New York Liberty will open its 2025 campaign with a domestic game against the Las Vegas Aces on Saturday afternoon from the first WNBA Championship in franchise history.
This will be a fight between the two most recent league champs. In 2022 and 2023, ACES won the title, before New York excluded him in the 2024 semi -finals.
Each team has stars. For Las Vegas, it is three times and defends the most valuable player A’aja Wilson, who had an average of 26.9 points, 11.9 rebounds, 2.6 blocks and 1.8 theft in the previous season. He made WNBA’s single-season scoring and rebounding records.
Wilson and team partner Jewel Lloyd, Chelsea Gray and Jackie Young are all Olympic gold medalists. The six-time All-Star, Loyd, is new to Las Vegas this season after a business from Seattle.
“We added some championship-caliber players in our roster,” ACES President Nikki Fargas said, who also acquired Tiffany Michelle.
Wilson and Breena Stewart of New York are considered as two of the best players in WNBA. He has combined five of the last seven MVP awards to win.
Stewart received 20.4 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.5 assistance in the previous season. Every time he has made the All-WNBA First Team five straight years, while finishing the top-3 in voting for League MVP.
Stewart passed through a minor knee surgery (Meniscus) in mid -March. She was limited to the start of the training camp, but it should now be a complete-go, and due to the talent around New York, her assistance may continue to climb yoga.
Which includes guard Sabrina Eansu and Center Jonkel Jones.
The IONESCU had an average of 18.2 points, 6.2 assistance and 4.4 rebounds in the last season. She was followed by a busy offsen that included a rehabilitation for a thumb injury, a Nike Asia Tour, a Paris Fashion Week Trip and a Liberty Exhibition game at Alma Mater at the University of Oregan.
Jones, 2021 MVP, was an average of 14.2 points in the previous season and 9.0 rebounds. In 6-Foot-6, she can punish the opponents in paint or rotate 3-pointers (38.8-per cent accuracy in the previous season).
This year is the new point guard Natasha Cloud for Liberty, who led the league for assistance in 2022 and was also named first-Team All-Defense.
Las Vegas has added Elizabeth Kitle and Alia Ni to miscreants. Kitley was actually drafts in 2024, but missed the previous season due to knee surgery.
On Saturday, Aces Dana will be without Evans (Knee), Cheyen Parker-Tys (pregnancy) and Megan Gustafson (legs).
The New York starter will be without Betinjah Luni-Hamilton, who will remember the season due to knee surgery.
Liberty GM Jonathan Kolb said, “Our heart breaks for Betinija.” “But we are confident that she can recover completely.”
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