{"id":615719,"date":"2026-04-30T18:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T18:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/615719\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T18:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T18:14:08","slug":"14-wnba-players-waived-in-tough-day-for-transactions-across-the-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/615719\/","title":{"rendered":"14 WNBA players waived in tough day for transactions across the league"},"content":{"rendered":"

14 WNBA players waived in tough day for transactions across the league<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The WNBA has reached that tough part of its calendar.<\/p>\n

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As the preseason moves toward the regular season, teams start waiving players who were on the preseason roster but won’t have a spot going forward. The players waived are far from bad basketball players. They’re simple transaction casualties from a league without that many roster spaces.<\/p>\n

More moves are likely coming, but as of 1 p.m. ET on Thursday, 14 players had been officially waived, according to the WNBA’s transaction log.<\/p>\n

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The Chicago Sky<\/a> had waived Jordan Hobbs and Megan Nestor.<\/p>\n

Four Phoenix Mercury<\/a> players were waived: Jaime Nared, Aisha Sheppard, Maggie Doogan and Yarden Garzon.<\/p>\n

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The Toronto Tempo<\/a> cut ties with Dara Mabrey, Maddison Rocci and Kristy Wallace.<\/p>\n

The New York Liberty<\/a> let Ny’Ceara Pryor and Ashley Owusu go.<\/p>\n

And the Seattle Storm<\/a> waived Elle Ladine, Jalyn Brown and Beatrice Mompremier.<\/p>\n

There are a bunch of notable names there. One that stands out is Maggie Doogan.<\/p>\n

Doogan was a superstar in college at Richmond but just missed being drafted. And she couldn’t even stick on a WNBA roster through the end of April despite being an All-American type of player in this most recent college basketball season.<\/p>\n

More moves are likely coming, and for many of these players, they’ll have to pursue careers outside of the WNBA.<\/p>\n

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