Unlike its counterpart in the NBA, the WNBA trade deadline usually passes quietly because the league's hard salary cap makes it difficult to construct workable deals during the season. Already, 2024 is an outlier, with the Connecticut Sun loading up for the playoffs by adding guard Marina Mabrey as part of a three-player trade with the Chicago Sky last month.
Because multiple teams have extra cap space this season, we could see more trades of consequence before the Aug. 20 deadline, which falls five days after the WNBA schedule restarts following the Olympics.