{"id":838787,"date":"2026-07-31T19:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/838787\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T19:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:18:12","slug":"toronto-tempo-acquire-forward-aneesah-morrow-from-the-connecticut-sun-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/838787\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Tempo acquire forward Aneesah Morrow from the Connecticut Sun \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

TORONTO \u2013 The Toronto Tempo acquired forward Aneesah Morrow from the Connecticut Sun in exchange for a second-round pick at the 2028 WNBA draft and the rights to Maria Kliundikova on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Toronto waived guard Tima Pouye in a corresponding move after the deal, which will be completed pending a physical.<\/p>\n

Morrow owned a league-leading 31.9 per cent defensive rebounding rate as a rookie last season.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAneesah Morrow reacts after making a three-pointer for the Connecticut Sun against the Tempo in Toronto on Wednesday, April 29, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Nathan Denette<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old averaged 11.6 points, 8.9 rebounds and just over 23 minutes through 20 games with Connecticut in 2026. She\u2019s also recorded nine double-doubles, tied for the eighth-most in the WNBA.<\/p>\n

Selected seventh overall at the 2025 draft, Morrow spent two seasons at DePaul in the NCAA before transferring to LSU.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Toronto, which is in its inaugural WNBA campaign, currently sits 12th in the 15-team league with a record of 10-18.<\/p>\n

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Kliundikova, a centre, was selected by the Tempo in April\u2019s expansion draft, but never suited up for the club.<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 31, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2013 The Toronto Tempo acquired forward Aneesah Morrow from the Connecticut Sun in exchange for a second-round…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":838788,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-838787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838787","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=838787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/838788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=838787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=838787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=838787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}