Another young WNBA star has suffered a training camp injury

The Washington Mystics bitten and hard the Washington Mystics. One day after he announced that Georgia Amoore, the No. 6 election in the WNBA design of 2025, had suffered a left -wing ACL injury, the team said that Aaliyah Edwards would also be aligned.

In Edwards, in the No. 6 selection in the WNBA design of 2024, a consequence with a lower back was diagnosed according to the mystics. The team announced that it will be re -evaluated in two weeks.

Edwards had a solid rookie season with the mystics with an average of 7.6 points and 5.6 rebounds. She followed with a strong unrivaled season, in which she fell on the second-placed 1-to-1 tournament in three games on Napheesa Collier.

While the mystics are continuing their reconstruction this year, Edwards should make another jump.

The regular season game of the Mystics is planned for Friday, May 16. Depending on how her recovery works, the 22-year-old was able to miss this start.

The Washington Mystics have already lost two young players through injuries

It was an injury -stretched first day of the training camp. In addition to Amoore and Edwards, the Las Vegas Aces announced that striker Megan Gustafson had excreted an indefinite period with an injury to the lower leg.

Amoore's injury seems to be most serious-and marks the latest ACL injury, which was suffered by a top-class women's basketball player. The USC players of Juju Watkins and Seattle Storm, Nika Muhl and Jordan Horston tore their acls in the offseason from WNBA. Muhl played abroad while Horston played Unlimited in athletes.

If Edwards fails longer, other young mystics could get a chance. Kiki Irafen, No. 4 of the mystics, could see a few minutes in the early season at forward place. And Amoores Randing sets the Sonia Citron more cargo in the first round in the first round and may create an opportunity for the draft pick of the second round Lucy Olsen to make the squad.