Welcome to the final edition of ESPN’s WNBA Power Rankings before the league’s nearly monthlong break for the All-Star Game and Paris Olympics.
This week’s list includes some meaningful shuffling: The New York Liberty reclaimed the top spot after an undefeated week. The Las Vegas Aces nearly knocked the Connecticut Sun down to third place, but the Sun’s 27-point victory Sunday over the Phoenix Mercury (who had Brittney Griner and Diana Taurasi back in the starting lineup after recent injury issues) was enough to keep them in second for now.
The Seattle Storm and Indiana Fever moved up as well, while the Minnesota Lynx, still sans Napheesa Collier, dropped two spots and the Atlanta Dream, losers of seven straight games, took over as the new bottom team in the rankings.
Attention will soon shift away from the 2024 WNBA campaign and toward the All-Star Game on Saturday, which will feature the U.S. Olympic team duking it out against a group of WNBA All-Stars. The game will mark the…
