One consistent thing about the WNBA over the years: Sometimes just when you think you know what paths teams are on, they take a sharp turn the other way. This past week was one of those times, which made for a lot of movement in the ESPN’S WNBA Power Rankings.
The Atlanta Dream are the perfect example. They entered the week having lost three in a row and were headed on a road trip. It looked as if a drop to the Power Rankings basement might be next. Instead, the Dream went 3-0 and made the biggest move up, five spots to No. 5.
Our bottom three teams in last week’s rankings — the Dream, Minnesota Lynx and Seattle Storm — went a combined 6-2 this past week. Stellar individual performances were a big part of it: Allisha Gray for the Dream, Napheesa Collier for the Lynx and Jewell Loyd for the Storm.
Meanwhile, the teams ranked second through sixth went a combined 4-7. The Chicago Sky, Dallas Wings and Phoenix Mercury were a combined 0-7, and like the Dream each moved five places — in the other direction.
All of which reaffirms that for now, the only team…
