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High Post Hoops WNBA salary database: November 2019 update

By Howard Megdal

NEW YORK - JULY 11: Tamika Catchings, Swin Cash, Deanna Nolan, Katie Smith, Nikki Teasley, Dawn Staley, Tamecka Dixon and Sue Bird poses with the check for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation at the 2003 WNBA All-Star Skills Competition on July 11, 2003 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. 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. (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/WNBAE via Getty Images)
NEW YORK - JULY 11: Tamika Catchings, Swin Cash, Deanna Nolan, Katie Smith, Nikki Teasley, Dawn Staley, Tamecka Dixon and Sue Bird poses with the check for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation at the 2003 WNBA All-Star Skills Competition on July 11, 2003 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. 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. (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/WNBAE via Getty Images) /
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Team salaries as of November 1, 2019.
Team salaries as of November 1, 2019. /

What’s fascinating about the Indiana Fever changing direction in leadership — firing Pokey Chatman and giving Tamika Catchings wider latitude on basketball decisions — is how much of their coming season is already baked into what they’ve got on the books, unless there’s a big trade or two coming. All four of their full-protection contracts return in 2020 — Natalie Achonwa, Candice Dupree, Shenise Johnson and Erica Wheeler — along with seven others also signed for next season, leaving a single open roster spot if the Fever elect to keep all 11 of those players. Notably, when Chatman picked up Burke early last season, she signed her to a rookie scale deal, not a rest-of-season deal, so the valuable wing is Fever-tied for years to come. Both Tiffany Mitchell and Betnijah Laney are free agents this offseason, and plenty of teams need defenders, so that could be a way to break up the logjam. But this Fever team, which looked to be on the cusp of playoff success last season, might be pretty similar to the 2019 version.

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