In the latest episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Ben Pickman, a national staff writer at The Athletic who covers the WNBA and women’s college basketball.

Hansen and Pickman open the podcast by talking about the offseason that was, including the debut season of Unrivaled and the pressure it could put on the WNBA. They then jump into talk about the 2025 WNBA Draft, what the training camp roster will look like for the Minnesota, expectations for the Lynx and the rest of the WNBA in 2025 and more.

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