{"id":562850,"date":"2026-04-03T21:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/562850\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T21:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:21:08","slug":"aces-lose-aaliyah-nye-in-wnba-expansion-draft-aja-wilson-pledges-to-stay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/562850\/","title":{"rendered":"Aces lose Aaliyah Nye in WNBA expansion draft, A\u2019ja Wilson pledges to stay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LAS VEGAS (<a href=\"http:\/\/fox5vegas.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"http:\/\/fox5vegas.com\/\">FOX5<\/a>) \u2014 The Las Vegas Aces lost rookie Aaliyah Nye in the WNBA expansion draft held Friday afternoon, as the league added two new franchises: the Portland Fire and Toronto Tempo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Ahead of the draft, every team in the league submitted a list of up to five protected players that could not be taken by an expansion team. The Aces got through the draft fairly unscathed, with Nye being the only Las Vegas player selected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">MORE ON FOX5: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5vegas.com\/2026\/04\/02\/city-las-vegas-joins-arena-site-race-proposes-two-possible-downtown-locations\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.fox5vegas.com\/2026\/04\/02\/city-las-vegas-joins-arena-site-race-proposes-two-possible-downtown-locations\/\">City of Las Vegas joins NBA arena site race, proposes possible downtown location<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Nye is coming off a solid rookie season, contributing in the 15 minutes of playing time she averaged per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In a statement shared following the draft, the Aces thanked Nye for her contributions to the team, including helping the team in their 2025 championship victory. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-2\">\u201cThe Las Vegas Aces want to thank Aaliyah Nye for everything she did to help the Aces lift the 2025 WNBA Championship trophy. We are sad to see her go, but we wish her all the best as she continues her career with Toronto. As with anyone who has been a member of this historic franchise, once an Ace, always an Ace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A\u2019ja Wilson commits to Las Vegas<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Aces will now prepare for free agency and the roster moves that will come with it. However, one thing is certain: despite being a free agent, superstar A\u2019ja Wilson is not going anywhere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The four-time league MVP told the media at USA Basketball camp this week that she is here to stay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI know I love Vegas. I\u2019m not leaving Vegas, so I\u2019m not looking anywhere,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cI\u2019m looking to win another one, I\u2019m looking to defend the championship that we have in Las Vegas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 KVVU. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS VEGAS (FOX5) \u2014 The Las Vegas Aces lost rookie Aaliyah Nye in the WNBA expansion draft held&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":562851,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[249258,99,434],"class_list":["post-562850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-249258","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}