Another season-ending injury has impacted the WNBA. After missing several weeks due to a knee injury, the Dallas Wings announced Tuesday morning that guard Ty Harris underwent a procedure and will be out for the rest of the year.
The team did not confirm what kind of procedure Harris underwent, only that it was on that left knee that has kept her out of play. Harris played in five games in 2025, after being traded to Phoenix from Connecticut and then to Dallas from Phoenix before the season. She was originally drafted by Dallas in 2020 out of South Carolina, playing three seasons for the Wings before being moved to Connecticut.
This news comes just days after Courtney Vandersloot suffered a season-ending ACL injury, and Harris is the fourth WNBA player to be ruled out for the season due to a knee since training camps started. Georgia Amoore and Katie Lous Samuelson suffered ACL injuries during camp, followed by these two more recent injuries.
Lucas Seehafer of The Next, who did his PHD on the epidemiology of the WNBA, has reported 77 injuries so far in the 2025 WNBA season alone. His findings also report 20 knee injuries total in 2025, the highest rate of injury when categorizing by body part. Players who sit with knee injuries in 2025 miss 15.2 games per injury on average, according to Seehafer’s findings. The next most common injuries in 2025 have been general leg injuries (14) and ankle injuries (11).
The Wings have struggled this season, starting 1-9 in their first 10 games. Paige Bueckers has missed the past four games — three due to a concussion and an additional game due to illness. Wings coach Chris Koclanes confirmed on Monday that Bueckers will be available to play in the team’s Wednesday game. They currently sit in 13th place (last overall) in the standings.
The Harris injury means the Wings are down one experienced point guard, important given that their starter is usually Bueckers, a rookie. Arike Ogunbowale had a rough start to her season, but is slowly getting her points per game average back to a number that looks more like her usual. She is currently scoring 19.1 points per game, slightly below her career average of 20.4 points per game. It will be interesting to see how having Bueckers back in the lineup affects that.
For now, the question remains if the Wings will blow up their team during the season, or take the loss and head back to the draft next year. With the mass exodus of free agents coming up in this offseason, there is an argument for trading some of the Wings’ older players in exchange for young talent already locked in for next season. There have also been questions about the Wings’ coaching staff, with both fans and analysts wondering if they could be fired midseason, and now this latest injury just adds another negative to the Wings’ already bad season.
