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I Came for the Basketball. The WNBA Delivered.

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Kiki Iriafen drives to the basket during the second WNBA All-Star game of her two-year career. | NBAE via Getty Images I am not about to pretend I’ve been a ride-or-die WNBA fan since the league started in 1997. I’ve been a casual — I know who the top players are, I know when the Mystics are good or bad, and that’s about it. The league has gotten by just fine without me. This season, the league started a new TV deal that’ll pay them $281 million a year for the next decade. That’s good news fo...

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Buy? Sell? Sit tight? What every team should do ahead of the WNBA trade deadline on August 2

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Skylar Diggins. | Getty Images The WNBA isn’t a league that traditionally has a ton of activity at the trade deadline. Most big shifts occur during the offseason. However, in most seasons, some moves happen, and with a handful of teams in contention for the title and others already looking forward to the offseason, this could be a year we see BIG changes. So, with the WNBA trade deadline set for Sunday, Aug. 2, we’ve grouped teams into tiers, evaluating those who should be buyers, those who s...

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What I’m hearing on Napheesa Collier, Kelsey Plum and other WNBA trade deadline targets

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Editor’s note: This article is part of our WNBA Trade Deadline coverage, which follows the moves reshaping the league. The WNBA trade deadline has a history of being relatively uneventful, but is that about to change? There are several reasons for that history, starting with the league’s hard salary cap, which limits teams’ ability to absorb contracts. However, some of the WNBA’s biggest power players believe that the influx of money and the new roster construction tools in the collective bargai

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Report: Kelsey Plum Does Not Intend to Re-Sign With Sparks

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Updated Jul 29, 3:29 AM ET

Kelsey Plum does not intend to re-sign with the Los Angeles Sparks as a free agent, league sources told The Athletic. The deadline falls Sunday, Aug. 2.

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WNBA power rankings: Targets for every team as trade deadline nears

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Updated Jul 28, 11:35 PM ET

Aneesah Morrow, Cameron Brink and Betnijah Laney-Hamilton are some of the players we're watching as the WNBA trade deadline approaches.

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