DiJonai Carrington gets TRADED to Dallas Wings
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- The WNBA offseason has been WILD, with blockbuster trades and huge signings shaking up the league. Here’s a full breakdown of every major move leading up to Free Agency Signing Day:
Big Trades:
🔹 January 26 - Three-Team Trade
🔸 Las Vegas Aces Receive: Jewell Loyd, 13th pick (2025)
🔸 Los Angeles Sparks Receive: Kelsey Plum, 9th pick (2025), 2026 2nd-round pick
🔸 Seattle Storm Receive: Li Yueru, 2nd pick (2025)
🔹 January 28 - Two-Team Trade
🔸 Connecticut Sun Receive: Natasha Cloud, Rebecca Allen, 12th pick (2025)
🔸 Phoenix Mercury Receive: Alyssa Thomas, Tyasha Harris
🔹 January 31 - Three-Team Trade
🔸 Phoenix Mercury Receive: Satou Sabally, Kalani Brown, Sevgi Uzun
🔸 Dallas Wings Receive: Ty Harris, Kiki Herbert Harrigan, NaLyssa Smith, 8th pick (2025)
🔸 Indiana Fever Receive: Sophie Cunningham, 19th pick (2025)
Major Free Agent Signings:
✅ January 28: Brittney Griner signs with the Atlanta Dream
✅ January 29: Courtney Vandersloot returns to the Chicago Sky
✅ January 29: Kelsey Mitchell re-signs with the Indiana Fever (core designation)
✅ January 30: Brionna Jones signs with the Atlanta Dream
✅ January 31: Natasha Howard signs with the Indiana Fever
With Free Agency Signing Day tomorrow, teams are gearing up for a season-changing offseason! Which team do you think won these trades? Who made the best signing? Let’s talk in the comments!
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Quita, thank you for keeping me informed on these trades. I'm a truck driver and can't always be in front of the TV.
Have to imagine Marina is trying desperately to get traded right now.
🤣i agree
Thanks!
Thank you!!!
First free agency. Thank you for all the information. You make it very easy to understand 😊
Steph White left and the Sun have crumbled lol.
The Sun Goes Down!
Carrington was running the team along with Thomas, White was hired by the worst owner in the WNBA as she was coming off destroying the Vanderbilt program and likely had no other head coach offers as a result. White leaving for Indiana is a Lin Dunn brain fart after Dunn was to be fired
@@Nerdlessly whatever you need to tell yourself. Carrington is gonna "run" Dallas into another lottery pick that will now go to Indiana.
You are the best in WNBA new. Dallas Wings are looking good.
I’m new to the WNBA. I’m a Kelsey Mitchell / Caitlin Clark fan. This is my first free agency experience. So I’m taking your advice: I am buckled up buttercup! 😂
1st Free Agency. Got hooked watching your play by play during the Finals. You, Mick, and Rachel DeMita are my sports people
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@Quita I wish you were a Liberty fan. You are a very knowledgeable WNBA podcaster. As a historical casual Liberty fan who is now very invested in them. I love listening to your takes on the WNBA. Pretty much all your breakdowns about WNBA players, I am seeing now that I am consistently watching all these ladies play basketball. Keep doing your thing..and I will keep checking out all your podcast. Love the chemistry with you and Mama too!!
Thank you for always being available to keep us up to date
Quita can you break down how trades are made and who's all involved? Continue the great work! Love your page! 💜
Good for Jacy...happy she got rescued
Chicago could give K. Cardosa more touches and make her the focal point of the offense...
But can we also reiterate this sucks for Mabrey!!!
Facts
She shouldn’t have left Chicago, nothing to feel sorry about.
@@thomasarmanithank you! Dont know what’s wrong wit everybody
It does suck but that’s the game. She made a move in her best interests and so is everyone else.
This is the 1st free agency trade that I've ever really got into and paid any attention to. I think its neat, I love it. I can't wait till the draft.
This is my first free agency. Thank you so much for being so forgiving and informative. I haven't touched a basketball since middle school playground days over 50 years ago. I'm clueless when it comes to how the game is supposed to be played. But I'm learning. I can see the difference between good play and bad, lol.
Am Fever fan!!❤️ from DM IA
Let’s go Dallas!!!!
@@AJW3B4L I second that!
🙏🏿 QUITA DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE "DAWANNA BONNER "GOT TRADED TO THE INDIANA FEVER
You always do a great job Quita explaining BB and trades to us fans!!!
Love all your updates! I’m constantly running to your page.
Thanks for watching and supporting!
Thank you quita for helping me expand my wnba knowledge..informative podcast🎉
Wow cant believe they traded Sheldon. But Smith needed Carrington and you can't have Carrington and Sheldon. Just from a character standpoint, Jacy is much better so Conneticut made out better on this deal and they get a good pick. Suns getting some draft options for their rebuild as they basically lost their whole team. Bonner is next to go and you can bet she goes to Phoenix. Question is, what can Phoenix give to the Sun now lol
Hopefully Sheldon will get to start there. With Paige likely going to Dallas, I didn’t think they’d keep Sheldon. Hope she can truly thrive in Connecticut.
Character don't pay the bills, djonai the better player by far
What character? You're talking nonsense, Dallas made it out like bandits, they got a DPOY candidate for peanuts
DJ and Paige ???
@ Oh i agree but locker room cohesion is important. You can see it from the drama we had last year with a few teams locker rooms blowing up. Carrington and Smith is probly better than them being separated being theyre a couple. That's also why i dont see Bonner going anywhere other than Phoenix.
Jacy is an awesome player
Awesome human
Thank you for this recap on all the trades!
No problem, I'm glad you found it useful!
You're Hitting 30K Subs!!!!!
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OMGEEEEEE Wings keep on winning this trade thing! Can’t wait to see them play this year 😊
If Miles enters the 2025 draft, I see her going to Dallas instead of PB. Realistically, PB is not a top three pick, nope.
I would love to see either Paige or Olivia. Both of them have amazing games.
Will y’all go to any games? I’m in Austin and try to go to at least three but with this potential line up I may need to go to a few more!
What's up with the Connecticut sun weird trades
My first. Followed Clark from Iowa.
Thanks for keeping us updated on all the happenings in the league Quita❤.
I knew Dijonai wasn't staying if AT and DB leave. She very close them, and that's her Veterans since rookie season. I can't blame her.
I am not familiar with the trading rules and regulations
I was under the impression that the top drafted Rookies received a 4 year contract ( 3 yrs and option 1 year) and can not be traded.....If that is the case ( which I am totally not sure) How did Jace Sheldon get traded ??
I was hoping Dijonai would stay with CT where she has a guaranteed starting spot. I don't see her being a good fit in the backcourt with Arike.
Yes, this is my first wnba free agency.
I'm a Fever fan and trying to keep this in perspective and I think expectations are probably too high for Indiana next season. I'm just curious do any non Fever fans think Indiana improved their roster in the offseason? We lost Temi, Nalyssa and a # 8 pick (maybe a Maddy Newbeld) and picked up Sophie and Howard. I see the four Fever players doing little to distinguish themselves in 3 on 3 and I see Phee and Mcbride killing it and the Lynx just signed a highly regarded Center from France. And keep in mind some teams will add help in the draft and we in all likelihood will not. I think a reasonable goal next year is to try to be home seed in the tournament. I think we've still got some work to do to join, NY, Phoenix, Minn and LV next year.
It's OK to say Ohio State, everyone knows what you're talking about. I still don't understand why they changed it 😃
Jacey Sheldon is a great defensive guard, she'll be good for Connecticut.
Jacey will be great for the Sun and will be closer to home.
Dallas put Jacy on Clark when they played because of her experience playing against Iowa in college.
Feel bad for Mayberry
I don't. She abandoned her previous team mid season instead of keeping the commitment she made by originally signing with them.
It seems like the Fever is going to be something to deal with.
In your head
Rachid Meziane did an interview on The Athletic Women's Basketball Show podcast if you want to hear what he is looking for in players.
Sheldon deserves to be on a better team.
Hey Quita I love your channel. Do I have to be a member to get into your lives
No you do not. However, there are times when the lives are restricted to only those who are subscribed to the channel.
@ appreciate the info. I’m subscribed to her channel but I don’t get notifications that she’s live.
@ You are very welcome. Click click on the notification bell and you will be informed. I can't tell you how to do that, because I have never done it. Unless someone is calling a game, I don't join lives. I prefer to listen to the replays at 1.75x speed.
What's that I'm hearing? Is that Julie Allemand's music playing in Connecticut?? 😆
Anything on Detroit and Nashville creating expansions
Detroit is ready to go
You kept saying the Dallas Links? Did you mean the Minnesota Links or the Dallas Wings?
Sorry about that, I meant Dallas Wings
Tell the Sun to keep next year's draft pick warm for the Sky 😂😂😂
Wow the fact that couples make the moves to where they want to go is a lil weird
This is a real danger point for the league. The general public fan is not aware. Once that becomes well known, there will be a backlash that will set this league back unfortunately
Why is it weird? It happens in the military as well.
@@driller11why would it set it back? Yall focus on stupid stuff. I don’t agree with their lifestyle but it’s none of my fu&king business. Focus on the players and how they play and not who they sleep with at night. No one says anything about Clark not being married to her boyfriend yet you know they sleep together. Both are wrong according to the Bible.
@YouAREyoubeYou because that teams are accepting players because they are a couple and not the need of the team . Rather one or the other is a good fit is just weird to me ..I understand bonner & her wife, I think they were drafted to the sun. But to allow players to dictate there trades is rare in sports to me. I think that Carrington & smith is more because of the none basketball issues. Even though dallas made themselves a more powerhouse to compete..Carrington got extremely better since her rookie season & Smith is underrated.
@@RichardFootman-ob3qn and how would you know that exactly? Are you an executive for all these teams?
Gamecocks Tehina Paopao going 8th the draft. I'm looking forward to this season's WNBA, it's going to be crazy good!
Damn! 😅 it's going to be tough cheering for my CT Sun next season. WTF
Quita what do you think about jj Quinerly and should Chicago sky draft her
Brionna Jones & Brittney Griner, I'm looking forward to seeing their defense together !!!
My first time having interest
Yes, this is my first WNBA free agency.
Sun sets on Connecticut
DiJonai and Nalyssa are together at last.
What about Natasha cloud?
Didn't she end up at the Sun?
So Connecticut and the Aces have basically been gutted.
Sky isn't exactly in great shape either.
Katie Lou. 19th and 20th pick for mabery. Now you just assembled the best wnba team of all time
Yes my first free agency in actually paying attention to it..
I guess fiance's come in package deals hah! Just like the WWE.
Bonner to Phoenix hopefully 👀👀
I'm waiting to see where Chennedy Carter and DeWanna Bonner land.
I wish poor Paige the best. She's gonna need it 😢
glad smith and carrington are playing on the same team..smith can protect d c when she scratches out a players eye
The Sun is looking like it’s going to be the Spurs of the WNBA next year. But hey, the Spurs were good for years. Also, the Sun organization better start looking into providing a facility for these PROFESSIONAL athletes. The future looks brights with players for the next threes yrs as far as the draft. So, they better start thinking now about how to keep the franchise (the players) competitive. 🤔
I need that Chennedy Carter to GS stream soon or I’m gonna crash out 😂
DALLAS WILL BE GREAT 👍
First WNBA draft. Trying to keep up with all the changes.
You talking whole starting lineup of ConnecticutSun got traded
Dallas was a team with a bad defense last... and they are still a bad team defense, they Nalyssa now 😂😂😂😂
Except that they got Dijonai, who's defense is awesome
@macsalad123 Yeah, I know, just trying to joke around what Quita said
You have to love this, the Wings are going to be soap opera and will give you a ton of content. Then you have DJ move from blue to a deep red state. Let the fireworks begin.
Texas is deep red, but Dallas is purple.
Have you been to Dallas? Gay people everywhere. Same as Austin, Houston, and San Antonio. These are large cities.
The deep red folks are rural and white flight participants.
Oh yah Indy for sure are the losers of this trade.
Do u think SKY hav chance at "Iivy Miles high" since LA Sparkless screwed up in My opinion giving up no. #2 for Older 1yr. Contract vs younger long lasting Swiss army knife.
I miss the doggies!🥺 They can't be sleeping during every video. 😴😴🐕🐕
Is there a chance the tribe sells the team to Celtics ownership group? Connecticut Sun become the Boston Clovers? It's a little on the nose of Bring It On, but the movie is celebrated about girls competing. The Sun can't afford to invest in new training facilities and Arena. Playing at I believe TD Gardens "I believe is where the Celtics play" and no expense spared for championships in Boston.
I wonder if Emma Meesseman will come back to the WNBA on the Sun.
Whoever gets drafted at 8 should get 3 jerseys
And im a Chitown boy.
We gotta take in the fact that the sun may revamp the team through the draft ..hmmm
I’m missing too many livestreams. This is a problem smh! 😩😂
Poor Tash
I wonder if Maybry is happy now...? 😆😆😒 I thought for sure Carrington was going to Sky...But I guess her and Angel together would be too polarizing for the league..
I can't see her returning to sky. The reasons she had for leaving haven't changed.
I have schadenfreude just thinking of the looming drama of relationship problems and team dynamics of DJ and Nylissa .
Happily ever after?
Whoever owns the Sun needs to sell. Terrible GM too.. smh.
Smith and girlfriend Carrington on same team a disaster in the making 😅
Carrington literally said days ago
We need to do something about the Wings they are a political problem 😂
She is so going to ruin that team, forever
Why? They played together in college.
the W is trying to stack a team for clark... it's all about dollars...
I gotta say I LOVE seeing Connecticut's team getting dismantled. They talked way too much shit after the Marina Mabrey trade.
All that yapping to win nothing and go into a rebuild. Sky Town.
crazy
Don’t the sky have they pick
But we want mama!
Marina gotta be sick lmao
Connecticut won this trade if they draft Morrow at 8.
Not...
So is Dallas going to let Swoopes back for the on court fight analysis after Smith fights the entire opposing team, fans, and security when Carrington gets hard fouled to the court?
Steph White left to become coach of the Fever, not the Sky. Where is Chennedy going?
What could go wrong here Smith and girlfriend Carrington on same team 😂
Can't wait for the implosion.
Feel bad for new coach - he should wait until after the first season to buy a house.
Nothing
Things could go wrong but things could also go great. My parents were very successful business owners and my dad acted like a total a$$ pretty often. It depends on mature the both of them regarding both relationship and business. Women know how t make the best of bad situations if it goes left...we've been doing it for centuries. This is no more a risk than picking up new players who may get a crush or have a personal disagreement mid season. They know their careers are on the line. Give them some credit for being pros. This is not high school.
Suns had too many bulldozers
If l was the Sun management l would be happy to see them all go.
The teams that were named Super teams last year wouldn’t even go near any of these Suns players.
Seems to me every team is exploding this season.