Why the Dallas Wings are staying quiet at the WNBA trade deadline

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After trading defender DiJonai Carrington past week, the Dallas Wings reportedly sought to get a forward earlier the WNBA's 3 p.m. Eastern commercialized deadline connected Thursday.

However, each is quiescent connected the Wings' front, and Dallas is astir definite to basal pat astatine the deadline, according to Melissa Triebwasser.

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Earlier connected Thursday, Aaliyah Edwards recovered a caller location erstwhile the Washington Mystics dealt her to the Connecticut Sun. Given the youthful Edwards' antiaircraft ability, she whitethorn person been a bully acceptable successful a Dallas beforehand tribunal that has struggled with injuries and consistency this season. Dallas ranks 10th retired of 13 teams with a 109.7 antiaircraft rating.

But the 8-22 Wings, knee-deep successful a rebuild astir prima rookie Paige Bueckers, are loath to suffer immoderate of their 3 first-round picks implicit the 2026 and 2027 WNBA Drafts. General manager Curt Miller is poised to support them each -- including a imaginable #1 prime astatine the apical of adjacent year's draft, erstwhile halfway Lauren Betts and defender Azzi Fudd volition beryllium available.

In addition, Triebwasser pointed retired that the Wings are gathering a caller signifier facility that volition unfastened adjacent year, and a determination to a caller arena (though delayed) could portend fruitful years up for Dallas.

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