Aliyah Boston must unlock this part of her game to take Fever to the next level

The Fever have not had the season most fans imagined the team would have after adding DeWanna Bonner, Natasha Cloud, Sydney Colson, and Sophie Cunningham in the offseason. With a 6-6 record, the Fever currently sit in seventh place in the regular-season standings—behind the Golden State Valkyries. 

Nevertheless, there have been plenty of bright spots. Aliyah Boston’s development is one of those bright spots. In Caitlin Clark’s absence, Boston emerged as one of the best facilitators on the roster, drastically improving her passing and playmaking. Boston’s game is becoming more complete in her third WNBA season.

There is one more skill she can add to her arsenal to help take the Fever to the next level: 3-point shooting. 

Aliyah Boston should try to expand her range

Aliyah Boston is not known as a 3-point threat in the WNBA. The problem isn’t that she can’t make threes. This season, she made three of her six attempts. In her last two games, she took one three each and made both of them. 

Boston can make threes. She just doesn’t take many. Changing that could help take the Fever to the next level.

Boston may not be a consistent big-time scorer, but she is still an integral part of the Fever’s offensive success. She can score in the paint, set great screens, and get the ball to her teammates. If she could expand her range and also consistently space the floor, Boston’s game would be even more complete. 

It would also allow the Fever to utilize her as a facilitator and scoring threat from different spots on the floor, not just the post. That would open up the floor, giving guards like Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell more space to operate, especially considering that Natasha Howard, Damiris Dantas, and Brianna Turner are not great 3-point shooters.

The Fever currently don’t really have a big who can space the floor. Boston could fill that role. That doesn’t mean that she should spend a lot of time away from the paint—the post is where she thrives, so she should continue to get most of her touches in that area. Expanding Boston’s range is more about giving the Fever more flexibility and more options to utilize one of their best players. 

Aliyah Boston is putting together a third consecutive All-Star season 

Aliyah Boston was an All-Star in her first two WNBA seasons. As she continues to get better, she will add another All-Star selection to her resume. The WNBA just released the first returns of the fan voting for the 2025 All-Star Game. Boston ranked third in fan voting behind Caitlin Clark and Napheesa Collier. 

The Fever’s popularity certainly factored into the number of votes she got—Lexie Hull surprisingly ranked ninth, and Sophie Cunningham finished 22nd—but Boston undoubtedly deserves to be an All-Star again. Her stats may look very similar to the previous two seasons, but Boston is growing.