![]() Skylar Diggins-Smith – NWT (Maternity Leave) #valleytogether Matt Cohen May 18, 2023 The injury report ahead for their game tomorrow vs the Sparks: The entire world has been waiting for the Mercury legend to ball out again, and it is expected to happen tonight. The last time Brittney set foot on a WNBA court was in 2021. She was detained in Russia for ten months and was only released in December 2022. Brittney Griner is expected to feature in the Phoenix Mercury vs Los Angeles Sparks game tonightīrittney Griner finally made her WNBA return. They won’t also be aiming for anything less than a win tonight, and there is a special someone who can lead the Mercury to the finish line tonight. They made it to the playoffs in 2022, only to be dismantled with ease by top-seeded Los Angeles Aces. The Phoenix Mercury has been quite unfortunate in recent seasons. The Sparks will be aiming to kick the season off with a win at home. ![]() LA has been a busy place in recent days, with the Lakers making it to the NBA Conference Finals as well. The Phoenix Mercury will be facing the Los Angeles Sparks tonight at the Arena. Maybe Phoenix thinks Brown, who shot 38.5 percent from downtown in 2019, is a better bet.The 2023-24 WNBA season is kicking off tonight and we have an exciting fixture right away. Not much of an upgrade over Walker, but Walker really struggled at what is supposed to be her strength in her first two years, shooting 22 percent from beyond the arc. In that range they could be looking at Shavonte Zellous, Lexie Brown or Lindsay Allen. That would leave them with $82,734 to get a free agent. Since Walker has been waived, the Mercury could try and still pay Peddy only $70,000 and Cunningham only $90,000. She was eighth in the nation with a 3-point percentage of 45.1 as junior at UConn. 9 pick in 2020 and has star offensive potential. They also could have also traded Walker for a pick in the 5 through 8 range. Under this scenario, the Mercury would have been left with enough money to keep their three draft picks as they stand now (one second rounder and two third rounders). If you’re paying Peddy what she really deserves, closer to $82,000, you’d have to hope Cunningham takes a little less ($90,607). That would have left $102,607 to pay unrestricted free agent Cunningham, which should have been plenty. The Mercury could have kept Turner ($72,141) and Megan Walker ($70,127), who has been waived, and paid Shey Peddy a pretty low amount because she is reserved and won’t receive offers from other teams. After her, there are no real locks, but the team has to like what Sophie Cunningham did for them in the playoffs. Brianna Turner is obviously much cheaper than she's worth and Phoenix is lucky to have at least one player like that. Not worrying about Nurse allows the Mercury to be more sane when putting together their remaining roster. Also, I think Nurse will be offered $140,000 by somebody. That would give the Mercury a solid core of Diana Taurasi, Brittney Griner Skylar Diggins-Smith, Bria Hartley and Nurse, but their remaining six players would all have to be at the player minimum. If she is offered $136,380, Phoenix can match it and she’d have to stay because she is a restricted free agent. The Mercury likely won't be able to afford Kia Nurse. Total average salary of free agents: $187,460Ĭap space: $317,065 Analysis Sophie Cunningham Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images
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