WNBA teams have until Tuesday to reduce their rosters to 12 so players can get paid beginning June 1, according to a report from The Associated Press. The Aces currently have 11 players under contract.
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The Aces and guard Kelsey Plum agreed to a two-year contract extension worth $355,250, according to High Post Hoops. She has career averages of 8.9 points and 3.5 assists.
Tanisha Wright, who played 14 years in the WNBA, completes the team’s coaching staff for the season alongside head coach Bill Laimbeer and assistant Vickie Johnson.
Aces center JiSu Park will sit out the 2020 WNBA season to train this summer in South Korea. The 21-year-old played sparingly in 2019, averaging 6.5 minutes in 25 games.
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The Aces re-signed restricted free-agent center Liz Cambage on Wednesday, ensuring that their championship-caliber core will be back this season.
Forward Lauren Manis spent the past several years reconstructing and developing her shot while starring at Holy Cross, where she averaged 18.6 points as a senior.
The league’s odds did not shuffle after Friday’s draft, with Las Vegas still leading the pack, followed by the defending champion Washington Mystics.
Manis averaged 18.6 points and 11.5 rebounds for the Crusaders during the 2019-20 season.
The Aces have one pick — No. 33 overall — in Friday’s WNBA draft. Pickings are often slim in the third round, but there have been some players who have had productive careers.
Las Vegas Aces coach Bill Laimbeer gives his opinion on whether Michael Jordan or LeBron James is the greatest basketball player of all time.
The Las Vegas Aces have one pick, No. 33 overall, in Friday’s WNBA draft after holding the No. 1 overall pick for three consecutive years.
The WNBA is postponing the start of its regular season amid the coronavirus pandemic, commissioner Cathy Engelbert announced in a statement Friday.
The women’s Final Four was supposed to begin Friday in New Orleans. Aces players combined 14 times to reach the Final Four and won two national titles.
Aces players Kelsey Plum, A’ja Wilson and Lindsay Allen are in Las Vegas during the coronavirus pandemic and finding different ways to fill free time.
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