The High Post Hoops 2019 WNBA preview extravaganza

MINNEAPOLIS - JULY 28: Liz Cambage #8 of Team Parker shoots the ball against Team Delle Donne during the Verizon WNBA All-Star Game on July 28, 2018 at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Adam Bettcher/NBAE via Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS - JULY 28: Liz Cambage #8 of Team Parker shoots the ball against Team Delle Donne during the Verizon WNBA All-Star Game on July 28, 2018 at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Adam Bettcher/NBAE via Getty Images)
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN- MAY 10: Odyssey Sims #1 and Danielle Robinson #3 of the Minnesota Lynx look on during the game against the Washington Mystics on May 10, 2019 at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Jordan Johnson/NBAE via Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN- MAY 10: Odyssey Sims #1 and Danielle Robinson #3 of the Minnesota Lynx look on during the game against the Washington Mystics on May 10, 2019 at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Jordan Johnson/NBAE via Getty Images)

Minnesota Lynx

2011. 2013. 2015. 2017.

Take a quick glance inside Target Center in Minneapolis and you’ll see four banners waving in the rafters, showing the dominance of the Minnesota Lynx throughout much of the decade, especially in the odd years. Add in conference championships in 2012 and 2016 and you see what has become the WNBA’s dynasty in a city that hasn’t won a professional championship on the men’s side since 1991. With Lindsay Whalen retired and across town coaching the Golden Gophers and Maya Moore taking the year off, this year’s roster looks much different than the ones that have competed for championships through the 2010s. In 2019, do they have what it takes to compete?

“We knew that going into it (this season) that we had so many new faces, new players,” Lynx head coach and general manager Cheryl Reeve said when asked what has jumped out at her since the start of camp. “We also want to adjust how we are doing some things. Things that worked for eight years but now with a different group we added some new things for even the veterans to have to get a hold of.”