After identifying six new triple-double candidates in this week’s first edition of the “WNBA Six Pack,” we offer more nominees from the Los Angeles Sparks, Seattle Storm, Washington Mystics, Minnesota Lynx, Indiana Fever and Atlanta Dream.
Of those teams, only the Sparks and Storm have had a player total a triple-double in franchise history. For LA, both Candace Parker and Chelsea Gray achieved triple-doubles, with Parker’s coming in 2017 and Gray’s in 2019. For Seattle, Temeka Johnson did the deed in 2014.
We begin with candidates from those two teams before covering the other four:
Los Angeles Sparks (14-18): Jordin Canada
For the Sparks, we’re going with a former Storm in Jordin Canada, although it certainly would not be surprising if Nneka Ogwumike joined the other members of the 2016 title-winning Sparks’ star trio with a triple-double.
However, a triple-double would be illustrative of Canada’s all-round, Most Improved Player-worthy growth. Head coach Curt Miller has tasked Canada with increased responsibility, which she has embraced with aplomb. In a career-high 32.5…
