Connecticut Sun: Natisha Hiedeman Sign Training Camp Contract, Chicago Sky: Diamond DeShields QO Extended The Lynx announced Thursday afternoon they had agreed to a contract buyout with the 35-year-old guard, who was attempting a comeback from right knee injuries that had kept her out for two seasons . 2007 (option) $728,000. Las Vegas: Gray, Chelsea Contract Amendment Time-Off Bonus Phoenix Mercury: Tina Charles Sign Regular Contract Details of the hardship contract weren't released due to the team's policy. For example, if top-two draft picks Sabrina Ionescu or Satou Sabally receive a supermax extension beginning in 2024, going from $86,710 to $241,984 will be a 179% increase. . Indiana: Hartey, Bria Contract Amendment Divorce, Connecticut: Holmes, Joyner Sign 7-Day 3rd Contract In most cases, a player becomes either a restricted free agent or an unrestricted free agent after their rookie contract expires. None of these bonuses are considered salary, and therefore they do not count towards a team's total salary. "As a team, we've really been trying to navigate the health and safety protocols and trying to be safe and do the right thing," Stewart told reporters. "Honestly, it wasn't anything difficult," Williams said of Friday's journey. The team initially signed Samuelson on June 5 under a hardship contract. We will have less people interested in global warming and feminism etc, and more people susceptible to religion and science-denying, xenophobia and nationalism. 68 NBA players make more than the entire WNBA roster Minnesota: Davis, Rennia Waived Las Vegas: Colson, Sydney Sign Training Camp Contract, Las Vegas: Zahui B, Amanda Traded Exclusive Negotiating Rights1 Los Angeles: Cambage, Liz Contract Amendment Divorce, Phoenix: Davis, Kaela Sign 7-Day 1st Contract Connecticut: Holmes, Joyner Sign Training Camp Contract May 13, 2022. Connecticut: Jones, Jazmine Sign 7-Day 3rd Contract, Phoenix: Simms, Jennie Sign 7-Day 3rd Contract This can be useful for players on guaranteed contracts with several years left on their contracts. Chicago: Pulliam, Lindsey Waived, Los Angeles: Cox, Lauren Waivers Cleared That could be a 10-day contract after January 5 . Dallas Wings: Imani McGee-Stafford Rights Renounced Los Angeles: Samuelson, Karlie Sign Training Camp Contract Phoenix: Williams, Kiana Waivers Cleared After a 1-4 start to the 2022 WNBA season, the New York Liberty have gotten a much needed break. Rookie base salaries are not guaranteed ("protected," in the language of the CBA), meaning that players are only paid for the portion of the season they are actually on the roster. Chicago Sky: Crystal Bradford Sign Regular Contract On a similar note, because rookie eligibility doesn't always mean having zero years of service, a player who has only ever been signed to replacement contracts or seven-day contracts is still considered a rookie when signing a standard player contract. Minnesota: Bibby, Chloe Waived Atlanta: McDonald, Aari Team Option Exercised, Los Angeles: Ogwumike, Chiney Sign Regular Contract 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. New York: Prince, Epiphanny Sign Training Camp Contract Connecticut: Sims, Odyssey 7-Day Contract Release, Minnesota: Milic, Nikolina Hardship Release Phoenix: Simms, Jennie Hardship Release Indiana: Queen Egbo Required Tender Made Minnesota: Allen, Lindsay Sign 7-Day 2nd Contract Team bonuses are awarded based on how far a team progresses in the playoffs. Trade bonuses cannot be for more than 10% of the player's remaining base salary on their contract, not just the season the trade takes place. 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. Indiana: Queen Egbo Sign Rookie Scale Contract May 31, 2022 2:52 PM EDT. Connecticut: Cox, Lauren Sign Training Camp Contract For the 2021 WNBA season, the salary cap for each of the league's 12 teams is $1,339,000. The team also signed Nikolina Milic following a knee injury to Sylvia Fowles that will keep her out indefinitely. New York Liberty: Stefanie Dolson Sign Regular Contract Atlanta Dream: Monique Billings Sign Regular Contract Dallas: Kuier, Awak Team Option Exercised, Chicago: Anigwe, Kristine Awarded on Waivers Washington: Benzan, Katie Sign ROS Contract (Hardship), Washington: Benzan, Katie Waivers Cleared Therefore, no team can sign a player to a replacement contract under the basic hardship exception for opening night. As an example, if a player enrolls in college at the age of 17 in the Fall of 2021, they would be eligible for the 2025 draft at age 21 even if they do not graduate. Washington Katie Benzan Hardship Release Los Angeles: Cambage, Liz Waived Chicago: Yueru, Li Set Active The Rookie of the Year receives a bonus of $5,150 in addition to a $1,500 bonus for being named to the All-WNBA Rookie Team. Indiana: Coates, Alaina Waivers Cleared Washington: Harper, Linnae Waivers Cleared Dallas Wings: Unique Thompson Sign Training Camp Contract, Washington Mystics: Sydney Wiese Waivers Cleared, Indiana Fever: Aaliyah Wilson Waivers Cleared, Las Vegas Aces: Theresa Plaisance Sign Training Camp Contract Minnesota: Jones, Kayla Waived Los Angeles: Brown, Lexie Sign Regular Contract Phoenix: Williams, Kiana Waived Seattle: Westbrook, Evina Waivers Cleared Los Angeles: Olivia Nelson-Ododa Required Tender Made Indiana Fever: Florencia Chagas Personal Decision Full Season Not even joking. As the original players return to play, the team must terminate those replacement contracts to remain at 10 players until at least 10 non-replacement players are available. Minnesota: Westbrook, Evina Waivers Cleared The offer sheet must be for more than one season. The minimum team salary level increases at the same rate. Washington Mystics: Elizabeth Williams Sign Regular Contract Connecticut: Gulbe, Aleksa Waived This means the 2019 season (34 games) held more impact on this calculation for the 2021 draft than the 2020 season (22 games). 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. Las Vegas: Pointer, Khayla Waivers Cleared Connecticut Sun: Stephanie Jones Sign Training Camp Contract, Los Angeles Sparks: Tea Cooper Sign Training Camp Contract, Atlanta Dream: Megan Walker Awarded on Waivers The earliest a player can earn a supermax contract is to sign an extension of their rookie scale contract. 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. Las Vegas: Parker, Candace Sign Regular Contract Dallas: Bertsch, Morgan Waivers Cleared 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. The basic hardship exception is for teams with two players who are out because of injury, illness, or other conditions. With this rule, the Storm would be allowed to extend a restricted or reserved qualifying offer. In that scenario, the player becomes an unrestricted free agent after the conclusion of their third season. A cap hold is a placeholder of salary that teams are given when they have fewer than 10 players counted on the cap. In the past, this was typically used with restricted free agents so the original team can get a small return for a player that doesn't fit its plans. For example, if a player is under contract for 30 of the 107 days in a hypothetical regular season, they are entitled to 28% (30/107) of their base salary. This is exercised either to allow the player to earn more money than they would otherwise be able to or to allow the prior team to get something in return. Los Angeles: Raca, Ivana Rights Renounced, Phoenix: Simms, Jennie Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Vandersloot to New York, the rise of superteams and a Liberty-Aces WNBA Finals? Los Angeles: Smith, Kianna Sign Rookie Scale Contract Only injuries from playing for a non-WNBA team that will last the remainder of the season can result in the team removing the player's salary. Atlanta: Caldwell, Maya Sign 7-Day 1st Contract Essentially, it is an FAQ for the WNBA CBA that was inspired by Larry Coon's influential NBA CBA FAQ. Indiana Fever: Temi Fagbenle QO Extended Minnesota: McCoughtry, Angel Waived The CBA specifies that the proration is based on the number of days of the regular season, not the number of games, that the player was under contract. Indiana: Hartley, Bria Waived Indiana Fever: Lindsay Allen Sign Training Camp Contract If that player won the WNBA Championship, secured the MVP and Defensive Player of the Year awards, and the obvious All-WNBA and All-Defense recognition, they would earn $43,756 in bonuses. There are four types of protections specified in the CBA: A player and their team can choose any combination of those protections, but all four are included for most protected salaries. However, the prioritization rules do apply in 2023 to players such as Sabrina Ionescu who have will have played 3 years in the W prior to the start of the 2023 season. If the guarantee level is not met at the end of the season, the league must make payments to all players who were on a roster during that regular season in order to reach the league-wide guarantee level. Minnesota: Hooks, CeCe Waived The CBA actually allows for rookie scale contracts to fall below the league minimum, which only happens in a few situations. 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. Seattle: Herbert Harrigan, Mikiah Waivers Cleared Washington: Jones, Jazmine Sign ROS Contract Both situations affect the terms of the player's contract when they do eventually join the WNBA team. Chicago: Krajisnik, Tina Hardship Release, Washington: Williams, Elizabeth Set Active, Los Angeles: Samuelson, Katie Lou Set Active Updated: 6:02 PM EDT May 12, 2022. Chicago: McGee-Stafford, Imani Waivers Cleared Connecticut: Holmes, Joyner 7-Day Contract Release, Las Vegas: Hamby, Dearica Sign Contract Extension, Seattle: Charles, Tina Sign ROS Contract, Phoenix: Charles, Tina Waivers Cleared Chicago Sky: Stella Johnson - ROS (Hardship) Contract Signed Washington Mystics: Alaina Coates - Contract Signed Washington Mystics: Shey Peddy - Contract Signed. There are a couple of reasons a player would not sign a contract with the team that drafted them. Seattle: Elissa Cunane Required Tender Made ANALYSIS Subscribe now to instantly reveal our take on this news. This means that the previous team will be given the opportunity to match a contract that the restricted free agent has agreed to in principle with another team. Phoenix: Turner, Yvonne - Hardship Release . Players may also have their salaries protected for injuries or illnesses that occur on or off the court. It appears trades can resume sometime in January, but the CBA does not explicitly state when that date is. Indiana is trading the contract of Julie Allemand to Chicago, Seattle Storm: Breanna Stewart Sign Regular Contract Minnesota: Clarendon, Layshia Waivers Cleared Las Vegas: Aifuwa, Faustine Waived 17 overall pick in this year's WNBA draft by Seattle, but . If a player signs during training camp in 2023, they still get retroactively fined as if they'd been under contract from the beginning. If no reserved qualifying offer is extended, the player becomes an unrestricted free agent on February 1. As a result, 2021's first overall pick will make more in her first year ($70,040) than Sabrina Ionescu, the first pick in the 2020 draft, will make in 2021 ($69,360). Although not outlined in the CBA, the league has made clear how the draft order is determined. Lack of skill pertains to players who do not perform well enough to remain on the team. Minnesota: Shepard, Jessica Sign Contract Extension Phoenix: Simms, Jennie Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Chicago: Kaba Masseny Sign Training Camp 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. The Atlanta Dream have signed 5-11 guard Maya Caldwell to a hardship contract, the organization announced today. However, players who are traded to a new team are no longer counted on their old team's salary cap. Minnesota: Westbrook, Evina Sign ROS Contract Minnesota Lynx: Natasha Mack Sign Training Camp Contract Atlanta: Agnew, Jaylyn Waivers Cleared The minimum team salary, which works out to be 83.7% of the salary cap, is the minimum total salary a team may have by the end of each season. Phoenix: Anigwe, Kristine Waived And Seattle is the farthest city in the country for someone to get to. Eligibility for each level is governed by the number of years of service a player has among other criteria. They may only be signed in the second half of the season. Atlanta Dream: Khaalia Hillsman Sign Training Camp Contract Minnesota: Milic, Nikolina Sign 7-Day 2nd Contract 5:30 p.m. PT: Williams arrives at the arena, showers and heads to the court for warmups. Minnesota: Smalls, Kamiah Hardship Release Connecticut: Jordan Lewis Sign Rookie Scale Contract Dallas: Walker, Destinee Waivers Cleared Davis was selected by the Dallas Wings with the tenth overall pick in the 2017 WNBA Draft. Atlanta: Caldwell, Maya Hardship Release Veterans who have finished their contract with four or fewer years of service and do not receive the appropriate qualifying offer become unrestricted free agents. Menu. Washington: Jones, Jazmine QO Extended Undrafted rookies may have a contract length of one or two years. 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. There are two tiers of minimum base salary and two different tiers of maximum base salary. Seven-day contracts also count on a team's total salary even after they expire. Christensen was selected by the Phoenix Mercury in the third round (40th overall) of the 2002 WNBA Draft. Chicago: Held, Lexi Waived Connecticut: Jones, Jazmine Waivers Cleared New York Liberty: Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe QO Extended The Players Association is tasked with determining a reasonable way to divide that money, known as the "shortfall." If the league expands in the future, it could become 'Picks 9-14' or similar. Seattle: Charles, Kaila Sign Training Camp Contract 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. For example, a player could receive a fully protected salary in 2020 but no protection in 2021. Dallas: Mabrey, Marina Sign Regular Contract, New York: Kon, Sika Sign Rookie Scale Contract A player who has been cored could then negotiate a contract with their team that is not protected, but the one-year qualifying offer must contain salary protection if it is accepted. Teams may not include cash or any other compensation in trades. Teams may trade most players as well as the exclusive rights to negotiate with drafted and reserved players without the player agreeing to it. This is true even if the player is cut in training camp before their first season which regularly happens to 2nd and 3rd round draft picks. 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. Seattle: Harding, Paisley Waivers Cleared Los Angeles: Guirantes, Arella Waivers Cleared Historically, many WNBA players have arrived late for camp or even missed the opening games of the regular season due to overseas commitments. This means if a player is earning $60,000 and loses $5,000 due to a suspension, the player will earn $55,000 but the team's salary will still reflect the original $60,000. This is also done with all 12 teams for rounds two and three. 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. Training camp contracts are meant to allow teams to check out many potential players in the preseason and are never included in a team's final salary. Professional basketball career. All season-long contracts in the WNBA became guaranteed on Monday, June 28 at 2 p.m. PT. Los Angeles: Lexi Gordon Waivers Cleared Yes, they do. The qualifying offer is for the applicable minimum base salary, not protected, and for one year. Chicago Sky: Imani McGee-Stafford Sign Training Camp Contract Atlanta: Morrison, Que Waived, Connecticut: Hayes, Keyona Waivers Cleared Seattle Storm: Mercedes Russell Sign Regular Contract As per team policy, terms of the deal were not released. Indiana: Perry, Chelsey Sign Training Camp Contract Putting all of those merit bonuses together, let's make up an imaginary player who can do it all and carries their team to the championship. 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. Seattle: Manis, Lauren Waivers Cleared 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. So what does life look like for WNBA hardship players as the league deals with COVID-19 in a new way this season? The rules do not apply to players with 0, 1 or 2 years of service in the WNBA. She was signed to a short-term injury hardship contract by Houston on . She had a breakout game on June 24, when she . Los Angeles: Cooper, Tea Waivers Cleared Las Vegas: Khayla Pointer Required Tender Made As a result, the Mercury can not make another core qualifying offer to a player while Griner is still signed to that contract with Phoenix. Minnesota: Milic, Nikolina Sign 7-Day 1st Contract She famously shocked everyone with 18 points, four assists and two steals in her WNBA debut after being signed to a hardship contract. A merit bonus is a bonus paid to a player given individual or team success throughout the season. Thus, they do not affect the team minimum or league-wide guarantee unless the player makes the team and it becomes a standard contract. Indiana and Chicago made a move similar to this before the trade deadline in 2020 when Indiana traded Stephanie Mavunga to Chicago for Jantel Lavender. Connecticut Sun: Courtney Williams Sign Regular Contract For picks No. This is not the conventional definition of "rookie" that fans typically think of: someone who is playing her first-ever regular-season game that year. Los Angeles: Burrell, Rae Sign Rookie Scale Contract Atlanta: Slocum, Destiny Hardship Release, Minnesota: Cunane, Elissa Hardship Release, Atlanta: Caldwell, Maya Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Los Angeles: Thomas, Jasmine Traded1, Dallas: Dangerfield, Crystal Traded Exclusive Negotiating Rights1 Holmes made the opening day roster before being waived on June 28. For example, players drafted in 2021 such as Aari McDonald or Michaela Onyenwere will not be affected for the 2023 season. Connecticut: Lewis, Jordan Waived New York Liberty: Leaonna Odom Waived Chicago took on a contract with a lower salary hit, Mavunga's $57,000 compared to Lavender's $117,000, providing the flexibility to sign an additional player while staying under the cap. Dallas: Sabally, Satou Suspended Partial Season Indiana: Destanni Henderson Required Tender Made Minnesota: Milic, Nikolina Sign 7-Day 3rd Contract Time off bonuses also count on the cap, even before the player has met the requirements to earn it. A real-time, sortable list of active WNBA contracts including total value, guaranteed money, and complete salary breakdowns. This means if the league has total salaries that are $100,000 below the league-wide guarantee, but one team has to pay a shortfall of $150,000 to reach the team minimum, then the league's total salaries would also rise by $150,000 and take the league over the guarantee level. Minnesota: Milic, Nikolina Hardship Release. There are 1,001 possible sets of four, ranging from 1-2-3-4 to 1-2-3-5 to 11-12-13-14. Davis, a 6-1 forward, will be available to play immediately as the . The supermax is about 16% higher than the standard maximum. Las Vegas: Mya Hollingshed- Required Tender Made A player who signs a two-year extension to their rookie scale contract where the first year has a salary of $100,000 can earn up to $103,000 in the second year. 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. Seattle: Jade Melbourne Required Tender Made Chicago: Held, Lexi Waivers Cleared 10:20 a.m. CT: Williams first hears from her agent about the opportunity with the Storm. Chicago: Kayla Wells Sign Training Camp Contract Connecticut: Jones, Jazmine 7-Day Contract Release, Minnesota: Milic, Nikolina Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Las Vegas: Macaulay, Victoria Waivers Cleared The extension begins in the fifth year even though it has to be agreed to before May 15 of the fourth season. Salary paid to players on hardship contracts could ultimately take the Storm over the cap and prevent the team from adding a 12th player late in the season. However, she was able to sign for an extra year and for the full supermax by structuring the deal to be a sign-and-trade where she initially re-signed with Phoenix, her previous team. New York: Lorela Cubaj Sign Rookie Scale Contract Only drafted rookies have rookie scale contracts that can last four years, and therefore are the only contracts that may be extended, meaning undrafted rookie contracts cannot be extended. Indiana: Ali Patberg Sign Rookie Scale Contract Players are not allowed to re-enter the draft if they go undrafted. Connecticut: Jones, Stephanie Hardship Release, Seattle: Davis, Kaela Hardship Release August 2, 2022. Dallas: Walker, Destinee Waived Any players who had their base salary prorated will have their team bonuses decreased at the same rate. The extension can be for a salary up to the supermax usually reserved for veterans of five or more seasons beginning in 2021 (six or more seasons in 2020). Indiana Fever: Emma Cannon Sign Regular Contract Phoenix: Turner, Yvonne Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) For Related Stories: Basketball Minnesota Lynx Sports WNBA Draft picks and the exclusive negotiation rights to drafted players can be traded according to the general trade rules, but draft picks cannot be traded beyond next years draft. Indiana: Davis, Rennia QO Extended Per team policy, terms of the deal were not released. The team benefits from this agreement because they do not have to lose their player to free agency, which would happen if they cut the player. Connecticut: Jones, Stephanie Waivers Cleared Las Vegas: Mya Hollingshed- Sign Rookie Scale Contract Reserved qualifying offers are covered below. The . Alternatively, the player could decide to just not show up. The base salaries, meaning salary without any bonuses, are fully specified for each draft pick for every draft governed by this CBA. Washington: Jones, Stephanie Sign Training Camp Contract **Chicago signs and trades the contract of Lexie Brown to Los Angeles in exchange for the draft rights to Li Yueru. Finally, players younger than 22 are also eligible to enter the draft when the players original class at a four-year university has graduated or will graduate within three months after the draft. Connecticut: Allen, Rebecca Traded1 This guarantee level is based on all contracts that count on a team's salary by the conclusion of the season. 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