Posts by Matthew Walter

Matthew Walter covers the Las Vegas Aces, the Pac-12 and the WCC for the Next. He is a former Director of Basketball Operations and Video Coordinator at three different Division I women's basketball programs.

Las Vegas Aces point guard Sydney Colson passes from the slot to the short corner.

How Sydney Colson has impacted the Las Vegas Aces’ defense

September 17, 2024

‘She stirs things up when she goes. She kicks the beehive’

The Las Vegas Aces huddle together to celebrate a win over the Washington Mystics.

How the Las Vegas Aces are trying to find consistency

September 3, 2024

A’ja Wilson: ‘My main focus is just getting wins’

Tiffany Hayes communicates with her teammates in an Aces victory over the Mystics

Tiffany Hayes came out of retirement to make an impact

July 29, 2024

She went from sitting on the beach to coming off the bench for the reigning champs

A’ja Wilson smiles on the basketball court

How A’ja Wilson has lifted the Aces as she becomes their all-time leading scorer

July 8, 2024

‘She’s the greatest player to put on the uniform, period, as she would say,’ Becky Hammon said of Wilson

The Point Gawd is back: What Chelsea Gray’s return looked like for the Aces

June 20, 2024

Gray: ‘It was great and just like a rush and a feeling that I missed a lot’

Four Las Vegas Aces players walk onto the court, looking down at the ground or straight ahead.

Las Vegas Aces’ early-season struggles start and end with defense

June 15, 2024

Hammon: ‘We’ve got to learn how to stop our own bleeding’

Kate Martin shoots a right-handed floater for the Las Vegas Aces.

Kate Martin matters to the Las Vegas Aces

June 5, 2024

Kate Martin didn’t expect to be drafted back in April, but she’s already contributing to the defending champs early in the season.

Aces add former All-Star Tiffany Hayes to bolster guard depth

May 31, 2024

Formerly-retired Hayes will boost Las Vegas’ depleted backcourt as the Aces await Chelsea Gray’s return

How Las Vegas Aces are coping without Candace Parker, Chelsea Gray

May 21, 2024

Becky Hammon: ‘I actually don’t want anybody to try to be Chelsea’

Four Las Vegas Aces players walk onto the court ahead of live game play. They are each a few steps away from each other and walking in roughly a diagonal line.

2024 WNBA season preview: Las Vegas Aces

May 4, 2024

The Las Vegas Aces return their core from last year’s championship. Can they threepeat?