The highly anticipated 2025 WNBA season begins today, with Paige Bueckers slated to make her professional debut, the Golden State Valkyries ready to host their first-ever regular season game, and more.

History tells us that there's a good chance someone else will be the MVP. But who? Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark is the betting favorite at +200, per Caesars, and received two votes, while Napheesa Collier, last season's runner-up got one. Those two are the most likely candidates besides Wilson.

Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers is the overwhelming favorite among WNBA general managers to win the 2025 WNBA Rookie of the Year Award.

Washington Mystics F Kiki Iriafen could avenge her NCAA Tournament loss to Paige Bueckers by beating out the Dallas Wings G for the WNBA Rookie of the Year

The only movement worth reporting for the Rookie Ladder is the rise of Janelle Salaun (+750). She missed the opening game for the Golden State Valkyries but in the past two, both wins, she combined for 28 points, 12 rebounds, and four steals/blocks.

The WNBA season is only a couple of weeks in, but here is already an overwhelming favorite in the odds to win the league’s MVP award. Minnesota Lynx forward Nap

Meghan L. Hall: Napheesa Collier. Welcome to the 2025 season, a.k.a the Napheesa Collier revenge tour. Collier was second in MVP voting last season, and without her at MVP-levels, the Minnesota Lynx don't move. She's going to come back for not just MVP, but she might add DPOY to list, too.

Caitlin Clark, who won the WNBA's Rookie of the Year award last season, is now predicted to propel the league's economy to unprecedented levels with her star power. And her shirt sales have left NBA great LeBron James in the dust.

Former Notre Dame women’s basketball star Sonia Citron’s early WNBA play has Niele Ivey thinking Rookie of the Year.