Jerry Laizure/US Presswire. As with Chicago, the Sun have the cap space to add a 12th player at some point, but not from the start of regular season payments on June 1.No huge surprises here, but one complication. What is the salary cap situation for each WNBA team heading into free agency? Hungarian center Bernadett Hatar was suspended for the year, while Paris Kea, Erica McCall, Jessica January and Kamiah Smalls were all waived. Rookies Beatrice Mompremier and Tynice Martin were waived, but with Russian center Maria Vadeeva deciding to stay overseas the Sparks traded a second-round pick back to Dallas for Kristine Anigwe to add post depth. Breland, ... Breland will receive 2020 salary ($117,000) and the Mercury will begin the season on July 25 with 10 players (out of 12 allowed) due to salary cap constraints. This is the first team discussed so far that is almost certainly expecting to head into the season with only 11 players on their roster (as opposed to the maximum of 12).

Phoenix Mercury forward Jessica Breland will not play this WNBA season due to a pre-existing condition. They'd have to release one of the current 12 if they wanted to activate her.Cutting down the roster always looked like it might be toughest for the Liberty, who are in the midst of a youth movement and have significantly more than 12 players they want to assess as potential pieces of their future. She does, however, receive full salary and benefits under the new CBA's Pregnancy Disability Benefit section. Breland added 10 points (4-7 FG, 2-2 FT), 12 rebounds, four assists, three steals and one block in Sunday's 71-63 loss against New York. I wish everyone the best in Florida, and I’ll be thinking of you and cheering from afar.”Because of her medical exemption, Breland will receive 2020 salary ($117,000) and the Mercury will begin the season on July 25 with 10 players (out of 12 allowed) due to salary cap constraints.“We appreciate the work that the WNBA, Commissioner Cathy Engelbert, and the WNBA Players Association did to get us to a point where we can have a 2020 season in the safest possible way,” Mercury general manager Jim Pitman said.“We recognize that participating in the 2020 season was a decision players rightly did not take lightly, and we certainly understand that Jessica’s circumstances ultimately made this decision necessary. I am blessed to have the Phoenix family behind me and their full support. Position: Forward 6-2, 166lb (188cm, 75kg) . Phoenix Mercury . Because none of the players had done anything to warrant suspension, 'temporary' wasn't an option in all but a couple of special cases this year. In a normal year these would be 'opening day rosters', but moves are still technically possible before we see any basketball as long as teams stay under the cap. “With a heavy heart, I will be sitting out the upcoming WNBA season. That allowed Marina Mabrey and Megan Gustafson to hold on to those final spots.The Aces are the only team in the league with an 11-player roster purely by choice. 2020 draftee Kiah Gillespie agreed to a full-season suspension, while Japreece Dean and Alexis Prince were waived. As explained in The Lynx made their expected cuts when Linnae Harper and Erica Ogwumike were waived but then made an additional move by suspending Jessica Shepard for the year due to injury.

The numbers reported are the full salaries for a standard season, although players may ultimately receive a pro-rated portion of those figures in the case of a shortened regular season format.The WNBA has essentially two kinds of suspension. Pronunciation: \BREE-land\. This site uses cookies.

They have plenty of cap space to add a 12th, but there's no rule that says they have to and at this point they've decided against it. She did not travel to Bradenton, Florida, with the team for the start of training camp at IMG Academy, where the entire WNBA season will be played.The 6-2 Breland, 32, played in the WNBA with New York, Connecticut, Indiana, Chicago and most recently Atlanta before coming to the Mercury.

PF: Jessica Breland/Brianna Turner/Alanna Smith C: Brittney Griner/Kia Vaughn...plus the #10 pick. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. 5 hours ago . Due to their high-priced offseason additions and the salary cap, Phoenix was always going to start with an 11-player roster.Once it was known that 2020 first-round pick Kitija Laksa would be staying overseas this year, Seattle's final 12 became virtually a fait accompli. Sign up for our Newsletters. Jessica Breland WNBA Stats.

They then signed backup post Carolyn Swords as their 11th player, who had previously retired and joined their front office as a marketing specialist.Most of the roster was pretty obvious in Los Angeles. Elina Babkina and Alaina Coates were waived, meaning both rookie post Brittany Brewer and backup guard Blake Dietrick somewhat surprisingly managed to stick.The 11 players that always looked completely inevitable in Chicago are exactly who made the roster.