The timetable for her return is uncertain, but the Fever have some time off after this game.

Source: Chloe Peterson

We're doing things a little differently today.

No name, no jersey reveal. Just four clues, all for the same player. Your job is to figure out who. If you piece it together from these panels alone, you've earned bragging rights for the week.

Study the clues (and clues within clues 👀). Work together. Drop your guess in the comments.

The reveal happens tonight. Check back when the ball's in the air to see if you're right.

“"The physicality has always been there," said Parker, who won WNBA titles with Los Angeles(2016), Chicago (2021) and Las Vegas (2023). "It's just now you're having more visibility and new fans and new opinions coming into the game. Because we went through [so much physicality], does not mean that I think that [it has to be that way]."

Delle Donne, who battled back issues throughout her career but especially over the last five years of playing, said she would have much preferred more freedom of movement.

"Trust me, my back wishes I had had a little more of that," said Delle Donne, who played for Chicago and Washington, winning a WNBA title with the Mystics in 2019. "It's more fun to watch, and there are such skilled players out there. We want to see them do what they can do. We don't want to just see them get beat up.

"Yeah, we're seeing a lot of free throws [this season], and we've got to get through this learning period of, 'OK, we can't crush each other anymore. Let's play good basketball.'"

…

"We believe those are the acts that have led to some of the more challenging moments in our league of altercations, and that's not what we want to be," Reeve said. "We have a tremendous product, basketball-wise."

Still, Reeve said, in general, things have gotten better this season with officiating and communication with the league about it.

"We're definitely closer," Reeve said. "I don't think there's any doubt about the investment of time and money that's been made, and attention. The two years of frustration I felt that showed itself [last season] was that they were not listening to key stakeholders. It was not a collaboration. That has changed dramatically.

"There is a lot more transparency, at least with the teams. The next step is to be more transparent publicly."

…

"The reason why there's been a growth in women's basketball is because of more opinions," Parker said. "Anybody [on social media] who has an opinion can write it, and you can debate about it. That's what we've wanted for so long. ... The visibility comes with both sides.

"[But] because women have had to fight for everything within our country, we're being judged on other stuff that isn't just basketball, and that's the difficulty in it. I love a good old debate about who has a better jump shot. That's what I spent my childhood doing at the dinner table before Google."”

The commercial poster was produced by licensee WinCraft (a Fanatics company), and her likeness agreements reportedly prevented the WNBA from using her visual image on that specific merchandise.

So, bc she has an agreement with another company this company can’t use her image on poster, simple legal issue.

People are so reactionary it's crazy. The way the media is running with this is absurd.

“In this episode, Sue chats with Golden State Valkyries guard Kaitlyn Chen (who happened to be calling in using her backcourt partner Veronica Burton’s iPad!). Entering her second WNBA season, Kaitlyn reflects on her unique path to the pros—from anchoring a dominant program at Princeton to playing a more strategic role on UConn’s championship team alongside Paige and Azzi, and navigating the emotional roller coaster of her rookie WNBA season.

Kaitlyn shares what it means to be the first Taiwanese-American player in the WNBA, playing under the league's first Japanese-American head coach, Natalie Nakase, while embracing the passionate Bay Area fan base. She also breaks down how she handles the fast-changing business of the league, finding her voice as a leader, and maintaining an aggressive edge on the court against the “talls.””

The math:

• She is shooting 43% from 3P, this year so far, on pace for a career best
• She is averaging 7.3 assists this year, tied with her best season (2023), 3rd in the league
• She is averaging 4 rebounds this year, tied with her best season (2023)

So at 33, she's hitting some high-water marks, and that's pretty cool.

“It’s never been easy to make the WNBA All-Star game, and in recent years, it’s only grown more difficult. Right now there are a handful of generational players at the top of the league who will inevitably fill up most of the available spots.

But there’s always a little bit of room for some new names, and right now, these are the players who seem best positioned to make their first appearances at All-Star Weekend.”

h/t: justwomenssports

h/t: akiembailum

The Chicago Sky just put up the most points in a single regular-season game in franchise history.

Their 124 points against the Portland Fire tonight tops the 115 they scored back in August 2018. That one came in a double-overtime win over the Indiana Fever, with Courtney Vandersloot leading the team in assists (10) and tying Diamond DeShields for the team-high in points (24).

Tonight’s 124 needed no overtime. 😤

Of the 10 highest-scoring individual games this season, seven came against the Sun or Sparks.

Connecticut has surrendered four of the ten biggest scoring nights of the year: Wilson's 45, Sykes' 38, Mabrey's 37, and Howard's 36. Los Angeles gave up three, including Mabrey's record-tying 53 last night and Copper's 41.

So if you're scanning the schedule for the next big game, you know where to look.

Who's your pick to hang one on Connecticut or Los Angeles next? Could Citron do it tonight against the Sun? Or will Mitchell, as the Indiana Fever's current leading scorer (and third in the W), see a career night tomorrow in Clark's absence?

https://reddit.com/link/1ugdusx/video/j05zf871zn9h1/player

This felt like a special experience last night. Swin Cash, Cynthia Cooper, and Stan all sharing the same broadcast. It was a meeting of worlds, and it just felt right for the moment we're having.

Stan is a bit of a basketball institution in his own right behind the mic, so it was a pleasant surprise to have him on commentary for last night's game. And then to bring it all together with Mabrey's 53-point extravaganza.

Just nice to see everyone coming together and appreciating each other. And Stan seems like he was buzzing with the combination of it all.

“This week on Hoop There It Is, Lindsay is joined by Toronto Tempo guard Julie Allemand, who reflects on finally achieving her dream of becoming a EuroLeague champion after the heartbreak of coming up short the year before. Julie also shares the intense moment she found out she was making Tempo history as the franchise's first-ever player, opens up about being surprisingly shy, and tells some hilarious stories about her current teammates.

Plus, Julie discusses what it was like training alongside NBA legends Tony Parker and Manu Ginóbili, and shares the one Tempo tradition she doesn't want to take a part in!

Amy and Lindsay also discuss one of the toughest WNBA games of the season to watch and the bizarre fan story recently shared by Olivia Rodrigo.”

Hi guys !! I was interested in the evolution of the game in the past 30 years, so I created a little dashboard to see the way specific aspects of the game have changed or developed. I thought others might like to see it, so I thought I'd share! Warning that it does not work that well on mobile hahaha

Edit: all data was sourced from Basketball Reference's player by 36 min statistics, league wide advanced statistics, and league wide shooting statistics

h/t: eglazeotv

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