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Teams will have two days to send qualifying offers to players
who they have reserved rights for. Teams will also have a chance
to offer a franchise tag to one player who is eligible to be
cored.
Then, starting Wednesday, teams can begin meeting with
unrestricted free agents, with the ability to offer them
contracts starting Saturday.
More than 80% of the league’s players are free agents this year,
as players had signed deals that expired at the end of last
season.
There are only two veteran players who aren’t under rookie
contracts that are signed for this season — Seattle's Lexie
Brown and Phoenix's Kalani Brown.
Usually teams have a few weeks to court free agents to join
their franchise. There’s a chance that many players may just
re-sign with their current teams for a year and revisit free
agency after the season.
Players could also go after the money and accept a bigger
contract from a team they might not know as much about.
The college draft is scheduled for April 13 in New York.
The WNBA and its players’ union agreed on a new collective
bargaining agreement last month. The new seven-year CBA, which
begins this season and runs through 2032, represents a
transformational landmark labor deal for the league. The deal
was unanimously ratified by the WNBA Board of Governors and
approved through a players’ vote.
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