It’s news to much of the WNBA universe and now it’s even more official. Tina Charles has signed a one-year deal with the Phoenix Mercury on a fully protected contract at $108,000. Her time with the Washington Mystics has ended.
Washington got Charles in a three-team trade giving up at the time Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, their pick in the 2020 draft and picks in the 2021 draft as well to the New York Liberty. Charles then opted out the 2020 season being granted a medical exemption due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mystics then re-signed her with hopes of getting a championship run going.