The Seattle Storm entered the 2025 WNBA season with a mix of ambition and uncertainty. After parting ways with franchise cornerstone Jewell Loyd in a tumultuous offseason trade, the team retooled around veterans Skylar Diggins and Nneka Ogwumike, while infusing youth through the draft with Dominique Malonga. With the league more competitive than ever, especially following the addition of the surprising Golden State Valkyries, the margin between a top playoff seed and an early exit has become razor-thin.
Seattle now shockingly sits in the seventh seed despite breaking a recent six-game skid with a revenge win over the Atlanta Dream, poised to make the playoffs but far from guaranteed to make a deep run. In this high-stakes environment, every decision counts. Let's take a look at the mov