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WNBA's 2023 season ushers in the superteam era

A crazy offseason sets the table for what could be an epic summer of basketball.

Axios

In Vegas, Vegas is the favorite

The WNBA defending champion Aces got even stronger with the addition of future Hall of Famer Candace Parker.

Chicago Sun-Times

Can 2023 Sky maintain standard set by past stars?

The team James Wade constructed will only go as far as two-time All-Star and the 2021 WNBA Finals MVP Kahleah Copper takes them.

Chicago Sun-Times

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WNBA preseason power rankings, Sky at No. 8

The overhaul of teams throughout the WNBA has the league primed for a highly entertaining season.

Chicago Sun-Times

A Superteam Perfect on Paper. But Will It Work?

Breanna Stewart, Jonquel Jones and Courtney Vandersloot made a plan to play together and pulled it off. The only remaining question: Can they torch the rest of the league?

Sports Illustrated

Looking back at the Sky’s notable players who were drafted outside of the first round

The Sky have the 11th pick in the second and third rounds of the upcoming WNBA Draft, airing at 6 p.m. Monday April 10 on ESPN.

Chicago Sun-Times

The 2023 WNBA season has all the makings of a breakout season for guard Dana Evans

“[I’m] going in [to training camp] with the same mentality I’ve always gone into something with. I’m going to put my head down and work as hard as I can,’’ Evans said.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Super teams are nothing new in the WNBA, so what’s with all the added buzz?

When the smoke cleared on this year’s free-agency period, there were two landing spots for the collective group of stars, the New York Liberty and the Las Vegas Aces. Both picked off the Sky’s championship players.

Chicago Sun-Times

Kahleah Copper: Precious mettle for the new-look Sky

The drastically different team is built around its All-Star cornerstone, and new players will match her intensity

Chicago Sun-Times

New player introductions feature group determined to leave own mark on Sky

There are All-Star and championship shoes to fill with the departures of Candace Parker, Courtney Vandersloot, Allie Quigley and Azura Stevens, but coach James Wade’s new signees aren’t feeling the pressure.

Chicago Sun-Times

Breanna Stewart: Signing with Liberty isn’t about matching Las Vegas Aces’ star power

Breanna Stewart is only focused on the Liberty.

Tribune News Service

Kahleah Copper will define Sky’s culture in 2023 with same energy she brings to game

Copper has been preparing for this new role since she joined the Sky in 2017 in the trade that sent Elena Delle Donne to the Mystics for her and Stefanie Dolson.

Chicago Sun-Times

With Breanna Stewart and Courtney Vandersloot, Liberty ready to take aim at first WNBA title

NEW YORK — The Liberty began their quest as the Eastern Conference’s newest superteam as Breanna Stewart and Courtney Vandersloot were officially introduced on Thursday morning.

Tribune News Service

Courtney Vandersloot, Breanna Stewart introduction with Liberty marks new era in WNBA

Stars like Vandersloot and Stewart are taking pay cuts to go after arguably the most valuable commodity the league has to offer right now — championships.

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Larry Stone: Breanna Stewart and other stars are forming super teams, but is that good for the WNBA?

When Breanna Stewart signed with the New York Liberty last week, on the heels of another women’s basketball superstar, Candace Parker, announcing her intention to sign with the Las Vegas Aces, it caused a nationwide chorus of the same two-word phrase.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sky coach/GM James Wade ready for future with new-look team

He is focused on building a team around the last remaining starter from his 2021 championship roster, Kahleah Copper.

Chicago Tribune

Sky star Kahleah Copper embraces a new leadership role after free-agency upheaval: ‘I’m ready to step into those shoes’

CHICAGO — The flurry of WNBA free agency left only one veteran star in Chicago: Kahleah Copper.

Chicago Sun-Times

Kahleah Copper will lead Sky’s new faces

After the departures of Candace Parker, Courtney Vandersloot, Allie Quigley and Azura Stevens, Copper is the last remaining starter from the Sky’s championship run in 2021. She’s also their longest-tenured player.

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There will never be another player like Courtney Vandersloot

In 12 seasons with the Sky, Vandersloot averaged 10.2 points, 6.6 assists and 3.2 rebounds. In 2021, she helped bring the city its first WNBA title.

Tribune News Service

Star guard Courtney Vandersloot announces she’s signing with New York Liberty

NEW YORK — The WNBA offseason continues to get better for New York.

USA Today Sports Media Group

The Chicago Sky went from a potential dynasty to the WNBA basement in 1 week

The dismantling of the Chicago Sky was swift and painful.

Chicago Tribune

Shakeia Taylor: Why can’t the Sky attract — and then keep — top talent?

CHICAGO — The 2021 Sky were a bright spot in a Chicago sports landscape where any kind of light was far and few between. But after winning a championship then failing to repeat, that light has flickered out.

Sports Illustrated

Courtney Vandersloot Announces She’s Signing With Liberty

The four-time All Star had announced her decision to leave the Sky after 12 seasons earlier this week.

Sports Illustrated

Breanna Stewart Is in an Empire State of Mind

Can the superstar bring the Liberty their first WNBA title?

Chicago Sun-Times

Sky fail to make any splash on the first day of free agency

The loss of Candace Parker, Courtney Vandersloot, Allie Quigley and potentially Azurá Stevens, who has yet to announce her decision for 2023, is a major setback for the franchise.

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