In an off-season that included injury rehab and a successful stint as a TSN basketball analyst, Nurse also experienced the first trade of her WNBA career.
Nurse will be looking to get back to the form that made her a starter at the WNBA All-Star Game in 2019 after a tough third season. Playing on an injured ankle suffered in last year’s season opener against the Storm, Nurse played in 21 of 22 games as the Liberty saw top pick Sabrina Ionescu’s season end on a severe ankle sprain in Game 3.
Last season, Achonwa started 11 of 18 games for the Fever despite being hampered with a right hamstring injury early on in the season. She ripped off a six-game stretch scoring at least 10 points, including a season-high 15 points against the Chicago Sky on Aug. 22. A deep team headlined by the past two rookies of the year in Napheesa Collier and Crystal Dangerfield, Sylvia Fowles, Damiris Dantas and fellow off-season additions McBride and Powers, minutes will be harder to come by.Bridget Carleton – Minnesota LynxAfter a 2019 rookie season that saw her play just eight games split between the Connecticut Sun and Minnesota Lynx, Carleton took a big step forward in her second professional season in 2020.
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