Popular analyst does not buy WNBA 2024 rookie class to be great yet

Terrika Foster-Grasby gave her opinion on the rookie class of the WNBA 2024. The Popular Basketball analyst felt the rookie class of the season to be one of the most important and popular classes ever in the league but felt it was not great yet. The class has some of the most popular players already who have helped in filling the stadiums and the sale of merchandise. 

The likes of Caitlin Clark, Cameron Brink, and Angel Reese were the top one, two, and seventh picks in the WNBA Draft 2024. It has brought the WNBA college fans to the professional sport. The popularity of these players is amazing. There has been a rise of 129% in the occupancy. The season has been responsible for the highest TV attendance and the best stadium attendance since 1998.

The WNBA Draft 2024 was the most-watched in the history of the sport, surpassing the 2004 season, and witnessing an increase of a whopping 307%. But Terrika felt it to be just popular classes and not a great class in regard to the rookies. "I don't necessarily think this is a great rookie class. I think this is a popular rookie class," said Terrika in an interview.

Rookies of the WNBA 2018 season best?

She added that, unlike the 2018 class of rookies, the current set of players is still transitioning. She felt the 2018 class of rookies to be the best and generational in recent times. The season had some terrific outgoing youngsters who set the sport on the storm with their terrific performances. A'ja Wilson is the biggest of them who has achieved a lot in the sport already.

She has won two titles with the Las Vegas Aces. Additionally, A'ja has been the WNBA MVP in two seasons. In the 2018 season, she won the 'Super Rookie' award. She also won the Defensive Player of the Year award twice. Additionally, there were other stars who emerged from the season like Victoria Vivians, Ariel Atkins, Gabby Williams, Kelsey Mitchell, and so on.