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Kevin Pelton
7 August WNBA trading time limit cannot produce much in the way of fireworks. WNBA’s hard salary cap makes these-season deals challenging, and 10 of the 13 teams of the league are within a distance of playoffs, which means that more and more are looking to add talent to stretch run compared to business.
Nevertheless, it is possible for teams to help push their playoffs on a time limit. We have already seen one-season trade, with Las vegas ekka get Nalisa Smith From Dallas Wings And immediately plug it into their initial lineup. And this Minnesota Links Added by adding your team to last year’s final Myisha Hines-Allen On the deadline.
Keeping this in mind, let’s take a look at some realistic trades, which can shake the WNBA roster looking forward to this year’s playoffs and beyond.
Add Mabre to Storm Backcort
Seattle Storm to get: guard Marina Mabre
Connecticut sun to get: Ahead Elisha Clarke And Katie Lu Samuelson2026 first round pick
In view of sending business Jewel Lloyd For Las Vegas, this previous offsen, storms are in an interesting place that are going in the time limit. In the first round of Seattle Playoffs, is competing for the benefit of home-court and in the 2026 draft, three first round pics are also owned, in which additional people are coming from the aces and Los angeles sparks,
Keeping an eye on the future, Seattle can be put in a position to upgrade. all Star Britney Cyx Perhaps the top will be the top in the wishlist of the storm, but with Washington Mistics In the position of the playoffs, it may not be available. There is no such concern with Mabre, which An unsuccessful request a business Final offsen from Connecticut. With the Sun on 3-20 and Mabre moves towards the unrestricted free agency, a time limit deal is understood.
The biggest challenge for Seattle in working for backcourt upgrade – with Aerial atkins of Chicago sky Another admirable option is to create a cap room. Right now $ 223 is in the storm, right now, per His circle statistics WNBA Pay Cap DatabaseMeaning Seattle will have to send a large salary back in return. Essentially, it will be Clarke, which has an average of less than 13 MPG during the 4-4 storm stretch starting from July 9.
Losing Clarke’s experienced appearance will be painful for the storm, and all involved will definitely want a purchase agreement that will allow him to join another contenders. If the Seattle Playoff is serious about winning the series, however, the team can use more scoring hazards. The five starts of the storm are more than 5 PPG average this season. Mabre, who has scored double digits in each of the last six sessions, will have a huge upgrade with shooting and playmaking.
A MABREY deal probably the connecticut given him to get the midseason last year – an expensive pick swap that allows him to swap to the Chicago Akash Phoenix mercuryThe first round pick for the Sun, all but the lottery is guaranteed to live in. Seattle’s own first round pick will probably land out of the top 10. But it is better to allow Mabre to run in the next offsen in a free agency.
Edwards returns to connecticat
Connecticut Sun Gate: Ahead Alia Edwards
Washington Mystic Found: guard Bria Hartley2026 Pick of first round (worse than Chicago/Phoenix), 2027 second-round pick
ESPN’s centers Andrews and Alexa Philipou said at the beginning of the month that there are mystic Edwards to work to tradeWhich has overtaken the power forward depth chart of Mistics by Ruki All-Star Kiki IrafenAfter starting half of its games and an average of 21.8 MPG as a fraud, Edwards is below 14.2 this season.
When she plays, Edwards has been a little more productive this season, and she has been removed from one year draft number 6. If the Sun can get the former Ucon Huskise Star for its post-swap-pick, which if the season ends today, it will be 13th, this will be a strong addition to their youth movement.
Lump expansion draft is a possible encouragement for Washington what he can now do for Edwards. The draft pics are not required to preserve, opening a place for one of the other young players of the Mystic. Additionally, Hartley Point Guards can help Washington. Back to the WNBA after the absence of two seasons, he shot 35% on 3S for connecticut.
Load for Lynx Playoff
Minnesota Links Gate: Ahead Emily Angestler
Washington Mystic Found: Ahead Diamond Miller2027 second-round pick
Depending on what happens with Edwards, the angstler can be one of the most interesting players to look at the time limit. According to the source of a league, he had a business target, an average, on an average of 15.3 points in 2024, 9.9 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per 36 minutes per 36 minutes, but the Angestler was a business target, but Mistax proposed to him.
More than Edwards, Angestler has been buried on the depth chart of Washington this season. For the first time on Saturday, Engstler played more than six minutes since July 3. She has not shot well this season after hitting a small sample of 47% efforts (57) in the previous season last season this season, but she continues to rebound, theft and block racks at impressive rates.
Because she is making WNBA minimal, Engstler is Getable for any team. The deal sends him to Minnesota, which has not received a continuous depth beyond the top store Natasha Hidman and Jessica ShepardWith some wing options to be signed on low -cost contracts, Links may ask Engstler to play on the periphery, something that he has done with mysticists many times.
On the other hand, a flight on Washington Miller, the number 2 pick in 2023, which has a total number of only 437 minutes in the last two sessions.
Fever upgrade frontcourt
Indiana fever to get: Forward Mysha Hines-Allen
Get Dallas Wings: Center Damiris Dentas2026 second-round pick
Like Mabre, Hines-alien can again walk on the midsonson. He lost his early job in late June, and Dallas is hoping to move forward Maddy segist Back by the end of the season. When the Sigrist came to know of an atmolor -tibel plateau fracture in mid -June, Wings’ release said she was “expecting the entire recovery of wings and returning to the wings lineup later this season.”
After shooting 36% at 3S in the previous season, divided between Mystic and Links, Hines-aeon is down to 30% in this season. Since Hines-alien is a career 35% shooter, improvement should be expected. Even the down season from Hines-alien has been better than the arc, 26.5% (34% career but just 31% since 2021).
As the third post behind the beginning Aliah Boston And Natasha HowardHines-alien should be an improvement. And with five games from eighth seed with wings, getting anything in turn will probably make this business worth it.
