The Las Vegas Aces have waived rookie guard Dyaisha Fair, the team announced Sunday. Fair, the third-leading scorer in NCAA Division I women’s basketball history with 3,403 points, was selected No. 16 overall in the 2024 WNBA Draft last month.
Fair impressed enough during training camp to earn a spot on the Aces’ roster, but she saw extremely limited action in the first two weeks of the season. She made her professional debut Saturday in the team’s blowout win over the Indiana Fever and did not score, though she did hand out two assists.
The 5-foot-5 Fair is undersized, even for a point guard, and was always going to face an uphill battle to carve out a spot in the WNBA. That the Aces decided to move on is ultimately not all that surprising, though the timing is a bit strange considering they were impressed enough to keep her out of camp.
Ultimately, Fair may have been done in by forces outside her control.
The Aces have a serious depth issue at the moment due to Candace Parker’s retirement and Chelsea Gray’s injury….
