The Los Angeles Sparks will begin a new era in 2025. They hired Lynne Roberts as their head coach, are building a brand-new practice facility for the future and, to improve their present, have traded for Kelsey Plum.
A three-team blockbuster deal sent Plum from Las Vegas to Los Angeles, while costing the Sparks their No. 2 pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft and center Li Yueru. That’s a heavy price to pay, but when the return is a three-time All-Star and Olympic gold medalist guard coming to a team that desperately needs consistency in the backcourt, you have to be pleased.
Kelsey Plum’s time with the Aces was special
– 1st overall pick in 2017
– 2× WNBA champion (2022, 2023)
– 3× WNBA All-Star (2022–2024)
– WNBA Sixth Player of the Year (2021)
– WNBA All-Star Game MVP (2022)
– Commissioner’s Cup champion (2022)Sparks got one pic.twitter.com/CMCdwNLAnm
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 27, 2025
The Sparks haven’t had an All-Star guard on their team since 2019, when Chelsea Gray was still on the roster. Last season with the Aces, Plum averaged 17.8 points, 2.6 rebounds and 4.2 assists. Those numbers would’ve made her the points leader on the Sparks and second-best in assists behind Odyssey Sims, who only played 15 games for Los Angeles.
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