Posts by Em Adler

Em Adler (she/they) covers the WNBA at large and college basketball for The Next, with a focus on player development and the game behind the game.

Princeton sophomore guard Madison St. Rose in a black princeton jersey with orange lettering and numbers faces up towards the camera with the ball against a Villanova defender in a white jersey, perpendicular to the camera.

Introducing to women’s college basketball: The Knife Kid

December 17, 2023

Bringing the concept of a Knife Kid, the dangerous and mercurial teams that are never lacking in chaos, to the world of women’s basketball

Numbered balls bouncing around inside a lottery machine, the mechanism used in the 2024 WNBA draft lottery

How to watch the 2024 WNBA Draft lottery

December 10, 2023

How it works, who’s going to matter, and what to root for

A picture of the centercourt jumbotron, which is displaying the Ball Dawgs Classic logo

Ball Dawgs Classic refs called wrong 3-point line throughout Thanksgiving tournament

December 3, 2023

The Next investigates one of the strangest reffing mix-ups of the year.

LSU big Aneesah Morrow holds the ball out in front of her forehead as she starts to release a jump shot during FloHoops Feast Week.

The legend of FloHoops Feast Week grows

November 26, 2023

If a Stanford Tree falls on FloHoops, does it make a sound?

Geno Auriemma does a face palm, as if he's frustrated by his team losing during a blood week

Welcome to Blood Week, women’s college basketball

November 19, 2023

The carnage in the AP Poll through two weeks is reaching unprecedented levels

Tennessee big wing Rickea Jackson stands holding the ball out while surveying the off-screen court, as Jackie Young defends her from a couple steps away

2024 WNBA Draft film room: Rickea Jackson edition

November 7, 2023

Why Rickea Jackson just had the most important game of any 2024 WNBA draft prospect

A collage of the top nine 2024 WNBA draft prospects in college, including South Carolina point guard Te-Hina Paopao, UConn big Aaliyah Edwards, Kentucky wing Maddie Scherr, UConn point guard Paige Bueckers, Iowa point guard Caitlin Clark, Algers (France) combo guard Leïla Lacan, Ohio State off-ball guard Jacy Sheldon, Stanford big Cameron Brink, and Wazzu combo guard Charlisse Leger-Walker

Who’s Next — The Next’s 2024 WNBA Draft Board, V1.0

November 3, 2023

The most detailed 2024 WNBA draft resource available outside a team’s actual war room

Las Vegas Aces guard Jackie Young shoots a three-pointer over New York Liberty defender Jonquel Jones.

DOUBLED DOWN: Las Vegas Aces comeback secures second straight title behind Wilson, Young

October 18, 2023

Aces become first team in 21 years to repeat as champions

New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu clenches her fists, closes her eyes and screams in celebration.

Jonquel Jones leads Liberty to do-or-die Game 3 win; Aces’ Chelsea Gray injured

October 15, 2023

New York beats Las Vegas 87-73 to force a Game 4

Las Vegas Aces players including Jackie Young, A'ja Wilson and Kelsey Plum walk merrily down the court toward the end of their team's bench. Head coach Becky Hammon stands on the side, gazing toward the middle of the court in mild bewilderment.

How Becky Hammon, A’ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces took over the WNBA

October 15, 2023

The Aces are set to define the next era of the league, on and off the court