{"id":1681,"date":"2026-07-24T11:11:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T11:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1681"},"modified":"2026-07-24T11:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T11:11:12","slug":"the-mystics-are-officially-a-problem-for-the-rest-of-the-wnba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1681","title":{"rendered":"The Mystics Are Officially a Problem for the Rest of the WNBA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The transcontinental stretch of games that closed out the first half of the Washington Mystics\u2019 2026 season could best be described as Odyssean: six contests across 11 days, half of them against the top tier of WNBA opponents, and requiring four flights and nearly 6,500 air miles to navigate before they finally reached home. Along the way, the league\u2019s youngest team faced nearly everything short of cyclopses, cannibals and sirens.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1677\">Dinner, Take 2<\/a><\/p><p>What to make, then, of head coach Sydney Johnson revealing late Wednesday that the top item on his All-Star break bucket list \u2014 apart from family time, a little film work and some couch-side viewing of Saturday night\u2019s WNBA All-Star Game \u2014 is to take in the new epic remake of \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d with his wife?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just really want to see that movie,\u201d Johnson shrugged, with something short of Homeric grandeur.<\/p><p>Truth is, he doesn\u2019t need to see it. He just lived it.<\/p>\n<section>\n<div>\n<h2>\n<span>Trending<\/span>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SINGH_FAMILY_NOTUS_JM060 copy.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1539\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/76445c2cef10e3d52043b0529872c58a-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/76445c2cef10e3d52043b0529872c58a-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/76445c2cef10e3d52043b0529872c58a-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/76445c2cef10e3d52043b0529872c58a.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Suspicion and Doubt at the National Civics Contest\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"John Thune\" class=\"wp-image-1655\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4f6fc2b117b4b3100a28ffbbb5e42669-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4f6fc2b117b4b3100a28ffbbb5e42669-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4f6fc2b117b4b3100a28ffbbb5e42669-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4f6fc2b117b4b3100a28ffbbb5e42669.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      John Thune and the White House Are Openly Fighting Over the SAVE Act\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mike Johnson\" class=\"wp-image-1670\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/b16cb8affd0ed2994e93e8d88f991fd4-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/b16cb8affd0ed2994e93e8d88f991fd4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/b16cb8affd0ed2994e93e8d88f991fd4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/b16cb8affd0ed2994e93e8d88f991fd4.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Mike Johnson is \u2018Sick of This Shit\u2019 (But Sorry He Said So)\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"People wait in a TSA line at John F. Kennedy International Airport\" class=\"wp-image-1680\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5508da05e13cc9eb1ca616253d8f878a-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5508da05e13cc9eb1ca616253d8f878a-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5508da05e13cc9eb1ca616253d8f878a-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5508da05e13cc9eb1ca616253d8f878a.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Three Airports Opt Into Trump Administration\u2019s New Private Airport Security Model\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>By the time the Mystics had slain the last beast on their own odyssey \u2014 taking down the defending champion Las Vegas Aces, 100-99, at home Wednesday night to complete that grueling, six-game stretch with a 4-2 record \u2014 it was the rest of the WNBA that was collectively waking up to a realization:<\/p><p>The Mystics are officially a problem.<\/p><p>Despite having the second-youngest roster in league history, they arrive at the All-Star break, and on the cusp of the Aug. 2 trade deadline, with a 14-12 record, far above most preseason predictions and good for the eighth and final playoff spot if the season ended today. Even more impressive is the way they closed out the first half: with back-to-back wins at Golden State and at home against Las Vegas \u2014 the No. 2 and No. 3 teams in the W, respectively \u2014 in a 72-hour stretch, with a cross-country flight in between.<\/p><p>\u201cThey\u2019re very long. They\u2019re athletic. They\u2019re well-coached. I\u2019m not surprised they\u2019re sitting where they\u2019re sitting,\u201d Aces coach Becky Hammon said of the Mystics. \u201cThey don\u2019t go away. They hang around in games, which always gives you a chance to win. There is a skillset in winning together, and even though this team is young they\u2019re proving that they\u2019re developing [the ability] to win tough games down the stretch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir length and their physicality and athleticism are [elite]. I don\u2019t think too many teams in this league can deal with that.\u201d<\/p><p>On Wednesday night, the Mystics pummeled Hammon\u2019s Aces inside and out. Washington\u2019s three bigs \u2014 6-foot-3 Kiki Iriafen, 6-foot-5 Shakira Austin and 6-foot-7 Lauren Betts \u2014 combined for 50 points and 19 rebounds, more than making up for the 38 and seven they conceded to Aces legend A\u2019ja Wilson. Meantime, guard <span><u>Sonia Citron<\/u><\/span> poured in 20 points (along with eight assists), with 11 of them coming in the decisive fourth quarter, when Citron, who typically plays off the ball, shifted to point guard and the Mystics stormed back from nine points down in the final four minutes.<\/p><p>The victory over the Aces made the Mystics the only team this season with wins over all three of the league\u2019s top teams: Minnesota, Golden State and Las Vegas. Regardless of where they finish in the standings, they have become that team no one would want to face in the playoffs.<\/p><div>\n<\/div><p>\u201cWe don\u2019t make it a secret: We want to make the playoffs. We want to make a push,\u201d said point guard Georgia Amoore, who scored 10 on Wednesday. \u201cWe\u2019re not that team that other teams can relax against, or take a night off against. We\u2019ve proven that.\u201d<\/p><p>The next stop for Iriafen, Citron and Austin is Chicago, where Iriafen and Citron \u2014 the first WNBA teammates in 27 years to earn All-Star berths in each of their first two seasons \u2014 will be on opposite squads for the game itself, while Austin, a notable snub in All-Star selections, will participate in Friday night\u2019s Shooting Stars competition.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1673\">Democrats Are Staffing Up to Unwind Trump\u2019s Changes to the State Department<\/a><\/p><p>The Mystics\u2019 <span><u>sooner-than-expected arrival<\/u><\/span> as a playoff threat and their enviable collection of young talent \u2014 the 25-year-old Austin and 26-year-old forward Michaela Onyenwere are the only players on the roster with more than one and a half years of WNBA experience \u2014 has both given them the appearance of a nascent juggernaut and also made them an intriguing factor ahead of next month\u2019s trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Up to now, the Mystics have been pointed decidedly and aggressively in the direction of rebuilding, hoarding draft picks and emphasizing player development. A year ago at the trade deadline, sitting on a 13-15 record, they dealt away veteran guard and three-time All-Star Brittney Sykes, then finished the season on a 3-12 skid.<\/p><p>Might Washington take the opposite approach this summer, and perhaps spend some of its remaining draft capital and young talent on a veteran or two \u2014 in effect stopping the rebuild and turning this into a go-for-it year?<\/p><p>Among the team\u2019s needs: a veteran point guard (the assortment of point guards on their roster have amassed -0.2 win shares this season) and\/or a deadly three-point shooter (they rank next-to-last in the league in three-point attempts, makes and shooting percentage). Among the available targets: 35-year-old veteran and seven-time All-Star Skylar Diggins, whom the Chicago Sky may be <span><u>shopping<\/u><\/span>.<\/p><p>But the likelier play for the Mystics would be to stand pat at the deadline, let the season play out and make their next push this offseason via free agency and\/or the draft. They already own Chicago\u2019s first-round pick in 2027, which is likely to be high. That means the Mystics could have their choice of a game-changing talent like USC\u2019s JuJu Watkins, Texas\u2019 Madison Booker or Notre Dame\u2019s Hannah Hidalgo.<\/p><p>The Mystics have been operating without a general manager since <span><u>parting ways<\/u><\/span> with Jamila Wideman in April, meaning Johnson and Michael Winger, president of basketball operations for Monumental Basketball, will be making the big calls on the Mystics\u2019 direction and philosophy. On Wednesday, Johnson deflected a question about the team\u2019s trade deadline strategy.<\/p><p>\u201cEvery player on our roster has gotten better. Every single one of them. And that has allowed us as a team to get better. And we\u2019ll lift our heads up in August and just kind of see where we are,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cWhat we talked about at the start of the season, in terms of having a young group that was eager to get better, to grow individually and as a team \u2014 so far, so good. We\u2019re on track in terms of taking a step forward. But the [2026] journey is only a little more than halfway through.\u201d<\/p><p>Once they return from the All-Star break, the Mystics face a gauntlet of a schedule in the first half of August, including back-to-backs against both Dallas (currently fourth in the standings) and Las Vegas (currently third). There is also another stretch of six games in 11 days featuring another pair of cross-country flights.<\/p><p>Which means before Johnson and the Mystics can look too far down the road, he still has one Odyssey to face at the cinema and another on the basketball court.<br\/><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1671\">Democrats Want a DCCC Reset After Three High-Profile Losses<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington closed the first half of its season with a win over the powerhouse Aces, further proving it is a legitimate contender.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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