Someone will sign a three year deal in the WNBA, Elena Delle Donne and Natasha Cloud won’t be on the Washington Mystics and one of the super teams in the New York Liberty or the Las Vegas Aces will miss the finals. Those were three of the correct bold predictions that Alex Simon and Jackie Powell made for women’s basketball in 2024 around a year ago. Host Jackie Powell sits down with Alex, sports editor at SFGate, to go through the same exercise leading into 2025. The pair look ahead to 2024 in women's basketball and make bold predictions starting from WNBA free agency, which is right around the corner, all the way through the NCAA Tournament, the WNBA Draft and then finally the WNBA Finals and the WNBA’s upcoming collective bargaining agreement negotiations.

Thumbnail Photo Credit: Left: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images Right: David Butler II-Imagn Images

Further reading and listening:

Howard Megal reports on leverage Paige Bueckers has prior to the WNBA draft:
https://www.theixsports.com/features/in-2025-wnba-draft-dallas-wings-hold-top-pick-but-paige-bueckers-holds-all-the-cards/

Sabreena Merchant expands upon the decisions Bueckers has in front of her:
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6004695/2024/12/19/uconn-paige-bueckers-wnba-draft-leverage/

Jackie Powell writes about if Nyara Sabally is going to be recruiting her sister Satou in WNBA free agency:
https://www.thenexthoops.com/features/nyara-sabally-new-york-liberty-perseverance-kayla-thornton-satou-sabally/

Find Alex Simon’s work here:
https://www.sfgate.com/author/alex-simon/

Alex and Jackie’s previous bold prediction shows:

2024– https://youtu.be/VaEKC7Z8phM?si=ZfojvsL4TNFEGTvv

2023–https://youtu.be/anj6XHthFwA?si=6yln65sqA1_dQvZp

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