The 2023 WNBA free agency period is expected to be nothing short of seismic, with new head coaches and general managers settling into their roles, franchises’ championship windows dwindling and several blockbuster names facing big decisions this offseason.
Most notably, Breanna Stewart, Candace Parker, Nneka Ogwumike and Courtney Vandersloot are among the elite free agents, with Stewart’s choice arguably the most important domino to fall. All of their decisions will undoubtedly impact the league’s landscape. The WNBA’s most recent collective bargaining agreement, adopted in 2020, made possible meaningful movement in free agency, and it’s likely we will see that take on a whole other level this winter.
Brittney Griner is also a free agent, but after returning from Russia, where she was detained for 10 months, the All-Star has indicated she wants to play again for the Phoenix Mercury, where she has spent her entire WNBA career.
How championship contenders — former title winners or organizations that might be a few players away from reaching that level — proceed will be of the utmost interest, while other franchises will enter rebuilds. How teams like the Minnesota Lynx, Atlanta Dream, Los Angeles Sparks and Indiana Fever — the latter two of which have new head coaches –…
