Former No. 1 overall pick Charli Collier has been waived by the Dallas Wings, the organization announced Wednesday.
Collier, the top pick of the 2021 WNBA draft out of Texas, averaged 2.9 points and 2.5 rebounds in 9.4 minutes per game across 45 appearances for the Wings the past two seasons. She also started 18 games in 2021.
“Today is a hard day, but I am proud of the work I have put in to get here and know there are better things ahead,” Collier posted in a statement on social media. “I went overseas, grew as a person and got better. All the feedback I got through camp was positive. Today I was told that if not for injuries at other spots I would have been on the team. That’s a hard thing to hear.”
The Wings also announced Wednesday that star Diamond DeShields, whom they traded for in the offseason, will miss extended time this summer as she recovers from a knee injury, and that rookie Lou Lopez Senechal will miss 6-8 weeks after undergoing knee surgery next week. According to…
