Ex-Baylor star Odyssey Sims returns home with Dallas Wings

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Seven years ago, Odyssey Sims was the hometown girl and co-star of the Dallas Wings, helping introduce the WNBA to a new Texas market.

Five teams and the birth of a child later, Sims is on her second contract of the season in a return to the Wings. She says she's mature enough to call the younger version of herself a bad teammate while now knowing how to be a good one for the current stars of the franchise, Arike Ogunbowale and Satou Sabally.

Odyssey Sims #2 of the Dallas Wings handles the ball during the game against the New York Liberty on June 11, 2023 in Brooklyn, New York. (Catalina Fragoso/NBAE via Getty Images)

The soon-to-be 31-year-old can't stop smiling about the full-circle feeling.

"You have no idea. I’m so happy to be back," Sims said. "If I could literally just smile and talk like this the rest of the season, this is how it would be for real."

When the franchise moved from Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2016, Sims was two years removed from a Baylor career under coach Kim Mulkey that included joining teammate Brittney Griner as the storied program's only three-time All-Americans. Their team won the NCAA title in 2012.

The Wings moved in to a fairly new college arena in Arlington, about halfway between Dallas and Fort Worth. It's not far from another suburb, Irving, where Sims was a high school standout.

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She shared the spotlight with Skylar Diggins-Smith, the No. 3 overall pick in the 2013 draft, a year before Sims went second. But that was just for one season.

A trade to Los Angeles meant two seasons with a reduced role on a championship contender, then another trade