Skylar Diggins signs with Sky, reportedly agreeing to 2-year deal
Skylar Diggins has signed with the Chicago Sky, the team announced on Saturday. The veteran guard has reportedly agreed to a two-year contract, according to ESPN’s Alexa Phillipou.
Diggins, 35, joins the Sky after enjoying the previous two years with the Seattle Storm. She averaged 15.3 factors and 6.2 assists per sport whereas capturing 37% on 3-pointers with Seattle, who made the WNBA playoffs however misplaced within the first spherical in each of her seasons.
“Skylar is a player we have coveted for years. We are ecstatic to bring her to Chicago,” Sky common supervisor Jeff Pagliocca mentioned in the team’s official announcement. “She is one of the all-time elite passers in our game and continues to play at a high level on both sides of the ball.”
Signing Diggins is the most recent transfer in an offseason overhaul for the Sky, who completed tied for the WNBA’s worst record at 10-34 final 12 months.
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The strikes started with trading Angel Reese to the Atlanta Dream. Since the WNBA and its gamers settled on a brand new collective bargaining settlement and free company opened, Chicago has additionally acquired guard Jacy Sheldon from the Washington Mystics in trade for a 2028 first-round choose and brought back forward Azurá Stevens.
As Pagliocca referenced, Diggins supplies a playmaker to a roster that now consists of Sheldon and Stevens, becoming a member of Kamila Cardoso, Hailey Van Lith and Maddy Westbeld. The Sky are reportedly engaged on a commerce for Rickea Jackson in trade for Ariel Atkins, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
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Last 12 months, Diggins was named to the WNBA All-Star Game for the seventh time in her profession. In her 11 WNBA seasons, she additionally performed for the Tulsa Shock, Dallas Wings and Phoenix Mercury. Diggins was the Shock’s 2013 first-round choose (No. 3 general) out of Notre Dame.
