12 must-see games of the WNBA regular season Preseason WNBA Power Rankings: Aces start on top She's money in the lane, and if she keeps adding to her game - as preseason footage of 3-point jumpers suggests she might be - look out! - Barnes Coming into her fourth season, Wilson has already proved that she's an absolute force. Sure, there's the statue installed on South Carolina's campus in the offseason, but don't forget that she's also the league's reigning MVP. Wilson has blossomed into a bona fide WNBA superstar. Since then, Stewart added EuroLeague Final Four and Russian Premier League MVPs to a trophy case that is already overflowing at age 26. All Stewart did to cap her incredible comeback from an Achilles rupture in April 2019 was average 28.3 PPG, 7.7 RPG and 2.3 BPG while shooting 63% from the field and 13-of-20 on 3s in the championship series. Wilson won the 2020 MVP, but Stewart reclaimed her throne as the best player in the world during the Storm's WNBA Finals sweep. Our voting panel included ESPN analysts Rebecca Lobo and LaChina Robinson, ESPN writers Kevin Pelton, Mechelle Voepel and Katie Barnes, and The Undefeated's Sean Hurd. Other players, such as 2020 top pick Sabrina Ionescu - who played in just three games before missing the rest of her rookie season with an ankle injury - will have the chance to play their way onto the list when we revisit it later in the season. We gave the benefit of the doubt based on several years of great performances to some players who missed last season. Now, entering the WNBA's 25th anniversary season, where do those two young stars rank among the league's best players in 2021? Here's our preseason WNBA top 25 list as we get ready for Friday's tipoff. The Seattle Storm, led by Breanna Stewart, won their fourth WNBA title, while the Las Vegas Aces reached the WNBA Finals for the first time and star A'ja Wilson was named the season's MVP. Despite some high-profile opt-outs, the basketball was top-notch.
But the league completed it with a bubble scenario in Bradenton, Florida. WNBA, Seattle Storm, Las Vegas Aces, Atlanta Dream, Chicago Sky, Connecticut Sun, Dallas Wings, Indiana Fever, Los Angeles Sparks, Minnesota Lynx, New York Liberty, Phoenix Mercury, Washington MysticsĪ year ago, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it wasn't certain the WNBA would have a season.
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