We might be less than a week into the 2025 WNBA season, but opening weekend already delivered plenty of drama, excitement and storylines for our reporters to dive into.
On the latest episode of “No Offseason,”,Zena Keita, Ben Pickman and Sabreena Merchant dished out their “half-baked takes” from the early games.
Watch the discussion below.
A partial transcript has been edited for clarity and length. The full episode is available on the “No Offseason” feed on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
Keita: The WNBA season is officially underway, and we have got some early takes and overreactions — we’re calling it our “half-baked” takes. Guys, I want to know your best half-baked take after opening weekend. Ben, you’re going to go first, and Sabreena, we’ll see if this one’s worth eating. (laughs)
Pickman: My take is a broad one, and it’s that the WNBA’s middle tier, which we were so high on in thinking many teams were going to be really competitive because there was so much stacked talent around the league, is actually just not as good as we thought. There are four really good teams in the WNBA, and then there’s a huge gap between (them) and the rest. I have the first four being New York, Las Vegas, Minnesota and Indiana, in no particular order. And I’m just…
