The Seattle Storm re-signed up-and-coming center Ezi Magbegor to a two-year deal this past Saturday, locking in the young Australian star for $159,650 in 2023 and $155,000 in 2024. The deal tabs Magbegor as a key building block for a Seattle franchise that has seen its championship window slammed shut since the start of the WNBA’s 2023 free agency period.
The Storm also signed two veterans: Sami Whitcomb ($142,500 in 2023 and $140,000 in 2024), who last played for Seattle from 2017-2020, and Kia Nurse ($142,500 in both 2023 and 2024), who missed the entirety of the 2022 season while rehabbing a torn ACL. Nurse last played for the Phoenix Mercury in 2021.
Seattle rounded up its flurry of free agency activity by signing Arella Guirantes and Kaila Charles to training camp contracts. Guirantes played one season in the WNBA (2021) with the Los Angeles Sparks, while Charles spent two seasons (2020 and 2021) with the Connecticut Sun and brief stints in 2022 with the Atlanta Dream and New York Liberty.
By the numbers*
Free agents (type) (2022 salary)
- Gabby Williams (restricted) ($144,000)
- Epiphanny Prince (unrestricted) ($115,000)
- Jantel Lavender (unrestricted) ($72,141)
- Tina Charles (unrestricted) ($34,285)
Total average salary of free agents: $425,897
Total team salary:…
