For all that was strange and unprecedented about the 2020 WNBA season in a bubble, one thing was standard: The team with the fewest questions won the championship. The Seattle Storm had all the pieces, led by WNBA Finals MVP Breanna Stewart.
Even if coach Dan Hughes couldn t be in Bradenton, Florida, for health reasons, he contributed as much as possible from afar, and assistant Gary Kloppenburg filled in well for him. The Storm tied the Las Vegas Aces for most regular-season wins, then swept the Minnesota Lynx and the Aces for the franchise s fourth title.
After winning the 2018 and 2020 championships with a similar core group, Seattle now faces change starters Natasha Howard and Alysha Clark are gone brought on by trades and free agency. The 2021 Storm have some uncertainties, but so do most of the WNBA s teams.
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WNBA: Top players entering 2021 (No. 20 through No. 11)
Swish Appeal counts down the best players who will be playing in the league in 2021.
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We’re counting down the 30 players most prepared to have the best seasons in 2021. Rookies and players like Sabrina Ionescu who have very little WNBA experience were not considered. Here’s a look at No. 20 through No. 11:
20) Dearica Hamby
Las Vegas Aces
The two-time reigning Sixth Woman of the Year is so valuable to the Aces. She is strong and physical inside and you had to more than respect her 3-point shot last year as she improved greatly from beyond the arc up to 47.4 percent (18-of-38). That was good for third in the league behind only Alysha Clark and Julie Allemand. Hamby is also a great defender she basically does everything you could ask of a player. She’s unlikely to become a starter on a loaded Aces squad so she could be up for her third Sixth Woman of the
The chase for a title motivated Charles’s move to DC during the 2020 offseason.
Unfortunately, the coronavirus pandemic intervened. Due to underlying health concerns, Charles received a health exemption and opted out of the WNBA bubble. Her debut season for the then-defending champion Mystics thus was delayed.
This delay, however, has not diminished her drive for that elusive championship. At the Mystics’ media day, Charles responded to a question about her continued dedication to the game with the following:
I don’t have a championship. That’s what keeps me hungry, that’s what keeps me motivated. That’s what makes me want to continue to get better.
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