Entering the 2017 season the Washington Mystics seemed like a lock to vault into the WNBA’s elite. With an offseason roster shakeup headlined by the additions of perennial All-Star Elena Delle Donne and veteran sharpshooter Kristi Toliver, Washington made moves to become contenders.
Unfortunately their regular season was a choppy and inconsistent. Two of their three best players Emma Meesseman (Eurobasket) and Delle Donne (thumb injury) missed entire weeks of the summer. On paper this team is as talented and loaded as any in the league, in reality, they never really had an opportunity to build an identity or any sort of momentum.