(8/9) WNBA | Tonight’s Best Player Props in The W
Written by: Varun Sharma
Published: Sun Aug 09, 2026, 11:15 am ET
Read Time: 5 minutes
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Happy Sunday. I hope wherever you are, you've got a cup of coffee in one hand and you're having the laziest of lazy Sundays. We've got a four game slate in the WNBA today and I've got three props I'm locked in on.
Kick your feet up, take a sip of that coffee and let's talk about The W.
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Breanna Stewart o29.5 P/R (-120) | Lucky Rebel
The first game of the day tips off early in the Big Apple. The New York Liberty will host the Las Vegas Aces at the Barclays Center for a little matinée action on the hardwood.
Unfortunately, this is the second game of a back to back for the Aces and nearly their entire starting lineup is out tonight. They'll be without A'ja Wilson, Chelsea Gray and Jackie Young; fresh off a loss to the Minnesota Lynx.
This is the last of a five game road trip for the Aces, going from Minnesota yesterday to New York today. Both matchups are coming within 24-hours of each other and it's why the Aces' stars will get the night off.
That being said, the Liberty are healthy, they've won six of their last seven games and their currently in the middle of a three game homestand. Breanna Stewart's been great this year, averaging 21.6 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game.
She's the Liberty's leading scorer, second leading rebounder and she's cleared this line in 7 of her last 10 games overall. Stewart's averaging 24/9 in these last 10 games and doing it on shooting splits of 48/37/83.
The Aces are giving up nearly 90 points per game with A'ja out of the lineup this year and in the Commissioner's Cup Final we saw Stewy go for 26/11 in this exact same situation. She's cleared this line in two of the their three matchups this year and she's scored 20+ points in each game.
Olivia Miles o29.5 PRA (-130) | Lucky Rebel
Speaking of teams on the second night of a back to back, let's talk about the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx had the #2 overall pick in this year's WNBA Draft and with it they selected Olivia Miles out of TCU.
Miles has had an immediate impact here in Minnesota and is quickly putting herself in conversations with some of the best hoopers in the WNBA. She's averaging 20.0 points, 4.8 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game and she's started in all 31 games she's played.
Miles has cleared this line in 5 of her last 7 games overall, averaging 23.1 points, 5.7 assists and 5.1 rebounds per game. She's shooting 51% from the field and 45% from beyond the arc. This will be her first time playing a back to back in The W, but fatigue shouldn't be an issue.
Minnesota's in the middle of a four game homestand and winners of 11 of their last 12 games. The Lynx have been great and Miles looks like the obvious Rookie of the Year.
The only other team that had a chance at drafting Miles? The Dallas Wings.
The Wings took Azzi Fudd with the #1 pick in this year's draft and that just feels like a built-in narrative. Miles has cleared this in two of the three games against the Wings this year, averaging 20/4/7 on shooting splits of 57/38/100.
Kiah Stokes o6.5 Rebounds (+115) | Lucky Rebel
The Los Angeles Sparks have played three games since the Kelsey Plume trade; they've got 2-1 with a win over the Minnesota Lynx. I'm not really sure how they're doing it, but I do know it can't last.
The Sparks are coming home after a three game road trip and tonight they host the best defense in the WNBA.
The Golden State Valkyries are 1st in points allowed, 1st in opponent shooting percentage, 4th in forced turnover rate and held this Sparks team to just 58 points the first time the two met this year.
The Sparks have also been terrible on the glass. The team ranks 13th in opponent offensive rebound rate and rank 13th in rebounds allowed overall.
Kiah Stokes is the Valkyries' leading rebounder, averaging 5.3 rebounds per game at the center spot. The reason this sticks out to me is the declining minutes of Gabby Williams.
With the FIBA World Cup coming up in a few weeks, a few teams have started monitoring the minutes of a few of their key players. Williams will represent Team France at this year's World Cup and that might be why she's played under 22 minutes in 6 of her last 10 games.
At the same time we've seen Gabby's minutes decline, we've seen a small bump for Stokes. She's averaging 23.3 minutes per game in her last 10 games and she's now cleared this line in three straight games.
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