Last offseason, leading up to the 2023 WNBA campaign, the Minnesota Lynx had hopes of landing one or two of the big-name free agents on the open market. They landed meetings with Breanna Stewart, Courtney Vandersloot and others with the goal of joining a team in Minnesota led by Napheesa Collier, Kayla McBride and others who were hungry to return to championship contention.
That plan didn’t ultimately pan out as hoped, with Stewart and Vandersloot teaming up in New York while other top-name free agents elected to sign elsewhere. That resulted in the Lynx shifting their focus from a win-now mentality to a long-game approach while focusing on the future of the organization.