{"id":692838,"date":"2026-06-09T04:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T04:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/692838\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T04:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T04:27:10","slug":"wnba-champion-lexie-brown-waived-after-10-games-played","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/692838\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Champion Lexie Brown Waived After 10 Games Played"},"content":{"rendered":"

After waiving Joyner Holmes on Saturday, the Seattle Storm<\/a> freed up another roster spot. This time, the team released one-time WNBA<\/a> champion Lexie Brown<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Brown<\/a> played 10 games for the Storm in the 2026 season, averaging 3.8 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 14.8 minutes per contest.<\/p>\n

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“The Seattle Storm announced today\u00a0the team has waived\u00a0guard\u00a0Lexie Brown,” the Storm stated in a press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Overall, Brown made 34 appearances for the Storm after being acquired in a trade with the Los Angeles Sparks<\/a>. Seattle gave away its 2025 and 2027 second-round picks in exchange for Brown and L.A.’s 2025 third-rounder.<\/p>\n

During her brief time with the Storm, Brown averaged just 2.6 points\u00a0on 39.2% shooting,\u00a0along with 0.9 rebounds\u00a0and 1.0 assist per game.<\/p>\n

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\"FormerFormer Seattle Storm guard Lexie Brown (8) dribbles the ball against the Dallas<\/a> Wings.Stephen Brashear-Imagn ImagesWhy Did the Storm Release Lexie Brown?<\/p>\n

The Storm are currently riding a five-game losing streak. They are 3-9 on the season, putting them at No. 14 (out of 15 teams) in the WNBA standings.<\/p>\n

Considering their struggles, it appears the Storm are not happy with Brown’s production. It’s also possible that the veteran guard, drafted in 2018, is dealing with some personal issues. Brown has missed their last two games, with Seattle noting she was “not with team.”<\/p>\n

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It is unknown what the Storm plan to do with their open roster spots after moving on from Holmes and Brown, but it certainly gives them enough room to make some key changes in their search for a boost early in the season.<\/p>\n

As for Brown, she will now go on waivers. If she remains unclaimed, she will be a free agent.<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen if another team will pick up Brown. She has proven in the past that she can contribute to a team. In 2023, she averaged 12.4 points, 2.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists for the Sparks.<\/p>\n

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She was also part of the Chicago Sky<\/a>‘s championship-winning team in 2021.<\/p>\n

Related: WNBA to Punish Aliyah Boston After Indiana Fever-New York Liberty Game<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 8, 2026, where it first appeared in the WNBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After waiving Joyner Holmes on Saturday, the Seattle Storm freed up another roster spot. This time, the team…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":692839,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[12228,438,1062,300473,9215,3029,4676,99,434],"class_list":["post-692838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-brown","tag-chicago-sky","tag-dallas","tag-joyner-holmes","tag-lexie-brown","tag-los-angeles-sparks","tag-seattle-storm","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692838","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=692838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/692839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}