The Storm led the WNBA in offensive and defensive efficiency this season.While the end result wasn’t particularly shocking, the thoroughly convincing fashion in how the Storm did it was. Seattle goes down as champions once again after a 92-59 victory over the Aces on Tuesday night to sweep their best-of-5 Finals series. The Storm didn’t just live up to the hype under the bizarre, straining circumstances of the wubble - they smashed through it. 500 (18-16) and even won their first round playoff game - but they were always setting up for a bigger comeback in 2020. The Storm still had a successful season in 2019 by most standards - they finished above.

Veteran point guard Sue Bird was also ruled out for the year after undergoing knee surgery. Breanna Stewart tore her Achilles in Euroleague immediately following her MVP campaign with Seattle. The Storm won the WNBA championship in 2018 only to see their co-faces of the franchise both suffer year-ending injuries. Meanwhile, the Seattle Storm were getting all of their stars back.

The Connecticut Sun’s emergent big Jonquel Jones and Los Angeles Sparks guard Kristi Toliver were among the other stars who chose not to come to the ‘wubble,’ as it’s been affectionately called. Las Vegas Aces superstar center Liz Cambage also opted out, and scoring guard Kelsey Plum was lost to a torn Achilles. The defending champion Washington Mystics saw reigning MVP Elena Delle Donne opt-out over health concerns, as did teammates Natasha Cloud and LaToya Sanders. So many WNBA teams had to deal with a serious loss of star-power as the league relocated to IMG Academy for a truncated season in a bubble amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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