WNBA reduced the pre -season period this week, with many of the biggest stars in the league. After her most honest season in history, WNBA damaged her all the first season, including ESPN to return Caitlin Clark to IOWA with the Indiana Indian Fever Group.
The fever won the first two games in the exhibition, even with the Clark session, the opening match against Washington, Sufi. Aja Wilson, Jackie Young, Jewel Lloyd and Chelsea Gray took the floor for the first time as a quarter of Las Vegas. Paige Buickers has started her career with Dallas Wings, and she returned to Chicago Sky Angel Rais to LSU to return to the homeland.
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Although only seven of the 13 league teams have played, they have not yet taken six early ideas about what we saw.
1. Did Angel Reese expand?
It is difficult to extract a lot of conclusions from Sky 27 points over the Brazilian national team, but it is already clear that the Chicago crime will seem different this season. After trying to get 14.9 throws in the league 14.9 per game last year, Sky acquired 12 in the first half in their opening match and ended with 29 attempts from 3 points. Although they only achieved seventy, Tyler Marsh, the first coach of the first year, was happy to choose the shooting in Chicago and how the players used the open driving corridors to score and find his teammates in Treys Open. Nearly 60 percent of field goals at Chicago against Brazil were jumping footage, according to Synergy SPORTS, an increase of 42.3 percent only last year. The sky was also 21 passes on 32 baskets.
During the training camp, Marsh and its employees talked about the desire to draw a Reese away from the basket. The strategy allows more space to examine and diving while also allowing team -mates to attack the edge and avoid facing crowded paint. Rais expects to deal with more game industry, and start some crimes such as Wilson in Las Vegas. (ACES assistant Marses from 2022 to 2024.) The return of goalkeeper Courtney Vandresplot must also pay huge profits to Ris and her colleague in the second year Camilla Kardoso. Vandersloot found Reese in her first basket of the game and ended with five assists in 15 minutes.
2. Sonia Citron’s strong impression
Throughout the draft preparation, executive managers around WNBA escaped the immediate potential Citron effect. In Notre Dame, it was a multi -use scorer and a three -level goal. In the appearance of Washington for the first time against fever, choice No. 3 in April draft reinforced that it does not need the ball in its hand to make an effect. Two of the sites were buried 3 drawings with Experienced defenders Diwana Boner Lexie Hull closes. 6 out of 15 points of discounts recorded. A field goal came on a fixed drive immediately when it ended on Bonner. In 22 minutes, Citron spent a time in Boner’s guard and Idisi Mitchell, Hull and Sophie Keningham as a coach in the first year Sydney Johnson, tested against players of different sizes and skills groups. The Swiss army knife in Washington will be this season, turning between the roles. Saturday was the beginning of what should be a productive season.
3. Clark, fever does not miss any rhythm
The fever had the best crime in the league after the All-Star break in 2024: 109.6 points per 100 properties, or more than 3 points better than second in New York. In the first match in Clark on Sunday against the Brazilian national team (he missed the opening match of Indiana against Washington due to a left leg injury), this dynamic crime achieved another level, although against an uncomfortable and ranked opponent, and published an offensive rating of 138.5 in the victory 108-44.
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Clark was in the midst of everything. Although coach Stephanie White says that Clark seemed to have not been practicing in three days, the star of fever was effective from the field, as it reached 6 out of 10 shots and 4 out of 6 throws. The ball slipped on the field on the attack, as the fever kept things to move with a series of leadership and kicks, and exams and procedures. The team achieved 12 out of 18 pomegranates in the first half, and nine assistance.
One of White’s goals outside the season was to reduce the offensive burden on Clark by spreading the burden of work until Clark was not responsible for creating everything. Clark still takes several players in the back and withdrawn-to see the expected, especially when its own logo is at Carver-Hawkeye Arena-but the addition of Sydney Colson with Clark with five decisive passes. Five other players in Indiana had at least three field goals in the first half (the competitive part of the game), where fever was born good footage in various ways.
This is an important first step for Indiana as it prepares for a normal season of 44 games and a long watershed path.
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Besides the MVP season in Wilson, the Las Vegas star to collect consistent production struggled in an unsuccessful chase of three children in 2024. Gray has never seen a large extent after an injury to her foot in her finals and son of the year 2023, and played Young through an uncomfortable injury after the Gold Gold competition in the United States of America team only.
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Both stars were in good condition in their first appearance. Young showed her style of bowling in the brand. She had a night of career attraction to call and earn unpleasant clips, perhaps inspired by her new colleague Lloyd, who was second among the spin guards in the free throw rate in 2024. Young was also nine decisive passes and no transformations, and appeared to make sterling play in a transitional stage; Izzat Krista Blanc, Las Vegas broadcaster, is one of the Yong’s ports to gray from usual. Gray 6 out of 9 field goals, including two of its sweet place in the medium term, which should have been especially exhausted by Genner Holmes and Dijunai Carrington.
While Acess discovers its second unit with the departure of Alisha Clark, Tivani Hayes, Kate Martin and Coulson, they will need to rely on the elite elite strength to stay in the championship. When at least three of Gray, Ladid, Wilson and Yong on the field against Dallas (about 20 minutes of game time), Las Vegas won in those minutes 26 points.
5. Which of the youngsters in Dallas will make cut with Paage Boker?
Coach Chris Colanis said before the match that the wings knew who would be the best alternate players in 2025, but he was hoping to use a period before the number from 9 to 12 years. These are the eight Includes the five beginners – Big BokerzEric Oujunbo, Carrington, Nallisa Smith and Tayera Macan-in addition to Misha Heinz-Allen, Madi Sigritist and Tasha Harris off the bench. This leaves four sites for ten players in the training camp, two of them (McKenzi Forbes and Kiki Harryan) were waived after the pre -season loss against Las Vegas.
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Harris was not available on Friday, when Aziaha James made the first goalkeeper of the seat, and was the rising in North Carolina’s state of aggression immediately. Its first degrees did not require the drops, because it struck a triple indicator and a file on throwing the ball. Two transformations in the dead ball were forced into one defense over one and even the theft on the ruling MVP, which turned into help to Siegrrist. James also gave up her body in an attempt to take over Wilson’s responsibility. Kokranis said he should have challenged the ban on the ban. James’s place on the opening night list is already safe, but the comprehensive effort in her first appearance should help her earn more minutes.
The rising approaching the list of the list is JJ Quinerly, from the third round of West Virginia. However, Quinerly seemed comfortable as it was in the Big 12 courts in its first work in WNBA. She was thrown into the fire, and she moved a young man for her first possession, but Young did not register on her. Quinerly James helped travel to Gray and got a stop at Lloyd in a transitional stage, all in her two minutes. There are questions about the height of the Quinerley. Listed in 5 feet 8, it is likely to be shorter and banned in trying the first edge shot by Aaliyah Nye 6 feet. However, for the largest part, Quinerley was distinguished by the slope, especially in its second activity. I made 7 out of 10 shots, nine in the paint.
The wings are likely to need more Frontcourt at the end of 12, especially since McCan and Samith struggled defensive against Aceses. However, Quinerly looks part of the WnBA player, whether in Dallas or anywhere else.
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Seattle Storm played its only official match on Sunday afternoon against Connecticut Sun. Gabi Williams, Izi Magbigor and No. 2 Dominic Malonga – the main members of Seattle in Seattle – were excluded for rest. However, the other veterans in Seattle-Alevis Clark, NNEKA OGWUMKE and Skylar Diggins-opened the game with a great capacity, and Connecticut held to only 12 points in the first quarter. The efficiency of Ogwumke and Diggins led to 27 common points in 9 of 14 shootings at Seattle 79-59.
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Ogwumke was effective around the basket, but the 34 -year -old striker also manufactured four drawings in 21 minutes. It has achieved at least four times only three times since it was the number 1 selection in the draft 2012. If it comes out and produces from behind the bow this season, the Seattle crime must be more dangerous. Coach Noel Quinn will get a lot of front rotation options with Malonga, Magbegor and Ogwumke. Add in Li Yueeru – which got 15 points and 10 counterators in their first appearance with The Storm – and Frontcourt is one of the deepest league.
This article was originally appeared in Athlete.
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