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List of 2021 WNBA season transactions

This is a list of transactions that have taken place during the off-season and the 2021 WNBA season.

Retirement edit

Date Name Team(s) played (years) Age Notes Ref.
February 8, 2021   Crystal Langhorne Washington Mystics (2008–2013)
Seattle Storm (2014–2020) 		34 WNBA Champion (2018, 2020)
WNBA All-Star (2011, 2013)
WNBA Most Improved Player (2009)
Also played overseas in Slovakia, Hungary, China & Australia. 		[1][2]
February 9, 2021   Renee Montgomery Minnesota Lynx (2009, 2015–2017)
Connecticut Sun (2010–2014)
Seattle Storm (2015)
Atlanta Dream (2018–2019) 		34 WNBA Champion (2015, 2017)
WNBA All-Star (2011)
WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year (2012)
Also played overseas in Lithuania, Israel, Russia, Australia, and Poland. 		[3][4]
February 9, 2021   LaToya Sanders Phoenix Mercury (2008)
Minnesota Lynx (2009)
Los Angeles Sparks (2011)
Washington Mystics (2012, 2015-2020) 		34 WNBA Champion (2019) [5][6]
March 15, 2021   Morgan Tuck Connecticut Sun (2016–2019)
Seattle Storm (2020) 		26 WNBA Champion (2020) [7][8]
May 13, 2021   Seimone Augustus Minnesota Lynx (2006–2019)
Los Angeles Sparks (2020) 		37 4 × WNBA Champion (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
8 × WNBA All-Star (2006, 2007, 2011, 2013–2015, 2017, 2018)
WNBA Finals MVP (2011)
WNBA Rookie of the Year (2006) 		[9][10]

Front office movements edit

Head coach changes edit

Off-season
Departure date Team Outgoing head coach Reason for departure Hire date Incoming head coach Last coaching position Ref.
October 15, 2020 Dallas Wings   Brian Agler Mutual agreement December 9   Vickie Johnson Las Vegas Aces assistant coach (2018–2020) [11][12]
May 3, 2021 Atlanta Dream   Nicki Collen Hired as head coach by Baylor University May 3   Mike Petersen (interim) Atlanta Dream assistant coach (2018–2020) [13][14]

Player movement edit

Trades edit

February
February 5 To Washington Mystics
 To Minnesota Lynx
  • 2022 third-round pick
 [15]
February 10 To Phoenix Mercury
 To New York Liberty
  • 2021 first-round pick (#6)
  • 2022 first-round pick
 [16]
To New York Liberty
 To Seattle Storm
  • 2021 first-round pick (#1)
  • 2022 first-round pick (from Phoenix)
  • 2022 third-round pick
 [17]
To Seattle Storm
 To Minnesota Lynx
  • 2022 first-round pick (from Phoenix)
 [18][19]
To New York Liberty
 To Seattle Storm
 [17][19]
To Seattle Storm
 To Dallas Wings
  • 2021 first-round pick (#1)
  • 2022 second-round pick
 [20][19]
February 13 To Atlanta Dream
 To Phoenix Mercury
  • 2022 third-round pick
 [21]
February 15 To Indiana Fever
 To Las Vegas Aces
  • 2021 second-round pick (#14)
 [22][23]
To Indiana Fever
 To Minnesota Lynx
  • 2022 second-round pick
 [22][24]

Free agency edit

Player Date signed New team Former team Ref
  Cheyenne Parker February 1 Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky [25]
  Candace Parker Chicago Sky Los Angeles Sparks [26]
  Kamiah Smalls Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever [27]
  Allisha Gray Dallas Wings [28]
  Jantel Lavender Indiana Fever [29]
  Natalie Achonwa Minnesota Lynx Indiana Fever [30]
  Kayla McBride Minnesota Lynx Las Vegas Aces [31]
  Diana Taurasi Phoenix Mercury [32]
  Epiphanny Prince Seattle Storm [33]
  Alysha Clark Washington Mystics Seattle Storm [34]
  Alyssa Thomas February 2 Connecticut Sun [35]
  Chelsea Gray Las Vegas Aces Los Angeles Sparks [36]
  Erica Wheeler Los Angeles Sparks Indiana Fever [37]
  Betnijah Laney New York Liberty Atlanta Dream [38]
  LaToya Sanders Washington Mystics [39]
  Danielle Robinson February 3 Indiana Fever Las Vegas Aces [40]
  Tianna Hawkins February 4 Atlanta Dream Washington Mystics [41]
  Jasmine Thomas Connecticut Sun [42]
  Brionna Jones February 5 Connecticut Sun [43]
  Kia Vaughn Phoenix Mercury [44]
  Tina Charles Washington Mystics [45]
  Sydney Wallace February 6 Connecticut Sun Zagłębie Sosnowiec (Poland) [46]
  Brittany Boyd February 8 Chicago Sky New York Liberty [47]
  Chanelle Molina Indiana Fever Norrköping Dolphins (Sweden) [48]
  Brittney Sykes Los Angeles Sparks [49]
  Candice Dupree Seattle Storm Indiana Fever [50]
  Riquna Williams February 11 Las Vegas Aces Los Angeles Sparks [51]
  Amanda Zahui B Los Angeles Sparks New York Liberty [52]
  Tamera Young Seattle Storm Las Vegas Aces [53]
  Aerial Powers February 15 Minnesota Lynx Washington Mystics [54]
  Bria Holmes February 19 Connecticut Sun Los Angeles Sparks [55]
  Shatori Walker-Kimbrough February 22 Washington Mystics Atlanta Dream [56]
  Seimone Augustus Los Angeles Sparks [57]
  Chiney Ogwumike February 25 Los Angeles Sparks [58]
  Odyssey Sims March 1 Minnesota Lynx Atlanta Dream [59]
  Sue Bird Seattle Storm [60]
  Nneka Ogwumike March 2 Los Angeles Sparks [61]
  Nia Coffey March 4 Los Angeles Sparks Phoenix Mercury [62]
  Natasha Cloud March 10 Washington Mystics [63]
  Liz Cambage March 12 Las Vegas Aces [64]
  Luisa Geiselsöder Dallas Wings [65]
  Aislinn Konig March 16 Washington Mystics BCF Elfic Fribourg (Switzerland) [66]
  Sara Blicavs March 22 Phoenix Mercury Southside Flyers (Australia)
  Marta Xargay March 25 Phoenix Mercury Uni Girona CB (Spain)
  Stephanie Jones March 28 Connecticut Sun Ślęza Wrocław (Poland) [67]
  Shavonte Zellous March 31 Washington Mystics Çankaya Üniversitesi (Turkey) [68]
  Mikayla Pivec April 2 Minnesota Lynx Campus Promete (Spain) [69]
  Jillian Alleyne Washington Mystics Dynamo Novosibirsk (Russia) [70]
  Tanaya Atkinson April 9 Connecticut Sun CDB Clarinos (Spain) [71]
  Jessica January April 13 Chicago Sky Indiana Fever [72]
  Alexis Prince Chicago Sky
  Asia Taylor April 14 New York Liberty CDB Clarinos (Spain) [73]
  Teana Muldrow April 16 Connecticut Sun Maccabi Haifa (Israel) [74]
  Asheika Alexander Minnesota Lynx Langston [75]
  Akela Maize Phoenix Mercury Montana (Bulgaria)
  Tiana Mangakahia Phoenix Mercury Syracuse [76]
  Avery Warley-Talbert Phoenix Mercury Las Vegas Aces
  G'mrice Davis Washington Mystics AZS Poznań (Poland) [77]
  Crystal Bradford April 17 Atlanta Dream Ramat Hasharon (Israel) [78]
  Mikayla Cowling Atlanta Dream Charnay Basket (France) [78]
  Sierra Campisano Chicago Sky Cal Poly [79]
  Petra Holešínská Chicago Sky North Carolina [79]
  Sparkle Taylor Chicago Sky CB Islas Canarias (Spain) [79]
  Kobi Thornton Chicago Sky Campus Promete (Spain) [79][80]
  Feyonda Fitzgerald Connecticut Sun Maccabi Haifa (Israel)
  Kai James Connecticut Sun CB Islas Canarias (Spain)
  Vionise Pierre-Louis Connecticut Sun Charnay Basket (France)
  Japreece Dean Minnesota Lynx Chicago Sky [81]
  Selena Lott Minnesota Lynx Marquette [81]
  Mikayla Vaughn Minnesota Lynx Notre Dame [81]
  Alex Wittinger Minnesota Lynx Heidelberg (Germany) [81]
  Cierra Burdick Phoenix Mercury Las Vegas Aces [82]
  Brianna Fraser April 18 Connecticut Sun Vasas SC (Hungary) [83]
  Dee Givens Dallas Wings BC Winterthur (Switzerland) [84]
  Tori Jarosz Dallas Wings Zagłębie Sosnowiec (Poland) [84]
  Destinee Walker Dallas Wings Notre Dame [84]
  Kate Cain Las Vegas Aces Nebraska [85]
  Lauren Manis Las Vegas Aces [85]
  Blanca Millán Washington Mystics Maine [86]
  Pre Stanley Washington Mystics Appalachian State [87]
  Tyra Whitehead Washington Mystics San Jose State

Waived edit

Player Date Waived Former Team Ref
  Kiah Gillespie January 6 Chicago Sky [88]
  Nia Coffey February 10 Phoenix Mercury
  Odyssey Sims February 15 Indiana Fever
  Brittany Brewer February 21 Atlanta Dream
  Mikayla Pivec Atlanta Dream
  Astou Ndour February 25 Dallas Wings
  Stephanie Mavunga March 7 Chicago Sky
  Marie Gülich March 16 Los Angeles Sparks
  Lexie Brown April 17 Minnesota Lynx
  Tierra Ruffin-Pratt April 18 Los Angeles Sparks

References edit

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  34. ^ "WNBA CHAMPION ALYSHA CLARK SIGNS WITH MYSTICS - Washington Mystics". wnba.com. WNBA. February 1, 2021.
  35. ^ "Alyssa Thomas returns to the Sun on multi-year contract - Connecticut Sun". sun.wnba.com. WNBA. February 2, 2021.
  36. ^ "Aces Sign Three-Time WNBA All-Star Guard Chelsea Gray - Las Vegas Aces". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. February 2, 2021.
  37. ^ "Sparks Sign All-Star Guard Erica Wheeler - Los Angeles Sparks". sparks.wnba.com. WNBA. February 2, 2021.
  38. ^ "New York Liberty Signs WNBA's 2020 Most Improved Player Betnijah Laney - New York Liberty". liberty.wnba.com. WNBA. February 2, 2021.
  39. ^ "SANDERS TO RETURN TO MYSTICS - Washington Mystics". mystics.wnba.com. WNBA. February 2, 2021.
  40. ^ "Danielle Robinson signs with the Fever - Indiana Fever". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. February 3, 2021.
  41. ^ "Tianna Hawkins Inks Multi-Year Deal with Atlanta - Atlanta Dream". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. February 4, 2021.
  42. ^ "Jasmine Thomas inks multi-year contract with Connecticut - Connecticut Sun". sun.wnba.com. WNBA. February 4, 2021.
  43. ^ "Connecticut remains home for Brionna Jones - Connecticut Sun". sun.wnba.com. WNBA. February 5, 2021.
  44. ^ "PHOENIX MERCURY RE-SIGN FREE AGENT CENTER KIA VAUGHN - Phoenix Mercury". mercury.wnba.com. WNBA. February 5, 2021.
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  49. ^ "Sparks Re-Sign All-WNBA Defender Brittney Sykes". sparks.wnba.com. WNBA. February 8, 2021.
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  54. ^ "Minnesota Lynx Sign WNBA Champion Aerial Powers". lynx.wnba.com. WNBA. February 15, 2021.
  55. ^ "Sparks Sign Bria Holmes". sparks.wnba.com. WNBA. February 19, 2021.
  56. ^ "Dream Sign Shatori Walker-Kimbrough". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. February 22, 2021.
  57. ^ "Sparks Re-Sign Four-Time WNBA Champion Seimone Augustus". sparks.wnba.com. WNBA. February 22, 2021.
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