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The Atlanta Dream fell to 2-4 on to start the 2023 WNBA season as they dropped their second consecutive game, this one to the New York Liberty after losing to the Las Vegas Aces on June 2. Despite the uneven start, the Dream have been seeing another step forward in the development of budding star […]

The Seattle Storm started out the 2023 WNBA season a little rocky at 0-4. They managed to get their first win of the season though against the Los Angeles Sparks in dramatic fashion coming back from being down 18 points early in the game. If they’re hoping to build off that momentum though, they’ll have […]

The Miami Heat find themselves trailing 2-1 in the NBA Finals against the Denver Nuggets with Game 4 set to tip-off soon. It’s essentially a must-win game for the Heat who want to avoid going back to the Nuggets homecourt facing a 3-1 deficit. While the Heat collectively need to step it up from how […]

In the WNBA, teams are allowed to sign players to hardship contracts when they have only nine or less available players on the roster. For the Chicago Sky, that was their reality heading into Friday’s game on the road against the Los Angeles Sparks. They are facing injuries to Rebekah Gardner, Morgan Bertsch and Isabelle […]

The Indiana Fever have been one of the WNBA’s bottom-dwellers for the past couple of seasons but this season brings about new promise. The Fever ended up with the No. 1 pick in the draft and to nobody’s surprise they selected South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston. Through the Fever’s first six games of the year, they’ve […]

The Seattle Storm knew that coming into this season there was going to be a lot of growing pains. With Breanna Stewart signing with the New York Liberty in free agency and Sue Bird retiring, it meant that a rebuild was underway. Only three members of the Storm’s 2020 championship team remain in Jewell Loyd, […]

The Seattle Storm have been struggling to start the 2023 WNBA season. They started out 0-4 and got their first win of the season against the Los Angeles Sparks on Tuesday after trailing by as many as 18 points early in the game. It was to be expected though that the Storm might struggle a […]

The Phoenix Mercury have bee one of the struggling teams so far as the 2023 WNBA season is officially underway. They received an emotional boost at the beginning of the year with the much-anticipated return of Brittney Griner, but they’ve only been able to manage a 1-4 start. It’s a long season though and there’s […]

Growing pains and losses are all a part of rebuilding and the Minnesota Lynx are definitely experiencing that this season. The started out the season at 0-6 and just picked up their first win on Saturday against the Washington Mystics. They have a franchise cornerstone in Napheesa Collier but not much else around her. Their […]

The Denver Nuggets have taken a 2-1 lead in the NBA Finals against the Miami Heat after pulling off a 109-94 win on Wednesday as the series shifted to the Heat’s home floor. It was the phenomenal play of the Nuggets star duo in Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray that powered them to the win […]

Through the first few games of the 2023 WNBA season, the Chicago Sky have been one of the better teams with a record of 5-3. That’s pretty solid for them considering they lost their championship core this offseason. Candace Parker, Courtney Vandersloot and Azurá Stevens all signed elsewhere as free agents. Allie Quigley decided to […]

The Dallas Wings have had a so-so start to the 2023 WNBA season with a record of 3-3. They’re in the midst of trying to get back over .500 with a Tuesday game in progress against the visiting Phoenix Mercury. They have one of the WNBA’s budding superstars in Arike Ogunbowale who has been having […]

One of the most anticipated storylines coming into the 2023 WNBA season was the debut of Aliyah Boston. The No. 1 overall pick by the Indiana Fever in this year’s draft, Boston had a lot of hype coming in. And so far, she’s lived up to that hype. Through the Fever’s first six games, Boston […]

The Dallas Wings have been off to a so-so start to the 2023 WNBA season. With a record of 3-3, they’re not exactly wowing anyone, but their not bad. They have a budding superstar in Arike Ogunbowale who has been off to a hot start to the season. They have a shot to get back […]

When it comes to absurd stat lines in NBA history from a center, the late Wilt Chamberlain has many of them. He’s one of the top record holders in the NBA with several unreal accomplishments. But there’s a few records even Chamberlain does not possess. With the NBA Finals underway between the Denver Nuggets and […]

The Las Vegas Aces are off to one of the best starts in the league with the 2023 WNBA season underway. They improved to 6-0 on Sunday following an 84-80 win against the Indiana Fever on the road. While the game was close, the Aces showed their championship mettle by being able to close the […]

With the 2023 WNBA season now underway, one of the main topics of discussion has been expansion and the lack of roster spots in the league. With only 12 teams and each team allowed a maximum of 12 roster spots, the WNBA has become the hardest professional sports league to break into. With first round […]

The Washington Mystics climbed back over .500 after a thrilling 75-74 win against the Dallas Wings with superstar Elena Delle Donne hitting a pair of clutch three-pointers down the stretch. With new head coach in Eric Thibault, the Mystics are a team that has playoff aspirations. They received some good news earlier in the day […]

The Washington Mystics crawled over .500 with a clutch 75-74 win against the Dallas Wings on Friday to improve to 3-2 on the season. The Mystics are a team that has playoff aspirations this season in the midst of a new head coach in Eric Thibault. They have a superstar in Elena Delle Donne and […]

The Denver Nuggets have a little bit of breathing room after a 104-93 win in Game 1 of the NBA Finals against the Miami Heat. It was a wire to wire victory for the Nuggets who never had their lead in jeopardy. The Heat had cut the deficit to single-digits late in the fourth quarter […]

The Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat have two days of rest before retaking the court for Game 2 of the NBA Finals. Each team has had media availabilities though in the days between games. While much of the focus until Sunday’s game will be on what the Heat can do to make adjustments and avoid […]

The Dallas Wings have been one of the better teams so far to start the 2023 WNBA season. Sporting a record of 3-2, the Wings are hoping to build upon last season’s playoff appearance. Helping lead the way so far has been fifth-year guard Arike Ogunbowale. Arike Ogunbowale is the Wings franchise player and is […]

It hasn’t been such a great start to the 2023 WNBA season for the Minnesota Lynx. They have yet to win a game, starting out 0-6. With Sylvia Fowles retiring last season, it officially ushered in a new era for the Lynx. Fowles was the last remaining core member of the Lynx championship dynasty who […]

Most basketball fans know who Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant is. He’s been the face of the Grizzlies franchise since they drafted him with No. 2 overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft. He may be embroiled in some controversy right now but he is the Grizzlies future. What fans might not know is he […]

It’s back to the drawing board for the Miami Heat following their 104-93 loss to the Denver Nuggets in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. The Nuggets pretty much dominated the game from start to finish leaving the Heat with more questions than answers. One area in particular that the Nuggets dominated was free-throw attempts. […]

The Denver Nuggets are in the driver’s seat in the NBA Finals following a 104-93 win against the Miami Heat in Game 1. Contrary to how the rest of the playoffs had gone, the Heat shooters were unable to find the bottom of the net. Given how good of a coach Erik Spoelstra is, it’s […]

The Denver Nuggets struck first in the NBA Finals with a 104-93 win against the Miami Heat. One of the staples of the Heat offense through their first three playoff series was the consistency from their three-point shooters. That was not the case in Game 1 as the Heat combined to shoot only 13-39 from […]

The NBA Finals got off to roaring start on Thursday with the Denver Nuggets striking first with a 104-93 win against the Miami Heat. The Heat pulled to within single digits late in the fourth quarter, but the Nuggets lead was never in any danger. It will be up to the Heat now to see […]

The NBA Finals are underway between the Miami Heat and the Denver Nuggets. The Nuggets were the best team in the Western Conference all season and so they were expected by many to be here. But the Miami Heat had to go through the play-in and then win three straight playoff series without homecourt advantage. […]

Before Arike Ogunbowale set foot on a WNBA court, she had already made a name for herself as an electrifying player during her college career at Notre Dame. She made an immediate impact as a freshman and was a starter by her sophomore year. As a junior, she led the Fighting Irish to the 2018 […]

With the 2023 WNBA season about two weeks in, one of the main topics of conversation is the strong play of Indiana Fever rookie Aliyah Boston. The Fever have been one of the league’s bottom dwellers for the a couple of seasons now and their banking their future on Boston being the player who turns […]

Wednesday was the day for early entrants in the NBA Draft to withdraw their names and retain their college eligibility. There is another withdrawal deadline of June 12 but players withdrawing from that deadline will not be able to return to college basketball. This season’s Arkansas Razorbacks had a few NBA prospects on their roster […]

The NBA Finals are set to tip-off on Thursday and the Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat are ready to compete for a championship. The Heat just finished off a grueling seven game series against the Boston Celtics while the Nuggets have had a long layoff due to sweeping the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western […]

Wednesday was the day for early entrants to withdraw their names from the NBA Draft and still be eligible to play college basketball. There were a few big names who made major decisions to return to college basketball while a few others opted to bet on themselves and keep their names in the draft. The […]

With the 2023 WNBA season officially underway, one of the top storylines so far has been Indiana Fever rookie Aliyah Boston. Boston was the top overall pick in the draft last month and her WNBA debut has been long anticipated. So far, Boston is exceeding expectations. Thought of as the franchise cornerstone for a Fever […]

Wednesday was the deadline for players to withdraw their name from the NBA Draft and still maintain college eligibility. There is a second deadline which is June 12 but if players withdraw by then they are not able to return to college basketball. There were a handful of big name players who had until the […]

With the Oklahoma City Thunder immersed in a rebuild, it seemed like a pretty good place for Jared Butler to try and restart his NBA career. Butler had been coming off a successful college career that resulted in a national championship at Baylor when he was selected with the 40th overall pick in the 2021 […]

The Dallas Wings have started off the season 2-0 so far behind the hot shooting of Arike Ogunbowale. Ogunbowale is rapidly becoming one of the league’s top stars and making the Wings must-see TV. They have been winning early on despite a few key injury absences. The Wings are already without Diamond DeShields who is […]

The transfer portal has changed college basketball forever. It’s become almost like a free agency for college athletes with them having more control over their future. There are many different arguments in favor of and against the portal but one thing is for sure, it’s made college basketball very interesting. The Arkansas Razorbacks made a […]