The 2024 WNBA Season Set

 The world caught Caitlin Clark Fever this past year, whether it was the NCAA tournament or her debut season in the WNBA. I got caught up in it as well, but during the NCAA run was able to appreciate some of the great talent along the way. Most of them also made their WNBA debuts this season too, and the league is jam packed with talent. ESPN's WNBA coverage averaged 1.2 million viewers per game, up 170% versus 2023—the vast majority of those gains were generated by the Fever. While we are still waiting on the likes of Paige Bueckers to come to the W as well, this years rookie class may be what brings more spotlight to the WNBA. My WNBA excitement started last season, as a basketball junkie I was so excited to have ultra competitive basketball in September and October leading to the beginning of the NBA season. So it got me thinking how can I make a WNBA set when a lot of the data I use for the NBA isn't available. To the rescue was my guy Neil Paine, the creator of RAPTOR, which I use for offense and defensive ratings, and he started tracking it for the WNBA as well. With this data at my hands, I can now make a WNBA set at the same scale as my NBA sets, opening the door for some fun fantasy cross matchups and team ups. So lets take a look at the best players from this years season all 12 teams are represented by a 7 man roster, since games are 8 minutes less than NBA they don't play as many players. I also made these lineups based on each teams most often used lineup from this season.

I will start things off with my personal favorite player of all time, Candace Parker, and it is only fitting with this being Caitlin Clarks rookie season, in 2008 she was the first and only player to win the Rookie of the Year and League MVP in the same season. Candace is a 2x MVP, 3X WNBA Champion, 7X All-Star, Won a DPOY, 10X All-WNBA and the 2016 WNBA Finals MVP.

New York Liberty (32-8)

(Laney-Hamilton but it wouldn't fit and I got lazy)

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Yesterday's Game 1 team leading scorer

Minnesota Lynx (30-10)

Dropped a career high 38 points yesterday in the game 1 playoff victory, sadly its not even achievable on this already awesome card.

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Connecticut Sun (28-12)

Recorded her 4th career playoff triple double yesterday, 12P 10R 13A

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(Great trade deadline pick up for this squad, also my pick to win it all)

Las Vegas Aces (27-13)

The best card in the set and properly this seasons Unanimous WNBA MVP
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Seattle Storm (25-15)

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Indiana Fever (20-20)

Rookie of the Year front runner, finished 5th in MVP voting, and set many records this season, I can't wait to see how her game and team evolves with more experience

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Phoenix Mercury (19-21)

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Atlanta Dream (15-25)

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Washington Mystics (14-26)

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Chicago Sky (13-27)

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Dallas Wings (9-13)

(Injured most the year only played 14 games, probably a big reason why they were so bad this year,  the 1 point is supposed to be in the 6-9 roll not the 1-5)

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Los Angeles Sparks (8-32)

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(Bright futured rookie ended after 15 games with a torn ACL)

For those not familiar with the W, the playoffs started yesterday, and there are conferences but the seedings are not done by conference. The top 8 teams make the playoffs and the first round is a 3 game series, here was yesterdays results.
Liberty 83-69 Dream
Sun 93-69 Fever
Lynx 102-95 Mercury
Aces 78-67 Storm