On Sunday, Jade Melbourne was on court preparing for Seattle Storm’s WNBA opener against Minnesota Lynx.
Fast forward 48 hours and the Australian guard is in another time zone fresh from her first training session with Washington after being traded to the Mystics on the eve of the new season.
A new city, new teammates and a new role await the 21-year-old who in her second campaign remains the youngest player in the WNBA.
She told ESPN she was working out at Seattle headquarters when she was called into the office.
“The General Manager and Associate GM were sitting there and I thought ‘Oh this looks like bad news’ and I was told I’d been traded to Washington, they were super nice about it, I got out of the meeting, Washington called and said they’d booked me on a flight the next morning.
“I packed up all my stuff, got up the next morning and went to the airport, arrived in Washington, was picked up and had a workout with the coaches that night, got my new car and new apartment and now I’m a Mystic.”
“It’s been hectic but I’m happy to be here.”
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