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2025 Las Vegas Aces Season
The 2025 Las Vegas Aces season is the franchise's ongoing 28th season in the Women's National Basketball Association and the eighth year the franchise is based in Las Vegas - after relocating from San Antonio and Utah. This will be the fourth season under head coach, Becky Hammon. The season will tip off on Saturday, May 17, 2025, at Barclays Center versus the defending 2024 WNBA champs, New York Liberty. In April 2025, newly signed forward, Cheyenne Parker-Tyus, announced her second pregnancy and is expected to "miss at least the first three months" of the 2025 season. On May 1, 2025, the Aces announced that center, Megan Gustafson, suffered a left lower leg injury during training camp and would be sidelined indefinitely. In June 2025, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) announced that they again would be gifting players on the Aces roster $100,000 sponsorships. In May 2024, the WNBA opened an investigation into these sponsorships given to the 2024 Aces' p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WNBA Western Conference
The Western Conference is one of two conferences that make up the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), the other being the Eastern Conference. Both conferences currently consist of 6 teams, until 2025, when the Golden State Valkyries will join the Western Conference. From the league's second season in 1998 through 2015, the WNBA operated separate playoff brackets for its Eastern and Western Conferences. Each conference's playoff was divided into two playoff rounds, the Conference Semi-Finals and the Conference Finals, with the Conference Finals winners receiving Conference Championships and advancing to the WNBA Finals to determine the WNBA champion. In the final years of this playoff scheme, all in-conference playoff series were best-of-three. Since 2016, the league has abandoned separate conference playoffs in favor of a single league-wide playoff bracket. The top eight teams in the regular season, without regard to conference affiliation, advance to the playoffs, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024-25 Alabama Crimson Tide Women's Basketball Team
A coxless four, abbreviated as a 4- and also called a straight four, is a racing shell used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars, without a coxswain. The crew consists of four rowers, each having one oar. There are two rowers on the stroke side (rower's right hand side) and two on the bow side (rower's lefthand side). As there is no coxswain, the rudder is controlled by one of the crew, normally with the rudder cable attached to the toe of one of their shoes which can pivot about the ball of the foot, moving the cable left or right. The steersman may row at bow, who has the best vision when looking over their shoulder, or on straighter courses stroke may steer, since they can point the stern of the boat at some landmark at the start of the course. The equivalent boat when it is steered by a coxswain is called a "coxed four". Racing boats (often called "shells") are long, narrow, and broadly semi-circular i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Evans (basketball)
Dana Evans (born August 1, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association. A two-time ACC Basketball Player of the Year at the University of Louisville, she was drafted by the Dallas Wings with the 13th overall pick of the 2021 WNBA draft. Early life Evans grew up in Gary, Indiana, where although she did not play basketball until the fourth grade, she immediately excelled at it. She was praised for her skills on defense, and was said to have garnered an offer to play college basketball by Valparaiso head coach Keith Freeman in the sixth grade. The first girl from Gary to make it to the McDonald's All-American Game, Evans averaged over 35 points per game in her senior season, also winning three Class 4A sectional titles for West Side Leadership Academy. College career One of the top recruits in college basketball, Evans committed to playing at Louisville, where she was named to the ACC All-Freshma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelsey Plum
Kelsey Christine Plum (born August 24, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Nicknamed "Plum Dawg", she is a three-time WNBA All-Star Game, WNBA All-Star and was named the WNBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2022. Plum won gold medals with the United States in Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 3x3 tournament, 3x3 basketball in 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 and in Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 5x5 basketball in 2024 Summer Olympics, 2024. She is also the founder the Dawg Class basketball camp. Born in Poway, California, Plum attended La Jolla Country Day School, where she was named a McDonald's All-American Game, McDonald's All-American. She played college basketball at Washington Huskies women's basketball, Washington, where she left as the NCAA Division I women's all-time leading scorer. In her senior season, Plum was named n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Los Angeles Sparks Season
The 2025 Los Angeles Sparks will be the franchise's 29th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and the first season under head coach Lynne Roberts. In addition to their preseason match-up against Golden State on May 6, the Sparks also had a closed scrimmage versus Seattle on May 10 at Pauley Pavilion. Draft Transactions Front office and coaching Trades Free agency Re-signed / activated Additions Subtractions / unsigned Roster Depth chart Schedule Preseason , - bgcolor=#bbffbb , 1 , May 6 , @ Golden State W 83–82, Rickea Jackson (13) , Azurá Stevens (11) , Dearica Hamby (6) , Chase Center17,428 , 1–0 Regular season , - style="background:#bbffbb" , 1 , May 16 , @ Golden State W 84–67, Kelsey Plum (37) , Dearica Hamby (10) , Plum, Sims (6) , Chase Center18,064 , 1–0 , - style="background:#fcc" , 2 , May 18 , Minnesota L 75–83, Azurá Stevens (21) , Dearica Hamby (10) , Kelsey Plum (5) , Crypto. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Yueru
Li Yueru (; born 28 March 1999) is a Chinese basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She also plays for the Chinese national team. Li was drafted in the third round of the 2019 WNBA draft by the Atlanta Dream. Professional career China Li started her professional career in China. She played for the Guangdong Dolphins (2015–2020) and Inner Mongolia (2020–2023) of the Women's Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA). WNBA Chicago Sky (2022) Li was originally drafted with the 35th pick by the Atlanta Dream in the 2019 WNBA draft. However, she continued playing in China and never joined the Dream. On 5 February 2022, her rights were traded to the Los Angeles Sparks along with Chennedy Carter in exchange for Erica Wheeler, a 2023 WNBA draft first-round pick and a 2022 WNBA draft second-round pick. Li was subsequently traded on 30 March 2022, to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Lexie Brown. Li joined the team late, as s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewell Loyd
Jewell Loyd (born October 5, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Nicknamed the "Gold Mamba", she played college basketball at Notre Dame and was selected first overall by the Seattle Storm in the 2015 WNBA draft. Loyd won gold medals for the United States national team at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics. Early life and college Born in Lincolnwood, Illinois, Loyd was a four-year starter for Niles West High School in Skokie, Illinois, where she averaged 24.8 points and 11.9 rebounds per game and scored 3,077 career points, leading the team to a 93–31 record during that time. In her final season for Notre Dame, she was named ESPN's women's college basketball player of the year as the Fighting Irish advanced to the NCAA championship game for the second year in a row. Loyd scored 1,909 points in her college career, Notre Dame's fifth-highest total ever. Professional career WNBA Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lucas III
John Harding Lucas III (born November 21, 1982) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is currently serving as a player development coach for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). He played college basketball for Baylor and Oklahoma State. Early life Born in Washington, D.C. to former NBA player and coach John Lucas II and his wife DeEdgra, Lucas lived in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania for a time as a youth. Lucas was the starting point guard on the Bellaire High School basketball team and played alongside fellow future NBA players Emeka Okafor and Lawrence Roberts. Lucas has a younger brother Jai, head coach of the men’s basketball team at the University of Miami. Jai. He originally played collegiately at Baylor University, but transferred from there to Oklahoma State University in the wake of the 2003 Baylor basketball scandal. Lucas is noted for his winning shot against the Saint Joseph's University team that sent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyrone Ellis
Tyrone Ellis (born October 5, 1977) is an American-Georgian professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). He is 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) tall and played as a shooting guard. He was the first head coach named for both the Northern Arizona Suns and the Stockton Kings of the NBA G League. College career Born in Dallas, Ellis graduated from Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma in 2001. Professional career Since his graduation from Southern Nazarene University, Ellis has played professional basketball in the United States ( Huntsville Flight), Germany ( Frankfurt Skyliners), Turkey (Beşiktaş Cola Turka), Italy (Basket Napoli) and Spain ( Casademont Girona, Cajasol Sevilla, Asefa Estudiantes). He also had Summer League stints with the Los Angeles Lakers and the Dallas Mavericks. Coaching career On October 30, 2015, after stints with the Tulsa 66ers, Reno Bighorn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyler Marsh
Tyler Marsh (born December 9, 1987) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Personal life Marsh is the son of Donnie Marsh, who was the former head coach at FIU and Alabama A&M and is currently serving as an assistant coach for the Detroit Mercy Titans. Coaching career Marsh started his coaching career in 2012 as a player development coach for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers under Nick Nurse for the 2012–2013 season. He went on to win a D-league championship with the Vipers in 2013. Marsh served as an assistant coach of the Iowa Energy for the 2013-2014 D League season. Marsh served as an assistant coach of the Bakersfield Jam for the 2014-2015 D League season. Marsh served as an assistant coach of the Fort Wayne Mad Ants from 2016-2017. Marsh was hired as an assistant video coordinator for the Toronto Raptors during the 2018-2019 NBA season, reuniting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Williams
Natalie Jean Williams (born November 30, 1970) is an American basketball executive and former player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Williams was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016. She was also an accomplished volleyball player at UCLA. From 2022-2024, Williams served as the General Manager of the WNBA's Las Vegas Aces. Early years Williams is the daughter of Nate Williams, a former basketball player who played for the Cincinnati Royals/Kansas City-Omaha Kings, New Orleans Jazz and the Golden State Warriors in the National Basketball Association during an eight-year career. Although she was born in Southern California, she went to high school at Taylorsville High School in Utah. She also has two half brothers and one half sister. Both of her brothers played basketball but her sister chose to focus her athletic abilities on tennis. College years She attended the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), and graduated there in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
