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. Additionally, this is tricky territory because teams must not make any agreements with the player before doing so. So, for 2020, this means the league is guaranteeing that it will pay out at least $1,209,000 multiplied by 12 for a total of $14,508,000. Phoenix: Macee Williams Sign Rookie Scale Contract Phoenix: Cannon, Emma Waived Chicago: Maley, Anneli Waivers Cleared Los Angeles: Stevens, Azur Sign Regular Contract Minnesota Lynx: Anna Cruz QO Extended Chicago: Krajisnik, Tina Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Chicago: Mabrey, Marina Traded1 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. Chicago Sky: Kysre Gondrezick Sign Training Camp Contract, Los Angeles Sparks: Jordin Canada Sign Regular Contract New York: Lorela Cubaj Traded Exclusive Negotiating Rights* Washington Mystics: Tianna Hawkins Sign Training Camp Contract Dallas is trading the contract of Kayla Thornton to New York. Connecticut: Gulbe, Aleksa Waived Washington Mystics: Stephanie Mavunga Sign Training Camp Contract, Atlanta Dream: Maya Caldwell Sign Training Camp Contract, Washington Mystics: Linnae Harper Sign Training Camp Contract Players do not earn a year of service for years in which they were signed only to replacement contracts or seven-day contracts. Minnesota: McCoughtry, Angel Contract Amendment Divorce Teams may be below the minimum before the season and throughout the season with no penalty. Dallas trades the contract of Marina Mabrey to Chicago via sign-and-trade. Indiana: Coates, Alaina Suspended Partial Season The former UConn guard was drafted 21st overall by the Seattle Storm in this year's WNBA . Chicago: Gardner, Rebekah Suspended Partial Season The specified amount for the trade bonus can either be expressed as a percentage of remaining base salary or as a specific dollar amount. Minnesota: Allen, Lindsay 7-Day Contract Release, Minnesota: Allen, Lindsay Sign 7-Day 3rd Contract, Phoenix: Davis, Kaela 7-Day Contract Release Phoenix: Williams, Kiana Waived The Collective Bargaining Agreement, is the agreement between the WNBA and the WNBA Players Association. The tables below show the terms for rookie contracts by draft class. 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. May 31, 2022 2:52 PM EDT. Las Vegas: Parker, Candace Sign Regular Contract In the case of DeWanna Bonner in 2020, Bonner was an unrestricted free agent so she could have signed with a new team while Phoenix received nothing in return. Connecticut: Lewis, Jordan Waived Phoenix: Simms, Jennie 7-Day Contract Release For example, the 2020/2021 season is 174 days long, so they divide a player's minimum salary by 174 to get . In earlier years, including the first offseason under the new CBA, the requirement was six or more years of service. If a team wants to exclude that player's salary from its salary cap, it can apply to the league to do so. Davis signed a hardship contract with the Storm on May 13 and was active for one game before being released from the contract on May 18. Essentially, it is an FAQ for the WNBA CBA that was inspired by Larry Coon's influential NBA CBA FAQ. 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. When the CBA was agreed to in January 2020, max salaries went up 82% ($117,500 to $215,00) while the cap only grew 30% ($996,100 to $1.3 million), forcing general managers to be creative in . If a player signs during training camp in 2023, they still get retroactively fined as if they'd been under contract from the beginning. Dallas: Veronica Burton Required Tender Made (e) "Bona Fide Exclusive Endorsement Agreement" means a binding Typically the trade deadline is between half and two-thirds of the way through the season. Los Angeles: Gordon, Lexi Waived A replacement contract is similar to a rest-of-season contract, but teams are only allowed to sign a player to a replacement contract if multiple players are currently unable to play under a hardship or emergency hardship exception. Minnesota Lynx: Bridget Carleton Sign Training Camp Contract Making a player like Magbegor a reserved player gives the team more control over negotiations and is the natural choice for teams. Los Angeles: Samuelson, Katie Lou Suspended Partial Season Las Vegas: Hollingshed, Mya Waived This is true for all future classes of rookies including undrafted rookies. Aside from coach Noelle Quinn changing some of the terminology, she found the system easy to pick back up. Updated: 6:02 PM EDT May 12, 2022. 12, the second-highest percentage gets No. Per team policy, no details were released. The rights to suspended players with no playing time remaining on their contracts can also be traded for any reason, but likely not during the season for which they were suspended. They haven't played since a 27-point loss to the Connecticut Sun on Tuesday night and will be back. Indiana: Davis, Rennia Sign Training Camp Contract Phoenix: Anigwe, Kristine Waivers Cleared Seattle: Magbegor, Ezi QO Extended Connecticut: Charles, Kaila Waived Las Vegas: Hollingshed, Mya Waivers Cleared Phoenix Mercury: Kia Nurse QO Extended This means a team who is negotiating with someone with a history of ACL tears could make a deal with the player to not pay them their protected salary (or a fraction of it) if the player once again injures their ACL. The team can trade the player before they have been given a core designation, and then the new team can core the player for the next season. Minnesota: Allen, Lindsay Sign 7-Day 1st Contract This may seem repetitive, but both rules are included to account for players who may sit out a year of their rookie contracts and thus would finish year four with only three or fewer years of service. The final way for a player on their rookie contract to become an unrestricted free agent is if their previous team decides not to exercise its right to retain negotiating rights with the player by making a restricted or reserved qualifying offer. 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. Phoenix: Charles, Tina Contract Amendment Divorce, Minnesota: Westbrook, Evina Waived Chicago: Davis, Kaela Waivers Cleared Phoenix: Gray, Reshanda 7-Day Contract Release Washington: Shakira Austin Sign Rookie Scale Contract Trade bonuses do count against the cap, but only after they are paid out. Washington: Burke, Kennedy Suspended Partial Season, Atlanta: Caldwell, Maya Waived Atlanta Dream: Erica McCall - ROS (Hardship) Contract Signed. Los Angeles: Zahui B., Amanda Suspended Full Season Chicago: McGee-Stafford, Imani Waived, Indiana: Gorecki, Haley Waivers Cleared Friday, June 10 Elissa Cunane, Nikolina Milic signed by Minnesota. If the player has a fully protected salary, this is not an issue because they will earn the same amount regardless of when in the season they are released. Dallas: Jazz Bond Required Tender Made Atlanta: Caldwell, Maya 7-Day Contract Release, Phoenix: Turner, Yvonne Sign ROS Contract (Hardship), Minnesota: Allen, Lindsay Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Las Vegas: Macaulay, Victoria Waivers Cleared Waiting to cut the player until the team can apply to the league is the only way players without guaranteed money can be taken off the cap in the year they are cut. . Both situations affect the terms of the player's contract when they do eventually join the WNBA team. After a high school career that made her the nation's top-ranked point guard, she played college basketball for the UConn Huskies. Chicago: Sparkle Taylor Sign Training Camp Contract Las Vegas: Khayla Pointer Required Tender Made Connecticut: Sims, Odyssey Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) If a player opts out of a season, which we have referred to as a voluntary suspension in past pieces, they fall under the umbrella of "not fulfilling" the requirements of their contract and therefore do not become free agents once their contract would normally expire. If the offer sheet is matched by the prior team, then the player must agree to any trade through the following February 1. Chicago: Pulliam, Lindsey Sign Rookie Scale Contract For example, a free agent who played in 2017, 2018, and 2019 is governed by the higher minimum base salary in 2020. Indiana: Ali Patberg Sign Rookie Scale Contract Chicago Sky: Lexie Brown QO Extended, Los Angeles Sparks: Tea Cooper QO Extended The base salary is then multiplied by the fraction consisting of the number of days covered by the contract divided by the total number of days in the regular season. Atlanta: Jones, Ndea Waived, Washington: Williams, Christyn Waivers Cleared A 10-day hardship deal is worth nearly $60,000. Las Vegas: Stokes, Kiah Set Active Seattle Storm: Jantel Lavender Sign Training Camp Contract, Indiana Fever: Jantel Lavender Waivers Cleared Contracts can include any combination of the types of protection permitted by the CBA, which are detailed below. And that's a very hard cap as the only time during the regular season that a team can go over that figure is for hardship or emergency hardship exceptions. Seattle: Cunane, Elissa Waivers Cleared Even if the player agrees, they may not be traded to the team that wrote the initial offer sheet until the following February 1, even via multiple trades. Phoenix is trading its own 2023 1st round pick to Chicago. The Wings also had the power to only let her go elsewhere if they got a good enough return because they had cored her and had her exclusive negotiation rights. Dallas trades the contract of Allisha Gray to Atlanta in exchange for Atlantas own 2023 1st round pick (#3) and Atlantas own 2025 1st round pick. Las Vegas: Park, Ji-Su QO Not Extended, Washington: Westbrook, Evina- Sign Training Camp Contract, Connecticut: Jones, Brionna QO Extended, Connecticut: Smith, Kianna Traded Exclusive Negotiating Rights1 None of these bonuses are considered salary, and therefore they do not count towards a team's total salary. Indiana: Hartey, Bria Contract Amendment Divorce, Connecticut: Holmes, Joyner Sign 7-Day 3rd Contract This means if a career-ending injury happens on June 10, 2020, then the team can apply for the extension on January 1, 2022. New York: Vandersloot, Courtney Sign Regular Contract This would be an odd situation where the team would have to keep the player on its salary cap even though the player is not getting paid. Dangerfield will wear No. New York: Kea, Paris Waived 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. Phoenix: Diggins-Smith, Skylar Suspended Partial Season This specific number is not directly important for individual teams, because the total guarantee is the guarantee level multiplied by the number of teams in the league. Los Angeles Sparks: Yueru Li Traded Exclusive Negotiating Rights* Las Vegas Aces: Kiah Stokes Sign Regular Contract, Phoenix Mercury: Jennie Simms Sign Training Camp Contract Each team is allowed to designate no more than one player as a core player by extending a core qualifying offer. **Chicago is signing and trading Diamond DeShields to Phoenix. Rookie scale contract extensions must be signed between February 1 and May 15 following the third season covered by the player's rookie scale contract. For any such suspensions that come with a reduction in payable salary - which includes time off for discipline or to allow a player to compete in non-WNBA events or tournaments - the player's full salary counts on the cap, even if the player has a reduction in their base salary. Washington: Harper, Linnae Waived Phoenix: Simms, Jennie 7-Day Contract Release Phoenix: Turner, Brianna Sign Contract Extension Washington Mystics: Lee Seul Kang Sign Training Camp Contract Minnesota: Kayla Jones Sign Rookie Scale Contract Washington: Hawkins, Tianna Sign Training Camp Contract Atlanta: Caldwell, Maya Sign ROS Contract (Hardship), Chicago: Yueru, Li Suspended Partial Season If a player with an unprotected base salary were cut, they would not earn any money for the remainder of the regular season, but a player with a protected contract would still receive either all or part of their remaining salary. 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. Phoenix: Dodson, Maya Waivers Cleared Indiana Fever: Emma Cannon Sign Regular Contract Players who simply do not show up after signing a contract can be fined by their teams, but as long as an agreement is made, there are no further consequences. Connecticut: Jordan Lewis Sign Rookie Scale Contract Indiana: Vivians, Victoria QO Extended Washington: Westbrook, Evina 7-Day Contract Release Details of the hardship contract weren't released due to the team's policy. Seattle: Cunane, Elissa Waived Minnesota: McCoughtry, Angel Waivers Cleared Indiana Fever: Chelsey Perry Sign Training Camp Contract, Atlanta Dream: Jaylyn Agnew QO Extended Los Angeles: Atwell, Amy Sign Rookie Scale Contract Minnesota: Jefferson, Moriah Sign ROS Contract For every player below 10 that is included on the team's total salary, a cap hold equal to the rookie minimum is added. Even though contracts include the offseason after the player has no more playing obligations, teams are not allowed to trade players at any point after the deadline for that season. MINNEAPOLIS/ST. WNBA hardship contracts are the new norm, but they can leave players scrambling. Indiana: Whalen, Erin Waived Connecticut: Jones, Jazmine 7-Day Contract Release Phoenix: Odom, Leaonna Waived The ability of core-designated players to turn down any trades of their rights is one reason teams may choose to trade suspended players as mentioned above. With this rule, the Storm would be allowed to extend a restricted or reserved qualifying offer. Chicago Sky: Crystal Bradford Sign Regular Contract Las Vegas: Aifuwa Faustine- Required Tender Made 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. Seattle: Gray, Reshanda Waived Contract that is paid or payable in U.S. dollars to a WNBA player (including players whose Player Contracts have been terminated) for rendering services under such Contract. Teams may have a maximum of 12 players on their rosters, except for any players signed via the hardship exception and players on training camp contracts. A player on a rookie scale contract can sign an extension that will be effective for their fifth year in the league. Non-WNBA Injury - Full Season Indiana: . Los Angeles: Talbot, Stephanie Non-WNBA Injury Full Season Jones, a 6-1 forward, appeared in 139 . 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: Allen, Lindsay Hardship Release Yes, they do. Minnesota Lynx: Natasha Mack Sign Training Camp Contract Cunane was originally selected by the Seattle Storm with the 17th overall pick in the . Seattle: Giacone, Jenna Waivers Cleared In 2023, that player would have three years of experience and would earn $69,770. For the Lakers, it would pave the way for them to sign a player to a 10-day contract. Dallas: Bond, Jazz Waived 3-4 picks in reverse order of their winning percentage over the past two seasons. Los Angeles: Guirantes, Arella Waivers Cleared Westbrook, a 6-0 guard, was drafted 21st overall by the Seattle Storm in the 2022 WNBA Draft and registered 18 points, five rebounds and three assists in the two preseason games she appeared. Individual merit bonuses are awarded for players who have earned various awards or who have been named to All-WNBA or All-Star teams. 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. Los Angeles: Samuelson, Katie Lou Sign Contract Extension Third-round picks are scheduled to receive a 5% increase in their third season and a 14.29% increase in their fourth season. The higher maximum base salary, which is often referred to as the "supermax", is designed to reward elite veterans and incentivize young stars to remain with the teams who drafted them. 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. She played just three games for the Fever, averaging 6.0 PPG and 3.3 APG while shooting 42.9 percent from the field. The new team negotiates this offer sheet with the knowledge that if the previous team doesn't decide to match the offer, then the contract is immediately enacted with the new team. Phoenix: Vivian Gray Sign Training Camp Contract Atlanta: Robinson, Danielle Traded1 Phoenix: Simms, Jennie Sign 7-Day 1st Contract Making a tentative agreement to cut and then re-sign them is technically a violation of the league's anti-collusion provision. Dangerfield has recorded averages of 4.2 points, 3.5 assists, 2.8 rebounds and 23.1 minutes per game in her first 10 games of the 2022 WNBA season, seven of which have been with the . Despite the delay of the 2020 WNBA season until late July, players still received their first paycheck on June 1. Las Vegas: Pointer, Khayla Waived However, it could be in the interest of a team to make a trade to get their team salary above the minimum before the season ends. Uncasville, CT (May 31, 2022) - The Connecticut Sun announced today that the team has signed forward Stephanie Jones to a hardship contract. Whichever team has been assigned that four-ball combination will receive the No. Based on this ranking, teams receive the following number of combinations from the 1,000 assigned combinations (11-12-13-14 is not assigned to any team): For each of the top two picks, four balls will be drawn from a lottery machine. Washington: Westbrook, Evina 7-Day Contract Release Las Vegas: Clark, Alysha Sign Regular Contract Players who only play on seven-day or replacement contracts do not earn a year of service. Players may choose to do this rather than force a team to cut them if they want to stay connected to the team that drafted them in the hopes that it will increase their chances in subsequent seasons. "I have all that and they don't have those lines available, so I was in line for maybe 30 minutes. Las Vegas: Aifuwa, Faustine Waivers Cleared New York: Nyara Sabally Required Tender Made If matched, the player and previous team immediately enter into a contract with the same terms as the offer sheet. Phoenix: Maya Dodson Required Tender Made In the case of players who were suspended for the final season of their contract, there is no qualifying offer and therefore there is no cap hold. In order to qualify as an international player, they must have been born and reside outside of the United States. It appears trades can resume sometime in January, but the CBA does not explicitly state when that date is. That more conventional definition is used for awards and years of service to determine veteran status. This also means if the trade bonus is for $20,000, but the player only has $100,000 left on their contract, the bonus needs to be amended. Phoenix Mercury: Sonja Petrovic QO Not Extended Teams cannot trade players signed as free agents or drafted rookies before the later of two weeks since they signed a contract or the 15th day of the regular season without the player's written approval of the trade. Los Angeles: Talbot, Stephanie Sign Regular Contract When the CBA was agreed to in January 2020, max salaries went up 82% ($117,500 to $215,00) while the cap only grew 30% ($996,100 to $1.3 million), forcing general managers to be creative in . Indiana: Williams-Holliday, Ameshya Waived Minnesota: Milic, Nina Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Annual salaries are prorated if players join a team mid-season or leave a team mid-season. Dallas: Dangerfield, Crystal Sign Regular Contract Players who were not guaranteed money are also still paid for the year if they are cut due to injury. The one exception to the maximum of six protected contracts is that fourth-year team option for rookies drafted in 2020 or later do not count. Meanwhile, a veteran contract for a player with three years of service would earn $74,305. If we had some practice players in our system, and you could pull from that. 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. The extension does not affect the terms for the years covered by the original contract. They host the reigning . If their prior team chooses to match the offer, the player remains with that team. It should be noted that protected salaries only come into play when a player's contract is terminated due to lack of skill, injury, or illness. August 2, 2022. If a player signs any contract, whether it is the qualifying offer or a negotiated contract, while under the core designation, they will be considered that team's one allowable cored player until the contract expires, is terminated, or is traded. The Atlanta Dream have signed 5-11 guard Maya Caldwell to a hardship contract, the organization announced today. Atlanta: Mompremier, Beatrice Sign Training Camp Contract It allows a team to exceed the 15-man maximum roster when it has at least four players who are sick . New York Liberty: Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe QO Extended Phoenix: Turner, Brianna Set Active Connecticut Sun: Natisha Hiedeman Sign Training Camp Contract, Chicago Sky: Diamond DeShields QO Extended Seattle Storm: Jewell Loyd Core QO Extended, Atlanta Dream: Tianna Hawkins Waived Seattle: Harding, Paisley Waivers Cleared An unrestricted free agent is any free agent who has no current obligations to play for a WNBA team, and who is free to negotiate with any team in the league without another team claiming a right of first refusal. Players may receive additional compensation from their team or the league, but none of that additional compensation is part of the base salary. Washington Mystics: Myisha Hines-Allen Sign Regular Contract Undrafted rookies may have a contract length of one or two years. Evina Westbrook signed a hardship contract with the Minnesota Lynx on Thursday, the franchise announced. Chicago: Taylor, Sparkle Waivers Cleared Los Angeles Sparks: Liz Cambage Sign Regular Contract Teams are not allowed to insure against a lack of skill. Call them practice players and make sure they don't hit the cap. New York: Lorela Cubaj Sign Rookie Scale Contract Dallas Wings: Tyasha Harris Team Option Exercised Seattle Storm: Stephanie Talbot Sign Training Camp Contract Minnesota: Milic, Nikolina 7-Day Contract Release Las Vegas: Rupert, Iliana Waived The length of contracts for drafted rookies are fully specified as well. 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