Reports: Mercury acquire Satou Sabally in another blockbuster

Syndication: The Indianapolis StarDallas Wings forward Satou Sabally (0) passes the ball against Indiana Fever center Temi Fagbenle (14) on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, during the game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

The WNBA’s busy offseason continues to steamroll ahead, with another big trade going down a day before deals can even be made official.

According to multiple reports, the Phoenix Mercury acquired two-time All-Star forward Satou Sabally from the Dallas Wings as part of a three-team trade on Friday night.

The Wings are reportedly receiving point guard Ty Harris and forward Mikiah “Kiki” Herbert Harrigan from the Mercury and forward NaLyssa Smith and the No. 8 selection in this year’s draft from the Indiana Fever.

The Fever will acquire guard Sophie Cunningham and the No. 19 pick this year from Phoenix, and the Mercury will get center Kalani Brown and point guard Sevgi Uzun from Dallas.

It is the latest in a bevy of moves in recent weeks, and not the first involving the Mercury and Dream.

On Tuesday, 10-time All-Star Brittney Griner left Phoenix — the team that drafted her No. 1 overall in 2013 — to sign a free agent deal with Atlanta.

The Mercury also acquired five-time All-Star Alyssa Thomas from the Connecticut Sun the same day. Phoenix acquired Harris in that deal.

Dallas had designated Sabally their core player, akin to the franchise tag in the NFL, meaning a trade was the most likely way to move a player who at the end of the season made it clear she was done playing for the Wings.

Sabally, 26, was limited to 15 games in 2024 because of a shoulder injury and averaged 17.9 points, 6.4 rebounds and 5.0 assists. The previous season she averaged 18.6, 8.1 and 4.4 en route the league’s Most Improved Player award. Through five seasons, the former University of Oregon star is averaging 15.7 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.6 assists in 97 career games with 87 starts.

Harris, 26, spent her first three seasons with Dallas before spending the last two in Connecticut. She sports career averages of 6.6 points and 2.6 assists but is a career 38.3 percent shooter from long range.

Herbert Harrigan, 26, has played in only 53 games with three starts in three WNBA seasons, spending one season each with Minnesota, Seattle and Phoenix. In 31 games (three starts) last season with the Mercury, she produced 3.2 points and 1.5 rebounds per contest.

Smith, 24, is coming off a season in which she posted the worst numbers of her career, averaging 24.8 minutes, 10.6 points and 7.1 rebounds. The previous season saw her post 15.5 points and 9.2 rebounds in 28.5 minutes.

–Field Level Media

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