The Atlanta Dream were projected to finish the 2022 season as the second-worst team in the WNBA. Now five games into the schedule with a newly minted No. 1 draft pick leading the charge, Atlanta looks like a serious contender, at least in the early stages.
Rhyne Howard is to thank for that. The aforementioned top overall selection from April’s WNBA Draft has taken the league by storm. Any nonsensical questions surrounding her motor have been dispelled. Howard is playing the part of a generational talent not even two weeks into her professional career. On Tuesday night — another win, this time coming against the Indiana Fever, 109-79 — the former Kentucky Wildcat was marvelous once again.