We’re just seven games in to the 2025 WNBA season and the Chicago Sky find themselves in a mess of a situation.After a 79-52 drubbing at the hands of the Indiana Fever Saturday night, the Sky are 2-5 with their only wins coming against the lowly Dallas Wings.

Through the first 20% of the WNBA season there are a bunch of teams that have struggled out of the gate.

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Just before the 2025 WNBA Draft, the Sky made a trade with the Minnesota Lynx to get the No. 11 overall pick. While that netted them TCU guard Hailey Van Lith, who has been solid this season, it cost them dearly for next year.

WNBA Rookie of Year Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever has missed more than two weeks with a quad injury, and the league has had a drop in TV ratings.

Courtney Vandersloot won the second championship of her career with the New York Liberty last season, and could have stayed in Brooklyn to continue chasing rings. Instead, she decided to return to Chicago,

Sabrina Ionescu had 23 points and seven assists, Breanna Stewart added 18 points, seven rebounds and five assists, and the New York Liberty beat the Chicago Sky 85-66 to become the ninth team in WNBA

While the WNBA’s current scoring leaders include veterans like Las Vegas Aces center A’ja Wilson and Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier, and while veteran players like Alyssa Thomas, Breanna Stewart, and Tina Charles continue to thrive in the league, youth continues to be an underlying talking point of the 2025 WNBA season.

Storm wing Gabby Williams could become the second WNBA player to average at least 15 points, four rebounds, four assists, two steals and one block in a season.

Julie Vanloo would rather risk her career in the WNBA and play internationally for Belgium in the middle of the regular season than stay with the Golden