{"id":861423,"date":"2026-09-26T14:14:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T14:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/861423\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T14:14:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T14:14:26","slug":"absurd-trade-offers-for-untouchable-wnba-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/861423\/","title":{"rendered":"Absurd Trade Offers for Untouchable WNBA Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Toronto Tempo Get: Dominique Malonga<br \/>Seattle Storm Get: 2027 first-round pick, 2028 first-round pick<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The lottery will impact decisions this offseason. The Tempo ended the year slotted at No. 1 in the draft, and the chance at Watkins would scuttle this concept. A trade wouldn&#8217;t happen until after the lottery; if Toronto gets the No. 2 selection, that may be enough compensation (along with 2028) to land one of the league&#8217;s best centers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Malonga was a force, but the Storm finished the season with a league-worst eight wins. Projected to draft No. 4, Seattle could land one of Booker, Hidalgo, Nichols, and Williams, and possibly Zhang Ziyu, the 7&#8217;4&#8243; Chinese center, to replace Malonga.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">For Toronto, the top of the draft is guard- and wing-heavy, but the franchise needs real size to partner with Marina Mabrey, Kiki Rice and Brittney Sykes. While the Tempo aren&#8217;t in a rush as an expansion team, they already have enough talent to push for a stronger 2028 campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Email Eric Pincus at eric.pincus@gmail.com and follow him on X\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ericpincus\">@EricPincus<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto Tempo Get: Dominique MalongaSeattle Storm Get: 2027 first-round pick, 2028 first-round pick The lottery will impact decisions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":861424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-861423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861423","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=861423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}