*** Official 2025 ISU WBB in the WNBA Thread ***
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According to this she hasn't played since December:
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Journey Houston should give her a call. Could teach her some offense moves around the hoop that she was so good at ISU.
New agreement will change teams for 2026 for sure. Teams get to protect only five players in a draft to be held in April. How that impacts Lynx and Bridget's roster spot is discussed here:
If she is unprotected would think BC would be an attractive target for the Toronto team since she is probably the cornerstone of the Canadian National Team now. Will be interested to see how the expansion draft will work with the majority of the league being free agents. If they are selected in the expansion draft can they sign somewhere else as a free agent?
That's a really good point with it being a Canadian expansion team. You would think they will absolutely take her if she's unprotected. And, she probably will be.
When Golden State joined the W each team could protect 6 players. With two teams joining this time I wonder if that number will be 4 or 5.
Boxter mentions it above, but it looks like it'll more than likely be 5 players protected per team. I think they limit it to only 1 or 2 players can be taken from each team? Not 100% sure on that though with two teams drafting this time.
In the past it was limited to one. I'm guessing this time around each expansion team will be able to draft only one player from each non-expansion team, which means a non-expansion team could lose two players (one to each expansion team).
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I believe last time teams could protect free agents (restricted and unrestricted). If the Valkryes drafted an unrestricted free agent they could core that player, otherwise they'd remain UFA despite being drafted. They were limited to drafting only one UFA though (which makes sense because they could only core one player). You can't core a player who's already been cored twice, so UFA who had been cored twice did not need to be protected in the draft.
I assume drafting a restricted free agent gave the Valkryes the same rights the original team had in regards to that player.
I'm guessing these rules will be similar for the upcoming draft. Sounds like we'll find out in the next week or so.
Just occurred to me:
If the rules are the same (or similar to) 2024, teams have no real reason to protect an unrestricted free agent who isn't going to command a supermax salary. Expansion teams can only draft a UFA to core the player and give them a supermax salary.
Bridget is a UFA and will not command a supermax salary, so, barring any major changes from the 2024 expansion draft rules, she will not be protected and she will not be drafted.
That doesn't mean a team like Toronto won't go after in free agency after the draft. It just means don't expect them to draft her.
If the rules are the same (or similar to) 2024, teams have no real reason to protect an unrestricted free agent who isn't going to command a supermax salary. Expansion teams can only draft a UFA to core the player and give them a supermax salary.
Bridget is a UFA and will not command a supermax salary, so, barring any major changes from the 2024 expansion draft rules, she will not be protected and she will not be drafted.
That doesn't mean a team like Toronto won't go after in free agency after the draft. It just means don't expect them to draft her.
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Here's how much more money Caitlin Clark is set to make under the new WNBA CBA
Caitlin Clark's WNBA salary was $78,066 last year. She's about to get a massive raise.
Since its WNBA talk…
Goes to show the experts for the WNBA see something the “experts” here don’t see.
Crooks and the draft
Goes to show the experts for the WNBA see something the “experts” here don’t see.
Crooks and the draft
They said behind JuJu and Hannah, but I thought JuJu was redshirting this year which would give her 2 more years. I guess if she wants to.
