Catch your breath yet after a whirlwind first week, WNBA fans?
The 2024 season kicked off in memorable fashion. Rookies from Caitlin Clark to Angel Reese to Cameron Brink made their professional debuts and impacted their respective teams right away. Superstars from A’ja Wilson to Breanna Stewart to Alyssa Thomas picked up from where they left off in 2023. Under-the-radar players from DiJonai Carrington to Kia Nurse to Alanna Smith raised eyebrows early.
A game went to double-overtime Friday, two triple-doubles were tallied on the first two days of the season, and several other contests had close finishes. And we’re not even a full week in.
The top quarter of the league — the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces, last year’s runners-up in the New York Liberty and perennial contenders in the Connecticut Sun — looked pretty much as expected, collectively going 7-0.
But newer-look teams that made big moves in the offseason have had mixed results. The
