Here is the Sports Rabbi\u2019s weekly update from the Holy Land\u2019s persons of interest currently playing in the WNBA (in alphabetical order) \u2013 whether they\u2019re signed on to play in the Israeli Women’s Premier Basketball League (the Athena Winner League) next season or whether they\u2019re otherwise intrinsically connected to the Holy Land, we are here to let you know how they\u2019re traveling in the W!<\/p>\n
Player: Kalani Brown<\/strong> Player: Leigha Brown<\/strong> Player: Alysha Clark<\/strong> Player: Abby Meyers<\/strong> Player: Jennie Simms<\/strong> Current Standings<\/strong> Here is the Sports Rabbi\u2019s weekly update from the Holy Land\u2019s persons of interest currently playing in the WNBA (in alphabetical order) \u2013 whether they\u2019re signed on to play in the Israeli Women’s Premier Basketball League (the Athena Winner League) next season or whether they\u2019re otherwise intrinsically connected to the Holy Land, we are here […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":88691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[5576,29,1808],"class_list":["post-90295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holy-land-hoops","tag-abby-meyers","tag-israel","tag-wnba","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nCollege:<\/strong> Baylor University
\nDraft:<\/strong> 2019, Round 1, Pick 7
\nCurrent WNBA Team:<\/strong> Dallas Wings (8-8, 2nd in Western Conference, 5th overall)
\n2023-24 Israeli Team:<\/strong> Maccabi Bnot Ashdod
\nSummary:<\/strong> Brown was released from the Wings on Wednesday, only to be signed to a hardship contract by the team for the remainder of the season the following day. Over the last two games, the Wings have gone 2-0 (a 77-62 away win over the Phoenix Mercury and an 89-72 home win over the Washington Mystics), with Brown averaging 4 points and 3 rebounds in 14 minutes.<\/p>\n
\nCollege:<\/strong> University of Michigan
\nDraft:<\/strong> 2023, Round 2, Pick 15
\nCurrent WNBA Team:<\/strong> Connecticut Sun (12-5,2nd in Eastern Conference, 3rd overall)
\n2023-24 Israeli Team:<\/strong> ASA Jerusalem
\nSummary:<\/strong> Brown was drafted by the Atlanta Dream and then a month later traded to the Sun. Over the last two games, the Sun have gone 0-2 (81-89 at home to the New York Liberty and 84-102 at the Las Vegas Aces), with Brown only featuring in the latter game with 5 points and 2 rebounds in 7 minutes.<\/p>\n
\nCollege:<\/strong> Middle Tennessee State University
\nDraft:<\/strong> 2010, Round 2, Pick 17
\nCurrent WNBA Team:<\/strong> Las Vegas Aces (15-1, 1st in Western Conference, 1st overall)
\n2023-24 Israeli Team:<\/strong> — (2022-23 with Elitzur Ramla)
\nSummary:<\/strong> The former Team Israel player was signed as a free agent by the Aces in the offseason, Clark and the star-studded Aces are flying (9-1 over the last 10 games), including going 2-0 in the last week (98-81 over the New York Liberty at home and 102-84 over the Connecticut Sun away). Clark has featured heavily off the bench, averaging 9 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1 assist in a little over 21 minutes.<\/p>\n
\nCollege:<\/strong> University of Maryland
\nDraft:<\/strong> 2023, Round 1, Pick 11
\nCurrent WNBA Team<\/strong>: Washington Mystics (9-7, 3rd in Eastern Conference, 4th overall)
\n2023-24 Israeli Team<\/strong>: —
\nSummary:<\/strong> The Jewish college star was selected by the Dallas Wings in the first round of the 2023 draft, only to be waived by the team prior to the beginning of the season. She then headed close to College Park on a hardship contract with the Mystics. The Mystics have gone 1-2 over the last three games (109-86 over the Atlanta Dream at home, an 89-94 loss to the Dream away and a 72-89 loss to the Dallas Wings away), with Meyers averaging 2.3 points and 1.3 rebounds in 5 minutes.<\/p>\n
\nCollege:<\/strong> Old Dominion University
\nDraft:<\/strong> 2017, Round 2, Pick 18
\nCurrent WNBA Team:<\/strong> Mercury Phoenix (3-12, 6th in Western Conference, 12th overall)
\n2023-24 Israeli Team:<\/strong> Elitzur Ramla
\nSummary:<\/strong> After missing out on playing Israel\u2019s last game at the recent Women\u2019s EuroBasket in Tel Aviv, Simms was signed less than a week later by the Mercury, after she was previously released by the team prior to the regular season and the EuroBasket. Over the last three games, the Mercury have gone 1-2 (a 62-77 loss at home to the Dallas Wings, an 85-63 win over the Indiana Fever at home and a 76-86 loss to the Minnesota Lynx at home), with Simms averaging 2.3 points, 3 rebounds and 0.6 assists in a little over 14 minutes.<\/p>\n
\n1. Las Vegas Aces (15-1)
\n2. New York Liberty (11-4)
\n3. Connecticut Sun (12-5)
\n4. Washington Mystics (9-7)
\n5. Dallas Wings (8-8)
\n6. Chicago Sky (8-9)
\n7. Atlanta Dream (7-8)
\n8. Minnesota Lynx (7-9)
\n9. Los Angeles Sparks (7-10)
\n10. Indiana Fever (5-11)
\n11. Seattle Storm (4-12)
\n12. Phoenix Mercury (3-12)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"