{"id":572166,"date":"2026-08-02T18:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T18:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/572166\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T18:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T18:44:13","slug":"sparks-send-kelsey-plum-to-mercury-for-a-2026-1st-round-pick-and-monique-akoa-makani-ap-source-says-mprnews-org","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/572166\/","title":{"rendered":"Sparks send Kelsey Plum to Mercury for a 2026 1st-round pick and Monique Akoa Makani, AP source says &#8211; mprnews.org"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizgFBVV95cUxNU25iUUZsSjUwWjNoV3F1bE44NFo4cDRJN3VuVHhYODdib0ctZlViUFZfOGxJSDh3Zk5HdzJ6dlNnYVczZlpaWXpKUXlVTWxkSUlOWTRfZFV6TU9xWFZnN2pWSjBtWW1fVTZZdEcyYzBqUnpTZ3BwcWtGalp0M2dIVDE5MkwxM1ktWi1rMWFyMW5Ga3NIbDYwb2xjRHBmQjBWZXExQ2hDSUN6UXQ4WU5iYkVJenpVZTNpWHRSd3F2d0t2YnkweWltdzBlZk1GZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sparks send Kelsey Plum to Mercury for a 2026 1st-round pick and Monique Akoa Makani, AP source says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;mprnews.org<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxNVWN5RzZXVFdmOVFlcUVrM3BUN0k5MXAxUnR5cmJ4V2hET2c1Y1haOXdER0ZyckdmT0k3cFVpQm54dmVfWmQ3ZWdEQzVEeHZ0SG1kZVNTZmZqeThLU1AydEFwU2hvUU1NbHlsd1lyYkhWZ0c5QkstMmNVSkcybnFnekIwWlE3aG41c1oyZE1GMGFoSmNfUFBHdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sources &#8211; Sparks trade All-Star guard Kelsey Plum to Mercury<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ESPN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi6gFBVV95cUxObGZTWDVmeDNqbU1jX1ViVEMzd1NCRG42UUdwZFpkUEhSc1o0LVFLZEQzYmI3TjRSNEtmUk00TXhXSjhSNW4yTjNHWWw2X0JkNjVmS2R2Y2Rnb3VpcjcweWRWaTdUUENhOXl0dWJsOGs0Z1ZDZ0J2SWZfMWQ0bEViYmllNDh6QlJsVjU0cWQxZHRQWDVZbTVMT3REb3htLUsyRjBkbHk2eC1EOTA3NFJmMmU5VUlQbVBxRFNVdWNrTGxsc0dWdE5KWlNNdklSTE80S0hFajFReUtoT3FPMFdmN0ttc0pSZzVTcnc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kelsey Plum traded to Mercury: Analyzing Sparks&#8217; return, Phoenix&#8217;s new outlook at the WNBA trade deadline<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo Sports<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1AFBVV95cUxNbjRYN2t4Y3VHQ1lySnV1eTJYZlF5ZWlIcWxNc0hyMTlnX1IzVlRCMlJBUURCWndIWmthWDM3MkxPTnZMM0JPOUxJOW9IdENGNmgzQWp1ZGdrSlo4ZnF0YnpKbWx0OVZDV1VCTkZtelBMY3p6THlzSDM4eHZKNFB6eGRLT1IyazFuUW8tbkFaRFhlVE04VzdOUkxiZ3VrTXVUdXhWeGRocDN3RS1xTGd3bkM0cHdyMnQtOUVxay0zdWo5YXNySjFzSzdyeWZHRGg0OWNJeg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">What I\u2019m hearing on Napheesa Collier, Kelsey Plum and other WNBA trade deadline targets &#8211; The Athletic<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMic0FVX3lxTFBhek00ZWxSX2xWOEFKS0ZQNzlxT1BrQW1aZTZhMGgycTJXTWdhZ0VVNGJJQU1MMWhGMTcxSkRfQ1RvbkFqX2dlTGd2QXRObUdsWmNLUldDcWgwT3NUSENkT3Buc25RU3YybC1qU0dfRHJLMmc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Grading the Trade: Kelsey Plum goes to Phoenix<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Substack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sparks send Kelsey Plum to Mercury for a 2026 1st-round pick and Monique Akoa Makani, AP source says&nbsp;&nbsp;mprnews.orgSources&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-572166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}