The 2025 WNBA season officially kicks off on Friday, with each team going to start the action this weekend to start a big season in league history. The league needs to follow up on the historic pressure in 2024. This week we will be on who wins all the championships and who will win a single trophy, but we have some other predictions, but we have some other predictions – some wild, some, some are what will happen this WNBA season.
While owning the WNBA team, it aims to support the development of women's sports, but it is also an investment. Most people want to make money from their investments, and most WNBA owners enter the game for quite a bit of a fee. Given the popularity of the game, the increasing attendance and TV ratings, it would be a smart time for owners who don’t want to cope with the requirements of a professional sports team in running.
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For example, Michael Alter, owner of Chicago Sky, bought the team for $10 million. The 2023 Sky valuation puts them at $85 million. Mohegan Tribe bought Connecticut Suns for a similar price in 2007. Now, WNBA growth means players expect better facilities and resources, and for some owners, the wise move is to open the key.
In 2024, Washington Mystics and Indiana Fever broke WNBA regular season attendance record in a game at Capital One Arena in September. However, Detroit Shock/Tulsa Shock/Dallas’ Wings Still Holds Historical Records, In the 2003 Final Game between the Shock of Auburn Hills Palace and the Los Angeles Sparks. The Deanna Nolan/Swin cash-led team won the championship in three matches, where 22,076 fans saw a shocking victory.
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Currently, there is no capacity for WNBA arena above 20,000, which is the capacity of Minnesota Target Center. However, when demand arrives, the team has moved the game to a larger arena and will continue this season. The NBA arena doesn't have the ability to break records, but maybe we'll see a fever for a game or two hosting the NCAA Championships to the Lucas Oil Field and can hold 70,000 basketball games.
Sabrina Ionescu's performance in the 2023 All-Star Game 3-point competition was very jaw-dropping as she hit 35 times in 37. But every record set could be broken, with Washington mystery rookie Sonia Citron reaching 37.2% of her 3-pointers in her final college season, which he has had in his 3-pointer game this summer at Indiana All-Star Game. She may compete with Caitlin Clark, who said she will be part of this year, but Citron showed her time and time at Notre Dame, and she will likely have a lot of fans in the stands since her time at South Bend. Pursuing it, Sonia.
While dunks are seen as a flashy way to score two points, they are also a way for offensive players to ensure that defensive players can’t stop their shots. As men's game develops - the rules for banning dunks are revoked - dunks become a more common tool for offensive players.
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The WNBA defense has evolved, and players like A'ja Wilson, Ezi Magbegor and Brittney Griner have found ways to play left and right. Throwing more players can dunk, such as Greens and Magbegore's new teammate Dominic Malonga? This is a recipe for more dunks and an easy answer to stupid people who think the WNBA needs to lower the rims.
OK, maybe it's more like hope than prediction. The day after Freedom won the WNBA championship in 2024, players opted out of the collective bargaining agreement and they had several issues that needed to be resolved. As the league signs a new TV rights deal, players want to get their due share of their new revenue. They are also concerned about retired players’ pensions, facilities and better foreign player deals.
The term player union has always used is “transformative.” They expect the CBA to reward them with the time and effort to build the league into its current state. Although the current CBA expires at the end of the 2025 season, the real deadline is the beginning of the 2026 season. Deadlines are always inspiring actions, so they have the potential to avoid shutdowns. But players say they are preparing for this possibility.