{"id":598383,"date":"2026-04-12T04:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T04:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/598383\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T04:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T04:00:16","slug":"alanna-smith-reportedly-joins-paige-bueckers-wings-on-max-contract-in-wnba-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/598383\/","title":{"rendered":"Alanna Smith Reportedly Joins Paige Bueckers, Wings on Max Contract In WNBA Free Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Dallas Wings signed forward Alanna Smith to a three-year maximum contract in WNBA free agency on Saturday, according to ESPN&#8217;s <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/alexaphilippou\/status\/2043140401603715377?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Alexa Philippou<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Smith is coming off a 2025 season with the Minnesota Lynx in which she was <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/lynx.wnba.com\/news\/alanna-smith-named-2025-kia-wnba-co-defensive-player-of-the-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">named<\/a> co-Defensive Player of the Year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">She should provide an immediate boost to Dallas&#8217; frontcourt as the team looks to take a step forward with star point guard Paige Bueckers leading the way in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Wings finished with a 10-34 record last season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Dallas has been active during free agency, bringing back\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/48449599\/sources-arike-ogunbowale-multi-year-deal-wings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Arike Ogunbowale<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/wings.wnba.com\/news\/awak-kuier-returns-to-the-dallas-wings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Awak Kuier<\/a>\u00a0on new contracts. The Wings also\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/wings.wnba.com\/news\/wings-sign-forward-jessica-shepard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">signed<\/a>\u00a0forward Jessica Shepard on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">As for Smith, she&#8217;s coming off a 2025 campaign in which she averaged 9.6 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 1.9 blocks and 1.3 steals per game. She shot 48.5 percent from the field and 32.9 percent from three-point territory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Smith has operated as a key piece of Minnesota&#8217;s playoff runs over the past two seasons, which included a 2024 WNBA Finals appearance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">She&#8217;ll bring plenty of postseason experience to the Wings, as she has 27 playoff games under her belt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Smith and the rest of her new teammates in Dallas will begin the 2026 season against the Indiana Fever on May 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Wings signed forward Alanna Smith to a three-year maximum contract in WNBA free agency on Saturday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":{"0":"post-598383","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598383","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=598383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}