Some of the biggest names in the WNBA have already found their landing spots for the 2025 season.
Satou Sabally, Alyssa Thomas, Brittney Griner, Kelsey Plum and Jewell Loyd are among the league’s top stars who will be suiting up for new teams for the first time in their careers.
While the first few days of the free agency signing period have provided answers to some of the biggest questions heading into the offseason, the moves also raise more queries to discuss:
Where might Emma Meesseman and other remaining free agents go?
Most of the top free agents have signed.
Breanna Stewart hasn’t officially inked her inevitable deal with the Liberty, but the reunion is fait accompli, leaving 6-foot-4 Belgian star Emma Meesseman as the best unsigned free agent.
Meesseman has sat out four of the past seven WNBA seasons — including the past two years — to play for the Belgian national team in various international competitions.
But there’s a growing belief that Meesseman will make her highly anticipated return to the WNBA in 2025.
Meesseman won’t meet with teams until mid-February, according to ESPN, but she’ll be a highly sought-after player given her versatile skill set, including the ability to stretch the floor.
The depleted Sun might be an option.
Other intriguing free agents to keep an eye on include 2024 Sixth Player of the Year Tiffany Hayes, Alysha Clark and Chennedy Carter.
How will Griner and Brionna Jones fit in Atlanta?
Griner is without a doubt the biggest free agent signing in the Dream’s history.
But she wasn’t the only big pickup for Atlanta.
The Dream also signed Sun center Brionna Jones.
It’ll be fascinating to see how new head coach Karl Smesko might stagger the two All-Star bigs or whether the offense might have some floor spacing issues when Jones and Griner share the court.
The Dream do have strong 3-point shooters in Allisha Gray and Ryne Howard, who seem like ideal fits for the offensive philosophy of taking a bunch of 3s which had been a trademark of Florida Gulf Coast during Smesko’s 17-year tenure there.
The Dream finished last in offensive efficiency last season.
Smesko hopes to fix that, but how he might tailor his approach given the personnel he has will be worth watching.
Is it too early to say the Fever won free agency?
After snapping a record eight-year playoff drought last season, Indiana already had a solid young foundation with back-to-back top picks and Rookie of the Year winners Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston.
Even with the moves the Mercury made this offseason, the Fever might take the cake of this year’s free agency winners.
Indiana addressed some of its biggest roster concerns and then some over the past week.
The Fever hired highly regarded coach Stephanie White away from the Sun and re-signed two-time All-Star Kelsey Mitchell.
Indiana also added proven winners DeWonna Bonner, Natasha Howard and Sydney Colson, who have seven championship rings between the three of them, and traded for spunky guard Sophie Cunningham.
The Sun’s implosion and the reshuffling of star players have pushed the Fever from being one of the last teams to make the playoffs into the conversation of title contention.
Will Diana Taurasi return or retire?
There’s no player who currently deserves a farewell tour more than Diana Taurasi.
But it would be extremely fitting for the three-time WNBA champion, who spent her entire playing career in Phoenix, to go away without the fanfare.
Taurasi still hasn’t shared her plans for the upcoming WNBA season.
The six-time Olympic gold medalist acknowledged late last season that “the end is near,” but has been noncommittal on her plans.
In the case that last season was Taurasi’s final run, the Mercury honored their longtime star with an emotional “If This Is It” tribute on social media.
With Griner’s departure and Sabally’s arrival, it’s clear that the Mercury are entering a new era.
Whether Taurasi will be part of at least the start of it, though, remains uncertain.
