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# Skylar Diggins Impressed by Early Seattle Storm Camp — Can ‘Most Talented Roster’ Deliver?
- URL: https://www.emeraldcityspectrum.com/skylar-diggins-impressed-by-early-seattle-storm-camp-can-most-talented-roster-deliver/
- Published: 2025-04-29T22:23:21.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T06:20:33.000Z
- Author: Connor Benintendi
- Tags: Storm, Skylar Diggins-Smith, Nneka Ogwumike, Gabby Williams, Alysha Clark

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![  Arlington, Texas, USA. 13th Sep, 2024. Seattle Storm guard Skylar Diggins-Smith (4) shoots a jump shot over Dallas Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale (24) during a WNBA game between the Seattle Storm and Dallas Wings at College Park Center. Storm win 83-81.  ](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1d/f2/1df2f77b-83dd-4bc0-a6d2-6d1bb5df89a3/content/images/2026/10/2y3h3t3-format-original.jpg)

Arlington, Texas, USA. 13th Sep, 2024\. Seattle Storm guard Skylar Diggins-Smith (4) shoots a jump shot over Dallas Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale (24) during a WNBA game between the Seattle Storm and Dallas Wings at College Park Center. Storm win 83-81\. \[/caption\]

The Seattle Storm are oozing confidence three days into training camp. Even though just four players returned from last year’s roster, they were key re-signings. Veteran [Storm guard Skylar Diggins](https://www.emeraldcityspectrum.com/home/storm-star-skylar-diggins-smith-playing-at-elite-level-entering-11th-season), now her preferred reference, believes this is the best WNBA roster she’s been on.

“This is definitely the most talented roster I’ve been a part of in my 13 years — 11 on the floor,” Diggins [said during a press conference at the team’s media day](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6FyoybzmXE&t=4896s&ref=emeraldcityspectrum.com) on Monday. “So, yeah, I’m really excited to get everybody here. Everybody looks really good. The vibes been really good. We had two great first days of camp.”

Diggins, a six-time All-Star who was part of the 2021 Phoenix Mercury team that lost the WNBA Finals, said her assessment hinges on the return of Nneka Ogwumike, Gabby Williams and Alysha Clark — the latter of whom spent the last four seasons elsewhere after winning two WNBA championships with Seattle in 2018 and 2020.

Ogwumike and Williams were each with the Storm in 2024, but Williams played just 12 games due to overseas commitments. This season, however, the team has the luxury of Williams’ presence from Day 1 of training camp. That’s key, Diggins said, as she believes Williams “is one of the best players in the world.”

But other free agent signings and a strong draft for the Storm — headlined by No. 2 overall pick Dominique Malonga — also fuel Diggins’ confidence, as Seattle projects to have a much deeper bench than it did in 2024\. Of course, they still need all the pieces to fit together.

“What we like is that we have depth, and in this league — outside of health — depth is what wins you championships,” Diggins added. “The great teams have it, and so I think that’s a luxury that we now have is adding \[Malonga\] to something like what we already had in a dynamic \[frontcourt\].”

Clark doubled down on Diggins’ comments in her first year back in Seattle. She won the third WNBA championship of her career with the Las Vegas Aces in 2023\. 

“I think we have enough talent on this roster to win a championship,” Clark said. “But there’s so many new pieces that you have to find that chemistry and jell. We’re taking it one day at a time, but that’s definitely on my radar. I want to win as much as possible.”

The Storm finished 25-15 last season, losing to Clark’s Aces squad in the first round of the playoffs. With super team expectations led by guard Jewell Loyd, it was a disappointing finish despite being a 14-win improvement from the 2023 season.

With Loyd gone, the onus is now on Ogwumike, Diggins, Williams and center Ezi Magbegor — Seattle’s longest-tenured player (No. 12 pick in the 2019 draft). The quick development of Malonga, who should see significant time as a rookie, will also determine the team’s success.

“I wouldn’t have it any other way,” Ogwumike said of re-signing with the Storm this offseason. “I’m glad that I’m able to come back and continue to make this my new home and play with players that I want to play with — namely Sky, Gabby \[and\] Ezi … but for me, it’s kind of a reunion of sorts because a lot of the players we acquired in free agency I’ve already played with.”

Diggins and the rest of the roster are setting lofty expectations for the first year of a largely new squad. But wins are needed in Year 1, as there’s no guarantee this group will stay together in 2026\. Most of the WNBA will hit free agency after this season in preparation for the new collective bargaining agreement. The roster could look completely different next season, especially if 2025 doesn’t go as expected.

Currently, the only [Seattle players under contract through 2026](https://www.spotrac.com/wnba/seattle-storm/yearly?ref=emeraldcityspectrum.com) are guard Lexie Brown and this year’s batch of rookies. Two to three of those rookies may end up with other teams, however, if there isn’t room on this year’s Storm roster.

This team could have title-winning potential, but we haven’t seen enough of them as a group to confidently consider them contenders. Player confidence is important, of course, and the Storm aren’t lacking in that area. That’s the first step to what could be a huge leap forward if everyone’s contributions pan out according to plan.

“I think that’s what’s so great about the team that we’ve built this year is that maybe anyone can go off any night,” said Williams, who initially was tabbed with the core player designation before re-signing on a protected $225,000 contract — the highest salary of any Seattle player this season.

“It’s not about relying just on one or two players to score. It’s going to be about how we all play together and how we all assume our roles.”

The Storm will play their lone preseason game at home against the Connecticut Sun at 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 4\. Seattle opens its regular season on the road at the Phoenix Mercury on Saturday, May 17.