List of 2018 WNBA season transactions

This is a list of transactions that have taken place during the off-season and the 2018 WNBA season.

Retirement

Date	Name	Team(s) played (years)	Age	Notes	Ref.
August 21, 2017	Plenette Pierson	Phoenix Mercury (2003–2005) Detroit Shock (2006–2010) New York Liberty (2010–2014) Dallas Wings (2015–2016) Minnesota Lynx (2017)	36	3× WNBA champion (2006, 2008, 2017) WNBA All-Star (2015) WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year (2007) Also played overseas in Italy, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Slovakia and Korea.	[1]
February 3, 2018	Jia Perkins	Charlotte Sting (2004–2005) Chicago Sky (2006–2010) San Antonio Stars (2011–2015) Minnesota Lynx (2016–2017)	35	WNBA champion (2017) WNBA All-Star (2009) WNBA All-Defensive Second Team (2013) Also played overseas in Israel and Turkey.	[2]
April 29, 2018	Tiffany Jackson	New York Liberty (2007–2010) Tulsa Shock (2010–2015) Los Angeles Sparks (2017)	33	Became an assistant coach for Texas Longhorns	[3]
August 21, 2018	Lindsay Whalen	Connecticut Sun (2004–2009) Minnesota Lynx (2010–2018)	36	4× WNBA champion (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) 5× WNBA All-Star (2006, 2011, 2013–2015) 3× All-WNBA First Team (2008, 2011, 2013) 2× All-WNBA Second Team (2012, 2014) 3× WNBA Peak Performer (2008, 2011–2012) 3× WNBA assists leader (2008, 2011–2012) WNBA Top 20@20 (2016) WNBA playoffs all-time assists leader Also played overseas in Russia, Czech Republic, Turkey, and Northern Cyprus.	[4]

Front office movements

Head coach changes

Off-season

Departure date	Team	Outgoing head coach	Reason for departure	Hire date	Incoming head coach	Last coaching position	Ref.
September 5	Atlanta Dream	Michael Cooper	Fired	October 30	Nicki Collen	Connecticut Sun assistant coach (2016–2017)	[5]
October 4	Seattle Storm	Gary Kloppenburg	Interim coach, contract not renewed	October 4	Dan Hughes	San Antonio Stars head coach (2011–2016)	[6]
October 13	New York Liberty	Bill Laimbeer	Resigned	October 16	Katie Smith	New York Liberty associate coach (2016–2017)	[7]
October 17	Las Vegas Aces	Vickie Johnson	Contract not renewed	October 17	Bill Laimbeer	New York Liberty head coach (2013–2017)	[8]

In-season

Departure date	Team	Outgoing head coach	Reason for departure	Hire date	Incoming head coach	Last coaching position	Ref.
August 12	Dallas Wings	Fred Williams	Fired	August 12	Taj McWilliams-Franklin (interim)	Dallas Wings assistant coach (2017–2018)	[9]

Player movement

Trades

February
February 1	To Indiana Fever Kayla Alexander	To Las Vegas Aces 2019 second-round pick	[10]
February 2	To Connecticut Sun Cayla George	To Phoenix Mercury 2018 second-round pick (#21)	[11]
	To Las Vegas Aces Kelsey Bone	To Phoenix Mercury 2018 second-round pick (#26) 2019 second-round pick	[12]
February 7	To Seattle Storm Natasha Howard	To Minnesota Lynx 2018 second-round pick (#17) Right to swap 2019 first-round pick	[13]
March
March 6	To Minnesota Lynx Danielle Robinson 2019 second-round pick	To Phoenix Mercury 2018 first-round pick (#12)	[14]
	To Phoenix Mercury Briann January	To Indiana Fever 2018 first-round pick (#8)	[15]
April
April 12	To Connecticut Sun Bria Holmes	To Atlanta Dream 2018 second-round pick (#15) 2019 second-round pick	[16]
July
July 9	To Connecticut Sun Layshia Clarendon 2019 second-round pick	To Atlanta Dream Alex Bentley	[17]
July 23	To Washington Mystics Aerial Powers 2019 second-round pick Right to swap 2019 first-round pick	To Dallas Wings Tayler Hill	[18]

Free agency

Player	Date signed	New team	Former team	Ref
Maggie Lucas	February 1	Atlanta Dream	Indiana Fever	[19]
Renee Montgomery		Atlanta Dream	Minnesota Lynx	[20]
Shekinna Stricklen		Connecticut Sun		[21]
Kayla Thornton		Dallas Wings		[22]
Carolyn Swords		Las Vegas Aces	Seattle Storm	[23]
Tamera Young		Las Vegas Aces	Atlanta Dream	[24]
Ana Dabović		Los Angeles Sparks		[25]
Karlie Samuelson		Los Angeles Sparks
Odyssey Sims		Los Angeles Sparks		[26]
Rebekkah Brunson		Minnesota Lynx		[27]
Sancho Lyttle		Phoenix Mercury	Atlanta Dream	[28]
Emma Cannon		Phoenix Mercury		[29]
Yvonne Turner		Phoenix Mercury
Sami Whitcomb		Seattle Storm		[30]
Monique Currie		Washington Mystics	Phoenix Mercury	[31]
Jessica Breland	February 2	Atlanta Dream	Chicago Sky	[32]
Allie Quigley		Chicago Sky		[33]
Theresa Plaisance		Dallas Wings		[34]
Courtney Paris		Seattle Storm	Dallas Wings	[35]
Tianna Hawkins		Washington Mystics		[36]
Allison Hightower		Washington Mystics
LaToya Sanders		Washington Mystics
Alaina Coates	February 5	Chicago Sky		[37]
Jordan Hooper		Chicago Sky		[38]
Alyssa Thomas		Connecticut Sun		[39]
Liz Cambage		Dallas Wings	Melbourne Boomers (Australia)	[40]
Erica Wheeler		Indiana Fever		[41]
Camille Little		Phoenix Mercury		[42]
Noelle Quinn		Seattle Storm		[43]
Aleksandra Crvendakić		Seattle Storm	Sopron Basket (Hungary)	[44]
Devereaux Peters		Washington Mystics	Indiana Fever	[45]
Asia Taylor		Washington Mystics
Jennifer Hamson	February 6	Indiana Fever		[46]
Jennie Simms		Indiana Fever
Alana Beard		Los Angeles Sparks		[47]
Jolene Anderson		Los Angeles Sparks		[48]
Saicha Grant-Allen		Los Angeles Sparks
Kelsey Griffin	February 7	Connecticut Sun	Bendigo Spirit (Australia)	[49]
Betnijah Laney		Connecticut Sun	Bendigo Spirit (Australia)
Lynetta Kizer		Minnesota Lynx	Connecticut Sun	[50]
Endéné Miyem		Minnesota Lynx	Famila Schio (Italy)
Cecilia Zandalasini		Minnesota Lynx
Angel McCoughtry	February 8	Atlanta Dream		[51]
Jeanette Pohlen-Mavunga	February 9	Indiana Fever		[52]
Lindsay Allen		New York Liberty		[53]
Rebecca Allen		New York Liberty
Bria Hartley		New York Liberty
Kia Vaughn		New York Liberty
Adaora Elonu	February 13	Atlanta Dream	CB Avenida (Spain)	[54]
Shenise Johnson		Indiana Fever		[55]
DeWanna Bonner		Phoenix Mercury		[56]
Damiris Dantas	February 14	Atlanta Dream		[57]
Hind Ben Abdelkader		Indiana Fever	Hatay (Turkey)	[58]
Cappie Pondexter		Los Angeles Sparks	Chicago Sky	[59]
Stefanie Dolson	February 15	Chicago Sky		[60]
Jamierra Faulkner	February 16	Chicago Sky		[61]
Adut Bulgak	February 20	Chicago Sky
Alex Montgomery		Chicago Sky	San Antonio Stars	[62]
Kelly Faris		New York Liberty	Connecticut Sun	[63]
Ify Ibekwe		New York Liberty	Los Angeles Sparks
Tiffany Jackson	February 21	Los Angeles Sparks		[64]
Astou Ndour	February 22	Chicago Sky		[65]
Jillian Alleyne		New York Liberty	Phoenix Mercury	[63]
Reshanda Gray	February 24	New York Liberty	Connecticut Sun	[66]
Breanna Richardson	February 26	Minnesota Lynx		[67]
Karima Christmas-Kelly	February 27	Dallas Wings		[68]
Cierra Burdick		Las Vegas Aces		[69]
Sequoia Holmes		Las Vegas Aces
Ivey Slaughter		Las Vegas Aces	New York Liberty
Kayla McBride	February 28	Las Vegas Aces		[70]
Candice Dupree	March 6	Indiana Fever		[71]
Crystal Langhorne		Seattle Storm
Blake Dietrick	March 9	Atlanta Dream	Dafni Agiou Dimitriou (Greece)	[72]
Sydney Colson	March 13	Las Vegas Aces		[73]
Tanisha Wright		Minnesota Lynx	New York Liberty	[74]
Valériane Ayayi	March 19	Las Vegas Aces		[75]
Jessica January	March 22	Connecticut Sun		[76]
Alex Harden		Phoenix Mercury		[77]
Ameryst Alston	March 27	Chicago Sky	New York Liberty	[78]
Yelena Leuchanka	April 5	Atlanta Dream	Homenetmen Antelias (Lebanon)	[79]
Tina Charles	April 6	New York Liberty		[80]
Rachel Hollivay	April 10	New York Liberty	Atlanta Dream
Shay Murphy		New York Liberty	San Antonio Stars
Jacki Gemelos	April 11	Las Vegas Aces	Napoli (Italy)	[81]
Alexa Hart	April 13	Atlanta Dream	Ohio State	[82]
Rosemarie Julien		Atlanta Dream	Florida Gulf Coast
Linnae Harper		Chicago Sky	Ohio State	[83]
Morgan William	April 14	Las Vegas Aces	Mississippi State	[84]
Chelsea Hopkins	April 16	Chicago Sky	Atlanta Dream	[83]
Brittany McPhee		Seattle Storm	Stanford	[85]
AJ Alix		Washington Mystics	Florida State
Lexi Bando	April 17	Los Angeles Sparks	Oregon	[86]
Mistie Bass		Los Angeles Sparks	Canberra Capitals (Australia)
Brooke McCarty		Los Angeles Sparks	Texas
Gabbi Ortiz		Los Angeles Sparks	Oklahoma	[87]
G'mrice Davis		Minnesota Lynx	Fordham	[88]
Vionise Pierre-Louis		Minnesota Lynx	Oklahoma
Camille Zimmerman		Minnesota Lynx	Columbia
Tanaya Atkinson		Washington Mystics	Temple	[89]
Tinara Moore		Washington Mystics	Central Michigan	[90]
Brooke Johnson	April 18	Las Vegas Aces	UNLV	[91]
Kaylee Jensen		Los Angeles Sparks	Oklahoma State	[92]
Jessica Lindstrom		Los Angeles Sparks	Green Bay	[93]
Chelsea Nelson		Phoenix Mercury	North Carolina State	[94]
Khaalia Hillsman		Seattle Storm	Texas A&M	[95]
Emily Potter		Seattle Storm	Utah
Chatrice White	April 19	Phoenix Mercury	Florida State	[96]
Bashaara Graves	April 20	Indiana Fever	Chicago Sky	[97]
Tashia Brown		New York Liberty	Western Kentucky	[98]
Roshunda Johnson		New York Liberty	Mississippi State	[99]
Kolby Morgan		New York Liberty	Tulane	[100]
Amber Harris	April 23	Chicago Sky
Khadijiah Cave		Connecticut Sun	Baylor	[101]
Nikki Greene		Connecticut Sun
Tyra Buss	April 24	Connecticut Sun	Indiana	[102]
Alexis Peterson	April 25	Indiana Fever	Seattle Storm	[103]
Shoni Schimmel	April 27	New York Liberty		[104]
Taya Reimer	April 28	Los Angeles Sparks	Michigan State	[105]
Kathryn Westbeld		Los Angeles Sparks	Notre Dame	[106]
Marissa Coleman	May 1	New York Liberty	Indiana Fever	[107]
Renee Bennett	May 3	Chicago Sky	Valencia Basket
Jillian Alleyne	May 6	Minnesota Lynx	New York Liberty
Shoni Schimmel	May 15	Las Vegas Aces	New York Liberty
Lindsay Allen	May 19	Las Vegas Aces (claimed off waivers)	New York Liberty (waived on May 19)
Karlie Samuelson		Los Angeles Sparks
Mercedes Russell	May 20	New York Liberty
Angel Robinson	May 29	Phoenix Mercury
Mercedes Russell	May 30	Seattle Storm	New York Liberty
Leticia Romero	May 31	Dallas Wings	Connecticut Sun
Cayla George	June 3	Dallas Wings	Connecticut Sun
Endy Miyem	June 6	Minnesota Lynx (Previously waived on May 17, 2018)
Sequoia Holmes	June 8	Las Vegas Aces
Teana Muldrow	June 12	Dallas Wings	Seattle Storm
Asia Taylor	June 17	Indiana Fever	Washington Mystics
Karlie Samuelson	June 24	Los Angeles Sparks (Previously waived on May 28, 2018)
Cappie Pondexter	July 1	Indiana Fever	Los Angeles Sparks
Alexis Prince	July 4	Atlanta Dream (7-day contract)	Phoenix Mercury (waived on May 14)
Linnae Harper		Chicago Sky (7-day contract, previously waived on July 1, 2018)
Lynetta Kizer	July 5	Minnesota Lynx (7-day contract, previously waived on July 1, 2018)
Alexis Prince	July 11	Atlanta Dream (second 7-day contract)
Linnae Harper		Chicago Sky (second 7-day contract)
Amber Harris		Chicago Sky (7-day contract, previously waived on May 2, 2018)
Erlana Larkins	July 12	Minnesota Lynx (7-day contract)	Indiana Fever (waived on May 17)
Alexis Prince	July 18	Atlanta Dream (third 7-day contract)
Linnae Harper		Chicago Sky (third 7-day contract)
Erlana Larkins	July 19	Minnesota Lynx (second 7-day contract)
Alexis Prince	July 25	Atlanta Dream (Signed for rest of season)
Linnae Harper		Chicago Sky (Signed for rest of season)
Devereaux Peters	July 29	Phoenix Mercury (7-day contract)	Washington Mystics (waived on May 17)
Erlana Larkins	July 30	Minnesota Lynx (Signed for rest of reason)
Devereaux Peters	August 5	Phoenix Mercury (second 7-day contract)
Adaora Elonu	August 10	Atlanta Dream (7-day contract, previously waived on May 17, 2018)
Devereaux Peters	August 12	Phoenix Mercury (Signed for rest of season)
Sydney Colson	August 14	Minnesota Lynx (Signed for rest of season)	Las Vegas Aces (waived on May 17)
Adaora Elonu	August 10	Atlanta Dream (Signed for rest of season)
Maggie Lucas	August 19	Dallas Wings (Signed for rest of season)	Atlanta Dream (waived on June 30)

Waived

Player	Date Waived	Former Team	Ref
Lanay Montgomery	March 24	Seattle Storm	[108]
Ify Ibekwe	April 10	New York Liberty
Yelena Leuchanka	April 13	Atlanta Dream
Alexis Peterson	April 17	Seattle Storm
Kelsey Griffin	April 24	Connecticut Sun
Marissa Coleman	April 25	Indiana Fever
Tyler Scaife	April 26	Phoenix Mercury
Maimouna Diarra	April 27	Los Angeles Sparks
Saicha Grant-Allen		Los Angeles Sparks
Tiffany Jackson		Los Angeles Sparks
Raigyne Louis	May 23	Las Vegas Aces
Shoni Schimmel		Las Vegas Aces
Mercedes Russell	May 26	New York Liberty
Adut Bulgak	May 27	Chicago Sky
Chelsea Hopkins		Chicago Sky
Karlie Samuelson	May 28	Los Angeles Sparks
Imani Wright		Phoenix Mercury
Teana Muldrow	May 30	Seattle Storm
Saniya Chong	May 31	Dallas Wings
Breanna Lewis	June 3	Dallas Wings
Sequoia Holmes	June 15	Las Vegas Aces
Jazmon Gwathmey	June 17	Indiana Fever
Cappie Pondexter	June 28	Los Angeles Sparks
Teana Muldrow	June 29	Dallas Wings
Maggie Lucas	June 30	Atlanta Dream
Hind Ben Abdelkader		Indiana Fever
Lynetta Kizer		Minnesota Lynx
Linnae Harper	July 1	Chicago Sky
Endy Miyem	August 13	Minnesota Lynx

Training camp cuts

All players listed did not make the final roster.

Atlanta Dream	Chicago Sky	Connecticut Sun	Dallas Wings
Adaora Elonu Mackenzie Engram Alexa Hart Rosemarie Julien	Ameryst Alston Renee Bennett Amarah Coleman Makayla Epps Amber Harris Jordan Hooper	Tyra Buss Khadijiah Cave Mikayla Cowling Cayla George Nikki Greene Jessica January Kayla Pedersen Leticia Romero	Evelyn Akhator Natalie Butler Loryn Goodwin Ruth Hamblin
Indiana Fever	Las Vegas Aces	Los Angeles Sparks	Minnesota Lynx
Bashaara Graves Jennifer Hamson Erlana Larkins Alexis Peterson Jeanette Pohlen-Mavunga Jennie Simms	Valeriane Ayayi Cierra Burdick Sydney Colson Jacki Gemelos Sequoia Holmes Brooke Johnson Khalia Lawrence Ivey Slaughter Morgan William	Jolene Anderson Lexi Bando Mistie Bass Kaylee Jensen Jessica Lindstrom Brooke McCarty Taya Reimer Karlie Samuelson Shakayla Thomas Kathryn Westbeld	Jillian Alleyne Jill Barta G'mrice Davis Endy Miyem Vionise Pierre-Louis Breanna Richardson Carlie Wagner Camille Zimmerman
New York Liberty	Phoenix Mercury	Seattle Storm	Washington Mystics
Lindsay Allen Jillian Alleyne Tashia Brown Kelly Faris Reshanda Gray Rachel Hollivay Roshunda Johnson Kolby Morgan Shay Murphy Leslie Robinson Mercedes Russell Shoni Schimmel	Emma Cannon Alex Harden Raisa Musina Chelsea Nelson Alexis Prince Angel Robinson Chatrice White	Aleksandra Crvendakic Khaalia Hillsman Brittany McPhee Emily Potter	AJ Alix Tanaya Atkinson Allison Hightower Ivory Latta Tinara Moore Devereaux Peters Asia Taylor

Draft

Main article: 2018 WNBA draft

First round

Pick	Player	Date signed	Team	Ref
1	A'ja Wilson	April 18	Las Vegas Aces	[108]
2	Kelsey Mitchell	April 17	Indiana Fever	[108]
3	Diamond DeShields	April 17	Chicago Sky	[108]
4	Gabby Williams	April 20	Chicago Sky	[108]
5	Jordin Canada	April 17	Seattle Storm	[108]
6	Azurá Stevens	April 19	Dallas Wings	[108]
7	Ariel Atkins	April 16	Washington Mystics	[108]
8	Victoria Vivians	April 23	Indiana Fever	[108]
9	Lexie Brown	April 16	Connecticut Sun	[108]
10	Kia Nurse	April 20	New York Liberty	[108]
11	Maria Vadeeva	April 17	Los Angeles Sparks	[108]
12	Marie Gülich	April 20	Phoenix Mercury	[108]

Second round

Pick	Player	Date signed	Team	Ref
13	Jaime Nared	April 17	Las Vegas Aces	[108]
14	Stephanie Mavunga	April 17	Indiana Fever	[108]
15	Monique Billings	April 19	Atlanta Dream	[108]
16	Kristy Wallace	—	Atlanta Dream	[109]
17	Park Ji-su	April 17	Minnesota Lynx	[108]
18	Loryn Goodwin	April 16	Dallas Wings	[108]
19	Myisha Hines-Allen	April 16	Washington Mystics	[108]
20	Tyler Scaife	April 17	Phoenix Mercury	[108]
21	Raisa Musina	April 26	Phoenix Mercury	[108]
22	Mercedes Russell	April 23	New York Liberty	[108]
23	Shakayla Thomas	April 18	Los Angeles Sparks	[108]
24	Kahlia Lawrence	April 18	Minnesota Lynx	[108]

Third round

Pick	Player	Date signed	Team	Ref
25	Raigyne Louis	April 17	Las Vegas Aces	[108]
26	Imani Wright	April 17	Phoenix Mercury	[108]
27	Mackenzie Engram	April 18	Atlanta Dream	[108]
28	Amarah Coleman	April 17	Chicago Sky	[108]
29	Teana Muldrow	April 17	Seattle Storm	[108]
30	Natalie Butler	April 16	Dallas Wings	[108]
31	Rebecca Greenwell	April 17	Washington Mystics	[108]
32	Jill Barta	April 17	Las Vegas Aces	[108]
33	Mikayla Cowling	April 17	Connecticut Sun	[108]
34	Leslie Robinson	April 20	New York Liberty	[108]
35	Julia Reisingerova	—	Los Angeles Sparks
36	Carlie Wagner	April 17	Minnesota Lynx	[108]

Previous years' draftees

Draft	Pick	Player	Date signed	Team	Previous team	Ref
2017	16	Leticia Romero	February 7	Connecticut Sun	USK Praha (Czech Republic)	[49]