For Naz Hillmon, there never seems to be the wrong time to play basketball.
The Atlanta Dream’s fourth-year forward plays the game virtually year around without skipping a beat. When she’s not in Atlanta, she’s down under in Australia playing for the Southside Flyers of the WNBL. She also signed on with Unrivaled in March as a relief player for Rose BC, winners of the inaugural Unrivaled title.
Prior to all this, Hillmon honed her skills through the rigors of Big Ten basketball as a Michigan Wolverine. At Michigan, she became a basketball savant. She is the program’s all-time leader in double-doubles (52), rebounds (1,063) and free throws made (487). Hillmon also is the only Wolverine to have scored 2,000 points and grabbed 1,000 rebounds. She also scored a school-record 50 points against Ohio State in January 2021.
That ability to score and board immediately attracted her to the Dream, as they ended up drafting her No. 15 overall in the 2022 WNBA Draft. In her three seasons, she is averaging 4.8 points and 4.4 rebounds per game. In 2024, Hillmon earned a starting role, averaging a career-high 21.7 minutes per game while averaging 5.7 points and 3.2 rebounds.
Going into this year, Hillmon is expected to take on a vital role coming off the bench, especially with…
