The Los Angeles Sparks’ 2024 season likely will end once they finish their 40 regular-season games. With just seven wins on the year, it would take a borderline miracle to make the playoffs.
Still, just because LA is losing doesn’t mean all is lost; there still is much to be gained, even if wins aren’t part of this final stretch of the season. Here are three things to look for as the Sparks finish their 28th season of WNBA action.
Rookie phenom Rickea Jackson
In August, Rickea Jackson was sensational, averaging 16.6 points along with 3.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists. If she can maintain this kind of production, she not only will be the best player in Los Angeles the rest of the way, but she will likely be a lock to make the All-Rookie team. Not much has gone right for the Sparks in 2024, but the development of Jackson is certainly one of them.
With her 10th point of the game, Rickea Jackson joins an elite group of LA Sparks as the only players in franchise history to score 400+ PTS as a rookie
Candace Parker – 610 in 2008
Nneka Ogwumike – 462 in 2012
Lisa Leslie – 445 in 1997 #WelcometotheW pic.twitter.com/wca9SfW31l— WNBA (@WNBA) September 2, 2024
Is Li Yueru the next great LA big?
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