Breanna Stewart will start her ninth WNBA season in a few days. The New York Liberty All-Star and WNBA champ has been around the league long enough to watch her peers fight for visibility. She's seen only a small uptick in player salaries over the years amid the WNBA's meteoric rise in popularity.

Against all odds, the Dallas Mavericks have earned the number one pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, where highly-coveted Duke freshman Cooper Flagg is expected to be the first player selected when the draft takes place in June.

As the Golden State Valkyries prepare to start their inaugural WNBA season, they already have the league's most expensive ticket by one metric.

It's a rare Texas two-step of No. 1 picks for Dallas. The Dallas Wings had the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft last month and took UConn's Paige Bueckers, and now the Mavericks will follow as holders of a No. 1 pick.

UConn women's national champion Kaitlyn Chen was drafted by the Golden State Valkyries in the third round of the 2025 WNBA draft with the 30th overall pick.

WNBA season will feature 13 teams for the first time since 2009 as the league makes its latest attempt at expansion, this time coming off a record-breaking season that saw an explosion into the national consciousness.

The No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 draft posted 10 points, four rebounds, and an assist against the Las Vegas Aces on May 2. She followed that up with 15 points, five rebounds, and six assists this past Saturday against Team Toyota Antelopes.

Things are starting to look up in Dallas, where both the Mavericks and the Wings have endured testing times of late.