WNBA teams can begin official talks with free agents Sunday. Official signings can't be announced until Feb. 1, but by then just about every significant move will have been made.
The Lynx enter free agency with just six players under contract in Napheesa Collier, Kayla McBride, Tiffany Mitchell, Jessica Shepard, Diamond Miller and Dorka Juhás.
The Lynx have a good chunk of money to play with. They enter free agency about $641,942 under the 2024 salary cap of $1.463 million.
But that doesn't necessarily mean fans should expect huge moves.
"We're going into it with a mind-set that we have a core that has some good young players in it,'' said Cheryl Reeve, Lynx president of basketball operations and head coach.
If a higher-profile free agent shows interest, and she fits, Reeve and the Lynx will take a swing. Last year the Lynx went into this period with Plan A and Plan B. The first was to take shots at such high-profile players as Breanna Stewart and Courtney Vandersloot, both of whom signed with New York. Plan B was to develop young players, which they did with rookies Miller and Juhás.
Frankly, this year's free-agency class is not a sterling one, especially because most of the unrestricted free agents are expected to re-sign with their teams.
But Reeve would like to shore up depth at point guard and in the post.