When Jasmine Thomas was traded to the Sun in 2015, she had plans. She planned to avenge getting swept in the ’13 WNBA Finals with the Dream and not making it the year after. She planned to earn more minutes at guard and up her game, coming off the worst statistical season of her career. But Natisha Hiedeman’s showing up at training camp in ’19 was something Thomas hadn’t planned for.
“We got close playing the same position, spending a lot of time together and just became friends first,” Thomas says. “I got to know her as a person and just fell in love with who she was.”
Thomas and Hiedeman are one of three pairs of WNBA teammates who are publicly in a romantic relationship. The recently engaged couple, along with their Sun teammates Alyssa Thomas and DeWanna Bonner, and Chicago guards Courtney Vandersloot and Allie Quigley, all found love in the league and navigate the unique dynamics of balancing work and personal life while playing with their significant other.
