One other spherical of WNBA coaching camp cuts simply got here via as groups put together to play preseason video games on Tuesday and Wednesday. Among the many most notable was Paige Bueckers’s former teammate Christyn Williams, who graduated from UConn in 2022 and was drafted No. 14 total to the Washington Mystics that yr.
Sadly, Williams suffered an ACL tear in coaching camp, just like what occurred to Georgia Amoore per week in the past. She rehabbed for a yr however was ultimately minimize from the Mystics, ultimately signing a rest-of-season contract with the Phoenix Mercury on the finish of the 2023 season. The Mercury waived her in coaching camp at the start of the 2024 season. This yr, Williams was signed to a coaching camp contract with the Minnesota Lynx, however was waived earlier than the Lynx’s preseason video games.
The Minnesota Lynx additionally waived Kiara Leslie. Elsewhere across the league, the Dallas Wings introduced that they had waived Aaronette Vonleh, their thirty first decide within the 2025 WNBA draft. Tuesday afternoon, the Seattle Storm introduced that they had minimize each Jordan Hobbs and Madison Conner. The Storm drafted Conner twenty ninth total and Hobbs thirty fourth total within the 2025 WNBA Draft. Seattle’s solely remaining 2025 draftees in coaching camp are Serena Sundell (No. 26) and Dominique Malonga (No. 2).
Coaching camp cuts will ramp up within the coming days as groups proceed to play their first and second preseason video games. The deadline to lock in opening day rosters is Could 15, however many groups will do their remaining spherical of cuts a day or two earlier than that, in order that gamers have an opportunity to be claimed off waivers earlier than the season begins.
Gamers may be claimed off waivers within the 48 hours after they’re waived, and so they receives a commission for that interval. If groups wait too lengthy, that interval enters the common season, and the cash being paid to them goes in opposition to their cap restrict. It’s additionally costlier since in-season pay charges are greater than coaching camp.
The league already noticed one participant be claimed off waivers when the Atlanta Dream grabbed Shyanne Sellers from the Golden State Valkyries.
Right here is an up to date listing of each participant waived from coaching camps to date:
- Mya Hollingshed (Connecticut Solar)
- Abbey Hsu (Connecticut Solar)
- Jordyn Jenkins (Las Vegas Aces)
- Kaitlyn Davis (New York Liberty)
- Alyssa Utsby (Los Angeles Sparks)
- Anneli Maley (Los Angeles Sparks)
- Shyanne Sellers (Golden State Valkyries)
- Arella Guirantes (Chicago Sky)
- Tilly Boler (Chicago Sky)
- Sammi Puisis (Chicago Sky)
- McKenzie Forbes (Dallas Wings)
- Mikiah Herbert Hannigan (Dallas Wings)
- Morgan Jones (Washington Mystics)
- Jojo Lacey (Washington Mystics)
- Bree Corridor (Indiana Fever)
- Jillian Alleyne (Indiana Fever)
- DeYona Gaston (Atlanta Dream)
- Christyn Williams (Minnesota Lynx)
- Kiara Leslie (Minnesota Lynx)
- Aaronette Vonleh (Dallas Wings)
- Jordan Hobbs (Seattle Storm)
- Madison Conner (Seattle Storm)
