After the excitement of the All Star Break, we present you with 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\u2019s 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: Veronica Burton<\/strong> Player: Maya Caldwell<\/strong> Player: Alysha Clark<\/strong> Player: Abby Meyers<\/strong> Jennie Simms<\/strong>, who was part of the Israel National Team was released by the Phoenix Sun at the end of last week.<\/p>\n Current Standings<\/strong> After the excitement of the All Star Break, we present you with 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\u2019s Premier Basketball League (the Athena Winner League) next season or whether they\u2019re […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":91492,"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":[29,1808],"class_list":["post-91490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holy-land-hoops","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 (13-9, 2nd in Western Conference, 4th overall)
\n2023-24 Israeli Team:<\/strong> Maccabi Bnot Ashdod
\nSummary:<\/strong> The Wings had a successful week, with a 98-88 away win over the second-placed New York Liberty and a 98-84 home win over the struggling Los Angeles Sparks, to move up in the standings. Brown, who\u2019s on a hardship contract with the Wings until the end of the season, averaged 5.5 points, 2 rebounds and 0.5 assists in a little over 9 minutes in the wins.<\/p>\n
\nCollege:<\/strong> University of Michigan
\nDraft:<\/strong> 2023, Round 2, Pick 15
\nCurrent WNBA Team:<\/strong> Connecticut Sun (17-6, 2nd in Eastern Conference, 3rd overall)
\n2023-24 Israeli Team:<\/strong> ASA Jerusalem
\nSummary:<\/strong> The Sun went 2-1 over the last week to maintain their position in the standings, losing away to the Phoenix Mercury 66-72, before winning back-to-back games against the Atlanta Dream at home (82-71) and away (86-78). Brown, who did not appear in the loss, averaged a little over a minute in the games against Atlanta without scoring.<\/p>\n
\nCollege:<\/strong> Northwestern University
\nDraft:<\/strong> 2022, Round 1, Pick 7
\nCurrent WNBA Team:<\/strong> Dallas Wings (13-9, 2nd in Western Conference, 4th overall)
\n2023-24 Israeli Team:<\/strong> Elitzur Holon
\nSummary:<\/strong> Holon announced the signing of the WNBA sophomore during the week, with Burton quoted as saying, \u201cI can\u2019t wait to start the season in Israel and I\u2019m excited to join Elitzur Holon and be part of the team.\u201d As noted above, this week the Wings enjoyed victories over the New York Liberty away (98-88) and the Los Angeles Sparks at home (98-84). Burton played a little over 6 minutes in the wins, but was unable to affect the scoreboard.<\/p>\n
\nCollege:<\/strong> University of Georgia
\nDraft:<\/strong> 2021, Round 3, Pick 33
\nCurrent WNBA Team:<\/strong> Indiana Fever (6-16, 6th in Eastern Conference, 11th overall)
\n2023-24 Israeli Team:<\/strong> AS Ramat Hasharon
\nSummary:<\/strong> The Fever had a mixed week away from home, defeating the Washington Mystics 82-76, but losing to the New York Liberty 101-83. Caldwell averaged 2 points, 3.5 rebounds and 0.5 assists in 10 minutes over the two games.<\/p>\n
\nCollege:<\/strong> Middle Tennessee State University
\nDraft:<\/strong> 2010, Round 2, Pick 17
\nCurrent WNBA Team:<\/strong> Las Vegas Aces (21-2, 1st in Western Conference, 1st overall)
\n2023-24 Israeli Team:<\/strong> — (2022-23 with Elitzur Ramla)
\nSummary:<\/strong> The Aces showed no sign of slowing down after the All Star Break, with two road wins against the Los Angeles Sparks (97-78) and Clark\u2019s former team, the Seattle Storm (79-63). Clark averaged 8.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1 assist in just under 23 minutes in the wins.<\/p>\n
\nCollege:<\/strong> University of Maryland
\nDraft:<\/strong> 2023, Round 1, Pick 11
\nCurrent WNBA Team:<\/strong> Washington Mystics (12-10, 3rd in Eastern Conference, 5th overall)
\n2023-24 Israeli Team:<\/strong> —
\nSummary:<\/strong> She\u2019s back! After being waived by the Mystics in early July, the Jewish college star signed a hardship contract with the Mystics last week. The Mystics went 1-2 at home over the last week, with losses to the Indiana Fever (76-82) and the New York Liberty (87-96), followed by an 84-69 win over the Phoenix Mercury. Meyers appeared for only 28 seconds with no points in the loss to the Liberty, but scored 2 points in a minute and a half in the victory over the Mercury.<\/p>\n
\n1. Las Vegas Aces (21-2)
\n2. New York Liberty (16-5)
\n3. Connecticut Sun (17-6)
\n4. Dallas Wings (13-9)
\n5. Washington Mystics (12-10)
\n6. Atlanta Dream (12-10)
\n7. Minnesota Lynx (10-13)
\n8. Chicago Sky (9-13)
\n9. Los Angeles Sparks (7-15)
\n10. Phoenix Mercury (6-16)
\n11. Indiana Fever (6-16)
\n12. Seattle Storm (4-18)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"