The 2024 WNBA playoffs will get underway on Sunday, and before long a team will be lifting the trophy as the league’s latest champion. Will it be the Liberty, who are looking for the first title in franchise history? The Aces, who are trying to complete a threepeat? Or perhaps an old stalwart like the Lynx, who could win it all for a record-setting fifth time?
While the league’s best and brightest will have a big say on which team completes the journey, whichever team wins will need some big moments from its supporting cast along the way. With that, here’s a look at the biggest X-factor heading into the playoffs.
The 24-year-old German rookie was not on anyone’s radar coming into the season. Even Liberty head coach Sandy Brondello was barely playing her early on. Over the course of the summer, though, the 6-foot-4 Fiebich turned into one of the team’s most important players. Her size and versatility allowed them to maintain the top seed despite long-term absences for Courtney Vandersloot and Betnijah Laney-Hamilton, and will prove extremely important come playoff time. She finished seventh in the league in 3-point percentage (43.3) and her mobility at her size allows them to play some huge defensive…
