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Alexa PhilippouJan 29, 2025, 05:35 PM ET
- Covers girls’s faculty basketball and the WNBA
- Beforehand lined UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Solar for the Hartford Courant
- Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with additional expertise on the Dallas Morning Information, Seattle Instances and Cincinnati Enquirer
Free agent guard Courtney Vandersloot is anticipated to signal with the Chicago Sky on a one-year deal, a league supply confirmed to ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne on Wednesday.
The deal cannot be made official till Saturday, however Vandersloot already has up to date her bio on Instagram to learn “Chicago Sky.”
Vandersloot, a five-time All-Star and five-time All-WNBA decide, returns to a Sky franchise that drafted her in 2011. She spent the previous two seasons with the New York Liberty, helped them win their first WNBA title in 2024.
The 5-foot-8 guard was drafted third general in 2011 and spent 12 seasons in Chicago, guiding it to its first and solely championship in 2021. The Sky skilled a mass exodus of standout gamers after that, however Vandersloot now returns to steer a younger group starring second-year posts Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso. The group additionally employed Tyler Marsh to switch Teresa Weatherspoon as coach earlier this offseason.
Vandersloot averaged 6.4 factors and 4.8 assists per sport final yr in a lowered position for the Liberty, who made their championship run along with her coming off the bench. She has led the league in assists seven occasions in her profession, most not too long ago in 2023 with New York (8.1 per sport). She boasts profession averages of 10.0 factors and 6.6 assists per sport.
The Chicago Solar-Instances first reported that Vandersloot is anticipated to signal with the Sky.