The Minnesota Lynx arguably had the greatest dynasty in WNBA history. They won four championship titles and made six Finals appearances between 2011 and 2017. With Seimone Augustus, Maya Moore, Lindsay Whalen, and Rebekkah Brunson leading the team the entire time, the addition of Sylvia Fowles made 2015 a standout season for the Lynx.

Besides sharing 4 WNBA championship titles, there were several accolades that these veterans received during their professional basketball careers in the WNBA, which is well known to everyone. But, where are they now? What are they doing in the present day? Let’s explore.

Maya Moore

Alongside 4 championships, Maya Moore made 6 Finals appearances and won an MVP title, a Finals MVP title, Rookie of the Year, 6x All-Stars, 3x All-Star Game MVPs, and a scoring title, to name a few.

She was in her prime when she decided to step away from the game, to serve a purpose much bigger than winning championships. In 2019, Moore announced through The Players Tribune that she was to miss the upcoming WNBA season that year to focus on her family and ministry dreams.

Again in January 2020, Moore made the same announcement and added that she would miss the 2020 Olympic Games as well to focus on her advocacy for criminal justice reform. The results of her efforts were visible in 2020 itself as she was able to get Jonathan Irons, who is now her husband, released from a wrongfully convicted 50-year prison sentence, of which he had already served 23.5 years in jail.

It was only in 2023 January that Moore made her retirement official. Today, Moore is continuing her social reform work through her non-profit, Win With Justice, which she founded in 2017 which focuses on making prosecutorial reform and is enjoying her time as a mother as well.

Seimone Augustus

Drafted as the first overall pick by the Lynx in 2006, Seimone Augustus built a great legacy with a 14-year WNBA career. As a high school freshman, she was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated for Women with the headline, ‘Is She the Next Michael Jordan?’

Her 2009 and 2010 seasons were filled with injuries and medical issues. She first had a season-ending ACL injury followed by medical discrepancies as she was forced to undergo surgery to remove fibroid tumors. She finally found her strength and came back in 2011 and joined the core members of the team. She led the team in scoring, helping the Lynx to a league-best 27-7 overall record.

Doing the full circle, Augustus has returned to where she started her basketball journey. She has recently been appointed as an assistant coach and member of LSU’s women’s basketball staff. The announcement of her return was made by head coach Kim Mulkey.

“It is an exciting day for the LSU Women’s Basketball program to bring Seimone Augustus back to join our staff. As a player at LSU, Seimone helped transform the program as the best player in the nation. She brought LSU to national prominence. She will be a tremendous member on our staff as someone with great experience who has excelled at every level of the game from high school in Baton Rouge to college to the WNBA to the Olympics,” Kim Mulkey said in the announcement.

Augustus, who led the program to 3 straight Final Fours as a player has returned to the Tigers in a rejuvenated style, carrying loads of experience and wisdom to share with the young athletes. “Life always guides you to where you belong. Thus, my path has led me home,” said Augustus.

Lindsay Whalen

Another member of the legendary dynasty, Lindsay Whalen was drafted 4th overall by the Connecticut Sun in the 2004 WNBA draft. As a rookie, she was one of the players to be selected to play in the historic WNBA vs. USA Basketball game. She joined Minnesota in 2010. In her second season with the Lynx, Whalen gathered her supporting cast including Augustus, Brunson, Montgomery, and Moore, and led the Lynx to its first WNBA championship.

She led the league in assists with 5.9 per game, finishing fifth in MVP voting. She became the second player in the league to record 4000 points, 1500 assists, and 1000 rebounds in her career after Becky Hammon. In her 15-career, Whalen made 8 trips to the Finals, adding another accolade to her record-setting digits to the league’s history.

Having to do it all, Whalen announced her retirement in 2018 and stepped in as a college basketball coach at her alma mater, Minnesota University, and served the position for 5 years until last year when she stepped down from the position.

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