Alyssa Thomas

Thomas tore her Achilles while playing overseas in January of 2021, but she managed to return just in time to contribute for last season's playoffs, where she averaged 13.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists in 25.0 minutes across three games against Chicago. The expectation is that she won't be impacted by the injury in 2022, so she'll have the opportunity to bounce back to the player she was before when she averaged 15.5 points, 9.9 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 2.0 steals in 2020. However, this Sun's squad has plenty of returning talent in the frontcourt - led by reigning MVP Jonquel Jones - and added Courtney Williams this offseason, so there's going to be a lot of competition for major roles on a contending Connecticut team.