Chicago Sky waives Hailey Van Lith ahead of regular season
Hailey Van Lith has been waived by the Chicago Skythe crew introduced Monday.
By ESPN’s Kendra AndrewsVan Lith was waived as a result of of the Sky’s “style of play preference.” Van Lith is reportedly already in dialog with a number of groups, per Andrews.
Van Lith, a second-year guard, was drafted by Chicago eleventh general in 2025, and performed restricted minutes final season. She averaged 3.5 factors, 1.1 rebounds, and 1.6 assists in 12 and a half minutes of play per recreation.
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The transfer comes simply days earlier than the beginning of the WNBA regular season. The Sky opened the yr in Portland, enjoying the Portland Fire on Saturday.
Chicago is about to appear like a totally totally different crew this season after trading away star Angel Reese to the Atlanta Dreamand buying gamers like Skylar Diggins, Rickea Jackson and Jacy Sheldon in free company.
The Sky have had 5 first-round picks up to now three years; After buying and selling Reese and waiving Van Lith, Chicago is left with solely two of these picks, together with 2026 draftee Gabriela Jacquez. (Ajša Sivka, who was drafted proper earlier than Van Lith in 2025, has but to hitch the crew.)
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Head coach Tyler Marsh is in his second yr on the helm for the Sky, and is hoping to bounce again after a second-to-last-place end final season. It’s seemingly that the mixture of veteran guards like Diggins, Sheldon and Di Jonai Carrington together with rookie guards like Jacquez, Sydney Taylor and Aicha Coulibaly was sufficient for Marsh’s present system.
