Who are the top WNBA players available in free agency this offseason?
Starting Thursday, teams can begin using their core designations and making qualifying offers to eligible restricted and reserved free agents. On Jan. 21, players and teams can begin negotiating contracts, which can be made official starting Feb. 1.
It will be tough for the WNBA to top last year’s flurry of activity that created a pair of superteams, the Las Vegas Aces and New York Liberty, who met in the Commissioner’s Cup (won by the Liberty) and Finals (won by the Aces in impressive fashion).
Reigning MVP Breanna Stewart, whose move from the Seattle Storm home to New York as an unrestricted free agent was the biggest domino, will likely be made the Liberty’s core player. And while that wouldn’t prevent Stewart from asking for a trade, she told reporters after the season she’s “looking forward to doing it for many years to come” in New York.
Even if Stewart and other top free agents such as Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner are probably available to other teams only in theory, there’s plenty…
