These are often referred to as temporary or partial suspensions, even if they last the full season. Only players with six or more years of service at the time the contract is signed may receive a trade bonus. Minnesota: Shepard, Jessica Sign Contract Extension Connecticut: Bonner, DeWanna Set Active, Los Angeles: Carter, Chennedy Team Option Exercised (2023) However, they can sign with multiple teams in the same season. A cap hold is a placeholder of salary that teams are given when they have fewer than 10 players counted on the cap. 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. 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 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. Dallas: Sabally, Satou Set Active, Seattle Perez, Raina Hardship Release Las Vegas: Young, Jackie Contract Amendment Time-Off Bonus 10:20 a.m. CT: Williams first hears from her agent about the opportunity with the Storm. Phoenix: Simms, Jennie - Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Phoenix: Turner, Yvonne - Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Phoenix: Davis, Kaela - Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) August 13, 2022. The base salary can be any value between the league minimum and maximum, though they are typically for the minimum. Connecticut: Holmes, Joyner Sign ROS Contract, Connecticut: Holmes, Joyner 7-Day Contract Release Phoenix: Charles, Tina Contract Amendment Divorce, Minnesota: Westbrook, Evina Waived Indiana: Allen, Lindsay Waivers Cleared The player must negotiate the offer sheet while keeping in mind that no matter what their previous team decides, they will be signed to those terms to one of the two teams immediately once the decision is made. 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. Las Vegas: Macaulay, Victoria Waived The updated 2022 Lynx roster can be viewed here . 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. Atlanta: Walker, Megan Team Option Declined, Las Vegas: Young, Jackie Sign Contract Extension Connecticut: Anigwe, Kristine Sign Training Camp Contract Minnesota: Ursin, Moon Waived January 1 or 15 are the most likely options given recent transaction history according to AcrossTheTimeline. Chicago: McGee-Stafford, Imani Waived, Indiana: Gorecki, Haley Waivers Cleared Las Vegas Aces: Riquna Williams Sign Regular Contract Atlanta: Hillmon, Naz Sign Rookie Scale Contract The CBA actually allows for rookie scale contracts to fall below the league minimum, which only happens in a few situations. Teams can choose to protect certain years and not others. New York: Allen, Rebecca Set Active Phoenix: Williams, Macee Waived This will always be home. New York is trading the contract of Natasha Howard and the exclusive negotiating rights to Crystal Dangerfield to Dallas. This is a living document that we will enhance and refine over time. Atlanta trades the exclusive negotiating rights to Tiffany Hayes to Connecticut in exchange for New Yorks 2023 1st round draft pick (#6). Cunane was originally selected by the Seattle Storm with the 17th overall pick in the . Minnesota: McCoughtry, Angel Waivers Cleared They can extend their contract for up to three years bringing them to a total of the first seven years of their career. On January 1, 2022, they can begin to trade 2023 picks. That is true regardless of whether the team played 26% of its games (9 out of 34), 29% of its games (10 out of 34), or some other number. Las Vegas: Winters, Deja Waivers Cleared She was initially signed to a hardship contract, but has since signed a new contract. An emergency hardship exception is allowed, at the discretion of the league, when a team has fewer than 10 available players on their roster. "Especially to find out all of this on game day and then still be told, 'We're going to continue to play the game, just find a hardship player.' Atlanta: Robinson, Danielle Traded1 Washington: Williams, Elizabeth Suspended Partial Season For example, a player could receive a fully protected salary in 2020 but no protection in 2021. Washington Mystics: Myisha Hines-Allen Sign Regular Contract Los Angeles: Hamby, Dearica Traded2 Extensions, may not be signed between the end of the regular season and January 31, but they can be negotiated between January 15 and January 31. Atlanta: Durr, Asia (AD) Traded from New York** Christensen was selected by the Phoenix Mercury in the third round (40th overall) of the 2002 WNBA Draft. Minnesota: Turner, Yvonne Hardship Release 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. Chicago: Tahane, Emmanuelle Waived All or part of a player's salary can be protected, and payment is conditioned on not engaging in prohibited activities that will be outlined below. Salary paid to players on hardship contracts could ultimately take the Storm over the cap and prevent the team . Veteran extensions can be for up to 120% of the base salary for the final year of the original contract. For the 2021 WNBA season, the salary cap for each of the league's 12 teams is $1,339,000. Dallas: Brown, Kalani Sign Training Camp Contract As the original players return to play, the team must terminate those replacement contracts to remain at 10 players until at least 10 non-replacement players are available. 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. Once a trade has been made, the player's full base salary for the season transfers from the old team to the new team's salary sheet. Connecticut is trading the contract of Jonquel Jones to New York. A restricted free agent may sign with any WNBA team, but their prior team has the right to match any offer from another team. Players who were not guaranteed money are also still paid for the year if they are cut due to injury. Washington: Burke, Kennedy Suspended Partial Season, Atlanta: Caldwell, Maya Waived If a team instead wants to keep the player, the team can suspend the player without pay if the injury occurs before the season begins or keep the player on the active roster and continue to pay them. MINNEAPOLIS/ST. If declined, or if the prior team does not act within those four days, then the player and new team will immediately enter into the contract outlined in the offer sheet. Dallas Wings: Tyasha Harris Team Option Exercised Crucially, the second injured player must miss at least two consecutive games before the team can ask the league for an exemption. No time off bonus requirements may be amended by the team or player, but if a player fails to meet the requirements in any season, then the time off bonus for all future seasons is removed from the player's contract. This is only done before the regular season - between the preceding December 1 and the first regular-season game - so it has no bearing on the team minimum or league-wide guarantee. Minnesota: Collier, Napheesa Pregnancy/Childbirth 68 NBA players make more than the entire WNBA roster Offer sheets may be negotiated at any time beginning on January 15, but may not be signed until February 1. 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. Undrafted rookies may have a contract length of one or two years. Minnesota: Cruz, Anna QO Extended . Teams may trade most players as well as the exclusive rights to negotiate with drafted and reserved players without the player agreeing to it. July 4, 2020. Minnesota: Cunane, Elissa Sign ROS Contract (Hardship), Los Angeles: Atwell, Amy Waivers Cleared Because the injury happened during her WNBA obligations, her salary was protected and the Aces wouldn't have had any benefit in waiving her. Phoenix: Gray, Reshanda 7-Day Contract Release Minnesota Lynx: Angel McCoughtry Sign Regular Contract Menu. Los Angeles Sparks: Lauren Cox QO Extended The league allows extensions up to the supermax as a way of incentivizing star players to stay with the team that drafted them. Players are not allowed to re-enter the draft if they go undrafted. Washington: McCall, Erica Waivers Cleared Indiana: Coates, Alaina Set Active Connecticut: Lewis, Jordan Waived For players drafted before 2020, there is practically no difference between the base salary for the two offers due to the significant increase in the minimum salary. Seattle: Harding, Paisley Waivers Cleared 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. On Saturday, the Liberty announced the signing of 2020 WNBA Rookie of the Year, Crystal Dangerfield, . 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. 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). Until one of those things happens, the player's salary remains on the team's salary cap. Minnesota: Dangerfield, Crystal Waived Washington: Benzan, Katie Waived Atlanta: Agnew, Jaylyn Waived, Indiana: Gorecki, Haley Waived An unrestricted free agent is free to sign with any team, including their prior team, but their prior team has no ability to dictate where the player chooses to sign. So if the injury took place on July 10, 2020, the team must wait until July 10, 2022. Washington Mystics: Elizabeth Williams Sign Regular Contract Teams can become eligible to sign players to replacement contracts if they qualify for either a hardship exception or an emergency hardship exception. 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Atlanta: Caldwell, Maya Hardship Release Atlanta: Howard, Rhyne Sign Rookie Scale Contract, Minnesota: Mack, Natasha Waivers Cleared In her rookie campaign, Jones played in 18 games and . Las Vegas Aces: JiSu Park QO Extended Chicago Sky: Allie Quigley Sign Regular Contract, Atlanta Dream: Ndea Jones Sign Training Camp Contract This could be avoided by opting for a percentage of remaining salary instead of a set dollar amount. Minnesota: Turner, Yvonne Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Reserved qualifying offers are covered below. Los Angeles Sparks: Lexie Brown Traded from Chicago Sky** For the Lakers, it would pave the way for them to sign a player to a 10-day contract. Unlike the first three years of the contract, the fourth year is fully protected beginning with the 2020 Draft Class. Washington: Shakira Austin Required Tender Made However, the replacement contract begins at 75% of the regular minimum before proration. If it were to happen, the team that drafted the player will retain the exclusive WNBA rights to negotiate a contract for one year once the player is no longer inhibited from signing a contract by the other league. Connecticut Sun: Joyner Holmes Sign Training Camp Contract The extension can be for a salary up to the supermax usually reserved for veterans of five or more seasons beginning in 2021 (six or more seasons in 2020). Only drafted rookies have rookie scale contracts that can last four years, and therefore are the only contracts that may be extended, meaning undrafted rookie contracts cannot be extended. This is what happens when players opt out of the season, like Maya Moore in 2019 and 2020, and all the non-medical opt-outs that occurred before the shortened 2020 season. Phoenix: Wiese, Sydney Sign Training Camp Contract Dallas Wings: Destinee Walker Sign Training Camp Contract, Las Vegas Aces: Sydney Colson Sign Training Camp Contract Connecticut: Washington, Delicia Waived This seems to be an unintended consequence, so it is possible the WNBPA and WNBA could work out an amendment covering this situation in the future. 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. Connecticut: Sims, Odyssey Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Indiana: Smith, NaLyssa Sign Rookie Scale Contract For players without a guaranteed contract, this request is not relevant if the team cuts the player immediately after the injury occurs. Connecticut: Charles, Kaila Waivers Cleared The requirement decreases to two seasons beginning with the 2022 season. Phoenix Mercury: Megan Walker Waived The bonus counts on the cap for the season before the player has to fulfill their requirements, meaning a player's bonus will be on the cap for the 2021 season with an agreement that the player will meet the requirements in the offseason after the 2021 season. Indiana increased its team salary by $60,000 while only having to pay Lavender about $15,000 more than they still owed Mavunga. Negotiations may begin on January 15, but negotiated contracts may not be signed until February 1. In some situations when a player is suspended for the remainder of the season - whether it is voluntary, the result of an injury competing for a non-WNBA team, or a penalty for withholding services - the player will be removed from the team's salary cap. Dallas Wings: Luisa Geiselsoder Waived, Atlanta Dream: Jaylyn Agnew Sign Training Camp Contract Picks 9-12 earn $66,306, while second round . Phoenix: Macee Williams Sign Rookie Scale Contract 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. If the team does not exercise its option, the player would become an unrestricted free agent after the conclusion of her third season. . If Stewart had torn her Achilles while walking down the street, Seattle would have been forced to keep her salary on the cap even if they suspended her. The only exceptions are for players who only missed time due to on-court discipline, and for rest-of-season contracts that are fully completed. Indiana: Henderson, Destanni Sign Rookie Scale Contract $700,000. Alternatively, the player could decide to just not show up. New York is trading its own 2023 1st round pick (#6) and the contract of Rebecca Allen to Connecticut. Las Vegas: Rupert, Iliana Sign Rookie Scale Contract, Connecticut: Jones, Jazmine Sign ROS 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. The base salaries, meaning salary without any bonuses, are fully specified for each draft pick for every draft governed by this CBA. The specified amount for the trade bonus can either be expressed as a percentage of remaining base salary or as a specific dollar amount. "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. Any players who had their base salary prorated will have their team bonuses decreased at the same rate. Las Vegas: Aisha Sheppard Required Tender Made Las Vegas: Mya Hollingshed- Required Tender Made Chicago: Maley, Anneli Hardship Release If the exclusive negotiation rights to a drafted player are traded, the new team retains the exact same rights as the drafting team. Washington: Westbrook, Evina 7-Day Contract Release Chicago Sky: Stella Johnson - ROS (Hardship) Contract Signed Washington Mystics: Alaina Coates - Contract Signed Washington Mystics: Shey Peddy - Contract Signed. 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). However, the prioritization rules do apply in 2023 to players such as Sabrina Ionescu who have will have played 3 years in the W prior to the start of the 2023 season. Connecticut: Fields, Nirra Sign Training Camp Contract, Connecticut: Anigwe, Kristine Waived The former UConn guard was drafted 21st overall by the Seattle Storm in this year's WNBA . A player on a rookie scale contract can sign an extension that will be effective for their fifth year in the league. Connecticut: Mompremier, Beatrice Awarded on Waivers 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. 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. These cap holds prevent teams from using up most of their salary cap on a handful of supermax players and then only being able to fit eight players under the salary cap when the season starts. 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. Los Angeles: Smith, Kianna Sign Rookie Scale Contract The extension does not affect the terms for the years covered by the original contract. New York: Johannes, Marine Sign ROS Contract The team also signed Nikolina Milic following a knee injury to Sylvia Fowles that will keep her out indefinitely. The Indiana Fever announced today the team signed 2020 WNBA Rookie of the Year Crystal Dangerfield to a hardship exception contract. Depending on the circumstances, players may fall into one of the three following categories outside of the restricted/unrestricted dichotomy of free agency. Minnesota: Turner, Yvonne Waivers Cleared Team bonuses above are per player, and they are only available for players who are on the roster for the last day of the regular season. In the past, this was typically used with restricted free agents so the original team can get a small return for a player that doesn't fit its plans. Restricted qualifying offers may not include any sort of guaranteed salary. Indiana: Smith, Alanna Waived, Seattle: Davis, Kaela Sign ROS Contract (Hardship), Seattle: Williams, Kiana Sign ROS Contract (Hardship), Phoenix: Samuelson, Karlie Sign ROS Contract (Hardship), Las Vegas: Gray, Chelsea Sign Contract Extension For picks No. Keep up to date on the latest transactions with WNBA.coms Transactions page. Connecticut Sun: Natisha Hiedeman QO Extended 5:30 p.m. PT: Williams arrives at the arena, showers and heads to the court for warmups. Additionally, any player who is just finishing the fourth year of their rookie contract is also eligible. Thus, a team has no financial incentive to sign a player at the end of the season just to meet the minimum. Los Angeles: Atwell, Amy Waived This typically comes into play when a team has a high number of players leave for free agency in the offseason. Between January 1 and January 14, this can be offered to any player who would otherwise become a restricted or unrestricted free agent, although it's virtually never used on restricted free agents because the team already has the right of first refusal for that player. The Sparks re-signed her on June 30 and she played . Connecticut: Holmes, Joyner 7-Day Contract Release, Las Vegas: Hamby, Dearica Sign Contract Extension, Seattle: Charles, Tina Sign ROS Contract, Phoenix: Charles, Tina Waivers Cleared Dallas: McCowan, Teaira Suspended Partial Season In 2022, after her 10% raise, Ionescu would earn $76,297 compared to the 2021 number one pick who would earn $71,441. Washington: Christyn Williams Sign Rookie Scale Contract When the NBA dealt with COVID-19 outbreaks during the height of the winter Omicron wave, the league modified its hardship rules to enable rosters that are already far bigger -- NBA teams can have up to 17 players, including two on two-way contracts, to the WNBA's maximum of 12 -- to expand quickly. In the weird season that was 2020, this opened up theoretical opportunities for teams to be able to trade for high-salary players who had opted out of the season, and therefore had a cap hit of practically nothing-just the two payments the player received before opting out. Time off bonuses are included in a team's total salary unless they have been canceled, and therefore also have to fit under the salary cap. Seattle alone has added three different players -- including Kaela Davis twice -- as protocols necessitated hardship replacements. Dallas: Bertsch, Morgan Waivers Cleared Los Angeles Sparks: Lauren Cox Sign Training Camp Contract Minnesota: Allen, Lindsay Sign 7-Day 1st Contract Finally, veteran extensions can qualify for the supermax if specific criteria are met. That limit can also vary from season to season in a contract. They are constant for the length of the CBA, and they cannot increase as team bonuses can. These partial season contracts are prorated based on the percentage of days in the season the player is under contract, so by definition, the player will earn less than a full minimum salary. While all other types of qualifying offers can't have base salary protection, players who have received qualifying offers can still negotiate for a contract that includes protections. Washington: Machida, Rui QO Extended Seattle: Magbegor, Ezi Sign Regular Contract, Phoenix: Gustafson, Megan Sign Training Camp Contract The CBA typically limits contracts to an increase equal to 3% of the first year's salary. Chicago: Taylor, Sparkle Waived 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. Phoenix: Cannon, Emma Waivers Cleared Since her preseason release from the Seattle Storm, Cunane had . Phoenix is trading Bria Hartley and Phoenixs own 2022 2nd round pick (#20) and 2023 2nd round pick to Indiana. Phoenix: Cannon, Emma Sign Rookie Scale Contract Connecticut: Herbert Harrigan, Mikiah Sign Training Camp Contract Phoenix: Cannon, Emma Waived Indiana: Vivians, Victoria Sign Regular Contract, Chicago: Harrison, Isabelle Sign Regular Contract That is, the player must sign an extension before May 15 of the final, team-option year of their rookie contract. Los Angeles: Kianna Smith Required Tender Made Chicago: Doyle, Kathleen Waivers Cleared Washington Mystics: Megan Gustafson QO Extended She was signed to a short-term injury hardship contract by Houston on . 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