Welcome to Minnesota, Kayana Traylor!
The Minnesota Lynx announced prior to practice on Monday that the team signed Traylor — a 5-9 guard from Virginia Tech who was the No. 23 overall pick in this year’s WNBA Draft — to a hardship contract.
This move comes one day after Lynx Head Coach Cheryl Reeve at practice on Sunday told reporters that neither Jess Shepard (who has missed the team’s last four games with an illness) nor Aerial Powers (who has been sidelined for the last six games after spraining each ankle consecutively) have a timetable for return.