One other season-ending damage has impacted the WNBA. After lacking a number of weeks as a result of a knee damage, the Dallas Wings introduced Tuesday morning that guard Ty Harris underwent a process and can be out for the remainder of the 12 months.
The group didn’t verify what sort of process Harris underwent, solely that it was on that left knee that has stored her out of play. Harris performed in 5 video games in 2025, after being traded to Phoenix from Connecticut after which to Dallas from Phoenix earlier than the season. She was initially drafted by Dallas in 2020 out of South Carolina, taking part in three seasons for the Wings earlier than being moved to Connecticut.
This information comes simply days after Courtney Vandersloot suffered a season-ending ACL damage, and Harris is the fourth WNBA participant to be dominated out for the season as a result of a knee since coaching camps began. Georgia Amoore and Katie Lous Samuelson suffered ACL accidents throughout camp, adopted by these two newer accidents.
Lucas Seehafer of The Subsequent, who did his PHD on the epidemiology of the WNBA, has reported 77 accidents thus far within the 2025 WNBA season alone. His findings additionally report 20 knee accidents complete in 2025, the best fee of damage when categorizing by physique half. Gamers who sit with knee accidents in 2025 miss 15.2 video games per damage on common, in line with Seehafer’s findings. The subsequent most typical accidents in 2025 have been basic leg accidents (14) and ankle accidents (11).
The Wings have struggled this season, beginning 1-9 of their first 10 video games. Paige Bueckers has missed the previous 4 video games — three as a result of a concussion and an extra sport as a result of sickness. Wings coach Chris Koclanes confirmed on Monday that Bueckers can be accessible to play within the group’s Wednesday sport. They at the moment sit in thirteenth place (final total) within the standings.
The Harris damage means the Wings are down one skilled level guard, essential provided that their starter is normally Bueckers, a rookie. Arike Ogunbowale had a tough begin to her season, however is slowly getting her factors per sport common again to a quantity that appears extra like her regular. She is at the moment scoring 19.1 factors per sport, barely under her profession common of 20.4 factors per sport. It is going to be attention-grabbing to see how having Bueckers again within the lineup impacts that.
For now, the query stays if the Wings will blow up their group through the season, or take the loss and head again to the draft subsequent 12 months. With the mass exodus of free brokers arising on this offseason, there may be an argument for buying and selling a few of the Wings’ older gamers in alternate for younger expertise already locked in for subsequent season. There have additionally been questions concerning the Wings’ teaching workers, with each followers and analysts questioning in the event that they may very well be fired midseason, and now this newest damage simply provides one other damaging to the Wings’ already unhealthy season.