Kelsey Plum is headed to Los Angeles as a part of a three-way commerce that may ship Jewell Loyd to the Las Vegas Aces, based on an individual acquainted with the deal.
The Sparks traded the No. 2 draft decide and Li Yueru to Seattle. Los Angeles additionally obtained the No. 9 decide. The Aces bought the thirteenth decide within the draft. The individual spoke on situation of anonymity Sunday night as a result of no official deal has been introduced.
Plum helped the Aces win back-to-back WNBA championships in 2022 and 2023. She was designated because the crew’s franchise participant on Jan. 11, which means the one means she might depart the crew was through commerce. Last season he averaged 17.8 factors and 4.2 assists.
Loyd requested a commerce final month from Seattle, the place she has spent her whole profession since being drafted by the Storm in 2015. The 31-year-old averaged 19.7 factors and 4.5 rebounds final season and is six All-Star instances. Loyd helped Seattle win two WNBA championships in 2018 and 2020, in addition to a scoring title in 2023.
She was the league’s Rookie of the Year in 2015.
ESPN first reported the commerce.
Las Vegas has much more room to make pickups in free company so as to add to the core group of Loyd, Chelsea Gray, Jackie Young and reigning MVP A’ja Wilson.
Teams might start speaking to free brokers as early as Tuesday, however will not be capable to formally signal them till Feb. 1.
The acquisition of Plum offers a veteran guard to the Sparks’ younger core of Rickea Jackson and Cameron Brink and reunites her along with her former Aces teammate Dearica Hamby. It additionally brings Plum nearer to house as she grew up in Poway, California.
Like Loyd, Plum has spent her whole profession with the Las Vegas franchise since she was first drafted in 2017, when the crew was nonetheless in San Antonio.
Associated Press reporting.
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