WNBA Off-Season

[Bigboote]

Let the free agent games begin!

That wouldn’t seem to make Dallas any more attractive a landing place for Paige.

 

[cancontent]

That wouldn’t seem to make Dallas any more attractive a landing place for Paige.

Maybe not, but who out of the top 4, heck even top 5 picks are? They all have question marks when it comes to attractiveness. Not to mention, we don't know how things will play out with free agency.

 

[bballnut90]

Reddit seems to think Satou's headed to the Liberty. Oregon reunion with her/Nyara/Sabrina all there. If the Liberty plan to resign Stewart, I don't know how they afford both her and Satou unless they're okay taking massive paycuts and they load the roster with rookies. They could go with an all time tall lineup of:
C-Jones, 6'6
F-Stewart, 6'4
F-Sabally, 6'4
G-Fiebich, 6'4
G-Ionescu, 5'11

 

[Dillon77]

Maybe not, but who out of the top 4, heck even top 5 picks are? They all have question marks when it comes to attractiveness. Not to mention, we don't know how things will play out with free agency.

Plus, you've got the unsettled CBA coming around in 2026. Whomever "gets" the elder Sabally sister is undoubtedly only getting her for a year, so they're going to ok with being in a "win right now" situation to give up someone/something once the Wings first core, then trade her.

Depending on how Miller and Wings handle this, Bueckers and Miles -- both of whom have the options to return to college campuses in '25-'26 -- would also seem to have options. Reminds me of a bit of what Carson Beck is doing with Georgia/pros/portal in collegiate football.

Couple dimensions of chess coming up here.

 

[cancontent]

Reddit seems to think Satou's headed to the Liberty. Oregon reunion with her/Nyara/Sabrina all there. If the Liberty plan to resign Stewart, I don't know how they afford both her and Satou unless they're okay taking massive paycuts and they load the roster with rookies. They could go with an all time tall lineup of:
C-Jones, 6'6
F-Stewart, 6'4
F-Sabally, 6'4
G-Fiebich, 6'4
G-Ionescu, 5'11

The juggling of contracts to accomplish this would be amazing to see in the background. I may not always understand the actual machinations of salary caps, etc., but I find this type of stuff interesting.

 

[bballnut90]

Plus, you've got the unsettled CBA coming around in 2026. Whomever "gets" the elder Sabally sister is undoubtedly only getting her for a year, so they're going to ok with being in a "win right now" situation to give up someone/something once the Wings first core, then trade her.

Depending on how Miller and Wings handle this, Bueckers and Miles -- both of whom have the options to return to college campuses in '25-'26 -- would also seem to have options. Reminds me of a bit of what Carson Beck is doing with Georgia/pros/portal in collegiate football.

Couple dimensions of chess coming up here.

Not to mention, you also have Flau'jae Johnson and Lauren Betts both draft eligible this year should they declare early. This draft has potential to be very strong if a lot of these players declare, but it could also flip a u and be very weak if everyone decides to come back for a 4th/5th/6th year.

 

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That wouldn’t seem to make Dallas any more attractive a landing place for Paige.

Well it does open the power forward slot now where Paige likes to play and block shots.