The 2025 WNBA season tips off on Friday, May 16.
What’s in store for the league’s first-ever 44-game season? Surely tons drama, dynamic play and dang-good basketball. Here are Swish Appeal’s four bold predictions for the 2025 WNBA season:
14 rookies will have a game scoring 20 or more points
As WNBA teams trim down their rosters to 11 or 12 players before opening night, we’re reminded how hard it is for rookies to get a real chance in the league. National champion? All-American? Doesn’t matter. The harsh realities of the league’s limited rosters often seem to render players’ collegiate achievements irrelevant.
That said, rookies who do survive can have an opportunity to make an impact. And it looks like that could be especially true this year. So true that 14 rookies will have a game where they score at least 20 points.
I think everyone has confidence that Paige Bueckers will find her way to 20 efficient points on multiple occasions for the Dallas Wings. A starter for the Washington Mystics, Sonia Citron likely has a 20-ball or two in her. The same is true for her teammate Kiki Iriafen, who, on a rebuilding team, should see the…
