(Photo : (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)) NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 26: Rebecca Allen #9 of the Connecticut Sun dribbles in opposition to the New York Liberty throughout Game Two of the 2023 WNBA Playoffs semifinals at Barclays Center on September 26, 2023 within the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The Liberty gained 84-77. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or utilizing this {photograph}, User is consenting to the phrases and circumstances of the Getty Images License Agreement.
The Connecticut Sun will seemingly stay a powerhouse within the WNBA this season regardless of shedding former MVP Jonquel Jones, who signed with the New York Liberty in the course of the 2023 offseason.
The Sun completed with an astounding 27-13 file, the third-best within the league; making the postseason however finally shedding within the WNBA semifinals to the Liberty.
They’ve stored their getting old however sensible core intact, preserving Alyssa Thomas, DeWanna Bonner, and Brionna Jones collectively; silently preserving their window for a WNBA Championship open after coming off a detailed season prior.
However, with modifications across the league and an overhaul in younger expertise this yr, will this be the yr the Connecticut Sun lastly recover from the hump, or will it’s the Sunset for this getting old workforce?
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Connecticut Sun Offseason
The Connecticut Sun did not make any splash strikes in the course of the offseason. However, they did do sufficient to maintain themselves aggressive inside the WNBA panorama.
They re-signed Brionna Jones and DeWanna Bonner, symbolizing the franchise’s religion within the core they constructed over time. The Sun even have managed to signal some high quality veterans in Tiffany Mitchell and Moriah Jefferson.
Mitchell and Jefferson convey strong veteran depth and will remedy the Sun’s difficulty at level guard. Tiffany Mitchell will assist in defensive versatility to an already good defensive Sun workforce. Meanwhile, Moriah Jefferson is understood for her three-point capturing, which ought to assist with ground spacing.
Connecticut additionally re-signed Rachel Banham from the Minnesota Lynx, who had frolicked with the Sun from (2016-19) and is conversant in the franchise.
They additionally drafted French guard Leila Lacan, Kansas’ ahead Taiyanna Jackson, Arizona’s guard Helena Pueyo and Columbia guard Abbey Hsu within the 2024 WNBA Draft.
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The Connecticut Sun Big Three
The Connecticut Sun do have the instruments to win all of it. However, their window is beginning to shut. The massive three of Thomas, Bonner, and Jones are solely getting older; particularly DeWanna Bonner, who shall be 37 this season.
Alyssa Thomas remains to be on the peak of her profession at 32. She was an MVP runner-up and had one other sensational yr final season, averaging 15.5 factors and 9.9 rebounds per sport.
Brionna Jones, who shall be getting back from an Achilles rupture and lacking your entire 2023 season should reply the query of if she is identical participant as earlier than the harm.
Could a wholesome Jones be the distinction maker for the Connecticut Sun?
The panorama of the WNBA has modified, with groups just like the Seattle Storm transforming their roster in free company, signing Skylar Diggins-Smith and Nneka Ogwumike. And a star studded WNBA Draft class together with Caitlin Clark to the Indiana Fever and the Los Angeles Sparks drafting Cameron Brink and Rickea Jackson.
It looks as if it is now or by no means for the Connecticut Sun.
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