Valkyries’ Gabby Williams gets last laugh after ‘no stars’ talk in 2025

After just two seasons in existence, the Golden State Valkyries are WNBA champions . Thanks to Gabby Williams’ Game 7 heroics, the Valkyries overcame the Atlanta Dream 68-63 in a closely contested WNBA Finals. After a surprising run to make the playoffs last season in their debut campaign as an expansion team, the talk around the Valkyries was that they had no “stars.” Williams brought up that talk during her postgame interview and threw it back in their doubters’ faces upon winning the championship. “All it took was good people. That’s it.