Phoenix: Mael Gilles Sign Training Camp Contract Los Angeles: Gray, Reshanda Sign Training Camp Contract Las Vegas Aces: Kalani Brown Sign Training Camp Contract, Washington Mystics: Rui Machida Sign Training Camp Contract, Phoenix Mercury: Leaonna Odom Sign Training Camp Contract, Chicago Sky: Rebekah Gardner Sign Training Camp Contract, New York Liberty: Leaonna Odom Waivers Cleared Typically the trade deadline is between half and two-thirds of the way through the season. The 5-11 guard reported to the Dream's 2022 training camp, where she started in Atlanta's preseason game against the Washington Mystics and scored 9 points with 4 rebounds and four assists. Notably, the NBA exempted hardship contracts from counting against team salary, meaning teams didn't have to choose between managing luxury-tax payments and adding needed players. Ellissa Cunane signed a hardship deal with the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx on Tuesday. May 31, 2022 2:52 PM EDT. Phoenix: Anigwe, Kristine Waived Washington Mystics: Klara Lundquist Sign Training Camp Contract If matched, the player and previous team immediately enter into a contract with the same terms as the offer sheet. Atlanta: Rhyne Howard Required Tender Made Yes, they do. 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: Williams-Holliday, Ameshya Waived Chicago: Doyle, Kathleen Waived If the player was under contract internationally, the team would continue to retain the player's rights for every season the player continued to make no attempt to sign with them. Dallas Wings: Tyasha Harris Team Option Exercised Neither the trade deadline nor the date that trades can resume are explicitly defined in the CBA. Chicago: Copper, Kahleah Set Active On May 14, the Storm signed Raina Perez when Epiphanny Prince and Breanna Stewart entered protocols hours before the team played the Mercury in Perez's hometown of Phoenix. Atlanta: Que Morrison Sign Training Camp Contract For example, starting on January 1, 2021, teams can trade 2022 draft picks but not picks covering 2023 or later. The offer remains on the table for the player to accept unless the team revokes it or if the offer has an expiration date set by the CBA. New York: Charles, Kaila Hardship Release, Phoenix: Odom, Leaonna Waivers Cleared Dallas is trading the contract of Kayla Thornton to New York. Anyone who holds out for 21 or more days also does not earn a year of service even if they play the rest of the season. The offer must be extended before January 15, or the player will become an unrestricted free agent on February 1. Phoenix: Davis, Kaela 7-Day Contract Release Those two payments are unique to the 2020 season, as they still counted on the teams' salary cap even if the player opted out. Connecticut: Lewis, Jordan Waivers Cleared The time off bonus clause in the contract will specify that a player is permitted to play a given number of days professionally outside of the WNBA during the offseason. Phoenix: Simms, Jennie 7-Day Contract Release Minnesota Lynx: Anna Cruz QO Extended Unlike the first three years of the contract, the fourth year is fully protected beginning with the 2020 Draft Class. New York: Johannes, Marine QO Extended Atlanta: Caldwell, Maya Sign 7-Day 1st Contract New York: Allen, Rebecca Suspended Partial Season However, undrafted players cannot have their rookie contracts extended. The payments begin on or around June 1 and continue until approximately September 30. Los Angeles: Atwell, Amy Sign Rookie Scale Contract Phoenix: Gilles, Mael Waivers Cleared Connecticut: Williams, Courtney Set Active For eligible players, if the team subsequently extends a restricted qualifying offer by the January 14 deadline, or within 48 hours of a withdrawal that takes place after January 12, then the player would become a restricted free agent. Minnesota: Allen, Lindsay 7-Day Contract Release, Connecticut: Williams, Kiana Sign 7-Day 1st Contract, Los Angeles: Smith, Kianna Sign 7-Day 2nd Contract On Saturday, the Liberty announced the signing of 2020 WNBA Rookie of the Year, Crystal Dangerfield, . A cap hold is a placeholder of salary that teams are given when they have fewer than 10 players counted on the cap. The base salary then decreases to $65,250 for the fifth through the eighth picks and $62,500 for the remaining first-round selections. 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 . 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. Las Vegas: Aisha Sheppard Required Tender Made Connecticut: Cox, Lauren Sign Training Camp Contract Seattle: Burke, Kennedy Waived Chicago Sky: Julie Allemand Traded from Indiana Fever** Teams can become eligible to sign players to replacement contracts if they qualify for either a hardship exception or an emergency hardship exception. 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. Annual salaries are prorated if players join a team mid-season or leave a team mid-season. New York: Stewart, Breanna Sign Regular Contract, Washington: Zahui B, Amanda Sign Training Camp Contract The tables below show the terms for rookie contracts by draft class. This means if a two-year veteran extension is signed with one year left on the original contract, the contract now runs for a total of three more years: the one remaining year of the original contract and the two years of the extension. The WNBA is different from most other professional sports leagues in the US in that the salary cap is a hard cap with very little wiggle room. Chicago Sky: Stella Johnson - ROS (Hardship) Contract Signed Washington Mystics: Alaina Coates - Contract Signed Washington Mystics: Shey Peddy - Contract Signed. In six games this season, including one start, Samuelson has averaged 3.2 points, 1.5 rebounds, and 1.0 assists in 13.0 minutes per game. Seven-day contracts cannot extend to or past the end of the regular season, so they must be signed at least eight days prior to the last day of the regular season. 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 . Washington: Williams, Christyn Waived hardship or emergency hardship exceptions, All-Star Three Point or Skills Non-Winners, WNBA MVP or All-WNBA First Team in the fourth year of their rookie scale contract, WNBA MVP or All-WNBA First Team in two of the first three years of their rookie scale contract, Qualifying offers (excluding core qualifying offers). Connecticut: Holmes, Joyner Sign 7-Day 2nd Contract Connecticut: Jordan Lewis Required Tender Made Dallas: Bertsch, Morgan Waivers Cleared I believe college does more than give you a higher salaryit encourages you to travel and exposes you to different perspectives, which helps combat insularity. ANALYSIS Subscribe now to instantly reveal our take on this news. Under the latest CBA, the salary cap is specified for each season through 2027 with annual increases of 3% each season. The Salary Cap for a year goes into effect on January 1 and continues in effect until December 31 the following year. Las Vegas: Mya Hollingshed- Sign Rookie Scale Contract Minnesota: Collier, Napheesa Pregnancy/Childbirth Chicago Sky: Diamond DeShields Sign Regular Contract, *Seattle trades the contract of Katie Lou Samuelson and Seattles own 2022 1st round pick (#9) to Los Angeles in exchange for the contract of Gabby Williams. So what does life look like for WNBA hardship players as the league deals with COVID-19 in a new way this season? Seattle: Turner, Yvonne Sign Training Camp Contract If an offer sheet to a restricted free agent is matched by the prior team, then the player must agree to any trade through the following February 1. Players are not allowed to re-enter the draft if they go undrafted. While Seattle has been the team hardest hit by health and safety protocols thus far this season, with COVID-19 rates plateauing at a much higher level than last summer, it's clear the Storm won't be the last. (Where) they're actually here in market, they're not traveling and then have to play a game. The first possible reason is that a player simply doesn't want to play for the team that drafted them. Indiana: Williams-Holliday, Ameshya Waivers Cleared Any player who played more than two-thirds of the season for a playoff team but did not end the season on the roster will earn a $250 bonus, regardless of any prorated salary, or where their prior team finishes. "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. Connecticut: Jones, Jazmine Waivers Cleared 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: Bonner, DeWanna Suspended Partial Season Chicago: Williams, Courtney Sign Regular Contract Indiana: Patberg, Ali Waived, Washington: Coleman, Jennifer Waivers Cleared This means that the team can decide whether to bring the player back for a fourth year at the salary specified in the rookie scale, even if the player would rather test free agency. Chicago: Davis, Kaela Waivers Cleared No, not all players whose contracts have expired become free agents. Connecticut: Charles, Kaila Waived The extension begins in the fifth year even though it has to be agreed to before May 15 of the fourth season. Minnesota: Sjerven, Hannah Waivers Cleared 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). Dangerfield will wear No. The Indiana Fever announced today the team signed 2020 WNBA Rookie of the Year Crystal Dangerfield to a hardship exception contract. . Dallas: Bertsch, Morgan Waived Chicago: Allemand, Julie Set Active Minnesota: Sjerven, Hannah Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Players typically sign contracts in terms of an annual salary, which is the base salary of a contract that lasts the entirety of the regular season. Teams are ranked by their win-loss percentage over the past two seasons, regardless of differences in games played. Veteran extensions may last no longer than three years past the year the extension was signed. Minnesota: Turner, Yvonne Waived The Bulls recently used the NBA's hardship exception to sign multiple players without having to make any cuts. "So I had to drive an hour to Austin and got on a direct flight.". Indiana: Whalen, Erin Waived New York: Carrera, Raquel Traded Exclusive Negotiating Rights from Atlanta** I mean, it's ridiculous.". For example, a free agent who played in 2017, 2018, and 2019 is governed by the higher minimum base salary in 2020. Teams must have at least 11 players on their rosters throughout the season. 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. A player must have five or more years of service after January 1, 2021 (or six seasons prior to that date) in order to be eligible for the supermax. Phoenix: Gray, Reshanda Sign 7-Day 2nd Contract Indiana Fever: Kysre Gondrezick Waived, Atlanta Dream: Maite Cazorla Personal Decision Full Season, Phoenix Mercury: Angel Robinson QO Not Extended New York: Fiebich, Leonie Traded Exclusive Negotiating Rights1 Indiana: Lexie Hull Required Tender Made Chicago: Maley, Anneli 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. Los Angeles: Lexi Gordon Waivers Cleared Minnesota: Milic, Nina Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) They also must have been under contract for at least part of each of the two previous seasons. Connecticut Sun: Keyona Hayes Sign Training Camp Contract, Las Vegas Aces: Destiny Slocum Waivers Cleared, Dallas Wings: Bella Alarie Personal Decision Full Season, Chicago Sky: Li Yueru Sign Rookie Scale Contract. There are two tiers of minimum base salary and two different tiers of maximum base salary. Los Angeles Sparks: Lauren Cox QO Extended Washington: Westbrook, Evina Sign ROS Contract Minnesota: Hannah Sjerven Required Tender Made Indiana: Davis, Rennia Sign Training Camp Contract Before free agency officially begins, players are allowed to accept qualifying offers from January 1 until January 14 but they are not allowed to negotiate any contracts until January 15. Connecticut: Washington, Delicia Waivers Cleared Atlanta: Durr, Asia (AD) Sign Training Camp Contract Indiana: Allen, Lindsay Waivers Cleared Connecticut Sun: Yvonne Anderson Sign Training Camp Contract, Atlanta Dream: Kristy Wallace Sign Rookie Scale Contract Connecticut: Harris, Tyasha Traded1 New York: Prince, Epiphanny Sign Training Camp Contract Los Angeles: Stevens, Azur Sign Regular Contract The player can negotiate a new contract or accept the qualifying offer at any point after January 15, but may not sign a negotiated contract until February 1. Phoenix: Simms, Jennie Hardship Release Connecticut: Mompremier, Beatrice Waived A simple method they use to calculate what a player receives depends on the length of the season. Chicago: Kaba, Masseny Waivers Cleared Trades including core-designated players who have yet to sign must be approved by the player. She was a teen mom, has been homeless and battered, lost a son to a genetic disorder, and saw her oldest child jailed.But the 50-year-old community advocate has . Replacement contracts that are signed from the hardship exception do count on the salary cap but a team with a hardship exception can go over the cap. There are no partial years of service, players can either earn zero or one. 5 p.m. PT: Williams gets her bag from baggage claim. Dallas: Laksa, Kitija Sign Regular Contract, Connecticut: Holmes, Joyner Waivers Cleared, Seattle: Walker, Jasmine Sign Regular Contract If players sign a 10-day contract with NBA teams, they get a salary that is usually more than the established minimum salary in the league. A merit bonus is a bonus paid to a player given individual or team success throughout the season. Los Angeles: Smith, Kianna Sign Rookie Scale Contract Minnesota: Milic, Nikolina 7-Day Contract Release, Phoenix: Simms, Jennie Sign 7-Day 2nd Contract This could happen if a player or team believed the injured player may return to play in the coming years and later learned the player could not. Seattle: Elissa Cunane Sign Rookie Scale Contract This can be useful for players on guaranteed contracts with several years left on their contracts. On January 1, 2022, they can begin to trade 2023 picks. Seattle: Harding, Paisley Waivers Cleared Los Angeles: Thomas, Jasmine Traded1, Dallas: Dangerfield, Crystal Traded Exclusive Negotiating Rights1 Atlanta: Mompremier, Beatrice Sign Training Camp Contract To be eligible for the WNBA draft, all domestic players must have no remaining collegiate eligibility, or they must renounce it in writing at least 10 days before the date of the draft. Chicago: Mabrey, Marina Traded1 In year 2022 the supermax will increase by 3% of $221,450 ($6,644) while the contract would only increase by 3% of $215,000 ($6,450). Thus, a team has no financial incentive to sign a player at the end of the season just to meet the minimum. 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. Time off bonuses are prorated in the same manner as base salaries, based on the portion of the season a player was on the team's active list. As noted in the base salary protection section, all contracts become fully guaranteed after the midpoint of the season, so seven-day contracts are a very low commitment compared to a rest-of-season contract that must be paid out in full even if the player is released. Indiana is trading the contract of Julie Allemand to Chicago, Seattle Storm: Breanna Stewart Sign Regular Contract Las Vegas: Mulkey, Nancy Waived Connecticut Sun: Taja Cole Sign Training Camp Contract Indiana Fever: Bernadett Hatar Sign Training Camp Contract, Indiana Fever: Jantel Lavender Waived 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. Her contract's 'clock' still started in 2018, so when the fourth year of her rookie scale contract is up, she will only have three years of service. In most cases, a player becomes either a restricted free agent or an unrestricted free agent after their rookie contract expires. Once the core qualifying offer has been extended, the player may not sign a contract directly with any other team. Phoenix: Cunningham, Sophie QO Extended Chicago: Fitzgerald, Feyonda Sign Training Camp Contract In both of those situations, the rookie contract is signed in a year other than the year the player is drafted, so the player would sign for the rookie scale salary for the year they signed rather than the year they were drafted. Dallas: Dungee, Chelsea Waived Las Vegas Aces: JiSu Park QO Extended 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. (e) "Bona Fide Exclusive Endorsement Agreement" means a binding Extensions of rookie scale contracts can be for up to three years or through the end of the seventh year of their WNBA career. Although the financial factor isn't as important with the WNBA's hard salary cap, there is an impact. Players who were not guaranteed money are also still paid for the year if they are cut due to injury. Players are also still allowed to arrive late or leave temporarily during the season to represent their national teams in major international competitions without violating these rules, as long as it's for no more than two weeks of training before the relevant competition begins and they return to their WNBA team within 48 hours of their national team's play being completed. 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. Phoenix: Simms, Jennie Sign 7-Day 1st Contract Los Angeles: Rae Burrell Required Tender Made Indiana: Patberg, Ali Waivers Cleared Minnesota: Milic, Nikolina Hardship Release. Nobody had a journey to join a team quite like Williams, who walked ESPN.com through a busy 15 hours between when she got the call from her agent and when she finally checked into her hotel after Friday's game. If the injury takes place between January 1 and June 30, the team can apply for the exclusion on the second January 1 following the injury. Caldwell . If the team doesn't offer the required tender in that time frame, then the player becomes an unrestricted free agent and may sign a rookie scale contract with any team. Phoenix: Wiese, Sydney Sign Training Camp Contract WNBA hardship contracts are the new norm, but they can leave players scrambling. Chicago: Yueru, Li Set Active "At the end of the day, if I need some clothes, it's nothing for me to go shopping. 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. Chicago: Taylor, Sparkle Waivers Cleared Minnesota Lynx: Angel McCoughtry Sign Regular Contract Atlanta: Morrison, Que Waived, Connecticut: Hayes, Keyona Waivers Cleared Indiana: Robinson, Danielle Set Active Washington: Westbrook, Evina 7-Day Contract Release The two types of qualifying offers that follow the expiration of rookie contracts are restricted qualifying offers for drafted rookie contracts and reserved qualifying offers for players with 0-3 years of service. Connecticut: Jones, Stephanie Waived The WNBA needs to adjust ASAP (before the next CBA) to allow teams more flexibility to keep rookies contract players on the roster. Additionally, any player who is just finishing the fourth year of their rookie contract is also eligible. 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. The supermax is about 16% higher than the standard maximum. There are 1,001 possible sets of four, ranging from 1-2-3-4 to 1-2-3-5 to 11-12-13-14. Washington: McCall, Erica Waived Indiana: Destanni Henderson Required Tender Made Washington: Williams, Elizabeth Suspended Partial Season They drafted me. Connecticut: Williams, Courtney Suspended Partial Season This would be impractical unless the injury was suffered playing basketball outside of the WNBA; otherwise, the suspensions would serve no purpose. 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. Chicago: Tahane, Emmanuelle Waived And that means more players like Williams will be asked to find their way from home to a WNBA court the same day. Waived by Las Vegas. Minnesota: Turner, Yvonne Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) For seasons after the first year of the extension, a veteran player's base salary can increase or decrease by a maximum of 3% of the base salary in the last season of the original contract. Las Vegas: Pointer, Khayla Waived Connecticut: Washington, Delicia Waived 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: Burke, Kennedy Waived, Atlanta: Turner, Yvonne Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Cunane has signed a hardship contract with the Minnesota Lynx to fill in for injured players. Atlanta: Caldwell, Maya Sign ROS Contract (Hardship), Chicago: Yueru, Li Suspended Partial Season Connecticut: Holmes, Joyner 7-Day Contract Release Connecticut: Jones, Stephanie Waivers Cleared Washington: Jones, Stephanie Hardship Release Washington: Kang, Lee Seul Waivers Cleared These bonuses are constant throughout the current CBA, but if the maximum number of playoff games increases, they increase by 10%. "I got off the phone with him and started packing.". Connecticut: Williams, Kiana 7-Day Contract Release, Los Angeles: Smith, Kianna Sign ROS Contract New York: Ionescu, Sabrina Team Option Exercised Washington: Westbrook, Evina 7-Day Contract Release If we had some practice players in our system, and you could pull from that. Base salaries vary depending on how high each player was drafted, with the first four picks in the draft earning $68,000 in 2020. The reserved player is free to negotiate a contract with their own team with different terms from the qualifying offer, but they may not negotiate with any other teams. Phoenix: Macee Williams Sign Rookie Scale Contract To go back to the example of Ezi Magbegor, the Storm exercised the fourth-year option in her rookie contract and therefore is eligible for a restricted qualifying offer or a reserved qualifying offer because she would only have three years of service. It's a temporary roster spot that must be granted by the league. Connecticut: Holmes, Joyner QO Extended This means a player who signs a two-year veteran extension for $100,000 after the final year of their contract and had a base salary of $85,000 in that final year can earn up to $102,550 in year two. Dallas: Alarie, Bella Personal Decision Full Season I love shopping.". If a team wants to exclude that player's salary from its salary cap, it can apply to the league to do so. Players may also have their salaries protected for injuries or illnesses that occur on or off the court. If a team finishes the season below the minimum team salary, it must make payments to all players who are currently on the team. Teams must make this decision and notify the player by May 15 following the player's second contract year. This is also done with all 12 teams for rounds two and three. Phoenix: Turner, Yvonne Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) This stops teams from passing off a player so another team can get the rights to core the player or sign them to a supermax as a free agent. Los Angeles: Cooper, Tea Waived PAUL - The Minnesota Lynx today announced the team has signed guard Evina Westbrook to a hardship contract. Washington: Christyn Williams Sign Rookie Scale Contract Connecticut: Cole, Taja Waivers Cleared *Phoenix trades the contract of Kia Vaughn to Atlanta in exchange for Atlantas own 2023 3rd round draft pick. That more conventional definition is used for awards and years of service to determine veteran status. Las Vegas: Kierstan Bell Sign Rookie Scale Contract The payment must be made by the league within 60 days of the end of the season. New York Liberty: Stefanie Dolson Sign Regular Contract Las Vegas: George, Cayla Sign Regular Contract Indiana: Chagas, Florencia Set Active, New York: Raincock-Ekunwe, Nayo Rights Renounced 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. Davis was selected by the Dallas Wings with the tenth overall pick in the 2017 WNBA Draft. Eligibility for each level is governed by the number of years of service a player has among other criteria. Washington: Mavunga, Stephanie Waivers Cleared, Seattle: Herbert Harrigan, Mikiah Waived Chicago: Yueru, Li Suspended Partial Season Chicago: Maley, Anneli Sign Training Camp Contract, Indiana: Hatr, Bernadett Sign Training Camp Contract This means that a player who goes undrafted and then signs either a replacement or seven-day contract in their first year would then be governed by a rookie contract when they are signed to a standard contract. Minnesota: Westbrook, Evina Waivers Cleared Phoenix Mercury: Tina Charles Sign Regular Contract Indiana Fever: Temi Fagbenle QO Extended Veteran contracts can only be extended if they were originally for two or more years, and no extensions can be signed until the one-year anniversary of the contract originally being signed or the one-year anniversary of the last extension. Connecticut: Jones, Stephanie Hardship Release, Seattle: Davis, Kaela Hardship Release June 29, 2020. Atlanta: Jones, Ndea Waived, Washington: Williams, Christyn Waivers Cleared Las Vegas: Macaulay, Victoria Sign Training Camp Contract Players may receive additional compensation from their team or the league, but none of that additional compensation is part of the base salary. In 2023, that player would have three years of experience and would earn $69,770. Indiana: Coates, Alaina Waived 50% of a player's salary in 2020), it is very rare. Team bonuses are awarded based on how far a team progresses in the playoffs. Washington Mystics: Megan Gustafson QO Extended Las Vegas: Young, Jackie Contract Amendment Time-Off Bonus A player can become an unrestricted free agent in a few ways. 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