Q&A: Sylvia Fowles previews Lynx season with opener Friday night

The Lynx open their 2021 season Friday night at Target Center vs. Phoenix. Expectations are incredibly high for the Lynx this year.

We caught up with Lynx center Sylvia Fowles, as she’s about to begin her 14th year in the WNBA, 7th in Minnesota. At 35-years-old, Fowles told us that she feels like she still has a lot of solid basketball left to contribute.

***Click the video box above to watch our conversation with Fowles***

Defending champion Seattle will try to become the first WNBA team to win consecutive titles since Los Angeles did it in 2001 and 2002. The Storm still have a strong nucleus with Sue Bird, Breanna Stewart and Jewell Loyd leading the way.

They added veteran Candice Dupree, but need to find replacements for Natasha Howard, who went to New York and Alysha Clark, who went to Washington.

The Storm will have a lot of competition up top. Las Vegas, which lost to Seattle in the WNBA Finals last year, was picked by the league’s GMs to win the title. The Aces were also No. 1 in the preseason AP WNBA power poll. League MVP A’ja Wilson will have a lot of help this season with the returns of Liz Cambage and Kelsey Plum, and the addition of Chelsea Gray.

The league will have a nearly month-long break for the Olympics in July and early August before resuming with the inaugural Commissioner’s Cup championship game on Aug. 12. That game will be played in Phoenix.

The Associated Press contributed to this report