The 2023 WNBA season is less than a month away and fantasy women’s basketball is in the air. So who are the players that our experts are determined to have on their roster this season?
Here are Andre Snellings, Eric Moody, Jennifer LaCroix and Liz Loza with the players they have circled.
Sabrina Ionescu, New York Liberty: I want Ionescu on my team, as I just proved by picking her No. 1 overall in the mock draft I did today. The reason is simple: scarcity in the backcourt. Of 11 players with at least 1000 fantasy points last season, only four were guards. Ionescu had the highest fantasy scoring average and total among guards last season, third behind Breanna Stewart and A’ja Wilson in both. And while the Liberty added a lot of power to the frontcourt with Stewart and Jonquel Jones, Ionescu has the distribution game and shooting ability to capitalize on defenses having to collapse on her new teammates.
Rhyne Howard, Atlanta Dream: I’m high on Howard for similar reasons. Last year’s Rookie of the Year is backcourt eligible, can do it all and should only get better. She projects to a top-5 fantasy scoring average this season,…
