The DiJonai Carrington trade marks the end of the Connecticut Sun as we know them

Seeing Stephanie White head coach for the Indian Fever would be the summer of Connecticutsan -and entered. WNBA Alyssa Thomas, Dewanna Bonner, and BRIONNA JONES free agencies are all unlimited free agents. However, sales of the list of lists in the team are one of the magnificent proportions.

Alyssa Thomas, Brionna Jones, Ty Harris, Dijonai Carrington all have new WNBA teams

Thomas, who was core last month, will play at Phoenix Mercury 11 years later in Connecticut. Thai Harris, a team's starting point guard last season, was sent to Phoenix as part of its trade.

Brionna Jones, three WNBA All -Star, who spent seven years of career in SUN, signed a contract with Atlant Dream as a free agent. And December, backup point guard Veronica Burton It was selected by the Golden State Valkyrie for a franchise extended draft.

Dehonai Calington was a starter of last year's team and was expected to return to orange for next season, but early and morning on Saturday. WinSIDR Rachel Galligan The restricted free agent reported that it had been traded with Dallas Wings in a transaction that revived JACY SHELDON and 2025 No. 8 draft picks. Calington has been fresh since she appeared as one of the best defenders of the league and finally won the most improved player. Now she reunites with Texas's fellow backcoat mate Harris.

Trade officially means that the only returning person from last year's rotation is Marina Mabray and Olivia Nelson Doda. Dewanna Bonner, a veteran all -star guard, is also an unlimited free agent, but considering the direction in which the direction is heading, it seems that she is very unlikely to re -sign the sun.

Sun exchanged championships for complete reconstruction

The sun ended in the third best record of the league last season, and one game was deleted from another trip to the WNBA Final. Just four months later, the team has become unable to recognize. At present, the list of 2025 is headed by the cloud, Sheldon, Mabray, and Nelson Ododa, but it is not shocking to be turned over (or more) of those players.

Lexy brownLos Angelels Sparks Guard posted to X that Sun is probably the best team that has never beaten the championship. However, despite one of the franchisees that won the WNBA most in the past 10 years, they could not get over the ham.

An unfortunate reality of Connecticut is that Mojegan Sun Arena is not a relatively desirable place for players to play. The team has no unique practice facilities (and we have not announced the plan to build), and there is no major media market. Connecticut UNCASVILLE is a town of less than 18,000, and Mohegan Sun Tribe, which runs the organization, does not invest in a team like other WNBA -owned groups. Teams such as Mercury, Storm, and Valkyrie already have their own facilities, and considering that teams such as sparks, Sky, and fever have announced plans to build them, Connecticuts are completely delayed. 。

Calington's trade was one of the last Domino, but refused the end of a sustainable victory that has never achieved the ultimate goal. There is no place where the sun can be seen from here -It is due to the fact that more veteran players such as mabrey and Cloud do not want to be part of this type of rebuilding. reason.

The new General Manager Morgan Tack and the head coach Latid median, given the popularity of the league and the strongest victory culture of the league, the sales are still prioritized to compete for franchise. I have a difficult job in front of them. In December, the tack told SB NATION that the team was heading for a very open -minded free agency.

“There is a player who is pulling a little more [with]And where and where they can go, “Tack said. “So it's difficult to say exactly, but it's very open at this point, we'll be a little more concentrated next month or so, and go in the direction we think is the best way.”

Now, just a few months, that direction seems to be more than anything else.