Healthy Sylvia Fowles set to lead Lynx in home opener vs. Mercury
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The Phoenix Mercury and the Minnesota Lynx both have high expectations entering the WNBA season.
The Lynx, who rallied from an 11-point, third-quarter deficit to beat the Mercury 80-79 in a quarterfinal playoff elimination game last September, host the Mercury in the season opener for both teams Friday night.
Minnesota, which lost to eventual champion Seattle 3-0 in the semifinals, was 14-8 during the regular season.
Though three-time All-Star Kayla McBride, a key free-agent addition, and All-Defensive selection Napheesa Collier are expected to miss at least the opener after returning from overseas, reigning WNBA Coach of the Year Cheryl Reeve still has plenty work with.
May 8, 2021
From one historic season to another, the WNBA’s 25th season is set to tip off on May 14th. The league will commemorate the 25th season with the campaign “Count It” and a distinguishing and purposeful 25th season logo. The WNBA will also celebrate the ways its players have shattered expectations and have stood at the forefront of advancement, inclusion and social change for 25 years.
In leading up to the season, WNBA.com will break down each team in the league: up next, the Minnesota Lynx.
Coach of the Year in Cheryl Reeve. Rookie of the Year in 2020 second-round pick Crystal Dangerfield. All-Defensive Team Selection in Napheesa Collier. Minnesota fell to the eventual WNBA champion Storm in the semifinals last season, but it was still a year of success – and growth. And it all went a step further with a load of talent joining the Lynx during free agency to bolster a championship-caliber squad for 2021.
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Nearly a year ago, as the country sat still with shelter-in-place protocols in the rising phases of the coronavirus pandemic, Erica McCall found herself questioning whether she belonged in the WNBA.
McCall, who had a stellar four-year college basketball career at Stanford under the winningest head coach in women’s college basketball in Tara Ann VanDerveer, had just been waived by the Indiana Fever after three seasons, the same team that drafted her in the second round of the 2017 WNBA draft.
The former two-time, All-Pac-12 performer who compares herself to the Warriors’ Draymond Green because of his energy and impact did not handle the news well.
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Aerial Powers had her pick of almost any team in the WNBA during her first taste of free agency this winter. In the prime of her career at age 27, she already has one WNBA Championship following her contributions with the Washington Mystics.
Hungry for more, Powers wanted to join a championship culture already in place. With four championships in the past 10 years, Powers felt Minnesota Lynx Head Coach and General Manager Cheryl Reeve offered the best opportunity to take her game to the next level and another ring (or more).
“When I started my career in Dallas, I wasn’t sure, I wasn’t too sure…