Five most impactful WNBA offseason additions: Angel Reese could be living the dream in Atlanta

The WNBA is back. Training camps opened Sunday, and the first preseason games are set for this Saturday.

As the league's 30th season gets underway, we've previously looked at five players to watch as well as most improved teams. Below is our list of five most impactful offseason additions.

Atlanta Dream forward Angel Reese

Of all the teams Reese could have been traded to, she landed in a (our apologies) dream scenario. The WNBA's top rebounder since entering the league, Reese joins an Atlanta front-court that needed an interior presence with Brittney Griner leaving for the Connecticut Sun in free agency and forward Brionna Jones tearing a meniscus in February. Reese has the potential to put up big numbers on the boards for the Dream, who posted a 30-14 record last season, the best in franchise history.

Guards Jordin Canada and Rhyne Howard are high-volume, low-efficiency shooters, each making under 40 percent of their shot attempts for their careers, which should give Reese plenty of opportunities to clean the glass with put-backs. She's led the league in offensive rebound rate the past two seasons, averaging 4.6 offensive rebounds per game since being drafted No. 7 overall in 2024. Reese should once again record monster rebounding totals, albeit finally on a winning team.

Chicago Sky guard Skylar Diggins

Last September, Reese called out the Sky amid a dismal 10-34 season, with comments later deemed detrimental to the team and resulting in her sitting the first half of a game against the Las Vegas Aces. However, Chicago took her main critique ("We have to get good players. We have to get great players.") to heart in free agency, making several moves that could lead to a quick turnaround, including adding former Los Angeles Sparks forwards Rickea Jackson and Azura Stevens and 2024 Most Improved Player DiJonai Carrington.

But Diggins was arguably the team's biggest signing. The Sky were woeful on offense last season, ending the year last in scoring (75.8 point per game). Diggins is an offensive hub, averaging 15.5 points and six assists per game in 2025, giving Chicago an excellent option to initiate its sets as point guard Courtney Vandersloot recovers from a 2025 torn ACL. 

Two seasons ago, Diggins joined the Seattle Storm, coming off an 11-29 record, and played a pivotal in the team improving to 25-15 and reaching the playoffs. It would be no surprise if her move to the Sky produced similar results.

Dallas Wings forward Alanna Smith

The Wings made an aggressive move to lure Smith, 2025's Co-Defensive Player of the Year, from the Minnesota Lynx, an addition that could result in a massive defensive turnaround.

Last year, Dallas allowed 88 points per game, the second-most in the league. Opponents shot a WNBA-high 38.8 percent from beyond the arc and also had the highest free throw rate (18.5 percent), but Smith's defensive prowess should help in both areas.

Smith is a great close-out defender on the three-point line, as she showed while sprinting to the corner for a block against the New York Liberty last season.