The Wings and Washington Mystics have exchanged backup guards, with Tayler Hill and a second-round pick in next year's draft going to Dallas for Aerial Powers.
Former Minneapolis South star Tayler Hill traded from Washington to Dallas
July 24, 2018 at 1:53PM
The trade announced Monday includes the right for the teams to swap first-round picks in the 2019 WNBA draft.
Hill has averaged 9.2 points in her 134 career games since being the fourth overall pick in the 2013 draft by the Mystics. The guard from Ohio State has come off the bench for all 13 of her games this season, averaging 3.0 points and 1.0 assists in nine minutes a game.
Hill played high school basketball for Minneapolis South, where her teams went 139-14. She joined the team as an eighth-grader and led the Tigers to three state tournament appearances, capped by winning the Class 4A title in 2009.
She finished her career with 3,888 points.
Powers, in her third WNBA season out of Michigan State, has averaged 9.4 points and 1.1 assists in her 59 career games. She has started only three games, none this season.
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