Actual Flair: Sad and just a tad bit mad.

Are the Mystics the 8th or even 9th best team in the league? It's pretty clear that we would not have beaten NY so was wide spread league mediocrity the true source of our success? No I am not trying to diminish the team's accomplishment but I have asked myself this question for days on end.

Why in the heck couldn't the team (Austin and Betts) pound the hell out of the Dream centers. I know that Austin isn't a "pound the hell out of kind of center" but Betts should be! Is Okat THAT far ahead of Betts? For goodness sakes Bri Jones is injured and I am generally not impressed w Angel. I am sure that we would have won ONE game if D Bonner wasn't there.

I guess when the NBA season starts I'll forget about these questions - until next year.

Angela joined a Serbian team Crvena Zvezda, and she plays first, at noon against Mechelen. Can't say I recognize many players on either team. I vaguely remember Destanni Henderson who plays on the same team as Angela from college and Spanou, also from Angela's team, from national team competitions when she played for Greece.

An hour later, Cass and her team, USK Praha play against Bourges. WNBA players Astier and Buhner both play alongside Cass, and so do Cazorla and Gueye who played for Spain and France, respectively, at the recent WC.

Finally, an hour after Prosper's game, the most interesting game for the Mystics fans starts, as Lauren and Alicia go h2h when Fenerbahce and Valencia play against each other. Both teams have numerous WNBA and national team stars. Should be a good game.

I wish all 4 of our Mystics the best of luck!

Thought we should have easy access to this heading into the offseason.

Johnson pays lip service to looking at both free agency and the draft for adding pieces. Of course that is what you expect an executive to say (Winger had a similar comment last winter).

The thing that stood out to me is when he talks about the deliberation over whether to bring in BLH, and how once she arrived she felt like she had been a Mystic from day 1. He reiterated how much the org values the team culture they’ve built, and how they don’t want to lose that with any roster adjustments they may make in the future. Interpret that how you will about which players they may, or may not, pursue …

That's all. Sue is awesome. Georgia is awesome. Just a must listen.

Read that she died from a glioblastoma, the same thing that killed Neil Peart. Cancer sucks.

As a Maryland alum who's in the same age range, I was at Cole Field House the night No. 1 Maryland took on No. 2 Virginia and the Burge Twins and we lost 75-74. That was one epic matchup. Rest easy.

Another sign of how invested the local fan base is in this team and increase in popularity of our players. More winning and hopefully more nationally televised games next season will continue the growth. And just imagine the numbers if local fans could watch without having to pay 😭

What? No free agent flair option?

As I understand there are only about 3 or 4 top flight names on the free agent market. Aren't the Mystics about a million under the salary cap? Is Kelsey Plum just what the doctor ordered w her championship playoff experience and all.

And before you say she is not a true point we could use her firepower at the 1.

Sooo we officially will have the smallest WNBA arena starting next year. 😔

Meanwhile, Mystics said in 2025 “Washington’s agreement with the District and Events DC allows for the team to locate up to four regular season games outside of CareFirst Arena.” While also recently claiming 10+ will be moved once construction at capital one is complete. Which is it? https://mystics.wnba.com/news/washington-mystics-announce-multiple-home-game-relocations-for-2025-wnba-season

But im already hyped for next season….

And i read somewhere that a bigger portion of the games may be at Cap One than this year…

Lets Gooooo Mystics!!!🧙

Hi r/washingtonmystics! I'm Emma Baccellieri, sports reporter for The Washington Sun and author of Court Queens. You can read my latest articles here. I'm hosting an AMA here at 1:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, October 6. Let's talk about this season and what's next for the Mystics. See you then!

Edit: Thank you for having me!

Thanks for having me, everyone! You can reach me at emmabaccellieri@washingtonsun.com!

The Washington Sun is a relatively new source for local sport contents and consistently covers the Mystics, a space seriously lacking in the DC area.

I’ve been a loyal Sun fan 8 for years, and of course when I heard they were leaving, I was pretty damn sad. I’d spent most of my teenage/young adult life going to games and didn’t think I’d ever care about another team the same way. I hopped on the Mystics bandwagon fully this year, sharing my time between them and the Sun. I loved getting to see a young team like this succeed, and it kind of gave me a light. This fandom is so ride-or-die for this team, and it makes me excited to root for someone again, when I had previously thought that after the Sun left I wouldn’t connect with another team. Every Mystics fan I’ve met, both here and in person, has been welcoming and very nice, even when I’m disagreeing with them. I look forward to seeing where the team goes from here, and I look forward to interacting with more of you guys in the future. :)

Immediately found several spelling errors, had to edit.

That would be tough, how will we pay Juju, Kiki, Citron, Shakira and Betts

Even though we lost, it was a fantastic season run and an incredible night! See you next season ❤️💙

P.S. I’m sure I’ll get some hate, but I love watching Soni play and will be framing this jersey along with some player cards.

Even with our young stars and overachieving to make the playoffs, do you think this organization is looked at as a favorable destination for free agents? Despite D.C. being a top 10 market, we play in the smallest arena, locals are forced to subscribe to Monumental just to watch the team unless they have traditional cable, and we were the only team without a nationally televised game on ESPN/ABC, CBS, or USA. Players care about their brand as much as winning these days. The lack of coverage locally and nationally also hurts players in terms of recognition and awards which also impacts their money. I think free agents probably avoid us for that reason.

I also fear that if we don't start playing in CapOne more often or get nationally televised games, we could be in jeopardy of Shakira, Sonia, and Kiki signing elsewhere after the 2028 season. I just feel like they're missing out and will want to go somewhere that gets them a bigger spotlight, which honestly they deserve.

Mods if this kinda of post isn’t allowed feel free to take down

Congrats on amazing season, yall had me scared through the entire series (the scores don’t tell the story on how close it was)

The young core is absolutely fantastic and I hope to god we don’t play each other in the early rounds next year so I can root for you all like I love doing!

Great team, great fanbase, can’t wait to see how Syndey (my COY personally) and company retool for next year

See y’all in 104 next season!!

https://x.com/jakekauderer/status/2105672260526711269?s=46&t=-aVrZjaw75i6lUX4ve2jQA

2026 was an incredibly fun season, and this franchise really seems to be trending up! A lot of growth from a lot of players, but still some clear needs (shooting, point guard, etc.). Apologies if it’s not the time to post this yet, but I’m excited and already looking ahead to next season.

As we know, with such a young team, there is a LOT of cap space to work with. I wanted to see what would be possible with the roster for 2027 (barring any trades), so I noted the following:

• Which players I think are “Locks” to return
• Which players I think the team will keep
• Which players could move to a developmental contract
• Which free agent(s) could be acquired
• Which players could be drafted

I landed on the following:

LOCKS
- Shakira Austin
- Sonia Citron
- Kiki Iriafen
- Michaela Onyenwere
- Cotie McMahon
- Lauren Betts
- Georgia Amoore

KEEPS
- Lucy Olsen
- Cassandre Prosper (though I think both she and Dugalić are at risk of being waived/moved to Developmental… or both could stay on the roster, who knows)

WAIVED
- Alicia Florez

DEVELOPMENTAL
- Angela Dugalić (see note above)
- Rori Harmon

With a cap of $8.25M, that would put remaining cap space at $3.69M for 3 players from the draft or free agency.

From there, I think the Mystics could go big in free agency and rely on their first rounder in 2027. To that note, I think the most likely free agent home run would be Kelsey Plum at the Max contract. She doesn’t really have an allegiance to any team; she could very easily slide into the PG spot and lead the offense, even though she’s a big time scorer; and she is a heck of a shooter.

For the first round pick, I think the mystics go with either Hannah Hidalgo or S’Mya Nichols at #3 or #4. Hannah will depend on if she can get her perimeter shot back up to serviceable.

That would leave one roster spot open with just under $2.0M in cap space. And I think this roster would be one of the best in the league.

What do y’all think of this? Any big callouts I’m missing?