Breanna Stewart is expected to be the top WNBA player available in free agency later this month. But now that we’ve ranked the top free agents, it’s time to flip the perspective and look at what all 12 WNBA teams will try to accomplish this offseason.
For each WNBA team, we’ll look at cap space (using salary figures from HerHoopStats.com) and key free agents as well as the most important needs to fill this offseason. Naturally, that won’t just involve free agency. Teams also can add via the draft and trades. Since the start of the current WNBA collective bargaining agreement in 2020, however, free agency has become a more important tool for teams.
The last two champions, the Chicago Sky in 2021 and Las Vegas Aces in 2022, added key starters as free agents, coincidentally both from the Los Angeles Sparks. Chicago picked up Candace Parker just before winning the first WNBA title in franchise history, while Las Vegas signing Chelsea Gray in 2021 to join a core of recent No. 1 picks Kelsey Plum, A’ja Wilson and Jackie Young paid off when Gray was perhaps the best player of the group during the Aces’ first title run.
Which teams have the best chance of making a move like that this offseason? ESPN’s Kevin Pelton, M.A. Voepel and Alexa Philippou take a look.
Cap space: $942,916
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