1) Las Vegas Aces
Odds to win WNBA Championship: +155
The two-time reigning WNBA champions are still a force to be reckoned with despite their sluggish start to the season. Las Vegas faltered to start the season, losing games they should have won, but a lot was due to missing Chelsea Gray, an integral part of the Vegas offense. Gray has returned now, and the defending champions should be motivated to three-peat coming off the Olympics and a Team USA gold medal team that featured four Aces players, Gray, Kelsey Plum, Jackie Young, and A’ja Wilson. Wilson is the best player in women's basketball, and she showcased that by bringing home Olympic MVP honors and looks on track to win her third WNBA MVP trophy unanimously, having one of the best seasons of all-time, averaging 27.2 points, 11.9 rebounds, 2.8 blocks and 1.8 steals per game. The two-time MVP leads the league in points, rebounds, and blocked shots and doesn’t look to be slowing down any time soon. The Aces have a 16-8 record and the fifth-best record in the league but ended the first half of the season, turning things around with an 8-2 record in their last ten games. The Las Vegas offense is the best in the league, ranking first in points, field-goal percentage, turnovers, free throws made, and assist-to-turnover ratio while being top four in three-pointers made and three-point percentage, led by Plum who's 3.1 threes per game ranks first across the league. Regardless of their record, no team wants to see the Aces in the postseason, and there’s no team in the WNBA more capable of turning things on when they need to; the Aces are still the top dog in the league and are on the horizon of a third consecutive WNBA title, something that hasn’t been accomplished since the 2000-2002 Houston Comets.
