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• If the WNBA playoffs began today, here’s who would face off...

Photo by Michelle Farsi/Getty Images Lynx vs. Mystics, Liberty vs. Aces — and every potential first-round match-up, previewed. The WNBA playoffs are set to begin on September 14, and 8 of the league’s 13 teams will face off in a best-of-three series. Starting this year, first-round games will be played in a home-away-home format, meaning that the lower-seeded team is guaranteed to get at...2025
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• 2025 WNBA All-Star: Satou Sabally is fueling Phoenix’s rise

Photo by Jeremy Chen/Getty Images Satou Sabally finally has an open court to show off her skills. Editor’s Note: This story is part of a series from SB Nation profiling the 2025 WNBA All-Star teams. Today, let’s get to know Satou Sabally. There are good players that everyone knows are good when they are drafted, and then show themselves to be great. There are good players whose skills depr...2025
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• It’s time to stop sleeping on Alyssa Thomas

Michael Chow/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Thomas is one of the best players in WNBA history... so why isn’t she widely recognized as such? Editor’s Note: This story is part of a series from SB Nation profiling the 2025 WNBA All-Star teams. Today, let’s get to know Alyssa Thomas. In a contest for most underrated athlete on the planet, Alyssa Thomas may take the cake. Th...2025
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• Kahleah Copper Injury Update: Mercury HC Nate Tibbetts Drops Worrisome News About Phoenix Star
Phoenix Mercury star Kahleah Copper remains sidelined with a hamstring injury. Coach Tibbetts shared a worrying update after her latest absence....2025
• Mercury’s Kahleah Copper Avoids Officiating Question After Disappointing 84–81 Loss vs. Aces
After a narrow 84-81 loss to the Aces, Mercury star Kahleah Copper chose her words carefully when asked about the game’s officiating....2025
• ‘Missed My Old Lady’ — Angel Reese Shares Adorable Moment as Sky Star Reunites With Unrivaled Teammate
Angel Reese and Kahleah Copper share a heartfelt postgame reunion, after the Chicago Sky fell to the Phoenix Mercury 107-86....2025
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• 2025 WNBA All-Star: Satou Sabally is fueling Phoenix’s rise
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• Kahleah Copper Injury Update: Mercury HC Nate Tibbetts Drops Worrisome News About Phoenix Star
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• Former WNBA first-round pick waived for second time this season

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Haley Jones has been waived by the Phoenix Mercury just a few days after being waived by the Atlanta Dream. The Phoenix Mercury announced they had signed guard Haley Jones to a hardship contract last Sunday. Just one week later, the team announced they’ve waived Jones, potentially signaling that key Mercury players are ready to return from injury. Haley Jo...2025
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• We asked our team what their hottest WNBA take is 1 month into the season

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images From MVP candidates to possible trade ideas, here are our staff hot takes from the month of May. If there is one thing the WNBA community loves, it’s a hot take. In that spirit, and because we are about a month into the 2025 WNBA season, we asked our team what their hottest WNBA take currently is. Dallas may need to field Arike Ogunbowale trade offers ahead...2025
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• Undrafted rookies are powering 1 (winning) WNBA team, and it’s incredible

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images The Phoenix Mercury didn’t have any picks in the 2025 WNBA Draft. Thanks to Monique Akoa Makan, Lexi Held, and Kitija Laksa, and Kathryn Westbeld, it doesn’t matter. The Phoenix Mercury acquired two big fish this offseason: forwards Satou Sabally and Alyssa Thomas. In addition to returning All-Star Kahleah Copper, a new promising core had emerged i...2025
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• Phoenix Mercury sign former Dream guard after injuries to star players

Photo by Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images Haley Jones joins the Mercury on a hardship contract while Alyssa Thomas remains sidelined. The Phoenix Mercury have signed Haley Jones to a hardship contract, the team announced on Sunday. Welcome to Planet Mercury, Haley! pic.twitter.com/hTEyvREg7o— Phoenix Mercury (@PhoenixMercury) June 1, 2025 Jones, originally selected sixth overall...2025
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• WNBA MVP frontrunner could miss game with injury

Photo by Ellen Schmidt/Getty Images The Minnesota Lynx are 5-0 heading into the weekend but could be missing their MV-Phee with an injury. Injuries in the WNBA are starting to stack up. On top of players who started the season already hurt (Georgia Amoore, Katie Lou Samuelson, Kahleah Copper), more are starting to suffer injuries as the season ramps up. Maybe the biggest injury news of th...2025
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• Dallas Wings guard suffers knee injury as WNBA injuries continue to mount

Tyasha Harris left Tuesday’s game against the Connecticut Sun with a knee injury. Tyasha Harris is day-to-day with a knee injury she suffered in Wednesday’s Dallas Wings victory over the Connecticut Sun. Harris, who has averaged 16.4 minutes off the bench for the wings this season, played just 8 minutes in Tuesday’s contest before exiting the game. In her place, rookie Azaiah James played more s...2025
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• WNBA star traded to Phoenix Mercury in blockbuster trade

Longtime Connecticut Sun star Alyssa Thomas has reportedly agreed to a sign-and-trade that will send her to Phoenix. MEDLEY, FLORIDA — Alyssa Thomas, the Connecticut Sun’s franchise player for much of the past decade, is headed to Phoenix in a blockbuster trade first reported by ESPN’s Alexa Phillipou on Tuesday afternoon. Thomas was cored by the franchise earlier this month, meaning that her on...2025
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"Phoenix acquired both Alyssa Thomas and Satou Sabally via trade — two of the top players in the WNBA — who will form a new Big 3 alongside Kahleah Copper."

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"From a basketball perspective alone, Kahleah Copper is as exciting as it gets."

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"The Sky still have Kahleah Copper, which is awesome, but they’ve been lapped by the Aces and the Liberty."

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"There are two sides to Kahleah Copper."

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"Kahleah Copper led the Sky with 21 points."

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"— Kahleah Copper scored 18 points, Allie Quigley hit a 3-pointer with 14."

• 2025 WNBA All-Star: Satou Sabally is fueling Phoenix’s rise
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• It’s time to stop sleeping on Alyssa Thomas
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• Former WNBA first-round pick waived for second time this season
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• We asked our team what their hottest WNBA take is 1 month into the season
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• Undrafted rookies are powering 1 (winning) WNBA team, and it’s incredible
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• Phoenix Mercury sign former Dream guard after injuries to star players
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• Why you should or shouldn’t root for every WNBA team

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The 2025 WNBA season is here, so let’s help you decide who to root for. Are you new to the WNBA? Whether you’re here because you love basketball and want to learn about the league, or you just like supporting women, welcome! We’ve created this handy guide to help you decide who to throw your support behind as the 2025 WNBA season tips off today, May 16. Y...2025
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• Unrivaled’s first-year player contracts included a very important detail

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images If Unrivaled players suffer injuries that might jeopardize their upcoming WNBA seasons, the league will pay their salaries, Front Office Sports reported. Unrivaled’s inaugural season is in the books, with more than 40 WNBA players participating in the professional women’s basketball 3-on-3 league in Miami. First, many wondered if star players would be...2025
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• Phoenix Mercury sign veteran guard in full-circle moment

Photo by George Walker/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Alex Prince, who was first drafted by the Mercury in 2017, returns to the organization where it all began after a lengthy career overseas. Alexis Prince was drafted by the Phoenix Mercury in the third round in 2017, after a successful collegiate career at Baylor University. But, like most third-round picks in the WNBA, Prince wasn’...2025
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• These 3 WNBA teams have the most national television games next season

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images The Indiana Fever, Las Vegas Aces, and New York Liberty are slated to have the most national television-heavy schedule next season — in that order. The WNBA’s television broadcast schedules have been released, and Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever will play the most games on national television next season. A stunning 41 of the team’s 44 regular sea...2025
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• It’s time to stop sleeping on Alyssa Thomas
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• Former WNBA first-round pick waived for second time this season
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• Undrafted rookies are powering 1 (winning) WNBA team, and it’s incredible
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• Phoenix Mercury sign former Dream guard after injuries to star players
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• WNBA MVP frontrunner could miss game with injury
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• Dallas Wings guard suffers knee injury as WNBA injuries continue to mount
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• 2025 WNBA All-Star: Satou Sabally is fueling Phoenix’s rise
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• Stephen Curry’s latest announcement will benefit Sabrina Ionescu, Angel Reese — and all of Unrivaled

Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images The Golden State Warriors star is the latest high-profile investor for the new professional women’s basketball league. Unrivaled, the new professional 3-on-3 women’s basketball league co-founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart, is wrapping up its inaugural season in Miami. The league promises the highest average salary of any wome...2025
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• Unrivaled 1v1 tournament results: 4 WNBA stars win $25,000, advance to semi-finals

Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images Aaliyah Edwards, Azura Stevens, Napheesa Collier, and Arike Ogunbowale advance to the Unrivaled 1v1 sem-ifinals. Unrivaled’s 1v1 tournament continued Tuesday night, and 4 WNBA players advanced. Because they’re headed to the semi-finals, each of those players also walks away with a $25,000 cash prize. Unrivaled’s 1v1 tournament Second Round results 14 WN...2025
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• 4 potential destinations for Marina Mabrey after trade request

Photo by David Becker/NBAE via Getty Images The Connecticut Sun star has reportedly asked out — where could she play next season? Connectictut Sun guard Marina Mabrey has requested a trade, her agent told ESPN. She joined the Sun midseason after asking for a trade from the Chicago Sky, and was highly impactful from the moment she arrived in Connecticut. But the team she joined in in July ...2025
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• 3 big winners, 2 losers from WNBA free agency (so far)

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images The Indiana Fever and Phoenix Mercury come out on top, while the Connecticut Sun overhaul their roster. The entire WNBA landscape has dramatically shifted over the past 10 days, with some of the league’s top players switching teams (shoutout Alyssa Thomas, Kelsey Plum, Jewell Loyd, and Satou Sabally) and some teams completely resetting their rosters, li...2025
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• 30 WNBA players will play in Unrivaled’s 1-on-1 tournament — and 5 will miss it

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images Angel Reese, Brittney Griner, and Sabrina Ionescu headline the list of Unrivaled players who won’t be participating in the 1-on-1 tournament. MEDLEY, FLORIDA — Unrivaled has officially unveiled the details for its 1-on-1 tournament, which will begin on Feb. 10 and feature 30 of the WNBA’s best players. That list excludes five current Unrivaled players...2025
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• Candace Parker helps settle Chicago after shaky start, leads Sky to Game 1 WNBA Finals win

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• Grant Williams highlights lack of media attention on U.S. women’s basketball at the Olympics — and he’s right

Photo by Michael Gonzales/NBAE via Getty Images When Caitlin Clark was left off of the Olympic basketball roster, media companies’ and fans’ interest in the games shouldn’t have wavered. We’re watching an all-time great team dominate their competition. Grant Williams, who is currently on the ground at the Paris Olympics, called out the sharp disparity in media coverage between the men’s a...2024
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• What’s the worst year in Chicago sports?

In 2019, when Mitch Trubisky threw a “first pass” to open a May game at Sox Park, the Bears finished .500 and the White Sox well worse. | Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Unsurprisingly, several seasons have found the top five teams in the city floundering So, things are pretty bleak right now on the Chicago sports scene. The Sox are terrible. The Bulls are stuck in limbo. The Bears — well, th...2023
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• Jackie Young is the X-factor in USA basketball’s dominant win over Australia

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images On an Olympic team loaded with all-time talent, Jackie Young has emerged as a breakout star. She finished with 14 points, 5 assists, and 2 steals in her third consecutive start. On a team inundated with so much talent, how does one stand out? It’s a tall task, and on this U.S. women’s basketball team, the reality is that several all-time scorers are buried ...2024
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• Brittney Griner’s participation in Unrivaled is a reminder why the league exists in the first place

Photo by Jordan Johnson/NBAE via Getty Images After being detained in Russia, Griner vowed she’d never play overseas basketball again. Now, she has an opportunity to stay in the U.S. during the WNBA offseason — while still getting the chance to play professional basketball. In 2022, Brittney Griner was detained in Russia after authorities discovered cannabis oil in her luggage. The WNBA s...2024
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• 3 big winners, 2 losers from WNBA free agency (so far)
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• Stephen Curry’s latest announcement will benefit Sabrina Ionescu, Angel Reese — and all of Unrivaled
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• How Mercury, Fever, Wings fared in blockbuster WNBA trade

Photo by Louis Grasse/Getty Images Satou Sabally lands in Phoenix, Ty Harris and NaLyssa Smith in Dallas, and Sophie Cunningham in Indiana. Where Satou Sabally was going to play next WNBA season has been a massive source of speculation for weeks. And just a few hours away from WNBA free agency officially beginning, on Friday evening, ESPN reported that the Dallas Wings are trading Sabally...2025
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• If the WNBA playoffs began today, here’s who would face off...
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• Former WNBA first-round pick waived for second time this season
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• We asked our team what their hottest WNBA take is 1 month into the season
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• Undrafted rookies are powering 1 (winning) WNBA team, and it’s incredible
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• Phoenix Mercury sign former Dream guard after injuries to star players
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• WNBA MVP frontrunner could miss game with injury
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• Dallas Wings guard suffers knee injury as WNBA injuries continue to mount
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• What Happened to Kahleah Copper? Mercury Star Set To Miss Significant Period After Knee Injury
Kahleah Copper is sidelined with a knee surgery, dealing major blow to Phoenix Mercury’s WNBA playoff hopes. Here's the latest injury update....2025
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• Unrivaled’s championship game proved one undeniable fact

Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images Chelsea Gray showed the world that despite an injury-riddled season in the WNBA, she’s still one of the basketball’s best players. Chelsea Gray began Unrivaled with questions surrounding her standing in the WNBA as one of the league’s elite players. The Las Vegas Aces star finishes a champion — thanks to a dominant month of basketball that saw her explod...2025
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• Breanna Stewart had the best response to her shocking upset in Unrivaled 1v1 tournament

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images Aaliyah Edwards beat Stewart 12-0 in the first round of Unrivaled’s 1v1 tournament, but the two-time MVP was gracious in defeat. Breanna Stewart was one of the favorites to advance in Unrivaled’s 1v1 tournament — the two-time MVP is a versatile scorer and defender and seemed poised to make a run in the single-elimination tournament. But, in Monday night...2025
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• How Mercury, Fever, Wings fared in blockbuster WNBA trade
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• A’ja Wilson, Caitlin Clark, and the 12 best WNBA players not playing in Unrivaled, ranked

Photo by Justin Casterline/NBAE via Getty Images Unrivaled, the new 3-on-3 basketball league launching in Miami next week, will feature 36 WNBA stars. Here’s who won’t be participating. Unrivaled, the new professional women’s 3-on-3 basketball league launching next Friday, Jan. 17th in Miami, doesn’t lack star power. The league, co-founded by two-time MVP Breanna Stewart and the 2024 Defe...2025
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• Caitlin Clark will not play in Unrivaled — but here’s which WNBA stars will

Photo by Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images Unrivaled will pair Arike Ogunbowale with Aliyah Boston, Kelsey Plum with Alyssa Thomas, DiJonai Carrington with Breanna Stewart, Jackie Young with Brittney Griner, and more. After weeks of anticipation, social media buzz, and anticipation, Unrivaled has released its six club rosters and accompanying head coaches. And, on November 20th, perhaps t...2024
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• Aces rookie Kate Martin joining Unrivaled is a win-win for both her and the league

Photo by Ian Maule/NBAE via Getty Images Martin should help drive considerable buzz around the new 3x3 basketball league given her enormous popularity. Add Kate Martin to the list. Martin, fresh off of a rookie campaign with the Las Vegas Aces, is officially the latest addition to Unrivaled Basketball League, the new 3x3 women’s professional basketball that will take place during the WNBA...2024
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• Breanna Stewart vs Napheesa Collier in the Finals is the perfect Unrivaled showdown

Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images Stewart and Collier are former teammates, current WNBA Finals opponents — and Unrivaled Basketball League co-founders. Breanna Stewart really, really wanted for a technical foul to be called. With her college coach, Geno Auriemma, sitting courtside, the two-time MVP repeatedly motioned for the referees to reprimand her opponent in the waning minutes of the the Ne...2024
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• Rickea Jackson joins fellow rookie Angel Reese in Unrivaled Basketball League

Photo by Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images Jackson becomes the second rookie to commit to playing in Unrivaled, a new 3x3 league basketball league to take place during the WNBA offseason. Los Angeles Sparks rookie sensation Rickea Jackson is the latest addition to Unrivaled Basketball League, the new 3x3 basketball league that will take place in Miami during the WNBA offseason. ‍↔️ ‍↔...2024
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• Will Caitlin Clark, Kate Martin join new WNBA offseason 3x3 basketball league?

Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images There’s a long list of WNBA stars who have already publicly committed to joining Unrivaled, a new professional basketball league for the top players in women’s basketball. Which rookies will join them? Unrivaled Basketball League is set to launch in January, and it’s shaping up to be pretty epic. For the first time, the WNBA’s biggest stars have the optio...2024
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• A’ja Wilson is the runaway favorite for WNBA MVP, but here’s who else has a shot

Photo by Candice Ward/Getty Images Let’s take a dive into the numbers — and examine the track record of WNBA stars on lower-seeded teams earning the honors. A’ja Wilson has been hailed the runaway favorite for MVP and by most accounts, she’ll likely be the unanimous pick. Her individual numbers are better than they’ve ever been, and the national discourse this year has operated under the ...2024
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