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Sports Illustrated
Clare Brennan, Dan Falkenheim, Blake Silverman & Emma Baccellieri

Early Trends We’re Following for the 2026 WNBA Season

With three weeks of the WNBA season now complete, we’re starting to get an understanding of what each team is made of this year. Expansion teams exceeding expectations. Rookies taking over their new squads. And even some preseason contenders experiencing early hiccups.

How much can we make of all this? Well, we’ll let the 2025 Aces remind you just how quickly a season can change. But for now, here are the early-season trends our writers and editors are following, plus which players are shining on new squads.

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