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WNBA: Paige Bueckers leading in this stat shows why she’s rookie frontrunner
Sipping the basketball fan Kool-Aid starts with casually watching a playoff game in a group setting years ago, and leads to diving into a player’s shooting by zone statistics at 11 pm on a Monday. It’s hard not to, when Her Hoop Stats has so many fun stats to explore, with a fun tool that…
Dallas Wings lose another key player as WNBA injury woes mount
The Dallas Wings have struggled this season and are hanging out at the bottom of the WNBA standings with a record of 1-11. They’ve already lost two players to Eurobasket (Luisa Geiselsöder and Teaira McCowan) and waived Kaila Charles as well. It was also only last week that guard Ty Harris was ruled out for…
Seattle Storm sign standout center they previously waived
The Seattle Storm announced today that they have signed Mackenzie Holmes, a talented center who spent training camp with the team but was waived last month. Holmes was drafted by the Storm in the third round of the 2024 WNBA Draft and missed the subsequent season after undergoing knee surgery. She made her Seattle debut…
Valkyries sign UConn standout amid Eurobasket absences
Of all the WNBA teams losing players to Eurobasket this month, the Golden State Valkyries may have the worst of it. It makes sense, given their roster is filled with international talent, and it also allows them to sign and test out some of their training camp players who were waived due to roster constraints….
Caitlin Clark return: Ranking all seven of the superstar’s 3-pointers from Fever’s stunning win over Liberty
Late in the first quarter of the Indiana Fever’s 102-88 win over the New York Liberty on Saturday afternoon, Caitlin Clark took an outlet pass from Sydney Colson and walked into a 33-foot heave that caught nothing but net. She turned and screamed at the crowd, which quickly got on its feet. The fans barely…
The Fever finally have the MVP candidate (and contender) they were expecting
INDIANAPOLIS — A lot has gone wrong for the Fever this season. Saturday was a reminder of just how good they can look when things go right. While it’s still early in the year, to this point, the Fever have hardly looked like the title contenders most expected. Injuries have played a massive role in…
Fever vs. Liberty: Where to watch Caitlin Clark’s return, preview, start time, TV channel, live stream
Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark has missed the team’s last five games with a left quad strain, but has been cleared to return to action on Saturday against the reigning champion New York Liberty — the same team she was injured against back on May 24. “It’s definitely been a process,” Clark said on Friday…
Aces star to miss Wings game after suffering a head injury
Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson will miss Friday’s game against the Dallas Wings as she’s in concussion protocol, the team announced. Wilson was struck in the face late in the third quarter of Wednesday’s Aces loss to the Los Angeles Sparks. “She was bleeding,” Aces coach Becky Hammon said after the game, per ESPN….
Fever give big update on returns of Caitlin Clark, Sophie Cunningham
After spending the last three weeks largely just trying to get by, the Fever are set to look much closer to whole again on Saturday. Both Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham took part in practice on Friday and head coach Stephanie White said, barring any late setbacks, she expects both to suit up against the…
9 WNBA players are (temporarily) leaving the league — here’s why
The 2025 FIBA Women’s EuroBasket tournament begins next week, and you may have heard about it in the context of key WNBA players temporarily leaving their pro teams to play for their home countries. 16 European countries will participate in the tournament: Czechia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Sweden, Turkey, France, Spain, Serbia, Belgium, Britain, Lithuania, Montenegro,…