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2025 WNBA Season
The 2025 WNBA season is the ongoing 29th season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The regular season began on May 16, 2025, and is scheduled to end on September 11. The fifth edition of the WNBA Commissioner's Cup will be held from June 1 to July 1. The 2025 WNBA All-Star Game will be held on July 19, 2025, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The playoffs is then scheduled to be played from September 11, and conclude with the WNBA Finals in October. For the first time, the Finals will use a best-of-seven format. The league expanded from 12 to 13 teams with the addition of the Golden State Valkyries, who were first announced in 2023. The Valkyries were the league's first expansion team since the Atlanta Dream in 2008 WNBA season, 2008. For the first time in league history, all 15 preseason games were televised nationally or streamed online via NBA League Pass#WNBA League Pass, League Pass. Drafts 2024 WNBA expansion draft The 2024 WNBA expansion dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's Basket (basketball), hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a Backboard (basketball), backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A Field goal (basketball), field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the 3 point line, three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (Overtime (sports), overtime) is mandated. Players advance the ball by boun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlanta Dream
The Atlanta Dream are an American professional basketball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Dream compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The team was founded for the 2008 WNBA season. The team is owned by real estate investors Larry Gottesdiener, Suzanne Abair, and former Dream player Renee Montgomery. Although the Dream share the Atlanta market with the National Basketball Association's Hawks, the Dream is not affiliated with its NBA counterpart. The Dream play at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. The Dream has qualified for the WNBA Playoffs in ten of its seventeen years in Atlanta and has reached the WNBA Finals three times. The franchise has been home to many high-quality players such as University of Louisville standouts Angel McCoughtry and Shoni Schimmel, former Finals MVP Betty Lennox, and Brazilian sharpshooter Izi Castro Marques. In 2010, the Dream went to the WNBA Fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonia Citron
Sonia Elizabeth Citron (born October 22, 2003) is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Mystics of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Citron was selected third overall by the Mystics in the 2025 WNBA draft. Early life and high school career Citron was born in White Plains, New York to Yolanda and William Citron. Her father played college basketball for Bradley, and her brother, Will, has played college soccer for Cornell and Virginia. She grew up playing soccer and began focusing on basketball in eighth grade, modeling her game after Sabrina Ionescu. Citron played basketball for The Ursuline School in New Rochelle, New York and the Philadelphia Belles. As a junior, she averaged 23.8 points, 10.6 rebounds, 4.3 steals and 3.1 assists per game, and was named New York Gatorade Player of the Year, New York State Sportswriters Association C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ASVEL Féminin
LDLC ASVEL Féminin (formerly ''Lyon Basket féminin'' and ''FC Lyon Basket féminin'') is a French professional women's basketball club from the Lyon suburb Villeurbanne. LDLC is a French e-commerce company (founded by Laurent de la Clergerie) that sponsors the club. ASVEL stands for Association Sportive de Villeurbanne Éveil Lyonnais, an acronym combining ASV and EL (Lyon Awakening) that merged into one club. LDLC ASVEL is the men's basketball team owned by the same ASVEL multi-sport company. ASVEL won the EuroCup Women in the 2022–23 season, after beating Galatasaray in the finals and becoming the fourth French team to win the competition. Honours National competitions * Ligue Féminine ** Winners (2): 2019, 2023 * French Cup ** Winners (1): 1960 ** Runner-up (2) : 2020, 2023 * Match des Champions ** Winners (1): 2019 * Challenge round ** Winners (1): 2014 * National 1 (French 3rd division) ** Winners (1): 2009 International competitions * EuroCup Women ** Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Sparks compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Western Conference. The team plays its home games at Crypto.com Arena. The Sparks were founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began. Like some other WNBA teams, the Sparks have the distinction of not being affiliated with an NBA counterpart, even though the market is shared with the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers. Lakers owner Jerry Buss owned the Sparks as a sister team to the Los Angeles Lakers from 1997 to 2006. Since 2014, the Sparks have been owned by Sparks LA Sports, a group consisting of Mark Walter, Magic Johnson, Stan Kasten, Todd Boehly, Bobby Patton, and Eric Holoman. The Sparks have qualified for the WNBA playoffs in twenty of their twenty-four years in Los Angeles, more than any other team in the league. The franchise has been home to many high-quali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Seattle Storm Season
The 2025 season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) will be their 26th season as a franchise. It will be the fourth full season under head coach Noelle Quinn. The 2025 season will consist of 44 regular season games played against 12 other teams. The WNBA increased its number of regular season games and announced that the 2025 WNBA Finals would be a best-of-seven series. The WNBA players' union announced on October 21, 2024, that they had opted out of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) in place with the league, which expires at the end of the 2025 season. In November 2024, the Storm's ownership hired a law firm to investigate allegations of player mistreatment by the coaching staff. The Storm announced there were no violations found as a result of the investigation. Shortly after the results were published, it was announced that Jewell Loyd had requested a trade. The Storm did not have any players taken during the expansion draft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominique Malonga (basketball)
Dominique Malonga (born 16 November 2005) is a French professional basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Super League. She was selected second overall by the Storm in the 2025 WNBA draft. She also plays for the France women's national basketball team. She was the youngest member of the French team at the 2024 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal. Early life Malonga was born in Yaoundé, and is the daughter of Thalance Malonga and Agathe N'Nindjem-Yolemp. Both of her parents are former basketball players, while her father is currently a doctor. Professional career France On 30 June 2021, Malonga signed with ASVEL Féminin of the Ligue Féminine de Basketball (LFB). ASVEL Féminin president Tony Parker called her the female Victor Wembanyama. During the 2021–22 season, in her first season with the club, she averaged six points and five rebounds in seven games. During the 2022–23 sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UConn Huskies Women's Basketball
The UConn Huskies women's basketball team is the college basketball program representing the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut, in the NCAA Division I women's basketball competition. They currently play in the Big East Conference. The UConn Huskies are the most successful women's basketball program in the nation, having won a record 12 NCAA Division I National Championships and a women's record four in a row, from 2013 through 2016, plus over 50 conference regular season and tournament championships. They have taken part in every NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, NCAA tournament since 1989 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, 1989; as of the end of the 2018–19 season, this is the third-longest active streak in Division I. From 2008 to 2022, they appeared in a record 14 consecutive Final Fours. UConn owns the two longest Basketball winning streaks, winning streaks (men's or women's) in college basketball history. The longest streak, 111 strai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Dallas Wings Season
The 2025 Dallas Wings season will be the franchise's 28th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, the 10th season for the franchise in Dallas - after relocating from Tulsa and Detroit, and the first season under head coach Chris Koclanes. In May 2025, it was announced that Teaira McCowan and Luisa Geiselsöder would be participating in the 2025 FIBA Women’s Eurobasket competition, for Türkiye and Germany respectively, and would be temporarily suspended during their time playing in the tournament. At the time of announcement, McCowan was expected to unavailable to play for the Wings from June 7–July 3, and Geiselsöder June 14–July 3. On June 10, the Wings announced that Tyasha Harris underwent an unspecified surgery on her left knee and would be out for the remainder of the 2025 season. On June 16, they also announced Maddy Siegrist was diagnosed with a right anterolateral tibial plateau fracture that occurred during the Wings' June 11 game against the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of First Overall WNBA Draft Picks
The Women's National Basketball Association's first overall pick is the player who is selected first among all eligible draftees by a team during the annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) draft. The first pick is awarded to the team that wins the WNBA draft lottery; in most cases, that team had a losing record in the previous season. Eight first picks have won the WNBA Most Valuable Player Award: Lauren Jackson (three-time winner), Candace Parker (two-time winner), Diana Taurasi, Tina Charles, Maya Moore, Nneka Ogwumike, Breanna Stewart, and A'ja Wilson (three-time winner). Candace Parker is the only player to win the WNBA Most Valuable Player Award during her rookie year. Fifteen first picks have won the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award: Chamique Holdsclaw, Diana Taurasi, Seimone Augustus, Candace Parker, Angel McCoughtry, Tina Charles, Maya Moore, Nneka Ogwumike, Chiney Ogwumike, Jewell Loyd, Breanna Stewart, A'ja Wilson, Rhyne Howard, Ali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 WNBA Draft
The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)'s draft for the 2025 WNBA season, 2025 season was held following the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It marked the first draft for the newest expansion team for the league, the Golden State Valkyries. The draft took place at The Shed (arts center), The Shed in Manhattan and was televised on ESPN in the USA and on The Sports Network, TSN1/3/4/5/Sportsnet 360, SN360/Sportsnet Pacific, SNP in Canada. There were only 12 picks in the first round, as the Las Vegas Aces' pick was stripped for violating league rules regarding impermissible player benefits and workplace policies. Draft lottery The lottery to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2025 draft took place on November 17, 2024. It was televised on ESPN in the United States and streamed on TSN+ in lieu of TSN network due to the latter airing the CFL's 111th Grey Cup with CTV in Canada. The four non-playoff teams in 2024 qualified for the lottery. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seattle Storm
The Seattle Storm are an American professional basketball team based in Seattle. The Storm compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Western Conference (WNBA), Western Conference. The team was founded by Ginger Ackerley and her husband Barry Ackerley, Barry ahead of the 2000 WNBA season, 2000 season. The team is currently owned by Force 10 Hoops LLC, which is composed of Seattle businesswomen Dawn Trudeau, Lisa Brummel, and Ginny Gilder, along with former player Sue Bird. The Storm have qualified for the WNBA playoffs in 19 of their List of Seattle Storm seasons, 25 seasons in Seattle. The franchise has been home to many high-quality players such as former Connecticut Huskies women's basketball, UConn stars Sue Bird, Swin Cash, and Breanna Stewart; 2004 WNBA Finals, 2004 Finals MVP Betty Lennox; and Australian power forward Lauren Jackson, a three-time league MVP. The Storm are four-time WNBA Champions, with victories in 2004 WNBA season, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
