

[Dillon77]

Is Berger a PG though? That's not how I felt she played while at Indiana. I see her style of play being similar to Carleton.

I think she's a combo guard, whereas Carleton is more of a 2-combination. Berger is very comfortable leading breaks and can run sets, but she's best when read/reacting her mid-range game.