The WNBA can be a major eye-opener for rookies. Many of them go from being one of, if not the top option, on their college teams, to scrapping for minutes at the end of the bench. For Los Angeles Sparks rookie Sania Feagin, it’s been a season of learning.

Sania Feagin went from being a starter as a senior on a national championship contending team, to one of the players at the end of the Sparks’ bench as a rookie. Playing time has been scarce, and most of Feagin’s rotation minutes this season came in the immediate aftermath of the Sparks’ decision to cut Mercedes Russell. With Cameron Brink still sidelined at that point, Feagin was the only reliable big behind Azurá Stevens and Dearica Hamby.

But since Brink has returned to the lineup, Feagin’s role has dwindled. During the preseason

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