Chicago – The Chicago Sky exchanged the recovery lottery on Sunday evening to acquire the veteran goalkeeper Ariel Atkins in an exchange of superproductions with the mystics of Washington.
The sky announced that it has sent their choice n ° 3 to the 2025 draft – as well as a first -round choice exchange and a second round choice in 2027 – to the mystics to acquire Atkins. The goalkeeper will join a newly renovated rear area which includes the double champion Courtney Vandersloot while the sky enters the second year of a reconstruction around young stars Kamilla Cardoso and Angel Reese.
Atkins played the seven seasons of her WNBA career in Washington after the mystics selected her at n ° 7 in the 2018 draft. She won a WNBA championship with the team in 2019. Atkins was Appointed All-Star in 2021 and 2022 and won the first or second team selections each year for the first five seasons in their career.
A 36.2% career shooter in the 3 -point range, Atkins will give a significant boost to the sky shooting behind the arc – their biggest field of weakness. She obtained on average the 12th higher volume of 3 points per match in the League last season, totaling 14.9 points and a career summit of 3.1 assists per game.
The Sky abandoned an important first round capital for a year with Atkins, which entered the last season of an agreement of $ 400,000 over two years signed in 2024. The goalkeeper will become a free agent after this season before an offseason that is planned to be full of upheavals across the league, players, players are looking for greater contracts after the completion of a new collective agreement.
The trade in draft n ° 3 has always been an option for the director general Jeff Pagliocca, who compiled a major capital project during the last year of his mandate. The sky always has the choice n ° 10 in the recovery of 2025 in addition to an exchange of choice with the Connecticut Sun in 2026. The draft should take place on April 14.
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