Chelsea Gray, Kelsey Plum and Dearica Hamby were all named Monday to Team USA ahead of the World Cup Qualifying Tournament.
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Las Vegas Aces news, scores, highlights and game reports for the two-time WNBA champs, led by A'ja Wilson, Chelsea Gray and Jackie Young.
Australian center Liz Cambage played for the Aces in 2019 and 2021, averaging 14.2 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.6 blocks. She was named to the WNBA All-Star team both seasons..
Wilson’s two-year contract extension with the Aces ensures they’ll remain WNBA championship contenders, solidifying her as the foundational talent around which the franchise can build.
The Las Vegas Aces have re-signed restricted free agent A’Ja Wilson, the 2020 WNBA MVP. Unrestricted free agent Angel McCoughtry is heading to the Minnesota Lynx.
Former Aces center Liz Cambage expressed displeasure with the WNBA’s pay structure Tuesday, tweeting the league is one in which “a head coach can get paid 4X the highest paid players super max contract.”
Former Las Vegas Aces center Kiah Stokes will not sign with the Atlanta Dream in free agency. A a return to the Aces is still possible.
Chelsea Gray, Angel McCoughtry, Kelsey Plum and Dearica Hamby were selected to participate in the USA Basketball training camp ahead of the FIBA Qualifying Tournament in Washington D.C..
Center Kiah Stokes emerged as a key contributor down the stretch in her one season with the Aces.
Las Vegas Aces president Nikki Fargas and owner Mark Davis were respectfully unrelenting in their pursuit of Becky Hammon.
Becky Hammon played eight seasons with the WNBA’s San Antonio Stars, who relocated to Las Vegas in 2017 and became the Aces. She becomes the league’s highest-paid coach.
WNBA legend Becky Hammon is finalizing a five-year deal to become the Aces’ coach, a person with knowledge of the situation confirmed to the Review-Journal late Thursday.
While the Raiders’ tumultuous year dominated the news in Las Vegas, they were far from the only major story on the local sports scene.
The WNBA unveiled its schedule Thursday. The Aces will open the 2022 season on May 6 with a road game against the Phoenix Mercury.
Liz Cambage joined OnlyFans, which is an adult-oriented, social-media website. She also posed for Playboy last year and gave an interview to the adult magazine.
Reigning two-time WNBA Executive of the Year Dan Padover is leaving the Aces to join the Atlanta Dream’s front office.