3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 30
Summary
3 p.m. ET Sunday is the key marker as analysts assessed reader-proposed WNBA trades, with cap compliance and 12-player roster rules framing what can realistically get done.
Washington’s 2027 first-round swap with Chicago was cast as too valuable to surrender for Skylar Diggins, while a cheaper Mystics move for Dallas guard Odyssey Sims—potentially for a 2028 second-rounder—was viewed as more plausible.
Los Angeles drew the sharpest guidance: the Sparks should not move Cameron Brink, should shop impending free agent Kelsey Plum for younger assets, and would be hard-pressed to reject a Golden State package of Justė Jocytė and Tip Hayes for Nneka Ogwumike.
Other workable concepts included Phoenix sending Valeriane Ayayi and a 2027 first to Seattle for Ezi Magbegor, while Connecticut would need at least two first-rounders to consider moving Aaliyah Edwards.
Minnesota was steered toward internal solutions such as promoting Eliska Hamzova and using Nia Coffey at the 3, while Golden State was seen as more likely to chase Napheesa Collier in 2027 free agency than before this deadline.