{"id":585115,"date":"2026-04-06T04:15:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T04:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/585115\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T04:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T04:15:13","slug":"wnba-free-agency-to-kick-off-monday-league-announces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/585115\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA free agency to kick off Monday, league announces"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WNBA free agency will begin just three days after the expansion draft and end two days before the WNBA Draft. Tim Heitman \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

April 6, 2026Updated 12:12 am EDT<\/p>\n

The WNBA and players union agreed Sunday evening to start free agency<\/a> Monday, the league announced.<\/p>\n

Qualifying offers, along with core player designations, will be sent during the designation period starting Monday. Negotiations will follow from Wednesday to Friday, and players will ink their deals starting Saturday, two days before the WNBA Draft.<\/p>\n

On the heels of the 2026 WNBA expansion draft, this year\u2019s free agency is poised to be a massive reshuffling of rosters. Over 100 players \u2014 more than 80 percent of the league \u2014 are free agents during this signing period. The league\u2019s recently ratified<\/a> collective bargaining agreement, which saw a $5.5 million increase in salary caps<\/a>, positions many players for a significant salary raise. The addition of two teams to the league for 2026, the Toronto Tempo and Portland Fire, will add new destinations for players as the league now mandates a 12-player roster.<\/p>\n

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Apr 6, 2026<\/p>\n

Connections: Sports Edition<\/p>\n

Spot the pattern. Connect the terms<\/p>\n

Find the hidden link between sports terms<\/p>\n

Play today’s puzzle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WNBA free agency will begin just three days after the expansion draft and end two days before the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-585115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}