Connecticut: Harris, Tyasha Traded1 There are 1,001 possible sets of four, ranging from 1-2-3-4 to 1-2-3-5 to 11-12-13-14. As a result, Diggins-Smith's years in Phoenix would count against this limit and she could not be cored again. Minnesota: Clarendon, Layshia Waivers Cleared Washington: Jones, Jazmine QO Extended 4:30 p.m. PT: Williams' flight arrives at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport gates about two and a half hours before tip-off. Atlanta: Durr, Asia (AD) Traded from New York** 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 extension must take place between February 1 and May 15 before the player's fourth season. Although not outlined in the CBA, the league has made clear how the draft order is determined. Only injuries from playing for a non-WNBA team that will last the remainder of the season can result in the team removing the player's salary. A merit bonus is a bonus paid to a player given individual or team success throughout the season. Atlanta: Hayes, Tiffany Set Active, Minnesota: Sims, Odyssey Waived Minnesota: Milic, Nikolina Hardship Release Washington: Westbrook, Evina Sign 7-Day 2nd Contract Connecticut: Lewis, Jordan Waived Phoenix: Odom, Leaonna Waived Indiana: Williams-Holliday, Ameshya Sign Rookie Scale Contract, Indiana: Emma Cannon Waivers Cleared Chicago: Doyle, Kathleen Waivers Cleared To remedy this, all players who would be below the league minimum have been bumped up to their applicable minimum base salary. "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. She spent four seasons with the Mercury before she signed with the Houston Comets on March 24, 2006. Minnesota: Milic, Nina Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Extensions of rookie scale contracts can be for up to three years or through the end of the seventh year of their WNBA career. A player's base salary for the fourth season of their rookie contract remains the same under an extension. Although the financial factor isn't as important with the WNBA's hard salary cap, there is an impact. Chicago Sky: Imani McGee-Stafford Sign Training Camp Contract The core component of rookie contracts is that the player can not have previously signed a WNBA contract. Seattle: Jade Melbourne Required Tender Made Washington: Westbrook, Evina 7-Day Contract Release Washington: Harper, Linnae Waivers Cleared Minnesota: Smalls, Kamiah Hardship Release Los Angeles: Cambage, Liz Waived Indiana: Hartley, Bria Waived The Atlanta Dream have signed Destiny Slocum to a hardship contract, the organization announced today. This is a living document that we will enhance and refine over time. Indiana Fever: Aaliyah Wilson Waived, Phoenix Mercury: Kiana Williams Sign Training Camp Contract, Washington Mystics: Sydney Wiese Waived, Chicago Sky Tina Krajisnik Sign Training Camp Contract For example, starting on January 1, 2021, teams can trade 2022 draft picks but not picks covering 2023 or later. 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. "So I had to drive an hour to Austin and got on a direct flight.". However, it could be in the interest of a team to make a trade to get their team salary above the minimum before the season ends. The Collective Bargaining Agreement, is the agreement between the WNBA and the WNBA Players Association. If the exclusive negotiation rights to a drafted player are traded, the new team retains the exact same rights as the drafting team. Washington: Burke, Kennedy Awarded on Waivers Indiana: Robinson, Danielle Set Active Waiting to cut the player until the team can apply to the league is the only way players without guaranteed money can be taken off the cap in the year they are cut. There is precedent for this, with the Phoenix Mercury pulling off the maneuver with Leilani Mitchell in 2019. They will usually become reserved players and in rare cases, they will become free agents after their second season. Phoenix: Gray, Reshanda Sign ROS Contract Chicago Sky: Kysre Gondrezick Sign Training Camp Contract, Los Angeles Sparks: Jordin Canada Sign Regular Contract 1 pick in the draft. The fourth-year option, which is included for drafted rookies only, is a team option. NC State standout Elissa Cunane, who was the 17th overall pick in the 2022 WNBA draft, was signed to a hardship contract by Minnesota. In the event a team falls below 11 players, they must sign another player within 72 hours. 5:30 p.m. PT: Williams arrives at the arena, showers and heads to the court for warmups. Third-round picks and undrafted players that make it to the second season of their contracts earn about $600 less than the regular minimum base salary for players with one year of service, and third-round picks in the fourth year of their rookie contract will earn about $5,000 less than the regular minimum for players with three years of service. No time off bonus requirements may be amended by the team or player, but if a player fails to meet the requirements in any season, then the time off bonus for all future seasons is removed from the player's contract. Minnesota: Allen, Lindsay 7-Day Contract Release, Minnesota: Allen, Lindsay Sign 7-Day 3rd Contract, Phoenix: Davis, Kaela 7-Day Contract Release If no reserved qualifying offer is extended, the player becomes an unrestricted free agent on February 1. Seattle: Herbert Harrigan, Mikiah Waivers Cleared The lottery is conducted by choosing combinations of four ping-pong balls numbered 1 through 14 from a lottery machine. That increase is in line with the rate that base salaries may increase throughout a contract. Minnesota: Cunane, Elissa Sign ROS Contract (Hardship), Los Angeles: Atwell, Amy Waivers Cleared After a 1-4 start to the 2022 WNBA season, the New York Liberty have gotten a much needed break. Las Vegas: Parker, Candace Sign Regular Contract 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. And Seattle is the farthest city in the country for someone to get to. Washington: Christyn Williams Required Tender Made Washington: Jenkins, Alisia Sign Training Camp Contract Phoenix: Macee Williams Required Tender Made Salary paid to players on hardship contracts could ultimately take the Storm over the cap and prevent the team . So, for 2020, this means the league is guaranteeing that it will pay out at least $1,209,000 multiplied by 12 for a total of $14,508,000. Connecticut: Williams, Courtney Suspended Partial Season Las Vegas: Rupert, Iliana Waived Minnesota: Hannah Sjerven Required Tender Made Washington Katie Benzan Hardship Release A 2020 third-round pick would earn the lowest full-season salary among all players in 2021, $58,141, if they make the team. Indiana: Erin Whalen Sign Training Camp Contract Seattle: Davis, Kaela Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Connecticut: Sims, Odyssey Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Phoenix: Charles, Tina Contract Amendment Divorce, Minnesota: Westbrook, Evina Waived Minnesota: Dodson,Maya Sign Training Camp Contract Salary paid to players on hardship contracts could ultimately take the Storm over the cap and prevent the team from adding a 12th player late in the season. Chicago: Gondrezick, Kysre Waivers Cleared As a result, the Mercury can not make another core qualifying offer to a player while Griner is still signed to that contract with Phoenix. Millions of mobile phone and broadband customers are trapped in a catch-22 of either paying punishing price rises of up to 25 per cent or eye-watering exit fees, it has been revealed. The salary cap is calculated with base salaries, rather than salary that is actually paid by each team. Since a standard minimum is $58,710, this is about a 1% difference. Indiana: Caldwell, Maya Sign Regular Contract 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. Chicago: Tahane, Emmanuelle Waived Players receive one-ninth of their base salary twice per month because of the extended regular season. Individual merit bonuses are awarded for players who have earned various awards or who have been named to All-WNBA or All-Star teams. Las Vegas: Mya Hollingshed- Required Tender Made Teams can choose to protect certain years and not others. Washington Mystics: Stephanie Mavunga Sign Training Camp Contract, Atlanta Dream: Maya Caldwell Sign Training Camp Contract, Washington Mystics: Linnae Harper Sign Training Camp Contract In 2023, that player would have three years of experience and would earn $69,770. Chicago: Tahane, Emmanuelle Waivers Cleared January 1 or 15 are the most likely options given recent transaction history according to AcrossTheTimeline. Las Vegas: Hollingshed, Mya Waived If a team wants to exclude that player's salary from its salary cap, it can apply to the league to do so. 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 Minnesota Lynx signed former NC State stand-out center Elissa Cunane to a hardship replacement contract on Tuesday afternoon. Washington: Mavunga, Stephanie Waived, Seattle: Perez, Raina Waived Seattle: Williams, Kiana Hardship Release, Indiana: Smith, Alanna Waivers Cleared Atlanta: Billings, Monique Sign Regular Contract Los Angeles: Toliver, Kristi Set Active . This is what allowed Skylar Diggins-Smith to be cored by Dallas, re-signed by Dallas, and then traded immediately to Phoenix even though Griner was already on the roster with a core designation. Activities like soccer or baseball are also deemed to be an excessive risk-yet softball is explicitly listed as an acceptable activity. Restricted qualifying offers may not include any sort of guaranteed salary. Indiana: Perry, Chelsey Sign Training Camp Contract Taylor, who married Mercury star Diana Taurasi in 2017, played 10 seasons for the Mercury from 2004-16 before retiring. In some situations when a player is suspended for the remainder of the season - whether it is voluntary, the result of an injury competing for a non-WNBA team, or a penalty for withholding services - the player will be removed from the team's salary cap. A seven-day contract is exactly what it sounds like, a contract that is in effect for only seven days. Los Angeles: Toliver, Kristi Suspended Partial Season 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. In the 2021-22 Turkish League season, Slocum averaged 17.4 points, 4.6 rebounds . Last year, players with two years experience (or less . Holmes made the opening day roster before being waived on June 28. Minnesota: Cunane, Elissa Hardship Release 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 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). This will always be home. "She took my car back so hopefully she's taking care of my baby," Williams said, referring to the car. Phoenix Mercury: Diamond DeShields Traded from Chicago Sky** Washington: Jones, Stephanie Sign Training Camp Contract Phoenix is trading Bria Hartley and Phoenixs own 2022 2nd round pick (#20) and 2023 2nd round pick to Indiana. Nobody had a journey to join a team quite like Williams, who walked ESPN.com through a busy 15 hours between when she got the call from her agent and when she finally checked into her hotel after Friday's game. 2 in Friday's regular season opener at the Washington Mystics. 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. Connecticut Sun: Yvonne Anderson Sign Training Camp Contract, Atlanta Dream: Kristy Wallace Sign Rookie Scale Contract All contracts become fully guaranteed after the midpoint of the season, so it is common to see a wave of cuts before the midpoint of the season. The Salem, Ore. native . The base salaries, meaning salary without any bonuses, are fully specified for each draft pick for every draft governed by this CBA. Los Angeles: Smith, Kianna Waived 2007 (option) $728,000. Phoenix: Simms, Jennie Hardship Release 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. Indiana: Pointer, Khayla Sign Training Camp Contract Connecticut: Fields, Nirra Sign Training Camp Contract, Connecticut: Anigwe, Kristine Waived Chicago took on a contract with a lower salary hit, Mavunga's $57,000 compared to Lavender's $117,000, providing the flexibility to sign an additional player while staying under the cap. Seattle Storm: Jewell Loyd Core QO Extended, Atlanta Dream: Tianna Hawkins Waived Chicago: Davis, Kaela Waivers Cleared Minnesota: Westbrook, Evina Waivers Cleared 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. Minnesota Lynx: Angel McCoughtry Sign Regular Contract 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. Phoenix: Gray, Reshanda 7-Day Contract Release The payments begin on or around June 1 and continue until approximately September 30. Las Vegas Aces: Kiah Stokes Sign Regular Contract, Phoenix Mercury: Jennie Simms Sign Training Camp Contract HARTFORD, Conn Former UConn guard Evina Westbrook has signed a hardship contract with the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx, the team announced Thursday. New York: Allen, Rebecca Suspended Partial Season Base salary is what is commonly reported as a player's salary in the media and is, as the name suggests, the base of their total compensation. Chicago: Pulliam, Lindsey Waivers Cleared Therefore, no team can sign a player to a replacement contract under the basic hardship exception for opening night. This means if a two-year veteran extension is signed with one year left on the original contract, the contract now runs for a total of three more years: the one remaining year of the original contract and the two years of the extension. The three-time WNBA champion Phoenix Mercury today signed free agent guard Haley Gorecki to a hardship roster contract, the team has announced. For a player at the supermax in 2021, that would mean $278,081 in earnings between salary and merit bonuses, with about 20% coming from bonuses. Las Vegas Aces: JiSu Park QO Extended The maximum and supermax base salary limits increase by 3% annually, but this is not true for contracts. There are a number of ways players can earn the supermax. Gustafson, 24, holds career averages of 2.6 points and 2.2 rebounds in 34 career games with the Dallas Wings. Eligibility for each level is governed by the number of years of service a player has among other criteria. Minnesota: Allen, Lindsay 7-Day Contract Release, Connecticut: Sims, Odyssey Sign 7-Day 1st Contract Time off bonuses may not exceed $50,000 for the first offseason of the contract and may increase by no more than 3% of the first offseason's time off bonus. Time off bonuses can be added even if the original contract did not include one, and they take effect in the first offseason following the extension. *Seattle trades the draft rights to Lorela Cubaj to New York for New Yorks own 2023 2nd round pick. Connecticut Sun: Natisha Hiedeman Sign Training Camp Contract, Chicago Sky: Diamond DeShields QO Extended However, the prioritization rules do apply in 2023 to players such as Sabrina Ionescu who have will have played 3 years in the W prior to the start of the 2023 season. In the case of players who were suspended for the final season of their contract, there is no qualifying offer and therefore there is no cap hold. Phoenix: Sutton, Sug Sign Training Camp Contract Las Vegas Aces: Aja Wilson Sign Regular Contract Chicago: Pulliam, Lindsey Waived, Los Angeles: Cox, Lauren Waivers Cleared Minnesota: Ursin, Moon Waived If the player has a fully protected salary, this is not an issue because they will earn the same amount regardless of when in the season they are released. May 13, 2022. Minnesota: Davis, Rennia Waived Undrafted free agents are free to negotiate with multiple teams any time after the draft has concluded. Atlanta: Jones, Ndea Waivers Cleared Indiana Fever: Bria Hartley Traded from Phoenix Mercury** 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. 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. While all other types of qualifying offers can't have base salary protection, players who have received qualifying offers can still negotiate for a contract that includes protections. Likewise, if the doctor believes a non-WNBA basketball injury will last 42 or fewer days, the team has to retain their contract on the salary cap. Phoenix Mercury: Kia Nurse QO Extended New York: Dangerfield, Crystal Hardship Release, Washington: Burke, Kennedy Waivers Cleared 5 p.m. PT: Williams gets her bag from baggage claim. Chicago Sky: Courtney Vandersloot Sign Regular Contract 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. Typically, it has to be an event that causes one party's circumstances to change to such a degree that the party is unduly burdened and cannot . As mentioned in the restricted free agency section, players finishing the fourth year of their rookie contracts who have three or fewer years of service are eligible for both reserved and restricted qualifying offers. Los Angeles: Raca, Ivana Rights Renounced, Phoenix: Simms, Jennie Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Minnesota: Milic, Nikolina Sign 7-Day 1st Contract She and Taurasi have a 2-year old son, Leo. If declined, or if the prior team does not act within those four days, then the player and new team will immediately enter into the contract outlined in the offer sheet. New York: Charles, Kaila Hardship Release, Phoenix: Odom, Leaonna Waivers Cleared 2022 WNBA Per Game Split Stats - Starting/Off Bench. 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Los Angeles: Gordon, Lexi Waived Additionally, this is tricky territory because teams must not make any agreements with the player before doing so. 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. The Sparks first signed Holmes to a training camp contract on Feb. 19, 2021. Trade bonuses are additional payments for players who are traded from one team to another. Phoenix: Simms, Jennie Waivers Cleared Chicago: Wells, Kayla Waived Las Vegas: Stokes, Kiah Set Active This means for all types of qualifying offers, the offering team must have the cap space for the contract from the time it is offered until it is accepted or revoked. the No. While Seattle has been the team hardest hit by health and safety protocols thus far this season, with COVID-19 rates plateauing at a much higher level than last summer, it's clear the Storm won't be the last. The two teams who are not drawn in the lottery are given the Nos. Connecticut: Walker, Jasmine Traded1 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. Atlanta: Slocum, Destiny Hardship Release, Minnesota: Cunane, Elissa Hardship Release, Atlanta: Caldwell, Maya Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Giselle Jacobs knows hardship. Washington: Gustafson, Megan Waivers Cleared Players may receive additional compensation from their team or the league, but none of that additional compensation is part of the base salary. Teams are limited to rostering a maximum of six players with any form of salary protection on their contract, even if it isn't until a future season, so to burn one of those six protections on 50% of a player's salary is not always the most efficient decision. Las Vegas: Clark, Alysha Sign Regular Contract This season's issues with 10 WNBA players already entering the health and safety protocols, however, have introduced a new class of hardship replacements stepping in for players who enter the protocols after a positive test for COVID-19. 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. Dallas: Thompson, Unique Waived Players are not allowed to re-enter the draft if they go undrafted. Washington: Christyn Williams Sign Rookie Scale Contract Minnesota: Turner, Yvonne Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) To give you some perspective, the base salary for . Phoenix: Simms, Jennie Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Seattle: Giacone, Jenna Waived Minnesota Lynx: Anna Cruz QO Extended Dallas: McCowan, Teaira Set Active 17 overall pick in this year's WNBA draft by Seattle, but . Los Angeles: Cambage, Liz Contract Amendment Divorce, Phoenix: Davis, Kaela Sign 7-Day 1st Contract Las Vegas: Young, Jackie Contract Amendment Time-Off Bonus Teams must make this tender within seven days of the draft, and if they do offer a contract within seven days then the player cannot negotiate with any other team. For any such suspensions that come with a reduction in payable salary - which includes time off for discipline or to allow a player to compete in non-WNBA events or tournaments - the player's full salary counts on the cap, even if the player has a reduction in their base salary. Phoenix: Maya Dodson Sign Rookie Scale Contract Indiana: Whalen, Erin Waivers Cleared So if the injury took place on July 10, 2020, the team must wait until July 10, 2022. Connecticut: Hiedeman, Natisha QO Extended, Indiana: Chagas, Florencia Waivers Cleared, Phoenix: Diggins-Smith, Skylar Set Active This is only done before the regular season - between the preceding December 1 and the first regular-season game - so it has no bearing on the team minimum or league-wide guarantee. A qualifying offer is a contract that a player's previous team offers to the player in order to ensure negotiation restrictions apply to the player. Dallas: Walker, Destinee Waivers Cleared "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.' Only drafted rookies have rookie scale contracts that can last four years, and therefore are the only contracts that may be extended, meaning undrafted rookie contracts cannot be extended. Contracts can include any combination of the types of protection permitted by the CBA, which are detailed below. Atlanta Dream: Erica Wheeler Traded from Los Angeles Sparks* As merit bonuses do not count as salary, players whose base salary is already at or close to the league maximum will earn the entirety of their bonus. Atlanta Dream: Monique Billings QO Extended, Seattle Storm: Stephanie Talbot QO Extended The extension does not affect the terms for the years covered by the original contract. Dallas is trading the contract of Tyasha Harris to Connecticut. Atlanta: Walker, Megan Team Option Declined, Las Vegas: Young, Jackie Sign Contract Extension Teams are not allowed to insure against a lack of skill. New York: Sika Kone Required Tender Made. They can extend their contract for up to three years bringing them to a total of the first seven years of their career. Such a hardship must be more than a mere inconvenience. In this situation, the player and their team may work out an agreement to suspend the player for that season. There are two types of maximum base salaries - one standard maximum and a higher maximum for players who meet any of a number of criteria. Connecticut: Smith, Kiara Sign Rookie Scale Contract, Connecticut: Hayes, Tiffany Traded Exclusive Negotiating Rights1, Chicago: Ndour-Fall, Astou Sign Regular Contract Dallas: Jazz Bond Required Tender Made 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. 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. 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. Indiana increased its team salary by $60,000 while only having to pay Lavender about $15,000 more than they still owed Mavunga. 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. That would be an additional $12,875 in bonuses, bringing them up to a grand total of $56,631. Minnesota: McCoughtry, Angel Contract Amendment Divorce Chicago Sky: Diamond DeShields Sign Regular Contract, *Seattle trades the contract of Katie Lou Samuelson and Seattles own 2022 1st round pick (#9) to Los Angeles in exchange for the contract of Gabby Williams. Minnesota waived her on May 3, but three days later, the Indiana Fever signed her to a hardship contract. Minnesota: Carleton, Bridget Sign Regular Contract $37K is a lot for many people, but by NBA standards, it's really not that much. Time off bonuses must cover the first offseason after they are signed or added, but they are not required to be included for all subsequent seasons. 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