On Sunday, the WNBA regular season will come to a close. Eight teams will have made the playoffs and four will have not. A much-anticipated postseason will then begin, with that eventually giving way to another offseason full of player movement.
Conversations about where players want to play will then ensue. The Athletic has been polling players around the league for several months for our WNBA Confidential series, collecting their thoughts on players, coaches and franchises, as well as issues facing the WNBA. Earlier this week, we published who players thought is the best player in the league right now and who they think it will be in five years. Part II provides some insight into how some players regard the league’s top teams. It also touches on one of the premier issues in the sport.
For this poll, about one-third of WNBA players participated, a total of 46 players, including players from all 12 teams. They were granted anonymity so they could be as forthright as possible.
Not every player answered every question, but you’ll get a good idea of the players’ perspectives.
This was one of the questions in our poll that players were the most split on. One reason might be that it’s possible the two possibilities are not mutually exclusive. (There’s no reason that league…
