New coach, new general manager, new roster. The 2023 L.A. Sparks will be unrecognizable from the 2022 edition. Karen Bryant wasted no time making moves as she traded for Jasmine Thomas and Dearica Hamby, giving the Sparks talented players and a 2023 draft pick. Here are all the moves that have happened since then, what’s left to do and what’s to come.
The first Sparks free agent the organization made sure to bring back was Lexie Brown. The signing shows one of the things Curt Miller and the Sparks value: shooting. Brown was a 39.8 percent shooter from deep for L.A. last season and elite shooting is necessary in today’s game.
The next move from L.A. was to bring in Stephanie Talbot, a sixth-year forward who has bounced around the league but has size and is also a sharpshooter in her own right, shooting 39 percent from deep in 2022 for the Seattle Storm.
“I am excited to sign with the Los Angeles Sparks for the next two years,” Talbot said in a Sparks press release. “Talking to KB and Curt over the past week, I loved their vision for both myself and the team. I’m really looking forward to meeting my teammates and getting to work.”
It’s LAzurá now, with the Sparks signing free agent Azurá Stevens to the roster. Stevens has spent the last three seasons as a member of the…
