A year after coming one win away from the WNBA Finals, the Connecticut Sun finished the season with the league’s third-worst record.
That doesn’t sound great on paper.
But it’s all part of the plan.
Only two players from the 2024 Semi-Finals Sun team returned — Olivia Nelson-Ododa and Marina Mabrey — and in place of All-Stars Alyssa Thomas, DeWanna Bonner, and Brionna Jones, the organization brought in a slew of young talent, headlined by rookies Leila Lacan, Saniya Rivers, and Aneesah Morrow, as well as second-year forward Aliyah Edwards.
Former UConn star Morgan Tuck — who was drafted by the Sun in 2016 — was named the general manager of the franchise
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