The Washington Mystics sit at 9th place in the WNBA standings as the 2025 season moves into the summer grind. This is a team in flux, sitting squarely in the league’s middle class: they’re not contenders, but they’re not tanking, either.
For fans, and even for me, it’s easy to focus on the lack of a bona fide superstar. There’s no A’ja Wilson or Breanna Stewart on this roster, and the Mystics didn’t win the Paige Bueckers lottery. Yet what Washington does have is quietly building into something intriguing.
The team’s rookie class has been one of the most productive in the league.