Report: Satou Sabally Traded to Mercury from Wings in 3-Team WNBA Deal with Fever
February 1, 2025
The Dallas Wings have traded two-time WNBA All-Star forward Satou Sabally to the Phoenix Mercury as part of a three-team deal also involving the Indiana Fever.
ESPN's Kendra Andrews and Alexa Philippou broke the news and provided more information.
Kendra Andrews @kendra__andrewsThe trade is between the Mercury, Wings and Fever. <br><br>Phoenix gets Sabally, Kalani Brown and Sevgi Uzun. Dallas gets Ty Harris, NaLyssa Smith (via Indy) the rights to Mikiah Herbert Harrigan and the No. 8 pick from Indy. Indiana gets Sophie Cunningham and the No. 19 pick. <a href="https://t.co/ivlqRcoeJk">https://t.co/ivlqRcoeJk</a>
Sabally, 26, averaged 17.9 points on 42.6 percent shooting (45.2 percent from three-point range), 6.4 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 1.3 steals last year.
Phoenix is just three days removed from another blockbuster trade, when the team added three-time All-WNBA player (and 2024 Olympic gold medalist) Alyssa Thomas from the Connecticut Sun in exchange for Natasha Cloud, Rebecca Allen and the 2025 No. 12 overall pick from the Mercury, per Philippou. Harris went from Connecticut to Phoenix in the deal but is now headed to Dallas.
The Mercury also lost a franchise legend and cornerstone this week when center Brittney Griner, a 10-time WNBA All-Star, three-time Olympic gold medalist and three-time All-WNBA First Team member, left in free agency for the Atlanta Dream.
So Phoenix looks quite different than it did just four days ago. It could possibly see an even bigger change if Diana Taurasi, who has led Phoenix to three WNBA titles during her 20 years in town, decides to retire.
At this point, though, it's abundantly clear that the Mercury are shooting for a championship. Thomas and Sabally join Kahleah Copper, a four-time All-Star and 2024 Olympic gold medalist who just averaged 21.1 points per game. Phoenix is coming off a sluggish 19-21 season that ended with a quick first-round exit, but this team should easily improve in 2025.
The Mercury, of course, have some tough teams to contend with, including the defending WNBA champion New York Liberty, MVP A'ja Wilson's Las Vegas Aces (now with ex-Seattle Storm Jewell Loyd), the defending runner-up Minnesota Lynx and Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston's Indiana Fever. But Phoenix should be in the mix, and it'll get its season going with its new squad on May 17 at home versus the Seattle Storm.
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