Around the WNBA Regular Season Thread. 2026

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Portland Fire

@theportlandfire
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40m


Portland has acquired the 17th pick in the 2026 WNBA Draft from the Chicago Sky in exchange for the 21st pick.Portland has agreed to not select a player from Chicago’s unprotected list during the 2026 Expansion Draft.

 

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ESPN
@espn
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Breaking: Angel Reese is being traded to the Atlanta Dream. The Dream are trading a 2027 first-round pick and 2028 first-round pick to the Chicago Sky for the two-time All-Star and 2028 second-round swap rights, sources tell
@kendra__andrews
.

Prime Video first reported that the teams agreed to a trade involving Reese.

 

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Yahoo Sports

@YahooSports
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1h
Angel Reese did NOT request a trade from the Sky, per
@alexaphilippou
and
@kendra__andrews
.

Reese's team "worked closely" with the Sky to find her a new home, and there was "no contention" between the two parties

 

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Underdog WNBA


@UnderdogWNBA
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39m



Ariel Atkins has received Core qualifying offer from the Sky

 

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Underdog WNBA

@UnderdogWNBA
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40m
Bridget Carleton has received Core qualifying offer from the Fire.

 

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Underdog WNBA

@UnderdogWNBA
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Arike Ogunbowale has received Core qualifying offer from the Wings.

 

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Alexa Philippou
@alexaphilippou
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2h
Players who have been cored by their teams:

Atlanta: Allisha Gray
Chicago: Ariel Atkins
Dallas: Arike Ogunbowale
Indiana: Kelsey Mitchell
LA: Kelsey Plum
Minnesota: Napheesa Collier
NY: Sabrina Ionescu
Portland: Bridget Carleton
Seattle: Ezi Magbegor
Toronto: Marina Mabrey

 

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Dallas Wings
@DallasWings
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2h
More Li Yueru hoops OTW ️

Li Yueru has officially signed her qualifying offer with the Dallas Wings.

 

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Annie Costabile

@AnnieCostabile
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2h
Nneka Ogwumike is on a planned visit with the Minnesota Lynx, a source familiar tells me. The leaked balloon video was not news that the WNBA MVP will be joining the Lynx.

She will be meeting with multiple teams

 

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Alexa Philippou
@alexaphilippou
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28m
TRADE: Diamond Miller has been sent from the Dallas Wings to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for Rayah Marshall -- a move that should open up some cap room for the Dallas.

 

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Yahoo Sports


@YahooSports




Expansion teams in Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia have been approved by the WNBA and NBA Board of Governors, the WNBA announced Thursday.Cleveland will begin play in 2028, with Detroit and Philadelphia starting in 2029 and 2030 respectively

 

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Ball Don’t Lie

@Balldontlie
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2h
Gabby Williams is not expected to return to the Seattle Storm, per
@robertawbb
.

Williams was on the Storm for four seasons. Where is she headed next?

 

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Yahoo Sports

@YahooSports
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1h
BREAKING: The Toronto Tempo have agreed to terms with guards Marina Mabrey and Brittney Sykes, per
@alexaphilippou
.

With both players agreeing to two-year max contracts, Mabrey and Skyes will become the first known million dollar backcourt pairing in the WNBA.

 

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Yahoo Sports

@YahooSports
·
39m
BREAKING: 3x WNBA All-Star Kelsey Mitchell is finalizing a one-year, $1.4M supermax agreement to return to the Indiana Fever, per
@chiney


Mitchell is now the first $1M+ player in Fever history.

 

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Yahoo Sports
@YahooSports
·
29m



BREAKING: Chelsea Gray is finalizing a 3-year, multi-million dollar deal to stay with the Aces, per@Callie__Fin. The 4x WNBA champ is locked in with the Aces through the 2028 season

 

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Alexa Philippou
@alexaphilippou
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13h
Confirming
@SheKnowsSports
: 10x All-Star Brittney Griner is signing a seven-figure deal to join the Connecticut Sun, sources confirmed to ESPN.

A massive get for the Sun in their final year in CT. BG is also from Houston as the Sun franchise preps to relocate to the city in 2027