Satou Sabally couldn’t hide her smile as she was introduced as the newest member of the Phoenix Mercury on Tuesday afternoon.
“I’m super happy, super humbled and grateful to be here, to finally be able to be a part of such a legendary organization,” Sabally said.
Sabally arrives in Phoenix as part of a four-team trade involving the Dallas Wings, Connecticut Sun and Indiana Fever. The trade came just 26 days after Sabally told reporters she had informed the Wings — her former team — that she had played her last game in Dallas and intended to leave during free agency.
Sabally was one of the most coveted free agents this offseason, but the Mercury have had her on their target list long before she announced her intentions to join a new team.
“This has been a two-year pursuit,” Mercury general manager Nick U’Ren said Tuesday. “It’s something we have had our eye on and our hopes up for.”
At the time U’Ren took the front office position in Phoenix in 2023, Sabally was averaging a career-high 18.6 points on 43.5% shooting with 8.1 rebounds in Dallas.
“It was so easy to see how talented she was,” U’Ren told ESPN.
Sabally was a restricted free agent that winter and took a meeting with the Mercury. Despite deciding to go back to Dallas for the 2024 season, seeds were…
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