Dearica Hamby was the WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year the past two seasons, averaging 11.8 points and 7.4 rebounds over that span.
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The Aces are coming off a season in which they were 18-4 and reached the WNBA Finals and hope to take the final step to the championship this year.
Guard Kayla McBride had spent her entire career in the Aces’ organization, going back to when the franchise was based in San Antonio. She averaged 12.5 points last season.
Aces star A’ja Wilson is being honored with a statue at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, South Carolina, where she spent four years before being drafted by the WNBA team.
Guard Lindsay Allen and forward Emma Cannon returning to Aces.
Vickie Johnson has agreed in principle to be the next coach of the WNBA’s Dallas Wings, a person familiar with the situation said.
The Aces went 18-4 in the regular season to earn the No. 1 seed for the playoffs, where they defeated Connecticut in the semifinals before losing to Seattle in the finals.
Breanna Stewart scored 26 points as the Seattle Storm won their second WNBA championship in three years and fourth overall with a 92-59 win over the Aces on Tuesday.
The Aces find themselves in a 2-0 hole to the Storm in the WNBA Finals, but coach Bill Laimbeer’s competitiveness won’t allow them to quit.
After receiving a psychological assist from Seattle’s Sue Bird in the WNBA semifinals, Angel McCoughtry and the Aces are being deluged by the real kind by the Storm.
The Aces shot 52 percent, but couldn’t slow a Seattle team that hit 57.1 percent and had three players score at least 21 points in a 104-91 win Sunday in the WNBA Finals.
The Seattle Storm played faster than the Aces and outscored them 48-18 in the paint Friday in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals, mostly off transition opportunities.
Breanna Stewart had 37 points and 15 rebounds, and Sue Bird set a playoff record with 16 assists as the Seattle Storm pulled away for a 93-80 win in Bradenton, Florida.
The Aces defied their preseason expectations, while the Storm lived up to theirs. They will meet in the best-of-five WNBA Finals beginning Friday.
The Aces have reached the WNBA Finals in their third year in Las Vegas after faring no better than 8-26 in their final three years in San Antonio.
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