The WNBA season is just a week away, and the time to reduce the lists is here. On Wednesday he saw a wave of Waatvers after the Tuesday’s pre-season games calendar, as more teams approach their goal of 11-12 players for the regular season.
One of the biggest cuts of the day was Harmoni Turner of the Las Vegas Aces. Turner took Harvard to an Ivy League championship this season, winning the Becky Hammon Mid-Major player Award for the year before being recruited 35º in general in the WNBA Draft of 2025.
An Olympic of Indiana’s fever was also cut: Yvonne Ejim in Canada went to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games with his national team while he was still a Gonzaga student. She won the same Becky Hammon award in 2024, and is twice as a player of the West Coast Conference and the defensive player of the year. It was recruited 33 in general by the fever in the 2025 draft.
Minnesota Lynx also swept on Wednesday, renouncing Dalayah Daniels, Diamona Johnson, Camryn Taylor and Ajae Petty of the training field. The Phoenix Mercury resigned from Australian Shyla Heal, as well as Anna Makurat from her list. Together with Turner, Queen Egbo was also renounced by the Aces of Las Vegas. On Thursday morning, Connecticut’s sun resigned from Caitlin Bickle and Kamila Borkowska.
Here is an updated list of all the renounced players as the beginning of the training camp:
- My Hollingshed (Connecticut Sun)
- Abbey Hsu (Connecticut Sun)
- Jordyn Jenkins (Aces de Las Vegas)
- Kaitlyn Davis (Freedom of New York)
- Alyssa Ussby (Los Angeles Sparks)
- Anneli Maley (Los Angeles Sparks)
- Shyanne Sellers (Golden State Valkyries)
- Arella Guirantes (Chicago Sky)
- Tilly Boler (Chicago Sky)
- Sammi Puísis (Chicago Sky)
- McKenzie Forbes (Dallas Wings)
- Mikiah Herbert Hannigan (Dallas Wings)
- Morgan Jones (Washington Mystics)
- Jojo Lacey (Washington Mystics)
- Bree Hall (Indiana fever)
- Jillian Alleyne (Indiana fever)
- Deyona Gaston (Atlanta Dream)
- Christyn Williams (Minnesota Lynx)
- Kiara Leslie (Minnesota Lynx)
- AARONETTE VONLEH (Dallas wings)
- Jordan Hobbs (Seattle Storm)
- Madison Conner (Seattle Storm)
- Harmoni Turner (Aces de Las Vegas)
- Queen EGBO (Aces Vegas Aces)
- Yvonne EJIM (Indiana fever)
- Dalayah Daniels (Minnesota Lynx)
- Diamond Johnson (Minnesota Lynx)
- Camryn Taylor (Minnesota Lynx)
- Ajae Petty (Minnesota Lynx)
- Shyla Heal (Phoenix Mercury)
- Anna Makurat (Phoenix Mercury)
- Caitlin Bickle (Connecticut Sun)
- Kamila Borkowska (Connecticut Sun)
Despite this long list of cuts, no team is within the range of players 11-12. Some teams are going between 14 and 15 players, while other teams still have up to 18 players in the camp. That will change as we move on the weekend, there are still many more cuts to come.
While adding more WNBA expansion equipment will help this, there is also the need for extended lists. Many teams will only keep 11 players at the end despite being allowed to have 12, so that they can have more space in their final salary budget. Not having any type of reservation option for equipment injuries, the list points are also occupied by people who will not play. Although it is great that they are still paid with guaranteed contracts, this also eliminates places for healthy players. Why can’t we have both? Pay players injured with the team and at the same time you can sign some of these camp players.
The WNBA season official begins on Friday, May 16, and the teams will probably have their final lists sent on Monday or Tesday next week.
