The trade deadline has passed, which means we’ve reached the final regular-season checkpoint as we push toward the postseason. With roughly a month to go, it’s going to be excited to see teams jockey for playoff position—or pull the plug on a push altogether.
It’s feels like a good time to, once again, take stock of the league. Much like the post-All-Star-break power rankings, this is about how well teams are playing right now instead of an in-a-vacuum ranking. As an example: The Liberty, Mercury and Storm are, and have been, better teams than the Sparks this year in my opinion, but neither will rank higher than them in this piece.
All stats are current through games played on August 7. The stats are courtesy of WNBA.com (basic player stats/advanced team stats), PBP Stats (lineup combinations), or Second Spectrum (player or team tracking/play-type data) unless otherwise noted.