In what has become something of an annual tradition, the Minnesota Lynx have once again remade their bench.
After losing Renee Montgomery in free agency, Natasha Howard via trade, and Jia Perkins and Plenette Pierson to retirement, the faces that make up Minnesota’s depth will be different this summer.
The most important addition to the reserve unit happened Tuesday as the team announced it had traded its 2018 first round draft pick (12th overall) to the Phoenix Mercury in return for three-time WNBA All Star and three-time All Defense selection PG Danielle Robinson. Lynx GM and head coach Cheryl Reeve was nice enough to talk to me about how the team arrived at this deal.