In a blockbuster three-team trade, the Las Vegas Aces are acquiring Seattle Storm guard Jewell Loyd while sending Aces guard Kelsey Plum to the Los Angeles Sparks. It is the first trade in league history involving multiple No. 1 overall picks.
The trade ends Kelsey Plum’s seven-season tenure in Las Vegas, where the 30-year-old guard helped secure back-to-back WNBA championships in 2022 and 2023.
Selected as the No. 1 overall pick in 2017, Plum e…

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Aces acquire Jewell Loyd, trade Kelsey Plum to Sparks in historic WNBA deal

The Storm will now receive the No. 2 pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft

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Kelsey Plum traded to Sparks, Aces land Jewell Loyd in blockbuster three-team trade with Storm, per report

Sunday's blockbuster trade sent Jewell Loyd to Las Vegas, Kelsey Plum to L.A. and possibly positioned Seattle to make a play for Paige Bueckers.

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WNBA trade grades: How the Kelsey Plum-Jewell Loyd blockbuster shakes up three teams -- and possibly the Paige Bueckers sweepstakes

The 10 Best Dressed WNBA Players (1:16) While the NBA trade deadline may be a few days away, the WNBA offseason is in full swing and three teams have just pulled off a major trade to move All-Star superstar Kelsey Plum.According to ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania, the Las Vegas Aces are sending Plum to the Los Angeles Sparks in a three-team deal that will bring Seattle Storm All-Star Jewell Loyd to Sin City. Plum is a two-time NBA champion and i…

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'Blockbuster!' - WNBA Fans React To Massive Kelsey Plum Trade

The Aces’ odds to win the WNBA title improved after they traded Kelsey Plum on Sunday and acquired six-time All-Star Jewell Loyd.

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Aces’ betting odds to win WNBA title improve after 3-team trade

An appreciation for the reported blockbuster deal, which changes the WNBA’s landscape and signals that the Sparks want to win sooner than later.

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Swanson: Sparks put foot on gas by trading No. 2 pick to add All-Star Kelsey Plum

Trading Loyd puts an end to her illustrious 10-year tenure with the WNBA Storm who selected the former Notre Dame star No. 1 overall in 2015.

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Storm trade Jewell Loyd to Aces in three-team blockbuster deal, report says

A three-team trade between the Sparks, Aces and Storm will serve as the flare that set WNBA free agency ablaze. A deal that has been in the works for weeks — sending Storm guard Jewell Loyd to the Aces, Aces guard Kelsey Plum to the Sparks and the No. 2 pick in the upcoming draft, plus Sparks center Li Yueru to the Storm — was finalized on Sunday, sources told the Sun-Times. Beyond the stars who headlined the blockbuster trade, the package inclu…

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Jewell Loyd and Kelsey Plum headline blockbuster three-team trade, officially kicking off free agency

SEATTLE – The Storm acquiesced to Jewell Loyd’s trade demand and are sending the six-time WNBA All-Star to the Las Vegas Aces in a three-team deal that returns the No. 2 pick in the upcoming draft, the Aces’ first-round pick in 2026 and veteran center Li Yueru, a league source confirmed.

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Jewell Loyd has put together a career that might land her in the Hall of Fame one day, but the past year has been plagued by tumult on and off...

Aces acquire Jewell Loyd, trade Kelsey Plum to Sparks in historic WNBA deal

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