This is a list of transactions that have taken place during the off-season and the 2021 WNBA season.
Retirement Date Name Team(s) played (years) Age Notes Ref.February 8, 2021 Crystal Langhorne Washington Mystics (2008–2013)Seattle Storm (2014–2020)34 WNBA Champion (2018, 2020) WNBA All-Star (2011, 2013) WNBA Most Improved Player (2009) Also played overseas in Slovakia, Hungary, China & Australia.February 9, 2021 Renee Montgomery Minnesota Lynx (2009, 2015–2017)Connecticut Sun (2010–2014)Seattle Storm (2015)Atlanta Dream (2018–2019)34 WNBA Champion (2015, 2017) WNBA All-Star (2011) WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year (2012) Also played overseas in Lithuania, Israel, Russia, Australia, and Poland.February 9, 2021 LaToya Sanders Phoenix Mercury (2008)Minnesota Lynx (2009)Los Angeles Sparks (2011)Washington Mystics (2012, 2015-2020)34 WNBA Champion (2019)March 15, 2021 Morgan Tuck Connecticut Sun (2016–2019)Seattle Storm (2020)26 WNBA Champion (2020)May 13, 2021 Seimone Augustus Minnesota Lynx (2006–2019)Los Angeles Sparks (2020)37 4WNBA Champion (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)8WNBA All-Star (2006, 2007, 2011, 2013–2015, 2017, 2018)WNBA Finals MVP (2011)WNBA Rookie of the Year (2006)
Front office movements
Head coach changes Off-season Departure date Team Outgoing head coach Reason for departure Hire date Incoming head coach Last coaching position Ref.Dallas Wings Brian AglerMutual agreement Vickie JohnsonLas Vegas Aces assistant coach (2018–2020) Atlanta Dream Nicki Collen Hired as head coach by Baylor University Mike Petersen (interim) Atlanta Dream assistant coach (2018–2020)
Player movement Trades FebruaryFebruary 5To Washington Mystics Erica McCallTo Minnesota Lynx 2022 third-round pickFebruary 10To Phoenix Mercury Kia Nurse Megan WalkerTo New York Liberty 2021 first-round pick (#6) 2022 first-round pickTo New York Liberty Natasha HowardTo Seattle Storm 2021 first-round pick (#1) 2022 first-round pick (from Phoenix) 2022 third-round pickTo Seattle Storm Mikiah Herbert HarriganTo Minnesota Lynx 2022 first-round pick (from Phoenix)To New York Liberty Sami WhitcombTo Seattle Storm Stephanie TalbotTo Seattle Storm Katie Lou SamuelsonTo Dallas Wings 2021 first-round pick (#1) 2022 second-round pick February 13To Atlanta Dream Yvonne TurnerTo Phoenix Mercury 2022 third-round pickFebruary 15To Indiana Fever Lindsay Allen 2021 second-round pick (#24)To Las Vegas Aces 2021 second-round pick (#14)To Indiana Fever Odyssey Sims Negotiating rights to Temi Fagbenle 2022 first-round pick 2022 third-round pickTo Minnesota Lynx 2022 second-round pick
Free agency
PlayerDate signedNew teamFormer teamRef February 1Atlanta DreamChicago Sky Chicago SkyLos Angeles Sparks Connecticut SunIndiana Fever Dallas Wings Indiana Fever Minnesota LynxIndiana Fever Minnesota LynxLas Vegas Aces Phoenix Mercury Seattle Storm Washington MysticsSeattle Storm February 2Connecticut Sun Las Vegas AcesLos Angeles Sparks Los Angeles SparksIndiana Fever New York LibertyAtlanta Dream Washington Mystics February 3Indiana FeverLas Vegas Aces February 4Atlanta DreamWashington Mystics Jasmine ThomasConnecticut Sun February 5Connecticut Sun Phoenix Mercury Tina CharlesWashington Mystics February 6Connecticut SunZagłębie Sosnowiec (Poland) February 8Chicago SkyNew York Liberty Indiana FeverNorrköping Dolphins (Sweden) Los Angeles Sparks Seattle StormIndiana Fever February 11Las Vegas AcesLos Angeles Sparks Los Angeles SparksNew York Liberty Seattle StormLas Vegas Aces February 15Minnesota LynxWashington Mystics February 19Connecticut SunLos Angeles Sparks February 22Washington MysticsAtlanta Dream Los Angeles Sparks February 25Los Angeles Sparks March 1Minnesota LynxAtlanta Dream Seattle Storm March 2Los Angeles Sparks March 4Los Angeles SparksPhoenix Mercury March 10Washington Mystics March 12Las Vegas Aces Dallas Wings March 16Washington MysticsBCF Elfic Fribourg (Switzerland) March 22Phoenix MercurySouthside Flyers (Australia) March 25Phoenix MercuryUni Girona CB (Spain) Stephanie JonesMarch 28Connecticut SunŚlęza Wrocław (Poland) March 31Washington MysticsÇankaya Üniversitesi (Turkey) April 2Minnesota LynxCampus Promete (Spain) Washington MysticsDynamo Novosibirsk (Russia) April 9Connecticut SunCDB Clarinos (Spain) April 13Chicago SkyIndiana Fever Chicago Sky April 14New York LibertyCDB Clarinos (Spain) April 16Connecticut SunMaccabi Haifa (Israel) Minnesota LynxLangston Phoenix MercuryMontana (Bulgaria) Phoenix MercurySyracuse Phoenix MercuryLas Vegas Aces Washington MysticsAZS Poznań (Poland) April 17Atlanta DreamRamat Hasharon (Israel) Atlanta DreamCharnay Basket (France) Chicago SkyCal Poly Chicago SkyNorth Carolina Chicago SkyCB Islas Canarias (Spain) Chicago SkyCampus Promete (Spain) Connecticut SunMaccabi Haifa (Israel) Connecticut SunCB Islas Canarias (Spain) Connecticut SunCharnay Basket (France) Minnesota LynxChicago Sky Minnesota LynxMarquette Minnesota LynxNotre Dame Minnesota LynxHeidelberg (Germany) Phoenix MercuryLas Vegas Aces April 18Connecticut SunVasas SC (Hungary) Dallas WingsBC Winterthur (Switzerland) Dallas WingsZagłębie Sosnowiec (Poland) Dallas WingsNotre Dame Las Vegas AcesNebraska Las Vegas Aces Washington MysticsMaine Washington MysticsAppalachian State Washington MysticsSan Jose State
Waived PlayerDate WaivedFormer TeamRef January 6 Chicago Sky February 10 Phoenix Mercury February 15 Indiana Fever February 21 Atlanta Dream Atlanta Dream February 25 Dallas Wings March 7 Chicago Sky March 16 Los Angeles Sparks April 17 Minnesota Lynx April 18 Los Angeles Sparks
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