January 18, 2025
Locked On Women’s Basketball: 2025 WNBA Free Agency Preview
By The Next
Jackie Powell and Seerat Sohi discuss impending WNBA free agency.
On today’s episode of Locked On Women’s Basketball, Jackie Powell is joined by Seerat Sohi of The Ringer where the two reveal their expectations for all 13 WNBA teams prior to free agency negotiations kicking off on Tuesday January 21. Will the Indiana Fever or New York Liberty land Satou Sabally? How active will new GM Curt Miller be? How different will the Seattle Storm look after coring Gabby Williams and amid their fallout with Jewell Loyd? Do the Connecticut Sun stay intact? Will the Golden State Valkyries land the top brass of the WNBPA? Jackie and Seerat try to answer most of these questions.
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Early on, they discussed the Connecticut Sun, who have the most free agents available out of any team.
“I think I would love to see them run it back,” Sohi said. “Maybe just try to bring Emma Meeseman, who has a relationship with their new coach and see if that actually pushes them over the edge. Because if I’m the Connecticut Sun, I just don’t see a lot of upside into just letting a whole bunch of unrestricted free agents walk right now.”
Later on, the newest WNBA franchise, the Golden State Valkyries, were a point of discussion.
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“I feel like they’re a team that could end up just defining free agency, running the table and getting a bunch of players,” Sohi said. “Or they could actually just end up somewhat empty-handed, because it really just depends on how much faith players want to put in this new organization.”
Tune in to hear more from Jackie and Seerat on WNBA free agency and where the game’s top players might end up in the next few weeks. Make sure to subscribe to the Locked On Women’s Basketball podcast to keep learning about the WNBA, women’s college basketball, basketball history and much more!
