Open Extended ReactionsThe 2025 WNBA season continues to bring plot twists. With that in mind, let's unpack the four biggest surprises -- as well as the three biggest disappointments -- of the season, spinning forward to what the future might hold in each case. Biggest surprisesSuccess of the expansion ValkyriesIt wasn't clear how high the ceiling would be for the new Golden State Valkyries. The WNBA had not added an expansion team to its ranks since 2008, when the Atlanta Dream went just 4-30 in their debut season. And the six previous expansion clubs went a combined 47-149 (.240), worth 10.6 wins in a modern 44-game WNBA season.