Marina Mabrey's trade affects more than just the Sun and Sky. How Gabby Williams, the Atlanta Dream and Connecticut's free agents factor in.
To find an in-season trade as significant as this one, which sees the WNBA's second-best team add a player averaging 14.0 PPG, 4.9 RPG and 4.5 APG, we probably have to go back to 2016. Back then, theBecause the Sky are one of several teams with enough cap space to facilitate taking on more salary than they send back in a trade, it's possible this won't be the last deal we see before the Aug.
Although Carrington and Harris have both enjoyed breakthrough seasons as full-time starters after backing up the Sun's former backcourt duo oflast season, the rest of Connecticut's guard rotation has been lacking. Banham averaged just 12.9 MPG while shooting 38% on 2s, Jefferson played just 61 total minutes before ankle surgery and veteranis shooting an effective field goal percentage of 38%, second lowest among players with at least 100 shot attempts this year.
Per league sources, several teams are in pursuit of veteran forward Gabby Williams, who will be an unrestricted free agent when she finishes representing France in the Olympics. The Sun can now pay Williams, who played collegiately at nearby UConn, more than any other contending team, barring another trade.
Given Connecticut will likely be picking ninth or worse, giving up a 2025 first-round pick isn't much of a price to pay for those upgrades. The Sun are taking more of a risk in 2026, when Chicago can now swap the Phoenix Mercury's first-round pick for Connecticut's.
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