INDIANAPOLIS: Temi Fagbenle, a forward for the Indiana Fever, has experience winning championships both domestically and abroad.
Alongside Lynx veterans Seimone Augustus and Sylvia Fowles, she earned a title in her inaugural season after being drafted to Minnesota in 2017. For personal reasons, she departed the WNBA in 2019 but continued to play basketball in her native Great Britain. In 2023–24, she won the British Basketball League MVP award and guided the London Lions to the EuroCup victory.
Negotiating rights with Fagbenle were acquired by the Fever in a 2021 exchange with the Lynx. Fagbenle made the decision to rejoin the WNBA three years later. Her background is just what the Fever had been lacking. The lone player on the team with a WNBA ring is the 31-year-old.
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Christie Sides, the coach, praised the senior player. “She’s been playing this game for a while; in Minnesota, she had a terrific time with Seimone Augustus, Maya Moore, and Sylvia Fowles. She is now sharing with us the lessons she gained from those guys, which is exactly what we need.”