Kelsey Plum is headed to Los Angeles as a part of a three-way commerce that may ship Jewell Loyd to the Las Vegas Aces, based on an individual acquainted with the deal.
The Sparks traded the No. 2 choose within the draft and Li Yueru to Seattle. Los Angeles additionally obtained the No. 9 choose. The Aces bought the thirteenth choose within the draft. The particular person spoke on situation of anonymity on Sunday evening as a result of no official deal has been introduced.
Plum helped the Aces win consecutive WNBA championships in 2022 and 2023. She was designated because the group’s franchise participant on Jan. 11, that means the one means she might go away the group was through commerce. She averaged 17.8 factors and 4.2 assists final season.
Loyd requested a commerce final month out of Seattle, the place she had spent her complete profession since getting drafted by the Storm in 2015. The 31-year-old averaged 19.7 factors and 4.5 rebounds final season and is a six-time All-Star. Loyd helped Seattle win two WNBA championships in 2018 and 2020 in addition to a scoring title in 2023.
She was the league’s Rookie of the Yr in 2015.
ESPN first reported the commerce.
Las Vegas nonetheless has extra room to make pickups in free company so as to add to the core group of Loyd, Chelsea Gray, Jackie Young and reigning MVP A’ja Wilson.
Groups might begin speaking to free brokers this previous Tuesday, however cannot formally signal them till Feb. 1.
Buying Plum offers a veteran guard to the Sparks younger core of Rickea Jackson and Cameron Brink and reunites her together with her former Aces teammate Dearica Hamby. It additionally brings Plum nearer to house as she grew up in Poway, California.
Like Loyd, Plum had spent her entire profession with the Las Vegas franchise since she was drafted first in 2017 when the group was nonetheless in San Antonio.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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