The notion of the “disrespCT” directed toward the Connecticut Sun would be a tired trope if it was not so true. Season after season, prognosticators, including us here at Swish Appeal, underestimate Connecticut, expecting the the team to take a step back. Yet, season after season, in spite of injuries, trades and other changes, the Sun prove us supposed experts wrong, repeatedly establishing themselves as one of the WNBA’s elite teams.
In 2023, the Sun were a legitimate threat to the league’s two super teams, a certified contender as they captured the No. 3 seed behind a franchise-record 27 wins. In the semifinals, the Sun gave the Liberty all they could handle in four hard-fought games.
However, the story of the Sun’s season must begin with Alyssa Thomas. Here’s more on Thomas’ historic season, as well as other takeaways about the Sun:
AT authored an all-time season
Thomas offered the definitive assessment of her 2023 season, declaring after the Sun were eliminated in Game 4 of the semifinals, “I had a season never seen in this league. And probably won’t see again,…
