PODCAST: 2020 WNBA Free Agency Preview, part one

CHICAGO, IL - SEPTEMBER 11: DeWanna Bonner #24 of the Phoenix Mercury speaks to the media after the game against the Chicago Sky during Round One of the WNBA Playoffs on September 11, 2019 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois. 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 2019 NBAE (Photo by Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL - SEPTEMBER 11: DeWanna Bonner #24 of the Phoenix Mercury speaks to the media after the game against the Chicago Sky during Round One of the WNBA Playoffs on September 11, 2019 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois. 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 2019 NBAE (Photo by Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images)

2020 WNBA free agency is upon us

In the latest episode of the Locked on Women’s Basketball WNBA Podcast, Howard Megdal and Ben Dull convene for part one of our three-part 2020 WNBA free agency preview.

Topics discussed include:

  • the unrestricted free agency of All-Star DeWanna Bonner
  • options for the Dallas Wings in accommodating core player Skylar Diggins-Smith‘s stated desire to play elsewhere
  • free agency outlooks for two of 2019’s semifinalists, the Las Vegas Aces and Los Angeles Sparks and the defending champion Washington Mystics
  • parts 2 and 3 will follow over the weekend

Howard Megdal has compiled an official WNBA salary database (which you can access

here

) in our free agency tracker, which will be updated with links throughout the offseason from our team of writers and their all-encompassing free agency coverage.

In related news on the free agency front, we had the story earlier today on unrestricted free agent Sue Bird‘s plans to return to the Seattle Storm with comments from Bird, Diana Taurasi and Breanna Stewart.

More news: Natalie Heavren has confirmed the initial report by Gabe Ibrahim that reserved player Natisha Hiedeman has verbally agreed to return to the Connecticut Sun.

You can subscribe to the Locked on Women’s Basketball Podcast on your podcast player of choice for more in-depth coverage throughout the offseason. Recent guests include new Indiana Fever head coach Marianne Stanley and Skylar Diggins-Smith.

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