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 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":92007,"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":[1235,1808],"class_list":["post-92006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holy-land-hoops","tag-alysha-clark","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 (14-11, 2nd in Western Conference, 4th overall)
\n2023-24 Israeli Team:<\/strong> Maccabi Bnot Ashdod
\nSummary:<\/strong> Despite going 1-2 over the last week, the Wings maintained their position in the standings. They lost at home to the Connecticut Sun 83-88, destroyed the Washington Mystics 90-62 and then lost to the league leading Las Vegas Aces 91-104. Over the three games, Brown averages 4 points and 2.7 rebounds in 8 minutes.<\/p>\n
\nCollege:<\/strong> University of Michigan
\nDraft:<\/strong> 2023, Round 2, Pick 15
\nCurrent WNBA Team:<\/strong> Connecticut Sun (18-7, 2nd in Eastern Conference, 3rd overall)
\n2023-24 Israeli Team:<\/strong> ASA Jerusalem
\nSummary:<\/strong> The Sun went 1-1 over the last week, with an 88-83 win away to the Dallas Wings and an 83-87 home loss to the Minnesota Lynx. Brown did not appear in either contest.<\/p>\n
\nCollege:<\/strong> Northwestern University
\nDraft:<\/strong> 2022, Round 1, Pick 7
\nCurrent WNBA Team:<\/strong> Dallas Wings (14-11, 2nd in Western Conference, 4th overall)
\n2023-24 Israeli Team:<\/strong> Elitzur Holon
\nSummary:<\/strong> Despite going 1-2 over the last week, the Wings maintained their position in the standings. They lost at home to the Connecticut Sun 83-88, destroyed the Washington Mystics 90-62 and then lost to the league leading Las Vegas Aces 91-104. Over the three games, Burton averaged 2.3 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists in 10 minutes.<\/p>\n
\nCollege:<\/strong> University of Georgia
\nDraft:<\/strong> 2021, Round 3, Pick 33
\nCurrent WNBA Team:<\/strong> Indiana Fever (6-19, 6th in Eastern Conference, 11th overall)
\n2023-24 Israeli Team:<\/strong> AS Ramat Hasharon
\nSummary:<\/strong> The Fever lost back-to-back games against the Los Angeles Sparks in LA, 78-79 and 68-81, before returning home to a disappointing loss to the Seattle Storm 62-85. Caldwell only saw court time in the game at home, failing to register on the scoreboard in 3 minutes.<\/p>\n
\nCollege:<\/strong> Middle Tennessee State University
\nDraft:<\/strong> 2010, Round 2, Pick 17
\nCurrent WNBA Team:<\/strong> Las Vegas Aces (23-2, 1st in Western Conference, 1st overall)
\n2023-24 Israeli Team:<\/strong> — (2022-23 with Elitzur Ramla)
\nSummary:<\/strong> While the Aces were hit with an injury to star veteran Candace Parker, who is out indefinitely following surgery on her fractured foot, the team continued on their winning ways, with victories over the Chicago Sky away (107-95) and the Dallas Wings at home (104-91). Clark averaged 10 points, 3.5 rebounds and 0.5 assists in 20 minutes across the two games.<\/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> The Jewish college star signed her second consecutive 7-day hardship contract with the Mystics last week, to remain in the W for the moment. The Mystics, struggling with injuries, went 0-3 on their road trip over the last week, going down to the Minnesota Lynx 92-97, the Dallas Wings 62-90 and the Atlanta Dream 73-80. Meyers played 2 minutes in the loss to the Lynx for no points and score 2 points in 5 minutes in the loss to the Wings.<\/p>\n
\n1. Las Vegas Aces (23-2)
\n2. New York Liberty (19-6)
\n3. Connecticut Sun (18-7)
\n4. Dallas Wings (14-11)
\n5. Atlanta Dream (14-11)
\n6. Minnesota Lynx (13-13)
\n7. Washington Mystics (12-13)
\n8. Chicago Sky (10-15)
\n9. Los Angeles Sparks (9-16)
\n10. Phoenix Mercury (6-18)
\n11. Indiana Fever (6-19)
\n12. Seattle Storm (4-19)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"