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Napheesa Collier, Kayla McBride and Courtney Williams will be representing the Lynx on the court in Saturday’s WNBA All-Star Game. Coach Cheryl Reeve will be leading Team Collier. But the Lynx
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That’s been Satou Sabally’s career to this point in a nutshell. Sabally’s entry into the WNBA was unlike many other players. She was a part of an Oregon Ducks roster that was the favorite to win the 2020 NCAA March Madness tournament.
Even though Diana Taurasi has retired, the WNBA's biggest trash talker remains in Phoenix. Taurasi held down the honor for the past two years, but now it's Mercury star Alyssa Thomas' turn. Thomas now holds the baton as the league's No. 1 trash talker, according to her peers in an anonymous poll from The Athletic.
What's more, the league shattered attendance and viewership records last year as a rookie class that included headline names in Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese joined established stars such as A'ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Napheesa Collier and others. It seemed to set the stage for continued growth, but a work stoppage could slow that momentum.
Taurasi was flourishing at UConn, and in the 2003-04 season, the Huskies finished with a record of 31-4. They started the season with a nine-game win streak. Duke handed them their first loss, but they recovered with two wins over West Virginia and Georgetown. The Huskies suffered their second loss when Notre Dame beat them 66-51.