Data Source-Brittney Griner agreed
Alexa Philippou
Sources told ESPN on Tuesday that after 11 seasons of PHOENIX Mercury and Phoenix Mercury, the WNBA All -Star Brittney Griner had agreed to reach a year's contract with Atlanta Dream.
Griner was selected as the first career in 2013 and spent the whole career in Phoenix. He entered Atlanta, which is the most amazing in the history of the alliance history. One of the contracts signed by free players.
This will not be allowed to sign the contract until Saturday.
Griner's departure marks the official start of Mercury's new era. If she decides to retire, this may also be the first time in 20 years without Diana Taurasi. Taurasi and Griner won the third and recent championship in 2014.
The center of 6 feet 9 was missing the campaign in 2022, when she was mistakenly detained in Russia for nearly 10 months. She eventually was released in the high -profile prisoner's exchange and returned to the All -Star form in 2023 and 2024.
Griner is a trial of all WNBAs six times as the largest free player in the history of franchise. She joined a team of RHYNE Howard headlines, headlines by Rhyne Howard, Dream drafted for the first time in 2022, and Alsha Gray traded in ATLANTA in 2023. The franchise operator's former coach TaniSha Wright (Tanisha Wright) was moved away, and Karl Smesko hired Karl Smesko from Gulf Coast, Florida. University leadership team.
Sources told ESPN's Ramona Shelburne that they have been looking for another large -scale match with A'ja Wilson for a long time. However, after acquiring the former Seattle Jewell Loyd and evaluating their game style, sources said that ACE would transfer attention to other postal players, such as Cheyenne Parker-Tyus, and tried to signed a contract with the veterans again. Tiffany Hayes and Alysha Clark.
Sources told ESPN that Mercury has also completed a transaction to acquire all -star Alyssa Thomas and Ty Harris, who was selected as the Full Star in the Connecticut Sun. Uncasville.
According to sources, Phoenix is also expected to meet with Satou Sabally, which requires a transaction from Dallas and talks with the free player Dewanna Bonner.
ESPN's Shams Charania contributed to this report.