The Dallas Wings expect forward Satou Sabally, the WNBA’s Most Improved Player last year, to be able to return from shoulder surgery in August, after the Paris Olympics.
Sabally underwent surgery in February after she was injured while helping Germany qualify for the Olympics.
“She’s on schedule with her rehab,” Wings president and CEO Greg Bibb said Thursday in a video call with reporters. “We expect Satou to come back around the Olympic break, be ready to compete for Germany in the Olympics, and then see her for sure in a Dallas Wings jersey over the final 15 games of the regular-season post-Olympic break.”
The WNBA will pause its season for the Olympics, which run from July 26 to Aug. 11. The Wings’ last game before the break is July 17 against the Indiana Fever, and their first game after the break is Aug. 16 against the Connecticut Sun. Both are home games for Dallas.
Sabally, who turned 26 on Thursday, averaged 18.6 points, 8.1 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game last season in helping the Wings finish 22-18 and reach the…
