Phoenix: Williams, Kiana Waived Atlanta: McDonald, Aari Team Option Exercised, Los Angeles: Ogwumike, Chiney Sign Regular Contract *Seattle trades the draft rights to Lorela Cubaj to New York for New Yorks own 2023 2nd round pick. This means that if a team trades for a player with a $100,000 base salary who has already been paid half of their salary, they will need to have room for the full $100,000 of their salary on their cap even though they only owe the player $50,000. 11, and so on. When Indiana traded Stephanie Mavunga to Chicago for Jantel Lavender in 2020, both teams benefited from this rule in different ways. This combination of rules stops a team from matching the offer sheet to a player solely to use that player as a trade chip without the player having a say in their destination. For every player below 10 that is included on the team's total salary, a cap hold equal to the rookie minimum is added. Restricted qualifying offers may not include any sort of guaranteed salary. Washington: Sykes, Brittney Sign Regular Contract Players with two or fewer years of service are at the lowest level, while players with three or more years of service have a higher minimum base salary. Another way to qualify for a supermax contract going forward - effective January 1, 2021 - is to be a free agent with five or more years of service and sign with your prior team. This means if a career-ending injury happens on June 10, 2020, then the team can apply for the extension on January 1, 2022. If it were to happen, the team that drafted the player will retain the exclusive WNBA rights to negotiate a contract for one year once the player is no longer inhibited from signing a contract by the other league. Chicago is trading its own 2022 1st round pick (#7) and 2023 1st round pick to Indiana. The 10-day timeline was adjusted for the 2021 draft to account for the fact that all NCAA athletes were granted an extra year of eligibility due to the Coronavirus pandemic. After Friday's 79-71 overtime win over the New York Liberty, Stewart and teammate Jewell Loyd lamented the difficulty of replacing players in health and safety protocols. Connecticut Sun: Jonquel Jones Sign Core Contract. Las Vegas trades the contract of Dearica Hamby and Las Vegass own 2024 1st round draft pick to Los Angeles in exchange for the exclusive negotiating rights to Amanda Zahui B. and Los Angeless own 2024 2nd round draft pick. "So I had to drive an hour to Austin and got on a direct flight.". She will play in the team's regular season opener against the Washington Mystics on Friday. For example, players drafted in 2021 such as Aari McDonald or Michaela Onyenwere will not be affected for the 2023 season. In addition to the base salaries in the table above, players may earn performance bonuses for team success and individual awards. Seattle: Harding, Paisley Waivers Cleared Seattle: Giacone, Jenna Waived This season's issues with 10 WNBA players already entering the health and safety protocols, however, have introduced a new class of hardship replacements stepping in for players who enter the protocols after a positive test for COVID-19. Under the latest CBA, the salary cap is specified for each season through 2027 with annual increases of 3% each season. Players are paid in semi-monthly installments by their current teams, so a player's new team is only on the hook for the remaining salary. Teams are not allowed to insure against a lack of skill. New York: Dangerfield, Crystal QO Extended It is unclear whether or not the league would pay players these bonuses if the festivities had to be canceled on short notice after the participants had been selected. Just as with the team minimum, the Players Association is tasked with determining a reasonable way to divide that money, known as the "shortfall", within 30 days of the end of the season. Las Vegas: Mya Hollingshed- Sign Rookie Scale Contract Seattle: Jenna Giacone Sign Training Camp Contract While partial salary protection is allowed for a single season (i.e. Minnesota: Davis, Rennia Waived The first, and most common one, is for a player to be at least 22 years old by December 31 of the calendar year of the draft. Per the Winter Showcase telecast, the G-League base salary is $37,000. Chicago: Maley, Anneli Hardship Release Atlanta Dream: Monique Billings QO Extended, Seattle Storm: Stephanie Talbot QO Extended Phoenix: Cannon, Emma Hardship Release, Chicago: Davis, Kaela Hardship Release This is incredibly rare, because retaining the exclusive rights to draft picks is valuable, and unprotected salaries mean there is no risk if the player doesn't make the team. Indiana: Cannon, Emma Sign Regular Contract Atlanta: Howard, Rhyne Sign Rookie Scale Contract, Minnesota: Mack, Natasha Waivers Cleared Base salary protection is an agreement between a player and their team that allows a player to still receive their base salary in the event of being released due to lack of skill, injury, or illness. Indiana increased its team salary by $60,000 while only having to pay Lavender about $15,000 more than they still owed Mavunga. The former UConn guard was drafted 21st overall by the Seattle Storm in this year's WNBA . Connecticut: Holmes, Joyner Sign 7-Day 2nd Contract Until one of those things happens, the player's salary remains on the team's salary cap. Washington Mystics: Myisha Hines-Allen QO Extended Chicago Sky: Crystal Bradford Waivers Cleared, Phoenix Mercury: Kristine Anigwe Sign Training Camp Contract. Indiana: Perry, Chelsey Personal Decision Full Season Minnesota: Chloe Bibby Sign Training Camp Contract . Indiana: Emma Cannon Waived Connecticut: Walker, Jasmine Waived, Chicago: Smith, Alanna Sign Regular Contract Extensions may include trade bonuses, even if the original contract did not include one, but they will not become active until the first season covered by the extension. Los Angeles: Talbot, Stephanie Sign Regular Contract Washington: Westbrook, Evina Sign 7-Day 3rd Contract Atlanta: Mompremier, Beatrice Sign Training Camp Contract Las Vegas: Stokes, Kiah Sign Regular Contract Coring and reserving players requires the player's previous team to extend some form of qualifying offer to retain the exclusive negotiating rights to the player, while those rights automatically go to the team for suspended - contract expired players. An unrestricted free agent is free to sign with any team, including their prior team, but their prior team has no ability to dictate where the player chooses to sign. Minnesota: Moon Ursin Sign Training Camp Contract, Las Vegas: Pointer, Khayla Sign Rookie Scale Contract Since a standard minimum is $58,710, this is about a 1% difference. Players who only play on seven-day or replacement contracts do not earn a year of service. Washington: Harper, Linnae Waived Minnesota Lynx: Natasha Mack Sign Training Camp Contract Teams must have at least 11 players on their rosters throughout the season. Contracts of players who are no longer with the team also count against a team's salary, but only the amount that they had been paid prior to being waived and money still owed after being waived. As a result, several teams cut players on unprotected deals to gain more salary cap flexibility for the . New York is trading the contract of Natasha Howard and the exclusive negotiating rights to Crystal Dangerfield to Dallas. As a second option, players younger than 22 are eligible to enter the draft if they have graduated from a four-year university or will graduate from a four-year university within three months of the draft. Las Vegas: Aifuwa Faustine- Required Tender Made This got the Fever, a team under the team minimum, closer to that benchmark and lessened the shortfall the team owed its players by about $45,000. In earlier years, including the first offseason under the new CBA, the requirement was six or more years of service. Indiana is trading the contract of Julie Allemand to Chicago, Seattle Storm: Breanna Stewart Sign Regular Contract Teams must make this decision and notify the player by May 15 following the player's second contract year. First, any rookie who either goes undrafted or whose team cuts or renounces the rights to them immediately becomes an unrestricted free agent. So, for 2020, this means the league is guaranteeing that it will pay out at least $1,209,000 multiplied by 12 for a total of $14,508,000. In some situations when a player is suspended for the remainder of the season - whether it is voluntary, the result of an injury competing for a non-WNBA team, or a penalty for withholding services - the player will be removed from the team's salary cap. Washington: Jackson, MeMe Waived Dallas: Dungee, Chelsea Waived Outstanding qualifying offers, except those that would become training camp contracts (1st year of rookie contract or one-year, non-guaranteed, minimum salary contracts) if accepted, count against the salary cap as a cap hold. 4:30 p.m. PT: Williams' flight arrives at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport gates about two and a half hours before tip-off. Indiana: Hartley, Bria Suspended Partial Season Players are also allowed to leave or be late due to 'a significant life event' (e.g., a graduation ceremony or a death in the family). For picks 5-8, the rookie base salary drops to $69,224. Chicago: Parks, Robyn Sign Rookie Scale Contract New York Liberty: Stefanie Dolson Sign Regular Contract Dallas: Thompson, Unique Waived Atlanta: Hayes, Tiffany Suspended Partial Season, Atlanta: Charles, Kaila Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) New York: Jones, Jonquel Traded1, Atlanta: Mompremier, Beatrice QO Extended Extensions, may not be signed between the end of the regular season and January 31, but they can be negotiated between January 15 and January 31. Phoenix: Williams, Kiana Waivers Cleared ", 'He told me to pack a bag': One WNBA hardship player's dash from San Antonio to Seattle, WNBA mock draft: Villanova's Siegrist soars into lottery pick, Serena, Griner honored at NAACP Image Awards, Sparks officially re-sign forward N. Ogwumike, Griner on court in 1st open workout since release, WNBA draft set for N.Y., to have 'Orange Carpet', 2-time All-Star C. Ogwumike back with Sparks, Griner officially rejoins Mercury in 'special signing', Yang joins Sparks after FIBA silver with China, WNBA trade grades: Why Wings, Liberty earn top marks in Saturday's four-team trade. Seattle: Magbegor, Ezi Sign Regular Contract, Phoenix: Gustafson, Megan Sign Training Camp Contract The base salary can be any value between the league minimum and maximum, though they are typically for the minimum. Atlanta: Morrison, Que Waived, Connecticut: Hayes, Keyona Waivers Cleared On Monday, the Washington Mystics announced that they signed Megan Gustafson to an injury hardship contract.. Gustafson is entering her third WNBA season after spending the 2019 and 2020 seasons . Indiana: Williams-Holliday, Ameshya Waived Although the financial factor isn't as important with the WNBA's hard salary cap, there is an impact. If a trade bonus is arranged in a contract that is part of a sign & trade, the trade bonus is not paid until the second time the contract is traded. There is precedent for this, with the Phoenix Mercury pulling off the maneuver with Leilani Mitchell in 2019. The tables below show the terms for rookie contracts by draft class. This is also done with all 12 teams for rounds two and three. Los Angeles: Ogwumike, Nneka Sign Regular Contract A veteran contract extension can be for a base salary up to the applicable maximum, but the player's base salary may not increase by more than 20% of the last season in the original contract. Los Angeles: Kianna Smith Required Tender Made Las Vegas Aces: JiSu Park QO Extended Las Vegas: Aifuwa, Faustine Waived New York: Lorela Cubaj Required Tender Made Los Angeles: Horvat, Chantel Waivers Cleared Washington: Benzan, Katie Sign Trainining Camp Contract The minimum Team Salary for each . The Atlanta Dream have signed Destiny Slocum to a hardship contract, the organization announced today. Seattle: Gray, Reshanda Waivers Cleared Connecticut Sun: Natisha Hiedeman Sign Training Camp Contract, Chicago Sky: Diamond DeShields QO Extended For the Lakers, it would pave the way for them to sign a player to a 10-day contract. Storm general manager Talisa Rhea is there to pick her up for the 16-mile drive to Climate Pledge Arena in rush-hour traffic, perhaps a bit muted by people leaving early ahead of the three-day weekend. Minnesota: Allen, Lindsay 7-Day Contract Release, Minnesota: Allen, Lindsay Sign 7-Day 3rd Contract, Phoenix: Davis, Kaela 7-Day Contract Release Indiana: Vivians, Victoria Sign Regular Contract, Chicago: Harrison, Isabelle Sign Regular Contract All those players informed their teams before the season that they did not intend to play that season, which is why it is called a voluntary suspension. Minnesota Lynx: Layshia Clarendon Sign Regular Contract, Indiana Fever: Alaina Coates Sign Training Camp Contract If the injury occurs in the preseason or offseason while playing for a non-WNBA team the team can suspend the player for the season to remove their salary from the salary cap and open up another roster spot. Las Vegas Aces: Aja Wilson Sign Regular Contract Connecticut: Charles, Kaila Waivers Cleared "Honestly, it wasn't anything difficult," Williams said of Friday's journey. If a player with an unprotected base salary were cut, they would not earn any money for the remainder of the regular season, but a player with a protected contract would still receive either all or part of their remaining salary. Phoenix: Simms, Jennie Sign 7-Day 1st Contract Connecticut: Washington, Delicia Waived 5:30 p.m. PT: Williams arrives at the arena, showers and heads to the court for warmups. There are a couple of reasons a player would not sign a contract with the team that drafted them. Indiana: Kelly, Micaela Waivers Cleared This seems to be an unintended consequence, so it is possible the WNBPA and WNBA could work out an amendment covering this situation in the future. Los Angeles: Brown, Lexie Sign Regular Contract This is functionally the same as refusing to sign with a WNBA team, but the blame isn't placed on the player in this case. Phoenix: Gustafson, Megan Sign Training Camp Contract Chicago: Kayla Wells Sign Training Camp Contract Connecticut: Mompremier, Beatrice Awarded on Waivers Chicago: Mabrey, Marina Traded1 For players drafted before 2020, there is practically no difference between the base salary for the two offers due to the significant increase in the minimum salary. The CBA can be found in full on the WNBPA website. That is true regardless of whether the team played 26% of its games (9 out of 34), 29% of its games (10 out of 34), or some other number. 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