We're 80 days out from the Olympics and a few weeks away (probably) from Team USA announcing its women's basketball roster.

Here's my best guess at what the committee will decide when it comes to Team USA's 12-player roster for Paris:
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NEWS: No criminal charges will be filed against an 18-year-old Idaho high school student who officials say admitted to shouting a racial slur at members of the University of Utah women’s basketball team.
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Golden State names Ohemaa Nyanin as the head of basketball operations for its WNBA team. The former assistant GM of the New York Liberty was handpicked by Joe Lacob.
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The transfer portal closed yesterday. Players can still make their decisions (or, potentially, return to their previous schools). But as it stands, these are the biggest winners and losers of the 2024 Transfer Portal Season.

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Which free agents might consider a Bay Area move in 2025? Will the Aces repeat? What can the Fever do in the next five years?

Sabreena Merchant answers these Qs and more in this week's WNBA mailbag (part 1): theathletic.com/5462514/2024/0…

Earlier this month Sabreena Merchant attended Kelsey Plum's Dawg Camp in Florida. While she was not named Dawg of the Class, she did come away with a great look inside one way that one WNBA player is giving back to the younger players in the game.

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Zena Keita, Sabreena Merchant and I discuss if there's a new winner in the CBB offseason. Plus, Candace Parker's retirement, her legacy and impact; Kelsey Plum's Dawg Class; and the start of WNBA training camps

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There will be no send-off season but Candace Parker gets to leave the game on her own terms.

Now, the girl who fell in love with 'a little orange ball at 13' can relax in retirement knowing it bounces better for the next generation because of her.
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Candance Parker has retired, she announced.

'I promised I’d never cheat the game & that I’d leave it in a better place than I came into it,' Parker wrote in an Instagram post Sunday.

When my daughter turns on the TV, she’ll see an Indigenous woman playing professional basketball right here in Minnesota.
 
Representation matters. I’m so excited Alissa Pili is joining the Minnesota Lynx. Welcome to Minnesota, Alissa!

Any questions as we reflect back on the 2023-24 season? As the transfer portal session closes? As we enter the offseason?

We'll have a women's college hoops mailbag later this week. Send your questions in: theathletic.com/5438973/2024/0……your-questions-2/

Math Twitter: I knew how to do this at one point but I’ve long forgotten…

Anyone know what the angles are for X and Y?

As the WNBA heads into its most anticipated season in recent memory, half of the league’s teams are getting a new look.

Six teams will wear Nike's “Rebel” jerseys in 2024 ⤵️

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Another WNBA team moves its home game against the Fever to a larger-capacity arena.

Entertainment & Sports Arena: 4,200
Capital One Arena: 20,356

Breaking: Indiana Fever's Caitlin Clark – the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft – is nearing a lucrative, eight-figure endorsement deal with Nike, per industry sources. Clark is set to receive her own signature Nike shoe.

Story with Mike Vorkunov, Ben Pickman: theathletic.com/5424729/2024/0…

The most anticipated WNBA Draft in recent memory has passed.

And rosters have loaded up on talent that will take the league into its bright future.

But which teams did better than others? And which disappointed? Sabreena Merchant examines ⤵️

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How will Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and Cameron Brink fit with their teams?

Follow here for the latest WNBA draft grades and more ⤵️
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