
Fan-made WNBA trades push cap limits as deadline nears
The Athletic’s WNBA trade deadline coverage runs through reader-submitted trade proposals for teams like Chicago, Washington, Connecticut, Minnesota, Los Angeles, Seattle, Golden State and Phoenix, testing how each deal would work under cap rules (including a pregnancy exemption for the Valkyries) and explaining why teams would accept or reject them, with emphasis on assets, roster fits, and the looming 3 p.m. ET deadline.