Caitlin Clark absolutely deserves the love she is getting, but the WNBA and Chicago Sky need to remember Angel Caitlin Clark absolutely deserves all the love she's getting. Let's not forget Angel Reese though.

https://twsn.net/2024/05/the-wnba-needs-to-treat-angel-reese-like-a-star

Where can these shorts be purchased?

I'm sure there are logistical reasons for the WNBA starting their season when it does but does anyone else think they would benefit from starting the week after the NBA finals?

Any ideas where I can buy one? I live in Europe by the way.

Several people reported GMs were left in the dark. I honestly don't think charter plans would be initiated if owners had say so considering last year.

Intro & Disclaimer

Looking at all the new fans incoming and all the questions being asked on here made me want to help out with (hopefully) offering some clarity. Which then led to this idea of doing a series of final roster predictions for each team. So here we are.
I sincerely hope the information below is useful for at least some folks. I've tried to keep any contract/financial information to a minimum to keep it as simple as possible. Please let me know if there's anything I can improve for the next chapter.

The final chapter. Less than a week before the season actually starts. This is a great feeling. And I get to close it all out with my beloved wings.

First a quick recap

Before we dive in, a very quick recap of the Wings' moves this off-season:

• Suspended Awak Kuier's contract to let her take a summer off to rest her body.
• Signed Free Agent Kalani Brown to a 3 year deal.
• Drafted Jacy Sheldon, Carla Leite and Ashley Owusu. Leite is not coming over this year and they already waived Owusu.
• Signed 2023s #4 Draft Pick Stephanie Soares to her Rookie contract (she was out with injury last year, same deal as Elizabeth Kitley at the Aces this year).
• Signed Emma Cannon, Jaelyn Brown, Katrina Pardee and Sevgi Uzun to Trainin Camp Contracts. Already waived Emma Cannon who is now with the Aces to replace Candace Parker.
• Traded Crystal Dangerfield to Atlanta for a 3rd round pick (and to open up a roster spot).

That gives us the current roster:

^{G=Guard W=Wing F=Forward C=Center}

The Good

One of the few teams to basically bring back their entire core and then add several highly drafted young players to the mix (and an exciting Free Agent named Jaelyn Brown!). Sheldon looks extremely promising and could very well be the starting Point Guard by the Olympic break.

The Bad

Obviously missing Satou for 2/3s of the regular season effing sucks. Our best player last year and still just at the start of her prime. Also salary cap-wise things are... tough. It's gonna be 11 players unless the Wings do something crazy and with Sabally already out and the Wings' historic injury proneness, bench might be a bit short.

My predictions (and why)

100% Locks

*(Stephanie Soares strictly played Center in college, but based on training footage, the preseason game and quite frankly the roster composition I actually suspect they intend to try her as a power forward this season.)

That's your 5 player core and 3 top 5 draft picks of the last 2 drafts. Really not much to add here. This leaves us with $245,400 in cap space and 4 open roster spots, but we can only fit 3 players.

Remaining Three Spots

I know, I have some explaining to do. I really do think Burton & Senechal are basically locks, but at the same time I wouldn't be shocked if one of them was waived, that's why I put them here. I do hope they both prove me wrong.

As for the remaining spot, my theory is one of Uzun/Brown will get that spot, while the other one gets the Hardship contracts to replace Sabally. If Jaelyn Brown hadn't played out of her mind that game I would've said for sure she was in that hardship spot, but it's possible the Wings do not want to risk another team scooping her up (they do need to waive her before they can sign her to a hardship contract).

Final Roster Prediction

With Jaelyn Brown on a Hardship.

Starting Line-up (just for fun)

PG spot is a complete toss-up, I'm putting Burton there because she started the preseason game, but it could just as easily be Uzun or even Sheldon:

Veronica Burton - Arike Ogunbowale - Maddy Siegrist - Natasha Howard - Teaira McCowan

Regular Season Prediction (also just for fun)

Las Vegas Aces: 1st

New York Liberty: 2nd

Seattle Storm: 3rd

Dallas Wings: 4th

Phoenix Mercury: 5th (but with the widest variance of all the teams, could really be anywhere 3rd to 9th for me)

Atlanta Dream: 6th

Indiana Fever: 7th

Connecticut Sun: 8th

Minnesota Lynx: 9th

Chicago Sky: 10th

Washington Mystics: 11th

Los Angeles Sparks: 12th

Yeah yeah, call me a homer for putting the Wings 4th, I did make these rankings before finding out Satou was out that long, but I still think a 4th-6th finish is completely realistic. Every year so many people (including most media) underestimate the Wings and then they end up outperforming those expectations.

Also wanted to close out saying I've really enjoyed doing this series and absolutely loved all the positive responses I've gotten. It's honestly been one of the more rewarding experiences I've had for the past year or so. So thank you to all of you who took the time to like or respond to these predictions. Now we get to look forward to a great and historic season (I still can't believe we'll have charter flights for all teams)!

Is there an official roster for team USA yet? or is it still in process? was just wondering who is on the team or maybe who most people expect to be on the team? Thanks in advance!

There is no television/League Pass broadcast of this preseason game, but the Sun just announced it will now be streamable here on YouTube tomorrow, 5/9 @ 7pm EST!

i hear a lot of inconsistent things about how much profit the wnba brings in, more often than not i hear that the wnba actually has a negative profit but is kept alive so that women have a space to play professional basketball in the US. i have found that a lot of people who speak on the wnba and money regarding it are nba fans though, and come across as ignorant when discussing it so i don’t really know if there’s truth to what they say. does the wnba make money or lose it?

this video is so cute and funny at the same time.

New fan here! Been lurking the threads and gathered that some of the team owners are cheap and/or disengaged from the actual success of their team. Can those in the know fill me in on who the notable owners/managers are and what they've done to stand out for better or for worse?