Banners. That’s what you see when you look up at the ceiling of the Target Center in Minneapolis. Banners that scatter the rafters, most of them painted in Lynx blue and green. Banners that tell the story of a dynasty, four championships stitched into fabric but etched even deeper into WNBA history. For years, the Lynx needed no validation beyond those banners. Even this season, when the only award in hand was half a Defensive Player of the Year nod, there were no regrets. Because the mission was simple.

Add another banner. Add one that reads “2025 WNBA Champions.” But instead, what hangs in the air now isn’t a banner. It’s questions. Questions about what comes next, questions about whether the rafters will ever rise again.

Let that sink in… the Minnesota Lynx’s season has ended, and a

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