This does not include players given a medical exemption as we saw in the 2020 season. Dallas Wings: Tyasha Harris Team Option Exercised 5-12 of the first round and the entirety of the second and third rounds are determined by the reverse order of the teams regular-season record for the prior season only. Los Angeles: Toliver, Kristi Suspended Partial Season Chicago Sky: Crystal Bradford Sign Regular Contract The trade that is agreed to also must be completed within 48 hours. Washington: Jones, Jazmine Sign ROS 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. Seattle: Jade Melbourne Required Tender Made Connecticut: Smith, Kiara Sign Rookie Scale Contract, Connecticut: Hayes, Tiffany Traded Exclusive Negotiating Rights1, Chicago: Ndour-Fall, Astou Sign Regular Contract On May 14, the Storm signed Raina Perez when Epiphanny Prince and Breanna Stewart entered protocols hours before the team played the Mercury in Perez's hometown of Phoenix. Making a player like Magbegor a reserved player gives the team more control over negotiations and is the natural choice for teams. Las Vegas: Zahui B, Amanda Traded Exclusive Negotiating Rights2 The only contracts that must have base salary protection are fourth-year option seasons on rookie contracts and signed core qualifying offers. However, if an international player chooses to play collegiately in the United States, they then have to follow the domestic draft eligibility rules. Washington: Westbrook, Evina Sign 7-Day 1st Contract, Atlanta: Turner, Yvonne Hardship Release Los Angeles: Lexi Gordon Waivers Cleared Atlanta Dream: Erica McCall - ROS (Hardship) Contract Signed. Chicago Sky: Kahleah Copper Core QO Extended, Dallas Wings: Luisa Geiselsoder Waivers Cleared, New York Liberty: Paris Kea QO Extended If a team wants to exclude that player's salary from its salary cap, it can apply to the league to do so. If a player with an unprotected base salary were cut, they would not earn any money for the remainder of the regular season, but a player with a protected contract would still receive either all or part of their remaining salary. Las Vegas: Parker, Candace Sign Regular Contract Las Vegas: Deja Winters Sign Training Camp Contract Phoenix: Simms, Jennie Sign Training Camp Contract However, undrafted players cannot have their rookie contracts extended. With the significantly higher supermax in the new CBA, there are new reasons a sign-and-trade can be beneficial to players and teams. They may play professional or amateur basketball prior to being drafted, but they cannot play collegiately in the United States. Christensen was selected by the Phoenix Mercury in the third round (40th overall) of the 2002 WNBA Draft. This guarantee level is based on all contracts that count on a team's salary by the conclusion of the season. Remaining salary means salary that has not yet been paid, so a player earning $100,000 who had earned $60,000 that season before being traded would have a remaining salary of $40,000 for that season, plus the entirety of the future seasons on their contract. August 3, 2021. 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. Minnesota: McCoughtry, Angel Contract Amendment Divorce Chicago: Yueru, Li Suspended Partial Season New York Liberty: Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe QO Extended Phoenix: Cannon, Emma Waivers Cleared Atlanta: Caldwell, Maya 7-Day Contract Release, Phoenix: Turner, Yvonne Sign ROS Contract (Hardship), Minnesota: Allen, Lindsay Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Indiana: Pointer, Khayla Sign Training Camp Contract To qualify, the player must have played five or fewer games in any one season and no more than nine games in two years. Atlanta: Jones, Ndea Waivers Cleared The offer must be extended before January 15, or the player will become an unrestricted free agent on February 1. Minnesota Lynx: Yvonne Turner Sign Training Camp Contract 2006. Davis signed a hardship contract with the Storm on May 13 and was active for one game before being released from the contract on May 18. The three-time WNBA champion Phoenix Mercury today signed free agent guard Haley Gorecki to a hardship roster contract, the team has announced. Seattle: Manis, Lauren Waivers Cleared This means if a player is earning $60,000 and loses $5,000 due to a suspension, the player will earn $55,000 but the team's salary will still reflect the original $60,000. Las Vegas: Aifuwa, Faustine Waived Los Angeles: Burrell, Rae Sign Rookie Scale Contract Phoenix: Macee Williams Required Tender Made The maximum and supermax base salary limits increase by 3% annually, but this is not true for contracts. Additionally, the point of this rule is to push players away from holding out for an extension or because they simply don't want to play for that team anymore, but it also ends up applying to players who are opting out to focus on real-world issues that are bigger than basketball, like Natasha Cloud and Maya Moore. New York: Dangerfield, Crystal Sign ROS Contract 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. Las Vegas: Park, Ji-Su QO Not Extended, Washington: Westbrook, Evina- Sign Training Camp Contract, Connecticut: Jones, Brionna QO Extended, Connecticut: Smith, Kianna Traded Exclusive Negotiating Rights1 Because the injury happened during her WNBA obligations, her salary was protected and the Aces wouldn't have had any benefit in waiving her. The simplest situation of a rookie contract expiring is for a drafted rookie whose fourth-year option was not exercised by their team. Indiana: Whalen, Erin Waivers Cleared She spent four seasons with the Mercury before she signed with the Houston Comets on March 24, 2006. Phoenix: Simms, Jennie 7-Day Contract Release MINNEAPOLIS/ST. For example, Ezi Magbegor of the Seattle Storm was drafted in 2018 but did not play that season. Even if the player agrees, they may not be traded to the team that wrote the initial offer sheet until the following February 1, even via multiple trades. Connecticut: Gulbe, Aleksa Waivers Cleared Veteran extensions may last no longer than three years past the year the extension was signed. Chicago: Maley, Anneli Sign Training Camp Contract, Indiana: Hatr, Bernadett Sign Training Camp Contract Phoenix: Davis, Kaela Sign ROS Contract (Hardship), Phoenix: Turner, Yvonne Hardship Release Washington Mystics: Myisha Hines-Allen QO Extended There are a few exceptions to the listed minimum base salary. All this means is there are no restrictions like the one above where a player is bound to only one team if offered a contract. She also had some snacks at the arena, she said, "But I was really going off adrenaline Friday night.". Waived by Las Vegas. In year 2022 the supermax will increase by 3% of $221,450 ($6,644) while the contract would only increase by 3% of $215,000 ($6,450). Phoenix: Gray, Reshanda 7-Day Contract Release That agreement is known as an offer sheet in the CBA. Chicago: Davis, Kaela Waived Indiana: Vivians, Victoria Sign Regular Contract, Chicago: Harrison, Isabelle Sign Regular Contract The payment must be made by the league within 60 days of the end of the season. An unrestricted free agent is free to sign with any team, including their prior team, but their prior team has no ability to dictate where the player chooses to sign. Phoenix: Onyenwere, Michaela Traded1 Dallas: Walker, Destinee Waivers Cleared Minnesota: Milic, Nina Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Starting in 2024, players must complete their offseason playing obligations by the start of camp or May 1 - whichever is later - or they will be suspended for the entire year. Connecticut: Hartley, Bria Sign ROS Contract ANALYSIS Subscribe now to instantly reveal our take on this news. WNBA hardship contracts are the new norm, but they can leave players scrambling. Phoenix: Gilles, Mael Waivers Cleared Dallas: Sabally, Satou Set Active, Seattle Perez, Raina Hardship Release Connecticut: Lewis, Jordan Waivers Cleared May 31, 2022 2:52 PM EDT. Atlanta Dream: Kia Vaughn- Traded from Phoenix 12, the second-highest percentage gets No. Chicago: Allemand, Julie Team Option Exercised (2023) Indiana: Dangerfield, Crystal Hardship Release, Minnesota: Davis, Rennia Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Indiana released . Connecticut: Sims, Odyssey 7-Day Contract Release, Minnesota: Milic, Nikolina Hardship Release Connecticut: Holmes, Joyner Sign 7-Day 1st Contract Chicago: Held, Lexi Waivers Cleared To be eligible for the WNBA draft, all domestic players must have no remaining collegiate eligibility, or they must renounce it in writing at least 10 days before the date of the draft. Dallas: DeShields, Diamond Traded1 Phoenix: Turner, Brianna Suspended Partial Season (e) "Bona Fide Exclusive Endorsement Agreement" means a binding Phoenix: Mael Gilles Sign Training Camp Contract Las Vegas: Aisha Sheppard Required Tender Made All second-rounders will earn $59,750 in 2020, with third-round picks and undrafted rookies earning $57,000. I mean, it's ridiculous.". Atlanta: Mompremier, Beatrice Sign Training Camp Contract Seattle: Manis, Lauren Waived, Alanta: Morrison, Que Waivers Cleared Trade bonuses cannot be for more than 10% of the player's remaining base salary on their contract, not just the season the trade takes place. A player can become an unrestricted free agent in a few ways. That would be an additional $12,875 in bonuses, bringing them up to a grand total of $56,631. The only way that a team can go above the salary cap during the regular season is if the league has granted them hardship or emergency hardship exceptions. 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. Seattle Storm: Jewell Loyd Core QO Extended, Atlanta Dream: Tianna Hawkins Waived When the CBA was agreed to in January 2020, max salaries went up 82% ($117,500 to $215,00) while the cap only grew 30% ($996,100 to $1.3 million), forcing general managers to be creative in . New York trades the contract of Michaela Onyenwere to Phoenix. If the player was under contract internationally, the team would continue to retain the player's rights for every season the player continued to make no attempt to sign with them. The prioritization penalties will be implemented in two stages. Chicago: Taylor, Sparkle Waivers Cleared Dallas is trading the contract of Tyasha Harris to Connecticut. Additionally, the exclusive negotiating rights to a player are valuable to a team with little financial commitment, so it is unlikely their team would give in to a holdout like this. Los Angeles: Gordon, Lexi Waived Dallas: Jazz Bond Sign Rookie Scale Contract The team doctor deemed she was unfit to play for the whole season and therefore she would not earn her salary, removing it from the team's salary cap. A sign-and-trade is an agreement made between a player, their team, and a team they will be traded to. Minnesota: Hannah Sjerven Sign Rookie Scale Contract Las Vegas: Mulkey, Nancy Waivers Cleared Washington: Benzan, Katie Sign ROS Contract (Hardship), Washington: Benzan, Katie Waivers Cleared Chicago: Hebard, Ruthy Team Option Exercised (2023) Indiana is trading the contract of Julie Allemand to Chicago, Seattle Storm: Breanna Stewart Sign Regular Contract 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. It's a temporary roster spot that must be granted by the league. A 2020 third-round pick would earn the lowest full-season salary among all players in 2021, $58,141, if they make the team. Connecticut: Harris, Tyasha Traded1 **New York trades the contract of Asia (AD) Durr to Atlanta in exchange for the contract of Megan Walker and the draft rights to Raquel Carrera. Phoenix: Davis, Kaela Hardship Release, Phoenix: Davis, Kaela Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Skylar Diggins-Smith had already been designated as a core player by the Wings in 2020, so she had the right to deny any trade destination she didn't like. 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. Each team is allowed to designate no more than one player as a core player by extending a core qualifying offer. Notably, the NBA exempted hardship contracts from counting against team salary, meaning teams didn't have to choose between managing luxury-tax payments and adding needed players. Core qualifying offers have an expiration date of March 7, but the core designation remains. Players who simply do not show up after signing a contract can be fined by their teams, but as long as an agreement is made, there are no further consequences. Phoenix: Odom, Leaonna Waived Depending on the circumstances, players may fall into one of the three following categories outside of the restricted/unrestricted dichotomy of free agency. 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. "As a team, we've really been trying to navigate the health and safety protocols and trying to be safe and do the right thing," Stewart told reporters. Time off bonuses are included in a team's total salary unless they have been canceled, and therefore also have to fit under the salary cap. Aside from coach Noelle Quinn changing some of the terminology, she found the system easy to pick back up. Washington: Christyn Williams Required Tender Made McCoughtry, a 12-year veteran who has made four WNBA Finals appearances, signed with the Lynx in free agency. Dangerfield will wear No. 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. Draft picks and the exclusive negotiation rights to drafted players can be traded according to the general trade rules, but draft picks cannot be traded beyond next years draft. Chicago: Maley, Anneli Waivers Cleared If granted the exception, the team can sign as many players to replacement contracts as needed to reach 10 available players. Phoenix: Charles, Tina Waived Seattle: Gray, Reshanda- Sign Training Camp Contract However, doing this is risky, as the player would need to clear waivers and then not sign with another team in the 10-day waiting period when their prior team is not allowed to sign them. Las Vegas: Gray, Chelsea Contract Amendment Time-Off Bonus This means if a career-ending injury happens on June 10, 2020, then the team can apply for the extension on January 1, 2022. Indiana increased its team salary by $60,000 while only having to pay Lavender about $15,000 more than they still owed Mavunga. Phoenix: Williams, Kiana Waived Dallas trades the contract of Allisha Gray to Atlanta in exchange for Atlantas own 2023 1st round pick (#3) and Atlantas own 2025 1st round pick. If the offer is not matched, the player is free to sign with the new team. Atlanta: Durr, Asia (AD) Sign Training Camp Contract Indiana Fever: Victoria Vivians QO Extended Dallas: Alarie, Bella Set Active Indiana: Coates, Alaina Waivers Cleared Annual salaries are prorated if players join a team mid-season or leave a team mid-season. Indiana: Pointer, Khayla QO Extended Teams must make this decision and notify the player by May 15 following the player's second contract year. Salary paid to players on hardship contracts could ultimately take the Storm over the cap and prevent the team . New York: Walker, Megan Waived 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. Washington: Westbrook, Evina 7-Day Contract Release It should be noted that protected salaries only come into play when a player's contract is terminated due to lack of skill, injury, or illness. The further the team gets, the higher the bonus. WASHINGTON, DC - The Washington Mystics announced today that they have signed free-agent center Megan Gustafson (6-3, 195) after being issued a hardship by the WNBA. 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. Players are paid in semi-monthly installments by their current teams, so a player's new team is only on the hook for the remaining salary. Chicago: Tahane, Emmanuelle Waivers Cleared However, she was able to sign for an extra year and for the full supermax by structuring the deal to be a sign-and-trade where she initially re-signed with Phoenix, her previous team. The purpose of this document is to explain the details of the WNBA Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and Salary Cap rules in clear language for the women's basketball community. Atlanta: Agnew, Jaylyn Waivers Cleared This can be useful for players on guaranteed contracts with several years left on their contracts. Atlanta: Hayes, Tiffany Suspended Partial Season The reserved player is free to negotiate a contract with their own team with different terms from the qualifying offer, but they may not negotiate with any other teams. Minnesota: Jones, Kayla Waivers Cleared Phoenix: Turner, Yvonne - Hardship Release . Phoenix Mercury: Diamond DeShields Traded from Chicago Sky** The player must negotiate the offer sheet while keeping in mind that no matter what their previous team decides, they will be signed to those terms to one of the two teams immediately once the decision is made. If the team seeks to take out insurance for the player - which would allow the team to recoup some costs in the event they need to pay a player who isn't even playing - the player needs to cooperate by filing the required forms and receiving any physical exams that are needed. Las Vegas Aces: Riquna Williams Sign Regular Contract We will refer to these players as domestic players. The 10-day timeline was adjusted for the 2021 draft to account for the fact that all NCAA athletes were granted an extra year of eligibility due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Indiana: Kelly, Micaela Waivers Cleared Before free agency officially begins, players are allowed to accept qualifying offers from January 1 until January 14 but they are not allowed to negotiate any contracts until January 15. Phoenix Mercury: Shey Peddy QO Extended, Connecticut Sun: Jonquel Jones Core QO Extended, Las Vegas Aces: Aja Wilson QO Extended She was then released and re-signed multiple times throughout . As front offices around the league make moves leading up to and throughout the 2023 season, this page will stand as your go-to source for all of the latest transactions, including trades, signings, and player releases. Washington Mystics: Klara Lundquist Sign Training Camp Contract 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. Connecticut: Holmes, Joyner Waived, Connecticut: Walker, Jasmine Waivers Cleared Connecticut: Holmes, Joyner QO Extended For example, a free agent who played in 2017, 2018, and 2019 is governed by the higher minimum base salary in 2020. Indiana: Jones, Jazmine Waived, Seattle: Harding, Paisley Waived Davis was selected by the Dallas Wings with the tenth overall pick in the 2017 WNBA Draft. **Chicago is signing and trading Diamond DeShields to Phoenix. Minnesota Lynx: Anna Cruz QO Extended Los Angeles: Cooper, Tea Waived Chicago trades Phoenixs 2023 1st round draft pick (#5), their own 2024 1st round draft pick, and the right to swap the teams own 2025 1st round draft picks to Dallas; their own 2024 3rd round draft pick and their own 2025 2nd round draft pick to Phoenix; and the draft rights to Leonie Fiebich and their own 2024 2nd round draft pick to New York. Although the financial factor isn't as important with the WNBA's hard salary cap, there is an impact. Indiana: Coates, Alaina Suspended Partial Season Connecticut: Jones, Stephanie Waived Time off bonuses are payments made to players to encourage them to refrain from or limit the time spent performing basketball activities with other organizations in the WNBA offseason. Ellissa Cunane signed a hardship deal with the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx on Tuesday. Chicago: Fitzgerald, Feyonda Sign Training Camp Contract Replacement contracts that are signed from the hardship exception do count on the salary cap but a team with a hardship exception can go over the cap. Los Angeles: Hamby, Dearica Traded2 Dallas: Jefferson, Moriah Waived On Monday, the Washington Mystics announced that they signed Megan Gustafson to an injury hardship contract.. Gustafson is entering her third WNBA season after spending the 2019 and 2020 seasons . Washington: Gustafson, Megan Waivers Cleared Replacement contracts are the only time a team may exceed the league's salary cap during the regular season. Washington: Jenkins, Alisia Sign Training Camp Contract For example, players drafted in 2021 such as Aari McDonald or Michaela Onyenwere will not be affected for the 2023 season. Seattle: Evina Westbrook Required Tender Made The Dream signed Slocum to a hardship contract Wednesday, Khristina Williams of Girls Talk Sports TV reports. 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. 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: Holmes, Joyner 7-Day Contract Release, Las Vegas: Hamby, Dearica Sign Contract Extension, Seattle: Charles, Tina Sign ROS Contract, Phoenix: Charles, Tina Waivers Cleared Seattle: Evina Westbrook Sign Rookie Scale Contract If they are drafted by a different team, they are treated as a standard draft pick. Indiana: Kelly, Micaela Waived, Washington: Coleman, Jennifer Waived So if the injury took place on July 10, 2020, the team must wait until July 10, 2022. Connecticut: Anigwe, Kristine Sign Training Camp Contract Los Angeles: Cambage, Liz Contract Amendment Divorce, Phoenix: Davis, Kaela Sign 7-Day 1st Contract Connecticut: Washington, Delicia Waived Connecticut: Holmes, Joyner Sign Training Camp Contract Seattle Storm: Karlie Samuelson QO Not Extended That is about a 6% difference. So, teams may have the rights to more than 12 players - including training camp contracts and players suspended for the season - but that is not a violation of the roster maximum. New York: Sabally, Nyara Sign Rookie Scale Contract The CBA actually allows for rookie scale contracts to fall below the league minimum, which only happens in a few situations. There are four types of protections specified in the CBA: A player and their team can choose any combination of those protections, but all four are included for most protected salaries. Minnesota: Carleton, Bridget QO Extended Connecticut: Nelson-Ododa, Olivia Traded1 Los Angeles: Talbot, Stephanie Non-WNBA Injury Full Season Connecticut: Delicia Washington Sign Training Camp Contract 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. Indiana: Robinson, Danielle Contract Amendment Trade Bonus Las Vegas: Mulkey, Nancy Waived That is true regardless of whether the team played 26% of its games (9 out of 34), 29% of its games (10 out of 34), or some other number. In 2022, after her 10% raise, Ionescu would earn $76,297 compared to the 2021 number one pick who would earn $71,441. If the injury occurs in the preseason or offseason while playing for a non-WNBA team the team can suspend the player for the season to remove their salary from the salary cap and open up another roster spot. Dallas: Veronica Burton Sign Rookie Scale Contract There are a couple of reasons a player would not sign a contract with the team that drafted them. For veteran extensions with five or more years of service (or six through 2020), the applicable maximum is the supermax, but the salary still must increase by no more than 20% of the last season under contract. Indiana Fever: Emma Cannon Sign Regular Contract Minnesota: Milic, Nikolina Sign 7-Day 3rd Contract Players who were not guaranteed money are also still paid for the year if they are cut due to injury. Los Angeles Sparks: Lauren Cox QO Extended The team initially signed Samuelson on June 5 under a hardship contract. Crucially, the second injured player must miss at least two consecutive games before the team can ask the league for an exemption. Phoenix: Cannon, Emma Waived A simple method they use to calculate what a player receives depends on the length of the season. Indiana: Chagas, Florencia Set Active, New York: Raincock-Ekunwe, Nayo Rights Renounced If Stewart had torn her Achilles while walking down the street, Seattle would have been forced to keep her salary on the cap even if they suspended her. Vandersloot to New York, the rise of superteams and a Liberty-Aces WNBA Finals? Las Vegas Aces: Aja Wilson Sign Regular Contract Chicago: Kaba Masseny Sign Training Camp Contract This may seem repetitive, but both rules are included to account for players who may sit out a year of their rookie contracts and thus would finish year four with only three or fewer years of service. Los Angeles Sparks: Liz Cambage Sign Regular Contract PAUL - The Minnesota Lynx tonight selected Kayla Jones and Hannah Sjerven in the 2022 WNBA Draft as the team's 22nd and 28th overall picks, respectively. To remedy this, all players who would be below the league minimum have been bumped up to their applicable minimum base salary. Atlanta: Jones, Ndea Waived, Washington: Williams, Christyn Waivers Cleared 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. 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