Dallas: Walker, Destinee Waived New York Liberty: Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe QO Extended Atlanta Dream: Nia Coffey Sign Regular Contract The Sparks re-signed her on June 30 and she played . Chicago Sky: Kahleah Copper Core QO Extended, Dallas Wings: Luisa Geiselsoder Waivers Cleared, New York Liberty: Paris Kea QO Extended June 28, 2020 Washington: Gustafson, Megan Waived Since her preseason release from the Seattle Storm, Cunane had . Connecticut Sun: Stephanie Jones Sign Training Camp Contract, Los Angeles Sparks: Tea Cooper Sign Training Camp Contract, Atlanta Dream: Megan Walker Awarded on Waivers Atlanta: Billings, Monique Sign Regular Contract Indiana: Caldwell, Maya Sign Regular Contract Las Vegas: Hollingshed, Mya Waived Menu. And Seattle is the farthest city in the country for someone to get to. Minnesota: Bibby, Chloe Waived That is typically during the preseason of a player's third year in the league. Phoenix: Williams, Macee Waived Minnesota: McBride, Kayla Suspended Partial Season The four teams who miss the playoffs in a given season, or the current holder of their first-round pick, make up the first four picks of the next draft, and the order of those teams is selected via the draft lottery. For a player completing their rookie contract, the qualifying offer must be for one year with a base salary of 105% of their fourth-year base salary, plus an additional $10,000 for any player who met either of the following criteria: The restricted qualifying offer for all other players is a one-year contract with a base salary equal to the higher of the player's most recent base salary or the league minimum given the player's years of service. This is because the complete salary cap hit of a player is transferred to their new team when they are traded, even if the other team has paid a large portion of the players salary for that season. The exception is cored players. Reserved qualifying offers are covered below. If the injury occurs on or after July 1, the team can apply for the exclusion on the second anniversary of the injury. Las Vegas: Hollingshed, Mya Waivers Cleared For example, if a player is under contract for 30 of the 107 days in a hypothetical regular season, they are entitled to 28% (30/107) of their base salary. 68 NBA players make more than the entire WNBA roster Phoenix: Gustafson, Megan Sign Training Camp Contract Phoenix Mercury: Kia Nurse QO Extended Training camp contracts are meant to allow teams to check out many potential players in the preseason and are never included in a team's final salary. The new team negotiates this offer sheet with the knowledge that if the previous team doesn't decide to match the offer, then the contract is immediately enacted with the new team. Minnesota Lynx: Angel McCoughtry Sign Regular Contract Minnesota Lynx: Anna Cruz QO Extended Indiana Fever: Bria Hartley Traded from Phoenix Mercury** Teams may trade most players as well as the exclusive rights to negotiate with drafted and reserved players without the player agreeing to it. A sign-and-trade is an agreement made between a player, their team, and a team they will be traded to. This guarantee level is based on all contracts that count on a team's salary by the conclusion of the season. For example, Brittney Griner was cored in January of 2020 and signed a three-year contract with Phoenix that runs through the 2022 season. Connecticut: Jordan Lewis Sign Rookie Scale Contract These are often referred to as temporary or partial suspensions, even if they last the full season. Phoenix: Davis, Kaela Hardship Release, Phoenix: Davis, Kaela Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) New York: Xu, Han Sign Training Camp Contract Los Angeles: Burrell, Rae Sign Rookie Scale Contract Any player who played more than two-thirds of the season for a playoff team but did not end the season on the roster will earn a $250 bonus, regardless of any prorated salary, or where their prior team finishes. This includes injuries that occur while playing for national teams and international professional teams. Aside from coach Noelle Quinn changing some of the terminology, she found the system easy to pick back up. Dallas Wings: Imani McGee-Stafford Rights Renounced First-round and second-round picks are scheduled to receive a 10% increase in their third season and a 13.64% increase in their fourth season. Trade bonuses are additional payments for players who are traded from one team to another. Atlanta: McDonald, Aari Team Option Exercised, Los Angeles: Ogwumike, Chiney Sign Regular Contract Las Vegas trades the contract of Dearica Hamby and Las Vegass own 2024 1st round draft pick to Los Angeles in exchange for the exclusive negotiating rights to Amanda Zahui B. and Los Angeless own 2024 2nd round draft pick. Los Angeles: Samuelson, Katie Lou Suspended Partial Season Indiana: Robinson, Danielle Set Active Indiana: Robinson, Danielle Suspended Partial Season Los Angeles: Smith, Kianna Sign 7-Day 1st Contract New York: Carrera, Raquel Traded Exclusive Negotiating Rights from Atlanta** There are 1,001 possible sets of four, ranging from 1-2-3-4 to 1-2-3-5 to 11-12-13-14. The 72-hour timeline does not begin until any waived players clear waivers, so in practice this could give the team 120 hours. Las Vegas Aces: Aja Wilson Sign Regular Contract Veterans who have finished their contract with four or fewer years of service and do not receive the appropriate qualifying offer become unrestricted free agents. Teams can choose to include injury protection in someone's contract, but exclude certain reinjuries or limit the amount a player can get paid if they are reinjured. If the exclusive negotiation rights to a drafted player are traded, the new team retains the exact same rights as the drafting team. Atlanta Dream: Erica Wheeler Traded from Los Angeles Sparks* However, players who are traded to a new team are no longer counted on their old team's salary cap. Chicago: Taylor, Sparkle Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Seattle Storm: Karlie Samuelson QO Not Extended 50% of a player's salary in 2020), it is very rare. Connecticut Sun: Beatrice Mompremier Sign Training Camp Contract, Indiana Fever: Lindsay Allen QO Extended If the league expands in the future, it could become 'Picks 9-14' or similar. *Phoenix trades the contract of Kia Vaughn to Atlanta in exchange for Atlantas own 2023 3rd round draft pick. The base salaries, meaning salary without any bonuses, are fully specified for each draft pick for every draft governed by this CBA. This got the Fever, a team under the team minimum, closer to that benchmark and lessened the shortfall the team owed its players by about $45,000. This is true even if the player is cut in training camp before their first season which regularly happens to 2nd and 3rd round draft picks. Yesterday, the Lynx traded their eighth and 13th overall picks to the Las Vegas Aces in exchange for the Ace's 2023 first and second round picks. Storm general manager Talisa Rhea is there to pick her up for the 16-mile drive to Climate Pledge Arena in rush-hour traffic, perhaps a bit muted by people leaving early ahead of the three-day weekend. LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Sparks terminated the hardship contracts of Bria Holmes and Karlie Samuelson, the team announced today. Indiana: Destanni Henderson Required Tender Made The Indiana Fever announced today the team signed 2020 WNBA Rookie of the Year Crystal Dangerfield to a hardship exception contract. Hardship is a way for a team to go beyond the typical 15-player roster limit during the regular season for a limited time due to extreme need. Connecticut: Holmes, Joyner Waivers Cleared *Los Angeles trades the contract of Erica Wheeler, Los Angeless own 2022 2nd round draft pick (#15) and Los Angeless own 2023 1st round draft pick to Atlanta in exchange for the contract of Chennedy Carter and the draft rights to Li Yueru. New York: Dangerfield, Crystal QO Extended While partial salary protection is allowed for a single season (i.e. Westbrook was . In 2023, arriving late to training camp due to offseason playing obligations will result in a fine of 1% of a player's base salary for each day of camp that they miss. Players with two or fewer years of service are at the lowest level, while players with three or more years of service have a higher minimum base salary. Waived by Las Vegas. In a normal season, there would be no cap hit because one wouldn't expect players to be paid a month before the season starts. 4:30 p.m. PT: Williams' flight arrives at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport gates about two and a half hours before tip-off. **Chicago signs and trades the contract of Lexie Brown to Los Angeles in exchange for the draft rights to Li Yueru. Connecticut: Holmes, Joyner Sign ROS Contract, Connecticut: Holmes, Joyner 7-Day Contract Release Connecticut: Washington, Delicia Waivers Cleared Minnesota: Milic, Nikolina Sign 7-Day 1st Contract Phoenix: Mael Gilles Sign Training Camp Contract This means that a player who goes undrafted and then signs either a replacement or seven-day contract in their first year would then be governed by a rookie contract when they are signed to a standard contract. Seattle alone has added three different players -- including Kaela Davis twice -- as protocols necessitated hardship replacements. Connecticut: Jones, Jazmine Sign 7-Day 2nd Contract Minnesota: Allen, Lindsay Sign Training Camp Contract The CBA specifies that the payments begin on or around June 1 and continue until approximately September 15. Indiana: Ameshya Williams-Holliday Required Tender Made, Atlanta: Naz Hillmon Required Tender Made Chicago: Maley, Anneli Waivers Cleared Because she spends the winter playing internationally -- she spent last season with the Adelaide Lightning of the Australian WNBL -- and hopes to spend her summer in the WNBA (she was with the Phoenix Mercury before being waived during training camp), Williams is living with her parents. This means that if a team trades for a player with a $100,000 base salary who has already been paid half of their salary, they will need to have room for the full $100,000 of their salary on their cap even though they only owe the player $50,000. Dallas Wings: Teaira McCowan Traded from Indiana Fever* Minnesota: Davis, Rennia Waivers Cleared Washington Burke, Kennedy Set Active Dallas: Bertsch, Morgan Waivers Cleared Minnesota: Allen, Lindsay Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) The offer sheet must be for more than one season. This means that the previous team will be given the opportunity to match a contract that the restricted free agent has agreed to in principle with another team. She was waived on May 19, 2006 when she failed to make Houston's regular-season roster. Teams may be below the minimum before the season and throughout the season with no penalty. Las Vegas: Young, Jackie Contract Amendment Time-Off Bonus 47 6 thatphanom.techno@gmail.com 042-532028 , 042-532027 Yes, they do. Seattle: Williams, Gabby QO Extended Indiana: Nared, Jaime Waivers Cleared This will always be home. If a player signs any contract, whether it is the qualifying offer or a negotiated contract, while under the core designation, they will be considered that team's one allowable cored player until the contract expires, is terminated, or is traded. If their prior team chooses to match the offer, the player remains with that team. Ellissa Cunane signed a hardship deal with the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx on Tuesday. Phoenix: Davis, Kaela Sign ROS Contract (Hardship), Phoenix: Turner, Yvonne Hardship Release Washington: Williams, Elizabeth Suspended Partial Season Minnesota: McCoughtry, Angel Waived Chicago: Tahane, Emmanuelle Waivers Cleared This stops teams from passing off a player so another team can get the rights to core the player or sign them to a supermax as a free agent. Indiana: Patberg, Ali Waivers Cleared Los Angeles: Samuelson, Katie Lou Sign Contract Extension Connecticut: Smith, Kiara Sign Rookie Scale Contract, Connecticut: Hayes, Tiffany Traded Exclusive Negotiating Rights1, Chicago: Ndour-Fall, Astou Sign Regular Contract 1-4 in the 2022 WNBA Draft, the base salary is expected to be $72,141 in year one. Both situations affect the terms of the player's contract when they do eventually join the WNBA team. Minnesota: Watts, Stephanie Sign Training Camp Contract 2007 (option) $728,000. The qualifying offer is for the applicable minimum base salary, not protected, and for one year. Seattle: Gray, Reshanda Waived She had a breakout game on June 24, when she . Phoenix Mercury: Shey Peddy Sign Training Camp Contract Minnesota: Westbrook, Evina Waivers Cleared Teams must have at least 11 players on their rosters throughout the season. Chicago: Williams, Courtney Sign Regular Contract Dallas Wings: Morgan Bertsch Sign Training Camp Contract Minnesota: McCoughtry, Angel Waivers Cleared Phoenix: Simms, Jennie Sign 7-Day 1st Contract Atlanta: Caldwell, Maya Hardship Release If a trade bonus is arranged in a contract that is part of a sign & trade, the trade bonus is not paid until the second time the contract is traded. The Collective Bargaining Agreement, is the agreement between the WNBA and the WNBA Players Association. Only players with six or more years of service at the time the contract is signed may receive a trade bonus. Chicago Sky: Crystal Bradford Waivers Cleared, Phoenix Mercury: Kristine Anigwe Sign Training Camp Contract. To be clear, almost all players who are already under contract internationally are not inhibited from signing with a WNBA team, because other leagues typically don't interfere with the WNBA's standard May-October schedule. The rights to suspended players with no playing time remaining on their contracts can also be traded for any reason, but likely not during the season for which they were suspended. Taylor, who married Mercury star Diana Taurasi in 2017, played 10 seasons for the Mercury from 2004-16 before retiring. Phoenix: Cunningham, Sophie Sign Regular Contract Las Vegas Aces: Kalani Brown Sign Training Camp Contract, Washington Mystics: Rui Machida Sign Training Camp Contract, Phoenix Mercury: Leaonna Odom Sign Training Camp Contract, Chicago Sky: Rebekah Gardner Sign Training Camp Contract, New York Liberty: Leaonna Odom Waivers Cleared Connecticut Sun: Natisha Hiedeman QO Extended If the core qualifying offer is not extended or is withdrawn, the player will become either a restricted or unrestricted free agent as appropriate. Minnesota: Hannah Sjerven Required Tender Made What is a hardship exception? This is functionally similar to reserved players, in that the player may only negotiate with their prior team, but there is no corresponding qualifying offer. Indiana: Cannon, Emma Sign Regular Contract Minnesota: Sjerven, Hannah Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Minnesota: Chloe Bibby Sign Training Camp Contract For the Lakers, it would pave the way for them to sign a player to a 10-day contract. Indiana: Williams-Holliday, Ameshya Sign Rookie Scale Contract, Indiana: Emma Cannon Waivers Cleared Connecticut: Lewis, Jordan Waivers Cleared Minnesota: Collier, Napheesa Sign Contract Extension Seattle: Burke, Kennedy Waived The first possible reason is that a player simply doesn't want to play for the team that drafted them. For example, this means a 2020 second-round pick who doesn't sign until 2021 would sign for the 2021 base salary for second-rounders, $61,543, instead of the 2020 base salary, $59,750. Therefore, once a player is cut from their rookie contract they become an unrestricted free agent who is no longer governed by the rookie scale. Anyone who holds out for 21 or more days also does not earn a year of service even if they play the rest of the season. Giselle Jacobs knows hardship. "Honestly, it wasn't anything difficult," Williams said of Friday's journey. Seattle: Williams, Kiana Hardship Release, Indiana: Smith, Alanna Waivers Cleared There are a number of ways players can earn the supermax. Chicago: Gardner, Rebekah Sign Regular Contract Las Vegas Aces: Clarissa Dos Santos Rights Renounced, New York Liberty: Paris Kea Sign Training Camp Contract Connecticut: Williams, Courtney Suspended Partial Season From February 1 until the last day of the regular season, players may sign all types of contracts, with the caveat that all standard contracts signed after the midpoint of the regular season become fully guaranteed. Chicago: Tahane, Emmanuelle Waived Seattle: Giacone, Jenna Waived Las Vegas: Mya Hollingshed- Required Tender Made *Indiana trades Teaira McCowan, Chicagos 2022 1st round draft pick (#7), and Chicagos 2023 1st round draft pick to Dallas in exchange for Los Angeless 2022 1st round draft pick (#4), Dallass 2022 1st round draft pick (#6), and Dallass 2023 1st round draft pick. However, if they are drafted again by the same team, they will have to go through the process of remaining out of the professional game for one more season. Phoenix: Gray, Reshanda 7-Day Contract Release Examples of topics are cash compensation, salary cap, and disciplines. Indiana: Allen, Lindsay Waivers Cleared Indiana: Queen Egbo Required Tender Made Minnesota: Allen, Lindsay Sign 7-Day 1st Contract Seattle Storm: Sue Bird Sign Regular Contract A hardship exception is a temporary roster spot granted to a team who has met the qualifications mentioned. Las Vegas: Kierstan Bell Sign Rookie Scale Contract Minnesota: Bibby, Chloe Waivers Cleared Washington: Benzan, Katie Waived Indiana: Queen Egbo Sign Rookie Scale Contract Indiana: Erin Whalen Sign Training Camp Contract Minnesota Lynx: Natasha Mack Sign Training Camp Contract Chicago: Kayla Wells Sign Training Camp Contract Atlanta Dream: Tiffany Hayes Sign Regular Contract They can extend their contract for up to three years bringing them to a total of the first seven years of their career. Seattle: Magbegor, Ezi Sign Regular Contract, Phoenix: Gustafson, Megan Sign Training Camp Contract Minnesota: Ursin, Moon Waivers Cleared Seattle: Evina Westbrook Sign Rookie Scale Contract The Lynx have signed Rennia Davis, who they selected with the ninth overall pick in the 2021 WNBA Draft, to a hardship contract. This means a team who is negotiating with someone with a history of ACL tears could make a deal with the player to not pay them their protected salary (or a fraction of it) if the player once again injures their ACL. **Chicago is signing and trading Diamond DeShields to Phoenix. New York: Lorela Cubaj Sign Rookie Scale Contract It is mentioned, but not required, that the payments may be in proportion to salary. Los Angeles: Zahui B., Amanda Suspended Full Season Between February 1 and the first day of the regular season, teams may sign players to one-year, non-guaranteed, minimum salaries that aren't added to the salary cap until the first day of the regular season when they become standard contracts if they aren't terminated. There are also additional requirements for non-basketball related injuries, mostly limiting which activities are deemed too dangerous for players to take part in without written consent from the team. Players are also still allowed to arrive late or leave temporarily during the season to represent their national teams in major international competitions without violating these rules, as long as it's for no more than two weeks of training before the relevant competition begins and they return to their WNBA team within 48 hours of their national team's play being completed. New York: Johannes, Marine Sign ROS Contract New York: Dangerfield, Crystal Sign ROS Contract As an example, if a player enrolls in college at the age of 17 in the Fall of 2021, they would be eligible for the 2025 draft at age 21 even if they do not graduate. Eligibility for each level is governed by the number of years of service a player has among other criteria. Atlanta: Hillsman, Khaalia Waived, Las Vegas: Brown, Kalani Waivers Cleared Los Angeles: Cooper, Tea Waived It is unclear whether or not the league would pay players these bonuses if the festivities had to be canceled on short notice after the participants had been selected. Westbrook, a 6-0 guard, was drafted 21st overall by the Seattle Storm in the 2022 WNBA Draft and registered 18 points, five rebounds and three assists in the two preseason games she appeared. Minnesota: Sjerven, Hannah Waivers Cleared Connecticut: Cole, Taja Waivers Cleared Las Vegas: Kierstan Bell Required Tender Made All three parties need to agree to the conditions of a sign-and-trade agreement or the agreement becomes void and the situation reverts to before the new contract was signed. This combination of rules stops a team from matching the offer sheet to a player solely to use that player as a trade chip without the player having a say in their destination. In 2021, Jones signed a training camp contract with Connecticut and made the team roster. Coring and reserving players requires the player's previous team to extend some form of qualifying offer to retain the exclusive negotiating rights to the player, while those rights automatically go to the team for suspended - contract expired players. Phoenix: Simms, Jennie Sign Training Camp Contract Any player on an expiring contract with three or fewer years of service is eligible to receive a reserved qualifying offer. Connecticut: Charles, Kaila Waived Phoenix: Cannon, Emma Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Chicago: Smalls, Kamiah Waivers Cleared Minnesota: Kayla Jones Required Tender Made Seattle: Elissa Cunane Required Tender Made Los Angeles: Atwell, Amy Waived Phoenix Mercury: Tina Charles Sign Regular Contract After a high school career that made her the nation's top-ranked point guard, she played college basketball for the UConn Huskies. As a second option, players younger than 22 are eligible to enter the draft if they have graduated from a four-year university or will graduate from a four-year university within three months of the draft. Connecticut: Hayes, Tiffany Sign Regular Contract The further the team gets, the higher the bonus. This definition is different from the number of players on the cap when placing cap holds and from the definition of active players that determines when the emergency hardship exception can be granted. This means that for the remaining eight picks of the first round, the playoff team with the highest winning percentage that season gets No. This is what happens when players opt out of the season, like Maya Moore in 2019 and 2020, and all the non-medical opt-outs that occurred before the shortened 2020 season. If a player did attempt to do this, they would have to commit to not playing any professional basketball for upwards of two seasons. Washington: Westbrook, Evina 7-Day Contract Release Phoenix: Turner, Brianna Sign Contract Extension Chicago: Kaba Masseny Sign Training Camp Contract 2022 WNBA Per Game Split Stats - Starting/Off Bench. She and Taurasi have a 2-year old son, Leo. Indiana: Hatar, Bernadett Non-WNBA Injury Full Season That agreement is known as an offer sheet in the CBA. Whichever team has been assigned that four-ball combination will receive the No. Indiana: Emily Engstler Required Tender Made Dallas: McCowan, Teaira Sign Regular Contract This typically comes into play when a team has a high number of players leave for free agency in the offseason. Typically, teams weren't allowed to apply for the hardship exception before Jan. 5. Washington: Shakira Austin Required Tender Made Vandersloot to New York, the rise of superteams and a Liberty-Aces WNBA Finals? A player who signs a rest-of-season contract will receive a year of service once they have been on the roster for one day. With a few exceptions, this is about in line with the maximum increase a contract can see in each season. Chicago Sky: Stella Johnson - ROS (Hardship) Contract Signed Washington Mystics: Alaina Coates - Contract Signed Washington Mystics: Shey Peddy - Contract Signed. Minnesota: Allen, Lindsay 7-Day Contract Release, Connecticut: Williams, Kiana Sign 7-Day 1st Contract, Los Angeles: Smith, Kianna Sign 7-Day 2nd Contract Although not outlined in the CBA, the league has made clear how the draft order is determined. Phoenix: Turner, Yvonne Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) The minimum salary for an WNBA player with two years of service will rise from $42,728 annually to $57,000 beginning in 2020. Who is Penny Taylor married to? . This is functionally the same as refusing to sign with a WNBA team, but the blame isn't placed on the player in this case. Seattle: Cunane, Elissa Waived Seattle Storm: Jewell Loyd Core QO Extended, Atlanta Dream: Tianna Hawkins Waived Williams played 14 minutes and had five points, three assists and two rebounds as part of the Storm's nine-player rotation in Sunday's 92-61 victory over New York. The core component of rookie contracts is that the player can not have previously signed a WNBA contract. Los Angeles: Samuelson, Katie Lou Sign Contract Extension Chicago: Gondrezick, Kysre Waived They also must have been under contract for at least part of each of the two previous seasons. For picks 5-8, the rookie base salary drops to $69,224. Washington: Benzan, Katie Sign Trainining Camp Contract . Seattle: Raina Perez Sign Training Camp Contract These usually happen before the season begins, but even if the player is under contract and fails to report at the start of the season, they are excluded from the team salary once the suspension begins as they have not earned any of their salary. Minnesota: McCoughtry, Angel Contract Amendment Divorce The player can negotiate a new contract or accept the qualifying offer at any point after January 15, but may not sign a negotiated contract until February 1. Los Angeles Sparks: Liz Cambage Sign Regular Contract New York: Dangerfield, Crystal Hardship Release, Washington: Burke, Kennedy Waivers Cleared Connecticut: Jones, Jazmine Sign 7-Day 1st Contract If the injury takes place between January 1 and June 30, the team can apply for the exclusion on the second January 1 following the injury. All or part of a player's salary can be protected, and payment is conditioned on not engaging in prohibited activities that will be outlined below. To remedy this, all players who would be below the league minimum have been bumped up to their applicable minimum base salary. Atlanta: Rhyne Howard Required Tender Made As a result, several teams cut players on unprotected deals to gain more salary cap flexibility for the . Connecticut: Jones, Jazmine 7-Day Contract Release, Minnesota: Milic, Nikolina Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Las Vegas: Aifuwa Faustine- Required Tender Made Los Angeles: Cambage, Liz Contract Amendment Divorce, Phoenix: Davis, Kaela Sign 7-Day 1st Contract In earlier years, including the first offseason under the new CBA, the requirement was six or more years of service. If a team wants to exclude that player's salary from its salary cap, it can apply to the league to do so. The contracts are at the minimum base salary and prorated where the fraction is seven divided by the total number of days in the regular season. May 31, 2022 2:52 PM EDT. Minnesota: Milic, Nikolina 7-Day Contract Release, Phoenix: Simms, Jennie Sign 7-Day 2nd Contract For example, starting on January 1, 2021, teams can trade 2022 draft picks but not picks covering 2023 or later. Minnesota: Milic, Nikolina Hardship Release. This is different from other American sports leagues, including the NBA, where cash is often packaged with players to balance out trades. If matched, the player and previous team immediately enter into a contract with the same terms as the offer sheet. Los Angeles: Horvat, Chantel Waived The former UConn guard was drafted 21st overall by the Seattle Storm in this year's WNBA . Dallas: McCowan, Teaira Suspended Partial Season The Salem, Ore. native . The amount a team pays out due to being below the team minimum is included when figuring out the league-wide salary and if the guarantee level has been reached. "Especially to find out all of this on game day and then still be told, 'We're going to continue to play the game, just find a hardship player.' Minnesota: Milic, Nikolina Hardship Release We will have less people interested in global warming and feminism etc, and more people susceptible to religion and science-denying, xenophobia and nationalism. Minnesota: Carleton, Bridget QO Extended Drafted players still on their rookie deals who do not have their fourth-year team option exercised also become unrestricted free agents at the end of their contract. Chicago Sky: Courtney Vandersloot Sign Regular Contract NC State standout Elissa Cunane, who was the 17th overall pick in the 2022 WNBA draft, was signed to a hardship contract by Minnesota. Connecticut: Anigwe, Kristine Sign Training Camp Contract Phoenix Mercury: Shey Peddy QO Extended, Connecticut Sun: Jonquel Jones Core QO Extended, Las Vegas Aces: Aja Wilson QO Extended Chicago Sky: Kahleah Copper Sign Core Contract WNBA hardship contracts are the new norm, but they can leave players scrambling. And she enjoyed the experience. The Atlanta Dream have signed 5-11 guard Maya Caldwell to a hardship contract, the organization announced today. 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