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Which Out WNBA Player Are You Based on Your Sign?


One half of the renowned Chicago Sky “Vanderquigs” duo alongside Gemini wife Allie Quigley, Courtney Vandersloot is a February-born water-bearer. The Aquarian met her future wife playing against each other in Slovakia, and found herself impressed by the easy comfort she felt upon getting to know Quigley. 

“I just don’t like small talk,” Vandersloot explained in a 2019 Sports Illustrated feature, “and I never felt that with her.” 

In 2018, Vandersloot and Quigley married in Seattle (“It was cool,” Vandersloot remarked succinctly of the event). Though the portmanteau-nicknamed power couple is certifiably #relationshipgoals, independent-minded fixed air sign Vandersloot has some words of caution for those who may follow in their footsteps.

“We’re lucky to be in the position that we are, but it’s not for everyone,” she told the Seattle Times. We wouldn’t recommend it by any means because you do spend a lot of time — maybe too much time — with each other. We happen to handle it well. But I wouldn’t recommend it.”

Recommended or not, the Vanderquigs handle not only their work/life balance but also the ball extraordinarily well: in 2020, Vandersloot broke the WNBA record for most assists in a single game by passing to her wife for a three-pointer.

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After helping the Washington Mystics win their first-ever WNBA championship in 2019, Pisces guard Natasha Cloud chose to forego the 2020 season, paying back her year’s salary to prioritize social justice work, and penning a powerful message on Instagram

“I am more than an athlete. I have a responsibility to myself, to my community, and to my future children to fight for something that is much bigger than myself and the game of basketball,” Cloud wrote. “I will instead continue the fight on the front lines for social reform, because until black lives matter, all lives can’t matter.” 

Returning to the court in 2021, she sadly became the league’s first player to be sidelined by COVID-19 safety protocols this year after only two games. Hopefully Jupiter’s return to Pisces in autumn will bring smoother waters for this February fish.

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