Posts by Emily Adler

Emily Adler (she/her) covers the WNBA at large and college basketball for The Next, with a focus on player development and the game behind the game.

Nadiria Evans drives over a screen while her defender fights to get around the screening teammate

Daily Briefing — Feb. 3, 2022: Let’s make a deal — or two

February 3, 2022

Hear from Cathy Engelbert on the WNBA’s capital raise

Nyara Sabally goes up with one hand for a layup

Daily Briefing — Feb. 2, 2022: Contract players, not viruses

February 2, 2022

Ducks roll on

Caitlin Clark does the shrug

Daily Briefing — Feb. 1, 2022: MANIC MONDAY — WNBA free agency explodes

February 1, 2022

Indiana struggles with Holmes-lessness

Libby Bazelak aggressively dribbles from the slot to the key

Daily Briefing — Jan. 31, 2022: Centers of attention — Stefanie Dolson, Mercedes Russell sign with New York, Seattle

January 31, 2022

Louisville romps

The image is split into halves: on the left, Jordan Lewis dribbles into a crossover at the top of the key while a backpedaling defender attempts to mirror her; on the right, Ronni Williams calls a play while walking the ball up the court

Daily Briefing — Jan. 30, 2022: Oklahoma grabs the bull by the Longhorns, Lewis and Williams record first triple-doubles

January 30, 2022

Another multi-triple-double day

looking from behind her, Talia von Oelhoffen holds her release as a three-point shot travels towards the rim from the corner

Daily Briefing — Jan. 29, 2022: Send Reeve an Angel

January 29, 2022

And it’s going to be January in Seattle for longer than a month

Briann January defensively harasses a Courtney Williams who has picked up her dribble

JANUARY HYMN: Nine thoughts after Seattle reaches deal with Briann January

January 28, 2022

If Bird, Loyd, and January all scale back their minutes from last year, that nearly exceeds the 80 minutes available across the guard spots

Seattle Storm players put their hands in to end a timeout, Noelle Quinn sitting towards the middle, with Jordin Canada, Breanna Stewart, Sue Bird, and Mercedes Russell sitting in front of her, and the rest of the Storm leaning in from both sides.

Seattle Storm free agency: a choose-your-own-adventure game

January 28, 2022

You’re Talisa Rhea now

Breanna Stewart rises to shoot a three in front of an extended Tina Charles

The Next’s 2022 free agency projections, Part II: Unrestricted free agents

January 28, 2022

Part II of II, The Next projections for WNBA free agency

Mercedes Russell releases a layup with her left hand, using her right arm to shield her body from Erica McCall trying to contest the shot

The Next’s 2022 free agency projections, part 1: Restricted free agents

January 27, 2022

Part I of II, The Next projections for WNBA free agency