We’re a month into the WNBA season, meaning it’s time for some evaluations.
Plenty of basketball remains, with ample time for trends — good and bad — to reverse course. But we have enough data through four weeks to assess which teams are passing with flying colors, have overachieved, have underachieved and are downright floundering.
With All-Star voting starting, Commissioner’s Cup play well underway and nearly a fourth of the season in the books, ESPN grades all 13 teams and tackles some of the biggest questions facing the league.
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Breanna Stewart: Liberty ‘hungry for more’ amid 9-0 start
Breanna Stewart joins Scott Van Pelt on “SportsCenter” to discuss the Liberty’s 9-0 record and their mindset moving forward.
It’s tough to take issue with the Liberty. Beyond their unblemished record, they’ve simply dominated, outscoring opponents by 171 points, the most by any team through nine games in WNBA history. They’re tops in offensive and defensive ratings and sport a 23.4 net rating — sizably better than the second-best team (Minnesota, 10.9). Any concerns over how they’d replace Betnijah Laney-Hamilton and Kayla Thornton have largely been assuaged: Natasha Cloud…
