Frequent proclamations about the depth of talent in the WNBA can seem cliché. Yet, the opening days of the women’s 5×5 basketball competition at the 2024 Olympic Games has been a quick reminder of the truth: These gals are good.
The best, of course, are A’ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart. Together, they concocted a Top-Tier Stew, combining for 46 points—the first time an American pair has scored more than 20 points each since 2004—to lead Team USA to a 56th-straight win. Behind 24 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks from Wilson and 22 points, eight rebounds and three blocks from Stewart, Team USA cruised to a 102-76 win over Japan.
Two of their stateside teammates also enjoyed a star turn during the first round of group play games. What might the play of Wilson’s Las Vegas Aces teammate Megan Gustafson and Stewart’s New York Liberty teammate Nyara Sabally mean for the Aces’ and Liberty’s WNBA Finals aspirations?
Megan Gustafson got the job done
Megan Gustafson, the least-heralded Olympian from Aces, assumed the…
