With just over a month remaining in the 2025 WNBA season, teams’ final opportunity to improve their roster via trade will come at the deadline.<\/p>\n
The 2025 season is a major inflection point for the league, as over 100 players are set to become free agents, including 21 of the 24 players named to this year’s All-Star Game. As a lockout looms, contenders could go all-in for 2025 given the uncertainty that lies beyond.<\/p>\n
Days ahead of the deadline, action got going as the Minnesota Lynx made a move to increase their chances of avenging last year’s Finals loss. Now, other contenders could follow suit.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udcf2\u00a0Follow The Sporting News on WhatsApp<\/a><\/p>\n Here is everything to know about when the WNBA’s trade deadline falls in 2025.<\/p>\n What time is the WNBA trade deadline today?Date:\u00a0Thursday, Aug. 7Time:\u00a03 p.m. ET<\/p>\n The 2025 WNBA trade deadline is set for 3 p.m. ET on Thursday, Aug. 7.<\/p>\n SN’s WNBA HQ:\u00a0Live WNBA scores<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Updated WNBA standings<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Full WNBA schedule<\/a><\/p>\n Can WNBA teams trade after the deadline?<\/p>\n As in other professional leagues, WNBA teams cannot negotiate deals past the 3 p.m. deadline. News of trades sometimes comes in after the deadline has passed, but those deals were agreed upon before the buzzer.<\/p>\n To be approved by the league office, deals must be agreed upon by 3 p.m.<\/p>\n MORE WNBA NEWS<\/p>\n WNBA trade deadline news, updates, rumors, and potential trade targetsWNBA trade rumors: Potential trade targets<\/p>\n Satou Sabally, Mercury:\u00a0Eyebrows were raised when Sabally was benched for the second half<\/a> of Phoenix’s loss to Atlanta. She then missed the Mercury’s next game for personal reasons, with an unknown timeline to return to the lineup. What lies next remains unknown.<\/p>\n