Things are heating up in Phoenix after the Mercury acquired 5-time All-Star forward Alyssa Thomas in a trade with the Connecticut Sun, per reports.

Longtime Connecticut Sun star Alyssa Thomas has reportedly agreed to a sign-and-trade that will send her to Phoenix.

The Sun gave Thomas the core designation earlier in January, meaning the only way for Thomas to be moved was via a sign-and-trade

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The Connecticut Sun are reportedly sending 5-time All-Star Alyssa Thomas to the Phoenix Mercury in a sign-and-trade deal after 11 seasons.

Brittney Griner’s future with the Phoenix Mercury is up in the air during free agency after she unfollowed the team’s Instagram account. Her Instagram feed still has pictures of her time ...

WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner has agreed to a one-year deal with the Atlanta Dream, according to a report from ESPN.

ESPN’s Alexa Philippou reported Tuesday that longtime Connecticut Sun All-Star Alyssa Thomas has been traded to the Phoenix Mercury. Philippou wrote: “Thomas was an unrestricted free agent but the Sun cored her,

Brittney Griner plans to sign with the Atlanta Dream, marking the end of her 11-year career with the Phoenix Mercury. Griner announced the move in a video posted to Instagram on Tuesday night, and her agent, Lindsay Kagawa Colas, confirmed to The Associated Press that the star center would sign a one-year deal with Atlanta.

In a move that shakes up the WNBA, Brittney Griner is joining the Atlanta Dream in free agency after a decorated 11-season stint with the Phoenix Mercury.

Thomas was designated as the team’s franchise player earlier this month, meaning the only way she could sign with another team was via trade. The move can't become official until Feb. 1.