A fast and furious WNBA offseason got a little more exciting on Saturday after the Mercury, Liberty, Sky and Wings agreed to terms on a massive four-team deal involving multiple players and draft picks.
Dallas will acquire Mercury guard Diamond DeShields, the No. 5 overall pick in the 2023 draft and a ’24 first-round pick from the Sky, and the swap rights to a ’25 first-round pick with Chicago while Chicago will land Wings guard Marina Mabrey (via sign-and-trade) and a Mercury ’24 second-round pick. Additionally, Phoenix will acquire Liberty forward Michaela Onyenwere, as well as the Sky’s ’24 third-round and ’25 second-round picks, and New York will add Chicago’s ’24 second-round pick, a ’25 first-round pick swap with Phoenix and the player rights to German forward Leonie Fiebich.
DeShields, the No. 3 pick in the 2018 draft, will stay in the Western Conference after averaging 13.1 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists with the Mercury last season. The 2019 All-Star previously spent the first four years of her career with the Sky, where she won a WNBA championship in 2021.
