Just how good will the Seattle Storm be after adding former MVP Nneka Ogwumike in free agency after already signing six-time All-WNBA selection Skylar Diggins-Smith?
In Diggins-Smith and Ogwumike, the Storm signed the top two players in my free agency projections to change teams. By joining holdover star Jewell Loyd, the league’s leading scorer last season, they give Seattle a big three in a similar mold to Loyd’s partnership with Sue Bird and Breanna Stewart that won WNBA championships in 2018 and 2020.
Given the dominance of the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces, who knocked off the Storm in the 2022 semifinals before Bird retired and Stewart signed with the New York Liberty in free agency a year ago, winning a title will be a challenge for Seattle’s new big three. Yet after a year in the draft lottery — the franchise’s first since drafting Stewart No. 1 overall in 2018 — their arrival signals a return to contention for the Storm.
Let’s take a look at just how competitive Seattle might be as well as what Ogwumike’s decision signals about free agency.
