Opening Night was a strange one indeed with the WNBA, as arguably THE two most marketable players, The Chicago Sky's Elena Delle Donne and the Dallas Wings (formerly Tulsa Shock) Skylar Diggins were unexpectedly late scratches. Despite that, both team wons and covered!
My opening WNBA top 5 !
1. Minn Lynx
The Lynx pounded the Phx Mercury to open the season, and it is clear that this team is still the class of the WNBA
2. Phx Mercury
The majority of the WNBA insiders polled picked the Mercury to be the 2016 champion, based on Diana Taurasi returning after taking a year off. Despite a bad opening game, I have to keep them at the no2 spot.
3. Chicago Sky
Head Coach Pokie Chapman says their D will be better this year. For certain the offense is going to be great, as they just whacked Conn despite their best player Elena Delle Donne (MVP) being out. This team is scary good on offense with great guard play.
4. NY Liberty
Despite their gifted guard Ephipanny Prince being injured, this team is loaded and they and the Sky are really the only contenders in the East.
5. LA Sparx
Candace Parker got left off the Olympic team, and she is NOT happy about it. LA struggled last year with Parker missing 1/2 the year, but this team should greatly improve, and they are a darkhorse to contend in the West.
After LA, it is a HUGE down, and I don't expect any other contenders. This season the playoffs have a new format where they will reseed teams 1-8 regardless of geography and teams 1 and 2 get a bye, so the top team have EVERY incentive to go for it on a nightly basis to get a top seed.
WNBA has been good, we started the season 2-0, and we will certainly have some big selections this week.
In the NFL, I LOVE one game NFL week1, so much I am guaranteeing it will win! Jump on board before the very likely line move!
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