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. "Unfortunately, San Antonio is a smaller airport, so there weren't any flights that were going to get me to the game on time," she said. Los Angeles: Lexi Gordon Waivers Cleared Seattle: Dojkic, Ivana Sign Rookie Scale Contract If a player signs during training camp in 2023, they still get retroactively fined as if they'd been under contract from the beginning. 11, and so on. The University of Georgia graduate played in three regular season games with the Dream after being signed to a hardship contract earlier this season, where she scored 18 points in her WNBA debut to help Atlanta defeat . Phoenix: Cannon, Emma Waivers Cleared Dallas Wings: Bella Alarie Team Option Exercised. This is what allowed Skylar Diggins-Smith to be cored by Dallas, re-signed by Dallas, and then traded immediately to Phoenix even though Griner was already on the roster with a core designation. New York: Stewart, Breanna Sign Regular Contract, Washington: Zahui B, Amanda Sign Training Camp Contract Seattle: Elissa Cunane Sign Rookie Scale Contract This is a living document that we will enhance and refine over time. Indiana: Coates, Alaina Suspended Partial Season Washington: Burke, Kennedy Suspended Partial Season, Atlanta: Caldwell, Maya Waived Washington: Westbrook, Evina 7-Day Contract Release The team is not enforcing the prioritization rules, the league is. Indiana: Ali Patberg Sign Rookie Scale Contract The first possible reason is that a player simply doesn't want to play for the team that drafted them. Phoenix: Macee Williams Sign Rookie Scale Contract Minnesota: Dangerfield, Crystal Waived This means if a career-ending injury happens on June 10, 2020, then the team can apply for the extension on January 1, 2022. Loading Split Stats. Minnesota: Hooks, CeCe Waived Players who simply do not show up after signing a contract can be fined by their teams, but as long as an agreement is made, there are no further consequences. Washington: McCall, Erica Waived Westbrook, a 6-0 guard, was drafted 21st overall by the Seattle Storm in the 2022 WNBA Draft and registered 18 points, five rebounds and three assists in the two preseason games she appeared. 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. Chicago: Maley, Anneli Hardship Release The minimum team salary level increases at the same rate. A player can become an unrestricted free agent in a few ways. Phoenix: Simms, Jennie 7-Day Contract Release If a player opts out of a season, which we have referred to as a voluntary suspension in past pieces, they fall under the umbrella of "not fulfilling" the requirements of their contract and therefore do not become free agents once their contract would normally expire. The simplest situation of a rookie contract expiring is for a drafted rookie whose fourth-year option was not exercised by their team. Any player on an expiring contract with three or fewer years of service is eligible to receive a reserved qualifying offer. Minnesota: Jones, Kayla Waived They must be negotiated in a player's contract and cannot be added after the contract has already been accepted (except when signing an extension), and can only be exercised once for the duration of the contract. 2006. ATLANTA, Ga. (June 20, 2022) - The Atlanta Dream have signed guard Maya Caldwell to a hardship contract, the organization announced today. the No. Phoenix: Gray, Reshanda Sign 7-Day 2nd Contract Indiana: Fagbenle, Temi QO Extended (e) "Bona Fide Exclusive Endorsement Agreement" means a binding Atlanta: Jones, Ndea Waived, Washington: Williams, Christyn Waivers Cleared Phoenix: DeShields, Diamond Set Active If additional players are expected to be out for an extended period of time, the team may start the process again to request an additional exception. A player's base salary for the fourth season of their rookie contract remains the same under an extension. 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. There are 1,001 possible sets of four, ranging from 1-2-3-4 to 1-2-3-5 to 11-12-13-14. Seattle: Raina Perez Sign Training Camp Contract No, not all players whose contracts have expired become free agents. Indiana: Robinson, Danielle Suspended Partial Season Dallas Wings: Destinee Walker Sign Training Camp Contract, Las Vegas Aces: Sydney Colson Sign Training Camp Contract The qualifying offer itself is also much lower, between $8,000 and $25,000 lower for first-round picks drafted in 2020 or later. Minnesota: Collier, Napheesa Sign Contract Extension The standard maximum is for 14.2% of the salary cap and the supermax is for 16.5% of the salary cap. Indiana: Whalen, Erin Waived Indiana increased its team salary by $60,000 while only having to pay Lavender about $15,000 more than they still owed Mavunga. 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. On January 1, 2022, they can begin to trade 2023 picks. If they played for multiple teams over those two seasons, they must have changed teams via assignment (almost always a trade) or have signed with their most recent team as a free agent during the first season. Los Angeles trades the contract of Olivia Nelson-Ododa, the contract of Jasmine Walker, and the exclusive negotiating rights to Kianna Smith to Connecticut in exchange for the contract of Jasmine Thomas and Connecticuts own 2023 1st round draft pick (#10). The guarantee level, which is about seven percent below the salary cap, is the average team salary that the league guarantees to pay to their players. Los Angeles: Zahui B., Amanda Suspended Full Season Chicago: Doyle, Kathleen Waivers Cleared *Seattle trades the draft rights to Lorela Cubaj to New York for New Yorks own 2023 2nd round pick. The contracts are at the minimum base salary and prorated where the fraction is seven divided by the total number of days in the regular season. Washington: Gustafson, Megan Waivers Cleared Players who only play on seven-day or replacement contracts do not earn a year of service. In either case, players will earn a fraction of the annual salary to account for the part of the season before or after their contract is in place. There are a couple of reasons a player would not sign a contract with the team that drafted them. Connecticut: Lewis, Jordan Waivers Cleared Phoenix: Williams, Kiana Waived With a few exceptions, this is about in line with the maximum increase a contract can see in each season. Atlanta: Hillsman, Khaalia Waivers Cleared, Phoenix: Williams, Macee Waivers Cleared The contract also cannot have any sort of base salary protection. 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. In 2023, arriving late to training camp due to offseason playing obligations will result in a fine of 1% of a player's base salary for each day of camp that they miss. However, doing this is risky, as the player would need to clear waivers and then not sign with another team in the 10-day waiting period when their prior team is not allowed to sign them. 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. If the injury occurred while playing for a non-WNBA team, their WNBA team can suspend the player in each preseason and then cut the player once the team is eligible to request not to count the player toward the salary cap while they wait. Seattle Storm: Jordin Canada QO Extended "Especially to find out all of this on game day and then still be told, 'We're going to continue to play the game, just find a hardship player.' The new team negotiates this offer sheet with the knowledge that if the previous team doesn't decide to match the offer, then the contract is immediately enacted with the new team. Indiana: Hartey, Bria Contract Amendment Divorce, Connecticut: Holmes, Joyner Sign 7-Day 3rd Contract Las Vegas: Mulkey, Nancy Waived Restricted free agents are allowed to negotiate freely with any team in the WNBA including their previous team, but their previous team has what is called the 'right of first refusal.'. Las Vegas: Rupert, Iliana Sign Rookie Scale Contract, Connecticut: Jones, Jazmine Sign ROS Contract Connecticut: Herbert Harrigan, Mikiah Sign Training Camp Contract *Indiana trades Teaira McCowan, Chicagos 2022 1st round draft pick (#7), and Chicagos 2023 1st round draft pick to Dallas in exchange for Los Angeless 2022 1st round draft pick (#4), Dallass 2022 1st round draft pick (#6), and Dallass 2023 1st round draft pick. Phoenix trades the contract of Diamond DeShields to Dallas; the right to swap the teams own 2025 1st round draft picks to New York; and their own 2024 2nd round draft pick to Chicago. Seattle: Jenna Giacone Sign Training Camp Contract For every player below 10 that is included on the team's total salary, a cap hold equal to the rookie minimum is added. This is because the complete salary cap hit of a player is transferred to their new team when they are traded, even if the other team has paid a large portion of the players salary for that season. 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. If a player is drafted into the WNBA, they may choose to sign a contract even if they do not plan to play in the upcoming season. This means that for the remaining eight picks of the first round, the playoff team with the highest winning percentage that season gets No. However, undrafted players cannot have their rookie contracts extended. New York: Charles, Kaila Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) There are a number of ways players can earn the supermax. Starting in 2024, players must complete their offseason playing obligations by the start of camp or May 1 - whichever is later - or they will be suspended for the entire year. Las Vegas: Winters, Deja Waived Much like extensions, what happens after a contract expires is determined by the type of contract and whether or not the team has taken certain actions. A training camp contract is a non-standard contract that is only used in the preseason. There are also additional requirements for non-basketball related injuries, mostly limiting which activities are deemed too dangerous for players to take part in without written consent from the team. 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. Minnesota: Milic, Nikolina 7-Day Contract Release, Las Vegas: Plum, Kelsey Sign Contract Extension, Indiana: Davis, Rennia Sign ROS Contract Dallas Wings: Teaira McCowan Traded from Indiana Fever* Las Vegas: Young, Jackie Contract Amendment Time-Off Bonus Las Vegas: Aifuwa, Faustine Waivers Cleared Chicago: Gardner, Rebekah Set Active Chicago: Gondrezick, Kysre Waived Los Angeles: Talbot, Stephanie Sign Regular Contract Atlanta: Howard, Rhyne Sign Rookie Scale Contract, Minnesota: Mack, Natasha Waivers Cleared Evina Westbrook signed a hardship contract with the Minnesota Lynx on Thursday, the franchise announced. In the case of players who were suspended for the final season of their contract, there is no qualifying offer and therefore there is no cap hold. Dallas trades the contract of Allisha Gray to Atlanta in exchange for Atlantas own 2023 1st round pick (#3) and Atlantas own 2025 1st round pick. If no reserved qualifying offer is extended, the player becomes an unrestricted free agent on February 1. The base salary is then multiplied by the fraction consisting of the number of days covered by the contract divided by the total number of days in the regular season. If the player meets those requirements, they will automatically become eligible for the draft in the calendar year that they turn 20 years old. Teams are ranked by their win-loss percentage over the past two seasons, regardless of differences in games played. In 2021, Jones signed a training camp contract with Connecticut and made the team roster. That limit can also vary from season to season in a contract. 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