Only up from here for the Valks! 💜⚔️⁣ ⁣ As the WNBA’s first expansion team in nearly 20 years, the Valks shocked the league by snagging the final playoff spot in their inaugural season. 🤩⁣ ⁣ Despite a heartbreaking 75–74 loss to the top-seeded Lynx, head coach Natalie Nakase, freshly crowned WNBA Coach of the Year, made it clear: this is just the beginning. 💪⁣ ⁣ With Nakase at the helm, Most Improved Player Veronica Burton leading the charge, and one of the loudest home crowds in The W, Golden State has its sights set high. 🙌⁣ ⁣ Owner Joe Lacob has already set the goal: a WNBA title within five years. 👀🏆 #thegist⁣ ⁣ (c/o statmuse/x)⁣ ⁣ #wnba #goldenstate #goldenstatevalkyries #valkyries #womenssports #womensbasketball #basketball