So, could there be some "and the for the next shoe to fall" in Dallas and Connecticut.
Some pondering from Kevin Pelton of ESPN:
"Besides banking on Smith improving, Dallas might get her some help on the defensive end. Per league sources, the Wings are pursuing Connecticut restricted free agent
DiJonai Carrington, Smith's girlfriend and former teammate at nearby Baylor. Carrington, an All-Defensive first team pick in 2024, would be an enormous help to a Dallas team that finished last in defensive rating.
"The Wings might offer the No. 8 pick to the Sun for Carrington, who is likely to move via sign-and-trade because the CBA stipulates that all offer sheets to restricted free agents must be a minimum of two years. Signing a two-year deal would take Carrington out of the running for a bigger raise as an unrestricted free agent in 2026."
Druthers from Dillon:
- If I'm Connecticut, I'd play a little hardball with Kirk M. who knows (and probably wants) Carrington. Go not only for the #8 draft choice, but see if he'll throw in Maddy Siegrist, Lou Lopez Senechal or Jacy Sheldon as well. Connecticut is going through a total rebuild, so you might as well throw it all against a wall.
- Call me crazy, but I'm certain Morgan Tuck has been burning phone lines to Turkey to get Emma Meesseman to join her former Belgian National Coach in eastern Connecticut.
