High Post Hoops

Geno Auriemma has been coaching women's basketball at UConn for over 40 years. If there's a list of people who are fully qualified to say whatever they want about the sport, it's a) probably a pretty short list, and b) he's definitely in the top five. So it's really not too surprising that Auriemma was asked about Caitlin Clark's 2026 season, including assertions that she's being unfairly targeted or that other players in the league aren't exactly her biggest fans.

Atlanta Dream fans have been sounding the alarm about Angel Reese's technical foul count for weeks, and it's not just because Reese will miss one game if she receives an eighth tech — she could up missing every other game after that. The rules about technical fouls are laid out in the new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that was signed in the WNBA this year after months of deliberation and negotiations.

DeWanna Bonner, the First of Her Name, Two-Time WNBA Champion, Six-Time WNBA All-Star, Three-Time WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year, deserves a little more respect than what she's been receiving of late. If you're new here, and by here I mean the WNBA, I can kind of understand why you might not realize exactly who Bonner is.

The Fever employed some load management in their back-to-back against the Sparks and Mercury. Caitlin Clark played the first game but missed the second, and Aliyah Boston played against Phoenix but not against LA. Those two games showed the different realities of the two stars’ absences: they can manage with one but struggle greatly to make up for the other. Playing without Clark sucks, but the Fever can survive her absence.

With four years under her belt as the coach of the Las Vegas Aces, Becky Hammon has been with her team the second-longest of all active WNBA coaches. Third is Fever coach Stephanie White with three years, followed by Nate Tibbets with two. 14 of the 15 active WNBA coaches have spent, on average, just over one year with their current team or a combined streak of 15 years with their team. Cheryl Reeve has been with the Lynx for 16 years. In those 16 years, the Lynx have won 65.7% of their games.

The Atlanta Dream ended a five-game losing streak with an 89-78 win against the Seattle Storm. But it wasn’t all good. While recording her 64th career double-double—the most in a player’s first three seasons, according to ESPN—Angel Reese also picked up her seventh technical foul of the season. About halfway through the second quarter, Reese snagged a rebound from Dominique Malonga, took it all the way to the other end, but missed the layup after going through Natisha Hiedeman and Jordan Horston.

Wednesday night, the Toronto Tempo fell 83-75 to the Golden State Valkyries, dropping their third straight game and fourth loss in the last five. While I could come on here and pick apart exactly what went wrong for Toronto, the biggest storyline from this game is that Nyara Sabally left the game with a knee injury and did not return.

We're past the midpoint of the WNBA season and the Golden State Valkyries are still sitting very pretty in league standings — the result of a team-wide effort that's almost certainly been magnified thanks to the addition of Gabby Williams. The Valkyries are currently third in league standings with a 16-7 record, and, at the risk of sounding like a broken record, they're showing no signs of slowing down. Golden State got a lot of praise last season for doing nearly everything right.

Chennedy Carter's turbulent WNBA journey has taken a new twist as she has been waived by the Las Vegas Aces despite impressing as a devastating impact bench player. Carter's dramatic fallout has become Ta'Niya Latson's gain, as the former South Carolina guard has signed a developmental contract with the franchise. While Latson might only feature sporadically, she will bring a relentless work ethic and will be willing to fit into Becky Hammon's system rather than star in it.

Just 12 weeks after returning to the WNBA and signing with the reigning champion Las Vegas Aces, Chennedy Carter was cut from the team, and her future in the W seems uncertain. The guard came off the bench for the Aces, backing up Chelsea Gray and Jackie Young. She brought speed and scoring in the minutes she touched the court, and found herself an early favorite for the Sixth Player of the Year award after averaging 19.1 points on 63.6% shooting in her first seven games.