@azzology Not my place to speculate, but I imagine since players are unfortunately hounded by the media during both the 2026 WNBA & 2025-26 NCAA seasons, the ripple effect of announcing it within the past year would've been a distraction, so they waited for their first true offseason.
Newly crowned Finals MVP Gabby Williams graces the cover of Slam Magazine's 265th issue.
"A Year 2 Remember" commemorates the Golden State Valkyries championship in only their second year as a franchise.
There were way too many cameras (not phones, cameras) in that crowd after the Valks win.
Which concludes that there must be more Marine/Gabby photos or even footage out there.
Gabby Williams also set these records in the new 7-game Finals format era:
- Most steals in a Finals series in WNBA history (18)
- Most points in a Finals series (137)
- 2nd most steals in a single postseason in WNBA history (28)
@DeMar_DeRozan Silence is good. I like to use white noise in my headphones, to drown out any sounds.
But yea, sometimes it's really calming, or rather grounding to just embrace the nothingness around you in a room.
As long as I live...
I will never hate Gabby Williams.
I will never hate Angel Reese.
I will never hate Marine Johannes.
I will never hate Breanna Stewart.
I will never hate DiJonai Carrington.
I will never hate Natasha Cloud.
No matter how desperate the world is to force hatred.
In the first Finals appearance for both her and the Valkyries franchise, Gabby Williams put up 26 PTS, 4 REBS, 2 ASTS, and 1 STL as the game's leading scorer across both teams.
Free agent guard Marine Johannes has been diagnosed with Serial Giggling Syndrome. She will be listed OUT today for feeling too silly, according to sources.