WNBA picks today: Proven experts include Wings-Sky pick in Thursday's best bets

There are only two games in the WNBA Thursday, with the defending champions New York Liberty taking on the league's newest franchise in the Golden State Valkyries, while the Chicago Sky attempt to get their first win of the season over Paige Bueckers and the Dallas Wings. The Liberty are 4-0 to start the new campaign and look like the team to beat once again, as the Valkyries already experienced Tuesday in a 97-65 beatdown. Can Golden State make some adjustments against the reigning champs? The Sky are trying to recover from a tough loss Tuesday against the Phoenix Mercury, where they lost a small halftime lead after allowing 56 points in the second half. The Wings got their first win of the season Tuesday against the Connecticut Sun in a 109-87 rout, with Bueckers dropping 21 points, seven assists and five rebounds. Can she replicate that showing against Chicago?

If you're looking to place bets on Thursday's games, you need to see the best WNBA bets and picks from experts Calvin Wetzel and Aaron Barzilai.

Barzilai is a Ph.D. from Stanford who served as Director of Basketball Analytics for the Philadelphia 76ers. Five years ago, he founded HerHoopStats.com -- a groundbreaking website that unlocks insights about the women's game. Wetzel, the site's lead betting writer, incorporates his mathematical background and strong knowledge of women's hoops to turn the site's prediction model into picks. Wetzel and Barzilai went 202-111-2 (+57.9 units) during the 2024 WNBA season and posted a 147-88-1 (+47.1 units) during the 2024-25 NCAA season. In the 2023 WNBA season, they finished 238-185-1 (+29.5 units).

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