Jackie Young is reportedly staying with the Las Vegas Aces, with the team finalizing a one-year deal with the guard, per ESPN’s Alexa Philippou.
The contract with Young, a member of the Aces’ core through their three WNBA championships, is reportedly expected to be worth $1.19 million, the regular max for a one-year deal.
Young was expected to be a key target in a busy WNBA free agency landscape. In the end, though, she did not take meetings with any other teams in the league, per Philippou.
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Young has been central to the Aces since being selected by the team with the No. 1 overall pick in 2019, earning four consecutive All-Star nods from 2022-2025 and taking home the league’s Most Improved Player award in 2022. The 28-year-old guard averaged 16.5 points, 5.1 assists, 4.5 rebounds per game last year, shooting 35.9% from beyond the arc.
The signing brings the Aces a step closer to locking up the Big Three on its roster — Young, A’ja Wilson and Chelsea Gray. Wilson appears to be a lock, telling reporters last week that she doesn’t plan to test the free agency market; she is expected to sign a $1.4 million supermax deal, possibly as soon as this week.
Gray may be a little more up in the air, but the veteran guard has thrived since joining Las Vegas in 2021, and the Aces have a solid chance of bringing her back. Las Vegas also announced Thursday that the team has re-signed key bench player Kierstan Bell.
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The Aces have been one of the most dominant teams in the WNBA, winning the WNBA championship in three of the past four years. And with players like Young and Wilson set to return, it looks like they’re hoping to run it back.