Connecticut: Hiedeman, Natisha QO Extended, Indiana: Chagas, Florencia Waivers Cleared, Phoenix: Diggins-Smith, Skylar Set Active And that means more players like Williams will be asked to find their way from home to a WNBA court the same day. Atlanta Dream: Tiffany Hayes Sign Regular Contract Minnesota: Chloe Bibby Sign Training Camp Contract Typically, it has to be an event that causes one party's circumstances to change to such a degree that the party is unduly burdened and cannot . In the 2021-22 Turkish League season, Slocum averaged 17.4 points, 4.6 rebounds . In years with an Olympic hiatus, the expanded schedule for games translates to an expanded schedule for payments. The extension must take place between February 1 and May 15 before the player's fourth season. Indiana: Dangerfield, Crystal Hardship Release, Minnesota: Davis, Rennia Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Atlanta: Howard, Rhyne Sign Rookie Scale Contract, Minnesota: Mack, Natasha Waivers Cleared Atlanta: Hayes, Tiffany Set Active, Minnesota: Sims, Odyssey Waived 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. Chicago: Gondrezick, Kysre Waived A restricted free agent may sign with any WNBA team, but their prior team has the right to match any offer from another team. Phoenix: Odom, Leaonna Waived Dallas: McCowan, Teaira Set Active New York: Carrera, Raquel Traded Exclusive Negotiating Rights from Atlanta** "So I had to drive an hour to Austin and got on a direct flight.". They drafted me. New York: Shook, Kylee Rights Renounced New York Liberty: Jazmine Jones Waived This could happen if a player or team believed the injured player may return to play in the coming years and later learned the player could not. Los Angeles: Nelson-Ododa, Olivia Sign Rookie Scale Contract, Las Vegas: Mulkey, Nancy Sign Rookie Scale Contract Washington: Shakira Austin Sign Rookie Scale Contract Seattle: Paisley Harding Sign Training Camp Contract *Los Angeles trades the contract of Erica Wheeler, Los Angeless own 2022 2nd round draft pick (#15) and Los Angeless own 2023 1st round draft pick to Atlanta in exchange for the contract of Chennedy Carter and the draft rights to Li Yueru. Between February 1 and the first day of the regular season, teams may sign players to one-year, non-guaranteed, minimum salaries that aren't added to the salary cap until the first day of the regular season when they become standard contracts if they aren't terminated. Chicago: Maley, Anneli Hardship Release Indiana Fever: Chelsey Perry QO Extended 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. Atlanta: Slocum, Destiny Hardship Release, Minnesota: Cunane, Elissa Hardship Release, Atlanta: Caldwell, Maya Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) If the previous team does match the offer sheet, then the player signs with their previous team at the terms offered by the other team. There are a few exceptions to the listed minimum base salary. Phoenix Mercury: Sophie Cunningham Sign Regular Contract, Seattle Storm: Jewell Loyd Sign Core Contract Connecticut: Kiara Smith Required Tender Made Indiana: Allen, Lindsay Waived, Phoenix: Gray, Vivian Waived The contract is signed for the remainder of the season but must be terminated if the player being replaced returns from their injury. Las Vegas: Stokes, Kiah Suspended Partial Season Atlanta: Caldwell, Maya Hardship Release As a result, several teams cut players on unprotected deals to gain more salary cap flexibility for the . A team's total salary includes the salary, expected time off bonuses, and any trade bonuses that have been exercised for players currently under contract. 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. 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. Los Angeles: Smith, Kianna Waived 1-4 in the 2022 WNBA Draft, the base salary is expected to be $72,141 in year one. For example, if a player enrolls in college in the Fall of 2021 and graduates in just three years in the Spring of 2024, they would be eligible for the 2024 draft in April regardless of their age, provided they choose to renounce their remaining collegiate eligibility. Giselle Jacobs knows hardship. She will play in the team's regular season opener against the Washington Mystics on Friday. Chicago: Krajisnik, Tina Waived Once extended, a restricted qualifying offer makes the player a restricted free agent unless the team decides to revoke it. Any player who does not fulfill their offseason playing obligations, but would have surpassed their maximum allowed days competing professionally if they did, is not eligible to earn their time off bonus. If players sign a 10-day contract with NBA teams, they get a salary that is usually more than the established minimum salary in the league. The minimum Team Salary for each . First-round and second-round picks are scheduled to receive a 10% increase in their third season and a 13.64% increase in their fourth season. Minnesota: Dodson,Maya Sign Training Camp Contract Connecticut: Jones, Brionna Sign Core Contract, Atlanta: Rupert, Iliana Awarded on Waivers This means if a career-ending injury happens on June 10, 2020, then the team can apply for the extension on January 1, 2022. 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. Indiana: Emma Cannon Waived Phoenix: Onyenwere, Michaela Traded1 There is precedent for this, with the Phoenix Mercury pulling off the maneuver with Leilani Mitchell in 2019. Players who suffer career-ending injuries who have guaranteed contracts are still owed their money if cut, meaning it remains on the salary cap until the contract was supposed to expire. Seattle: Perez, Raina Waivers Cleared Any player who has not completed their offseason playing obligations by the start of the 2023 regular season will be suspended for the entire 2023 season. They require WNBA veterans who want to continue playing in the league to prioritize the WNBA over overseas leagues. Seattle: Westbrook, Evina Waived Veteran contracts can only be extended if they were originally for two or more years, and no extensions can be signed until the one-year anniversary of the contract originally being signed or the one-year anniversary of the last extension. Washington Mystics: Tianna Hawkins Sign Training Camp Contract Phoenix: Gustafson, Megan QO Extended Storm general manager Talisa Rhea is there to pick her up for the 16-mile drive to Climate Pledge Arena in rush-hour traffic, perhaps a bit muted by people leaving early ahead of the three-day weekend. Dangerfield will wear No. Players are paid in semi-monthly installments by their current teams, so a player's new team is only on the hook for the remaining salary. On January 1, 2022, they can begin to trade 2023 picks. Connecticut: Jordan Lewis Required Tender Made Indiana is trading the contract of Julie Allemand to Chicago, Seattle Storm: Breanna Stewart Sign Regular Contract An unrestricted free agent is any free agent who has no current obligations to play for a WNBA team, and who is free to negotiate with any team in the league without another team claiming a right of first refusal. Time off bonuses can be added even if the original contract did not include one, and they take effect in the first offseason following the extension. If the team does not exercise its option, the player would become an unrestricted free agent after the conclusion of her third season. Extensions of rookie scale contracts can be for up to three years or through the end of the seventh year of their WNBA career. Salary paid to players on hardship contracts could ultimately take the Storm over the cap and prevent the team . Updated: 6:02 PM EDT May 12, 2022. Minnesota: Collier, Napheesa Sign Contract Extension Cunane was originally selected by the Seattle Storm with the 17th overall pick in the . Players do not earn a year of service for years in which they were signed only to replacement contracts or seven-day contracts. Indiana: Allen, Lindsay Waivers Cleared If we had some practice players in our system, and you could pull from that. The first possible reason is that a player simply doesn't want to play for the team that drafted them. Washington: Harper, Linnae Waived Phoenix: Vivian Gray Sign Training Camp Contract That could be a 10-day contract after January 5 . The 5-11 guard reported to the Dream's 2022 training camp, where she started in Atlanta's preseason game against the Washington Mystics and scored 9 points with 4 rebounds and four assists. Minnesota Lynx: Natasha Mack Sign Training Camp Contract A hardship clause in a contract allows the parties to modify or excuse their contract obligations when one of the parties experiences a hardship. Based on this ranking, teams receive the following number of combinations from the 1,000 assigned combinations (11-12-13-14 is not assigned to any team): For each of the top two picks, four balls will be drawn from a lottery machine. Phoenix: Maya Dodson Required Tender Made Outstanding qualifying offers, except those that would become training camp contracts (1st year of rookie contract or one-year, non-guaranteed, minimum salary contracts) if accepted, count against the salary cap as a cap hold. Seattle: Turner, Yvonne Sign Training Camp Contract Phoenix: Wiese, Sydney Sign Training Camp Contract Both players must be unable to play for at least three weeks from the time the team requests an exception. For picks 5-8, the rookie base salary drops to $69,224. 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. After a high school career that made her the nation's top-ranked point guard, she played college basketball for the UConn Huskies. Los Angeles: Clarendon, Layshia Sign Training Camp Contract, Seattle: Guirantes, Arella Sign Training Camp Contract Phoenix: Macee Williams Required Tender Made Minnesota waived her on May 3, but three days later, the Indiana Fever signed her to a hardship contract. Washington Mystics: Lee Seul Kang Sign Training Camp Contract For example, a free agent who played in 2017, 2018, and 2019 is governed by the higher minimum base salary in 2020. A replacement contract is similar to a rest-of-season contract, but teams are only allowed to sign a player to a replacement contract if multiple players are currently unable to play under a hardship or emergency hardship exception. Players who simply do not show up after signing a contract can be fined by their teams, but as long as an agreement is made, there are no further consequences. Indiana: Henderson, Destanni Sign Rookie Scale Contract Only players with six or more years of service at the time the contract is signed may receive a trade bonus. Indiana: Vivians, Victoria Sign Regular Contract, Chicago: Harrison, Isabelle Sign Regular Contract Teams are limited to rostering a maximum of six players with any form of salary protection on their contract, even if it isn't until a future season, so to burn one of those six protections on 50% of a player's salary is not always the most efficient decision. The player can negotiate a new contract or accept the qualifying offer at any point after January 15, but may not sign a negotiated contract until February 1. If the team doesn't offer the required tender in that time frame, then the player becomes an unrestricted free agent and may sign a rookie scale contract with any team. Las Vegas: Hollingshed, Mya Waived Atlanta: Caldwell, Maya Sign 7-Day 1st Contract If additional players are expected to be out for an extended period of time, the team may start the process again to request an additional exception. It is unclear whether or not the league would pay players these bonuses if the festivities had to be canceled on short notice after the participants had been selected. Chicago: Davis, Kaela Waivers Cleared For this reason, the amount of the trade bonus must not bring the player's salary over the applicable maximum in the event it is paid out. Washington Mystics: Klara Lundquist Sign Training Camp Contract Undrafted free agents are free to negotiate with multiple teams any time after the draft has concluded. Chicago: Taylor, Sparkle Hardship Release Atlanta: Agnew, Jaylyn Waivers Cleared Players deemed to be international have a different set of rules determining eligibility for the draft. Seattle: Elissa Cunane Required Tender Made Los Angeles: Cambage, Liz Waivers Cleared Connecticut: Charles, Kaila Waivers Cleared On May 14, the Storm signed Raina Perez when Epiphanny Prince and Breanna Stewart entered protocols hours before the team played the Mercury in Perez's hometown of Phoenix. Seattle: Jenna Giacone Sign Training Camp Contract Indiana Fever: Emma Cannon Sign Regular Contract 5:30 p.m. PT: Williams arrives at the arena, showers and heads to the court for warmups. This means that if a team trades for a player with a $100,000 base salary who has already been paid half of their salary, they will need to have room for the full $100,000 of their salary on their cap even though they only owe the player $50,000. 10:20 a.m. CT: Williams first hears from her agent about the opportunity with the Storm. Connecticut: Hiedeman, Natisha Sign Regular Contract Phoenix: Gray, Reshanda 7-Day Contract Release New York: Kea, Paris Waived Phoenix: Griner, Brittney Sign Regular Contract Minnesota: Davis, Rennia Waivers Cleared Chicago Sky: Lexie Brown Sign Training Camp Contract The Collective Bargaining Agreement, is the agreement between the WNBA and the WNBA Players Association. Players may receive additional compensation from their team or the league, but none of that additional compensation is part of the base salary. June 29, 2020. Atlanta Dream: Monique Billings QO Extended, Seattle Storm: Stephanie Talbot QO Extended Atlanta: Que Morrison Sign Training Camp Contract Teams are not allowed to insure against a lack of skill. Additionally, replacement contracts must be signed for 75% of the applicable minimum base salary, which is then . Restricted qualifying offers may not include any sort of guaranteed salary. If the injury occurred while playing for a non-WNBA team, their WNBA team can suspend the player in each preseason and then cut the player once the team is eligible to request not to count the player toward the salary cap while they wait. Examples of topics are cash compensation, salary cap, and disciplines. The time off bonus clause in the contract will specify that a player is permitted to play a given number of days professionally outside of the WNBA during the offseason. This is an impractical decision because they would be better off signing the contract anyway and just opting to sit out. Las Vegas: Peterson, Alexis Sign Training Camp Contract Atlanta: Caldwell, Maya Hardship Release Minnesota: Allen, Lindsay 7-Day Contract Release, Minnesota: Allen, Lindsay Sign 7-Day 3rd Contract, Phoenix: Davis, Kaela 7-Day Contract Release Picks 9-12 earn $66,306, while second round . So what does life look like for WNBA hardship players as the league deals with COVID-19 in a new way this season? If matched, the player and previous team immediately enter into a contract with the same terms as the offer sheet. The offer must be extended before January 15, or the player will become an unrestricted free agent on February 1. Phoenix is trading its own 2023 1st round pick to Chicago. Dallas: Howard, Natasha- Traded1 Uncasville, CT (May 31, 2022) - The Connecticut Sun announced today that the team has signed forward Stephanie Jones to a hardship contract. A cap hold is a placeholder of salary that teams are given when they have fewer than 10 players counted on the cap. If a player did attempt to do this, they would have to commit to not playing any professional basketball for upwards of two seasons. As a result, a veteran on a $100,000 contract would be limited to a $120,000 base salary in year one of the extension even if they otherwise qualify for a supermax. "I got my toothbrush, body wash, I got all the essentials," she said. Phoenix: Turner, Brianna Set Active A qualifying offer is a contract that a player's previous team offers to the player in order to ensure negotiation restrictions apply to the player. 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. Seattle: Charles, Kaila Sign Training Camp Contract New York: Xu, Han Sign Training Camp Contract We will have less people interested in global warming and feminism etc, and more people susceptible to religion and science-denying, xenophobia and nationalism. Minnesota: Watts, Stephanie Sign Training Camp Contract Phoenix: Gilles, Mael Waivers Cleared She spent three seasons (2017-19) with Dallas, where she averaged 6.0 points in 19.2 minutes in 33 games in her most . On Saturday, the Liberty announced the signing of 2020 WNBA Rookie of the Year, Crystal Dangerfield, . Seattle: Williams, Gabby QO Extended The Atlanta Dream have signed Destiny Slocum to a hardship contract, the organization announced today. Minnesota: Jones, Kayla Waived Thus, a team has no financial incentive to sign a player at the end of the season just to meet the minimum. As a result, Diggins-Smith's years in Phoenix would count against this limit and she could not be cored again. If a player signs during training camp in 2023, they still get retroactively fined as if they'd been under contract from the beginning. Las Vegas: Winters, Deja Waivers Cleared 2007 (option) $728,000. For undrafted players, they are unrestricted free agents that will sign rookie scale contracts instead of veteran contracts. . Drafted players still on their rookie deals who do not have their fourth-year team option exercised also become unrestricted free agents at the end of their contract. New York: Allen, Rebecca Set Active For the Lakers, it would pave the way for them to sign a player to a 10-day contract. Rookie scale contract extensions must be signed between February 1 and May 15 following the third season covered by the player's rookie scale contract. Whether the league takes action or not, the only way to do this within the framework of the CBA is if the team and player have absolutely no explicit or implicit agreement ahead of time. Chicago: Pulliam, Lindsey Waived, Los Angeles: Cox, Lauren Waivers Cleared Phoenix: Davis, Kaela 7-Day Contract Release The amount a team pays out due to being below the team minimum is included when figuring out the league-wide salary and if the guarantee level has been reached. Phoenix: Simms, Jennie Sign 7-Day 1st Contract The team initially signed Samuelson on June 5 under a hardship contract. The CBA typically limits contracts to an increase equal to 3% of the first year's salary. If the team seeks to take out insurance for the player - which would allow the team to recoup some costs in the event they need to pay a player who isn't even playing - the player needs to cooperate by filing the required forms and receiving any physical exams that are needed. Washington: Kang, Lee Seul Waivers Cleared May 31, 2022 2:52 PM EDT. Connecticut: Fields, Nirra Sign Training Camp Contract, Connecticut: Anigwe, Kristine Waived Details of the hardship contract weren't released due to the team's policy. Chicago: Davis, Kaela Waived Whether a player was drafted or not changes a few aspects of the contract. The qualifying offer is for the applicable minimum base salary, not protected, and for one year. Seattle: Gray, Reshanda- Sign Training Camp Contract Davis was selected by the Dallas Wings with the tenth overall pick in the 2017 WNBA Draft. Seattle Storm: Mercedes Russell Sign Regular Contract Phoenix: Sutton, Sug Sign Training Camp Contract After the second season - two seasons with no salary for playing basketball - they would become a rookie free agent. Seattle Storm: Jewell Loyd Core QO Extended, Atlanta Dream: Tianna Hawkins Waived 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. Washington: Jennifer Coleman Sign Training Camp Contract The salary cap is calculated with base salaries, rather than salary that is actually paid by each team. The two types of qualifying offers that follow the expiration of rookie contracts are restricted qualifying offers for drafted rookie contracts and reserved qualifying offers for players with 0-3 years of service. Chicago: McGee-Stafford, Imani Waivers Cleared The reserved player is free to negotiate a contract with their own team with different terms from the qualifying offer, but they may not negotiate with any other teams. 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. For example, the 2020/2021 season is 174 days long, so they divide a player's minimum salary by 174 to get . Teams cannot trade players signed as free agents or drafted rookies before the later of two weeks since they signed a contract or the 15th day of the regular season without the player's written approval of the trade. Indiana and Chicago made a move similar to this before the trade deadline in 2020 when Indiana traded Stephanie Mavunga to Chicago for Jantel Lavender. All contracts become fully guaranteed after the midpoint of the season, so it is common to see a wave of cuts before the midpoint of the season. Neither the trade deadline nor the date that trades can resume are explicitly defined in the CBA. They may play professional or amateur basketball prior to being drafted, but they cannot play collegiately in the United States. Seattle: Nurse, Kia Sign Regular Contract Seattle: Herbert Harrigan, Mikiah Waivers Cleared Core qualifying offers have an expiration date of March 7, but the core designation remains. Dallas Wings: Luisa Geiselsoder Waived, Atlanta Dream: Jaylyn Agnew Sign Training Camp Contract Seattle: Williams, Kiana Hardship Release, Indiana: Smith, Alanna Waivers Cleared But starting last season, the league changed the policy to allow earlier exceptions . WNBA hardship contracts are the new norm, but they can leave players scrambling. These exclusive negotiating rights are what separates these players from being free agents. 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