PHOENIX – Humility. Accountability. Family. Those have been the defining tenets of the Las Vegas Aces’ core three – A’ja Wilson, Jackie Young and Chelsea Gray – that have served as a foundation amid the construction of one of the most impressive franchise runs in WNBA history. In four seasons, the Aces have appeared in...
Erik Spoelstra will reportedly take on a new brand of heat at the helm of the United States’ men’s national basketball team. Erik Spoelstra is reportedly taking his talents from South Beach to Los Angeles. Per Shams Charania of ESPN, the tenured head coach of the Miami Heat will succeed Steve Kerr as the head...
SAN FRANCISCO – Golden State Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga danced to the Afrobeats song “Petite Genie” as it blared in the training facility at Chase Center on Sunday, about 40 minutes after the team’s preseason opener against the Los Angeles Lakers. It was perhaps poetic timing considering the African’s lengthy free-agency journey this NBA offseason....
Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier says her recent decision to publicly condemn WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert’s leadership came from a breaking point after years of frustration and failed dialogue. Courtesy of A Day of Unreasonable Conversation from Proper Daley x BPI with Invisible Hand “I just got to the point where I was fed up,”...
Le’Sheala Dawson isn’t just the director of athlete relations for Overtime Select, a summer league designed to spotlight the nation’s top high school girls’ basketball prospects. Dawson, whom the players affectionately christened “Auntie Shea,” is a respected mentor to the next generation. “I think being an auntie is the best job and title you can...
Fall league basketball has taken itself to new heights, especially on the West Coast. Since the COVID pandemic, many players throughout the nation were left without anywhere to play during the fall and winter of 2020. While many states were shut down under state and county mandated precautions at that time, states such as Arizona...
ORLANDO – The way Paolo Banchero sees it, the stunning Desmond Bane addition was the needed piece to vault the Orlando Magic into a position to compete for something the franchise has never won: An NBA championship. “We could be extremely good,” Banchero told Andscape after practice on Oct. 2. “We could be the best...
LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Aces are two wins away from a third WNBA championship in four years after a dominant Game 2 victory over the Phoenix Mercury, led by an all-time great Finals performance from their stars Jackie Young, A’ja Wilson, and Chelsea Gray. (Photo by Stephen Gosling/NBAE via Getty Images) Young scored...
LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Aces took a commanding 2-0 lead over the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA Finals on Sunday Aces center A’ja Wilson and guard Jackie Young combined for 60 points and Las Vegas moved a step closer to winning the franchise’s third championship. With yet another dominating performance, Wilson, 29, is...
LAS VEGAS —The Phoenix Mercury are in a familiar territory after losing Game 1 of the 2025 WNBA Finals to the Las Vegas Aces. They look to become the first team in WNBA history to win a WNBA Championship after losing Game 1s of the previous series. Throughout Game 1 of the 2025 WNBA Finals,...