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WNBA coring decisions: team-by-team breakdown of what we learned

By Howard Megdal

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - JULY 3: Maya Moore #23 of the Minnesota Lynx reacts during game against the Indiana Fever on July 3, 2018 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - JULY 3: Maya Moore #23 of the Minnesota Lynx reacts during game against the Indiana Fever on July 3, 2018 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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UNCASVILLE, CONNECTICUT- August 17: Maya Moore #23 of the Minnesota Lynx in action during the Connecticut Sun Vs Minnesota Lynx, WNBA regular season game at Mohegan Sun Arena on August 17, 2018 in Uncasville, Connecticut. (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)
UNCASVILLE, CONNECTICUT- August 17: Maya Moore #23 of the Minnesota Lynx in action during the Connecticut Sun Vs Minnesota Lynx, WNBA regular season game at Mohegan Sun Arena on August 17, 2018 in Uncasville, Connecticut. (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images) /

The decisions to core, and not core, reverberate around the league.

The WNBA coring decisions have been made, and six players will be without recourse should they wish to sign elsewhere via free agency, per Doug Feinberg’s reporting Monday night: Maya Moore, Tina Charles, Courtney Vandersloot, Glory Johnson, DeWanna Bonner and Jasmine Thomas.

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These decisions matter for the players themselves, but also for the teams who made those calls, respectively: Minnesota, New York, Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix and Connecticut, respectively. Let’s take a closer look at it all.

Briefly, what coring means: even if a player has reached unrestricted free agency, due to years of service, coring, similar to the franchise tag, means that player cannot sign elsewhere.

So what do these calls mean for all six teams who made them? And what do the decisions to go core-less mean for the other six WNBA franchises? Never fear, we’re here with all your free agency primer info. Meanwhile, here’s what we’re hearing from around the league.

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