{"id":736346,"date":"2026-07-01T06:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T06:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/736346\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T06:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T06:12:09","slug":"did-the-dallas-wings-make-a-mistake-parting-ways-with-j-j-quinerly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/736346\/","title":{"rendered":"Did the Dallas Wings make a mistake parting ways with J.J. Quinerly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5e\">There&#8217;s nothing more that West Virginia Mountaineers fans love to see than one of their former stars making a name for themselves at the professional level. Which is what made it such a treat to see J.J. Quinerly <a href=\"https:\/\/hailwv.com\/jj-quinerly-looks-to-record-rare-achievement-in-wnba-rookie-season-01k1hcwsp81e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shine brightly<\/a> during her rookie season in the WNBA in 2025, before her year was brought to a swift end due to injury.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5h\">There were high hopes among WVU women&#8217;s basketball fans that Quinerly would bounce back from her injury better than ever and continue to make waves at the professional level, but earlier this month, she suffered a setback to those plans. After <a href=\"https:\/\/hailwv.com\/j-j-quinerly-s-struggling-to-find-playing-time-early-in-her-second-wnba-season\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">not finding her way back into the lineup <\/a>much at all this season following her injury and a coaching change, the Wings <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wboy.com\/goldandbluenation\/wvuhoops\/jj-quinerly-waived-by-dallas-wings\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">waived Quinerly from the roster<\/a> in June.<\/p>\n<p>J.J. Quinerly will prove the Wings incorrect with her grit<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5n\">There are few women&#8217;s basketball players more hard-nosed or more gritty than Quinerly. In a lot of aspects, she calls to mind Jevon Carter as a male counterpart. And similarly to how Carter has established a role in the league despite other factors working against him, Quinerly feels like a player who will wor her way back into the spotlight once she has been gifted an opportunity.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5q\">It&#8217;s understandable why the Wings made the move they did. They have a roster stacked with blue-chip talent fresh out of the WNBA Draft, and several impeccable veterans who have proved their worth over many years. Currently, they&#8217;re at a different level than Quinerly. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5t\">But Quinerly also wasn&#8217;t supposed to make it this level at all. She fought on the court to play her way into being drafted in the third-round, and then fought and clawed to beat out talent that was evaluated to be at a higher level to earn a roster spot. Then, she dazzled fans with an impressive rookie performance that earned her a starting role. And given another opportunity, it&#8217;s easy to believe she&#8217;s able to do that all again.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow hailwv.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=hailwv.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s nothing more that West Virginia Mountaineers fans love to see than one of their former stars making&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-736346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}