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Valkyries’ Gabby Williams lashes out at WNBA media treatment of her after team’s success

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Botte, P. (2026, October 17). Valkyries’ Gabby Williams lashes out at WNBA media treatment of her after team’s success. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/17/sports/valkyries-gabby-williams-lashes-out-at-wnba-media-treatment-of-her-after-teams-success/

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Gabby Williams of the Connecticut Sun-led Valkyries, now in their second year, expresses dissatisfaction with media coverage despite leading her team to the WNBA Finals. In an interview before Saturday’s game against the Atlanta Dream, Williams notes that while she appreciates current praise from the media and fellow players for her performance this season—including scoring a career-high 14.4 points per game during the regular season and averaging 22.7 ppg in playoffs—she has long felt undervalued by sports journalists.

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Gabby Williams, a veteran forward for the Dallas Valkyries, is expressing frustration with media coverage despite leading her team to the WNBA Finals in their second year of existence. The 30-year-old player, who has averaged an impressive 22.7 points per game during the playoffs, feels that she hasn’t received adequate recognition earlier in her nine-year career. Williams signed a free-agent contract with the Valkyries in April after playing for the Chicago Sky and Seattle Storm previously.

The Valkyries posted a 32-12 regular-season record, with Williams finishing as the runner-up for Defensive Player of the Year, averaging 14.4 points per game. She recently led her team to a three-game sweep over the Las Vegas Aces in the semifinals. Despite these achievements, Williams says she doesn’t care about media praise and feels that it has come too late in her career.

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“Article A discusses Gabby Williams' comments about media treatment, while Article B reports on the Valkyries winning Game 1 of the WNBA Finals against Atlanta Dream.”

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Gabby Williams has led the Valkyries to the WNBA Finals in their second year of existence, but the veteran forward isn’t reciprocating the love she’s been getting from the media after feeling slighted earlier in her nine-year professional career. asserted

she → lead → career

“The media’s never respected me. asserted

media → respect → me

I’ve never expected them to. asserted

them → expect → ?

So that’s always been in the back of my head,” Williams told reporters ahead of Saturday’s series opener against the Atlanta Dream. asserted

Williams → tell → Dream

“Not in the back of my head, but I’ve never paid any mind to it. asserted

I → pay → it

“So, if media’s praising me now, I don’t care.” asserted

I → praise → me

The 30-year-old Williams signed a free-agent contract with the Valkyries in April after splitting her first eight years in the league between the Sky and the Storm. asserted

Williams → sign → Sky

The team posted a 32-12 regular-season record, with the two-time All-Star averaging a team-high and career-best 14.4 points per game and finishing as the runner-up for Defensive Player of the Year. asserted

Star → post → Year

She has upped that scoring average to 22.7 ppg in eight playoff contests, including a three-game sweep of the Las Vegas Aces in the semifinals. “What has touched me the most has been, like, I’m hugging [Aces star] Jewell [Lloyd] after the game and we beat them, and she’s telling me ‘this is your moment now,'” Williams, who played collegiately at UConn, said. asserted

who → up → UConn

“Paige [Bueckers of Dallas] reached out to me, AC [Ally Clark of Dallas] reached out to me. asserted

AC → reach → me

All these players who have seen closely what I have gone through my entire career, and who have reached out to me in support. asserted

who → see → support

That’s really touched me.” asserted

That → touch → me

Williams was the fourth overall pick by the Sky in the 2018 Draft; she made the All-Star team for the first time last season with Seattle. asserted

she → make → Seattle

Valkyries’ Gabby Williams lashes out at WNBA media treatment of her after team’s success

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