This is it, the final week of the fantasy women’s basketball season. It sure went by fast, even with the extended WNBA schedule, didn’t it?!
So what were the big takeaways and lessons learned from this, the second season of fantasy women’s basketball at ESPN?
Our experts André Snellings, Eric Moody and Liz Loza explain what stood out to them.
Consider all the factors when evaluating players
I learned again how important it is to dive deep into team and player situations when preparing to draft as opposed to just looking solely at previous production. Why did a player’s numbers look like they did? How might they change if the situation were different? For example, I drafted Alyssa Thomas in every league that I was in this season, and I typically got her around pick 10 or after. But, I knew that she had more game than she’d been able to show with Jonquel Jones as the star of the Sun, and looked to her numbers in 2020 when Jones didn’t play to get a better feel for her upside.
Another example was Satou Sabally, who I got in the mid-rounds of my best performing league, knowing she was a former No. 2 overall pick that’s often called a…
