Alexa Philippou
@alexaphilippou
ESPN women’s college basketball, WNBA reporter. Posting on here and, for now, X | IG: alexaphilippou_ESPN
Here's what I know about why and how the Phoenix Mercury traded for Kelsey Plum -- and how Plum is assessing her future as an impending free agent
Breaking: Chicago Sky dev player Chloe Bibby is set to join the Minnesota Lynx after they offered her a standard contract, sources told ESPN. The Sky value Bibby and would have preferred to keep her on the roster but due to cap constraints, they would have needed to trade a player to keep her.
Breaking: The Toronto Tempo have acquired Connecticut Sun forward Aneesah Morrow in a trade that’s sending the rights to Maria Kliundikova and a 2028 second-round pick to Connecticut.
Breaking: Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington plans to make her season debut on Thursday barring a setback pregame, she told ESPN. The 2024 MIP and all-defensive pick -- who missed the first 27 games of the year rehabbing a left foot sprain -- will look to help Chicago make a late playoff push
President Barack Obama has arrived to meet the 2026 WNBA All-Stars
A statement from the league and players union after yesterday's meeting:
Breakdown of fan, media and player voting for WNBA All-Star starters:
Dirk has good taste in hoops. The defending champion Aces once led by 13 but the Wings stormed back in the third to tie things up, 72-72. 10 minutes to go here at College Park Center.
Breaking: Chicago Sky standout Azurá Stevens will make her season debut Saturday against the Minnesota Lynx barring any setbacks in the morning, she told ESPN. She'd yet to appear this season as she recovered from a bone bruise in her left knee.
Connecticut Sun-Seattle Storm on tap, for what’s the final home opener for the Sun franchise
A very helpful breakdown of the league's 216 nationally broadcast games 👇
Breaking: 2014 No. 2 overall pick Odyssey Sims has agreed to a one-year deal to join the Dallas Wings, her agent, Harrison Gaines, Esq. of SLASH Sports, tells ESPN. Sims returns to Dallas after most recently appearing for them in 2024. She was a crucial pickup for the Fever last year.
A'ja Wilson's statement on re-signing with the Las Vegas Aces on a three-year supermax deal
Breaking: 3x-WNBA champion Alysha Clark has agreed to a one-year deal to join the Dallas Wings, her agent, Jessica Holtz of CAA, told ESPN Clark brings experience & championship pedigree to a surging Wings franchise that had a productive free agency and now boasts the last two No. 1 overall picks
Breaking: Free agent center Temi Fagbenle has agreed to a one-year deal with the Toronto Tempo for $1 million, per her agent, Marcus Crenshaw of The FAM Sports agency. A big payday for the 2017 WNBA champ and former standout with the Valkyries.
Breaking: Restricted free agent Shakira Austin is returning to the Washington Mystics on a three-year deal, sources told ESPN. Austin, the AP Comeback POY, signed an offer sheet with the Toronto Tempo worth $3.57M, but Washington matched it to retain one of its young stars
Previewed the WNBA Draft for SportsCenter this morning... including who the Dallas Wings may take No. 1 overall
Breaking: Jade Melbourne is signing a one-year deal to return to the Seattle Storm, per her agent Sammy Wloszczowski of the Sports International Group agency. Deal is for one year, protected, at $500k A return to Seattle for Melbourne after she spent the past two seasons in DC
Breaking: Free agent center Megan Gustafson is signing a two-year deal with the Portland Fire, per her agent Ticha Penicheiro at Priority Sports. The deal is protected, $500k in Year 1 and $525k in Year 2. A new start for the 2025 champ with the Aces
Breaking: DiJonai Carrington has agreed to a one-year deal to join the Chicago Sky, sources tell ESPN The 2024 MIP & first-team all-defensive pick joins a Sky team that in the last week also acquired/re-signed Skylar Diggins, Rickea Jackson, Courtney Vandersloot & Azurá Stevens
Breaking: Two-time WNBA All-Star Courtney Williams has agreed to a two-year max contract to return to the Minnesota Lynx, per her agent, Marcus Crenshaw of The FAM Sports Agency. Williams' deal is for $2.4 million over two years.
Breaking: The Chicago Sky and Los Angeles Sparks have agreed to a trade that'll send Rickea Jackson to the Sky and Ariel Atkins to the Sparks.
Breaking: Sophie Cunningham has agreed to a one-year deal to return to the Indiana Fever, sources told ESPN. Cunningham joins guards Kelsey Mitchell and Lexie Hull in coming back to the Fever. Indiana has also added newcomers Monique Billings & Ty Harris so far this free agency
BREAKING: Forward Alanna Smith has agreed to a three-year max contract with the Dallas Wings. The 2025 co-DPOY & one of the most versatile young bigs in the league... a massive get for Dallas The deal was negotiated by Sammy Wloszczowski of the Sports International Group agency
Breaking: Free agent Kennedy Burke has agreed to a one-year deal with the Connecticut Sun, sources told ESPN Burke, who spent the last two seasons in New York and won a title with the Liberty in 2024, recently won EuroCup Finals MVP and led Turkey to clinch a spot in the World Cup