The 2025 Las Vegas Aces season was the franchise's 28th season in the Women's National Basketball Association and the eighth year the franchise is based in Las Vegas - after relocating from San Antonio and Utah. This will be the fourth season under head coach, Becky Hammon. The season was tipped off on Saturday, May 17, 2025, at Barclays Center versus the defending 2024 WNBA champs, New York Liberty.
In April 2025, newly signed forward, Cheyenne Parker-Tyus, announced her second pregnancy and is expected to "miss at least the first three months" of the 2025 season. On May 1, 2025, the Aces announced that center, Megan Gustafson, suffered a left lower leg injury during training camp and would be sidelined indefinitely.
In June 2025, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) announced that they again would be gifting players on the Aces roster $100,000 sponsorships. In May 2024, the WNBA opened an investigation into these sponsorships given to the 2024 Aces' players. As of June 2025, no results of the league's probe into this sponsorship had been made public.
On June 1, 2025 during the Seattle Storm home game against the Aces, a complaint was filed by the Aces with an allegation of a Storm assistant coach cursing at an Aces player. On June 4, the Storm's general manager, Talisa Rhea, stated that the WNBA would not be launching an investigation but rather would be "looking into it and that's really the extent of it."
Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Club Outcome Ref. 1 First round pick forfeited 2 13 Aaliyah Nye G AlabamaSigned rookie contract April 17Made opening day roster 3 35 Harmoni Turner Harvard Signed rookie contract April 17Waived on May 7
Transactions
Front office and coaching DateDetails Ref. October 10, 2024 Assistant coach, Natalie Nakase, left Aces organization October 26, 2024 General manager, Natalie Williams' contract was not renewed November 2, 2024 Assistant coach, Tyler Marsh, left Aces organization November 7, 2024 Hired Ty Ellis as an assistant coach December 13, 2024 Hired Larry Lewis as an assistant coach January 27, 2025 Hired John Lucas III as a player development coach
Trades February February 1(Three-team trade) To Las Vegas AcesJewell Loyd (from Seattle Storm)2025 No. 13 draft pick (from Los Angeles Sparks) To Seattle Storm2025 No. 2 draft pick and rights to Li Yueru (from Los Angeles Sparks)2026 first-round draft pick (from Las Vegas Aces) To Los Angeles SparksKelsey Plum (from Las Vegas Aces)2025 No. 9 draft pick and a 2026 second-round draft pick (from Seattle Storm) To Las Vegas AcesDana Evans (sign-and-trade) To Chicago Sky2025 No. 16 and No. 22 draft picks June June 30 To Las Vegas Aces NaLyssa Smith To Dallas Wings 2027 first-round pick
Free agency Core designation Player Date Notes Ref. Kelsey Plum January 11 Traded to Los Angeles Sparks on February 1(Sign-and-trade)
Re-signed Player Date Notes Ref. Queen Egbo February 7 Training camp contract
Additions Player Date Notes Former Team Ref. Elizabeth Kitley February 3 Rookie contract(2024 draft pick – No. 24) Virginia Tech Hokies Cheyenne Parker-Tyus February 6 Training camp contract Atlanta Dream Tiffany Mitchell February 8 Details unannounced Connecticut Sun Elena Tsineke February 17 Training camp contract AZS AJP Gorzów Wielkopolski Crystal Bradford February 21 Shanghai Sharks Aaliyah Nye April 17 Rookie contract(2025 draft pick – No. 13) Alabama Crimson Tide Harmoni Turner Rookie contract(2025 draft pick – No. 35) Harvard Crimson Deja Kelly April 18 Training camp contract Oregon Ducks Jordyn Jenkins April 21 UTSA Roadrunners Joyner Holmes June 11 Rest of season hardship contract Seattle Storm
Subtractions / unsigned Player Date Reason New Team Ref. Kate Martin December 6 Expansion draft Golden State Valkyries Tiffany Hayes February 6 Free agency – unrestricted Sydney Colson Indiana Fever Alysha Clark February 9 Seattle Storm Elena Tsineke April 24 Waived — Jordyn Jenkins April 30 — Queen EgboMay 7 — Harmoni Turner —Deja KellyMay 12—Crystal Bradford June 11— Elizabeth Kitley June 30 — Tiffany Mitchell Seattle Storm Joyner Holmes July 4 —
Inactive players Player Date Set Inactive Reason Date Activated Cheyenne Parker-Tyus May 15 Pregnancy / childbirth September 8
Roster
Depth chart Pos.StarterBench PG Chelsea Gray Dana Evans SG Kierstan Bell Jewell Loyd SF Jackie Young Aaliyah Nye PF A'ja Wilson Cheyenne Parker-Tyus CNaLyssa Smith Kiah StokesMegan Gustafson
Schedule Preseason
|- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 1 | May 2 | Dallas | W 112–78 | Jackie Young (28) | Crystal Bradford (8) | Jackie Young (9) | Purcell Pavilion7,602 | 1–0 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 2 | May 6 | Phoenix | W 85–84 | Deja Kelly (15) | Bradford, Wilson (6) | Chelsea Gray (5) | Michelob Ultra Arena8,637 | 2–0
Regular season
|- style="background:#fcc" | 1 | May 17 | @ New York | L 78–92 | A'ja Wilson (31) | A'ja Wilson (16) | Jackie Young (5) | Barclays Center17,344 | 0–1 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 2 | May 20 | @ Connecticut | W 87–62 | A'ja Wilson (22) | A'ja Wilson (10) | Gray, Wilson (4) | Mohegan Sun Arena8,179 | 1–1 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 3 | May 23 | Washington | W 75–72 | Jackie Young (25) | A'ja Wilson (12) | A'ja Wilson (5) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,509 | 2–1 |- style="background:#fcc" | 4 | May 25 | @ Seattle | L 82–102 | A'ja Wilson (15) | A'ja Wilson (5) | A'ja Wilson (4) | Climate Pledge Arena10,634 | 2–2 |- style="background:#bbffbb" | 5 | May 30 | Los Angeles | W 96–81 | A'ja Wilson (35) | A'ja Wilson (13) | A'ja Wilson (6) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,504 | 3–2
|- bgcolor=#bbffbb | style="background:#FED8B1"| 6 | June 1 | @ Seattle | W 75–70 | A'ja Wilson (19) | A'ja Wilson (7) | Chelsea Gray (6) | Climate Pledge Arena10,201 | 4–2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | style="background:#FED8B1"| 7 | June 7 | @ Golden State | L 68–95 | A'ja Wilson (17) | Loyd, Wilson (6) | Jackie Young (3) | Chase Center18,064 | 4–3 |- style="background:#fcc" | style="background:#FED8B1"| 8 | June 11 | Los Angeles | L 89–97 | Jackie Young (34) | Wilson, Young (8) | A'ja Wilson (5) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,417 | 4–4 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | style="background:#FED8B1"| 9 | June 13 | Dallas | W 88–84 | Jackie Young (28) | Kiah Stokes (8) | Chelsea Gray (5) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,428 | 5–4 |- bgcolor=#fcc | style="background:#FED8B1"| 10 | June 15 | Phoenix | L 70–76 | Chelsea Gray (20) | Kiah Stokes (14) | Jackie Young (5) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,497 | 5–5 |- bgcolor=#fcc | style="background:#FED8B1"| 11 | June 17 | @ Minnesota | L 62–76 | Jewell Loyd (12) | Loyd, Stokes (8) | Gray, Young (6) | Target Center8,802 | 5–6 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 12 | June 20 | Seattle | L 83–90 | Jackie Young (22) | A'ja Wilson (14) | Chelsea Gray (7) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,428 | 5–7 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 13 | June 22 | Indiana | W 89–81 | A'ja Wilson (24) | Wilson, Young (7) | Jackie Young (7) | T-Mobile Arena18,547 | 6–7 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 14 | June 25 | Connecticut | W 85–59 | A'ja Wilson (22) | Wilson, Young (8) | Chelsea Gray (6) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,432 | 7–7 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 15 | June 26 | Washington | L 83–94 | A'ja Wilson (22) | A'ja Wilson (5) | Chelsea Gray (8) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,427 | 7–8 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 16 | June 29 | @ Phoenix | W 84–81 | A'ja Wilson (26) | A'ja Wilson (18) | A'ja Wilson (7) | PHX Arena13,247 | 8–8
|- bgcolor=#fcc | 17 | July 3 | @ Indiana | L 54–81 | A'ja Wilson (29) | NaLyssa Smith (7) | Evans, Nye (3) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse16,509 | 8–9 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 18 | July 6 | @ Connecticut | W 86–68 | A'ja Wilson (19) | NaLyssa Smith (10) | Chelsea Gray (8) | Mohegan Sun Arena8,476 | 9–9 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 19 | July 8 | @ New York | L 78–87 | Jackie Young (19) | Gray, Young (7) | Gray, Young (3) | Barclays Center15,041 | 9–10 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 20 | July 10 | @ Washington | L 68–70 | Jewell Loyd (20) | Gray, Young (7) | Gray, Young (3) | EagleBank Arena9,350 | 9–11 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 21 | July 12 | Golden State | W 104–102 | A'ja Wilson (34) | A'ja Wilson (16) | Gray, Young (6) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,070 | 10–11 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 22 | July 16 | @ Dallas | W 90–86 | A'ja Wilson (37) | A'ja Wilson (10) | Chelsea Gray (7) | College Park Center6,153 | 11–11 |- align=center |colspan=9 bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Game |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 23 | July 22 | Atlanta | W 87–72 | A'ja Wilson (24) | A'ja Wilson (12) | Jackie Young (7) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,361 | 12–11 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 24 | July 24 | @ Indiana | L 70–80 | A'ja Wilson (20) | NaLyssa Smith (10) | Chelsea Gray (4) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse16,166 | 12–12 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 25 | July 25 | @ Minnesota | L 78–109 | A'ja Wilson (15) | A'ja Wilson (7) | Evans, Young (5) | Target Center8,810 | 12–13 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 26 | July 27 | @ Dallas | W 106–80 | Jackie Young (24) | A'ja Wilson (10) | Gray, Young (8) | College Park Center6,251 | 13–13 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 27 | July 29 | @ Los Angeles | W 89–74 | A'ja Wilson (34) | Jackie Young (11) | Jackie Young (11) | Crypto.com Arena12,449 | 14–13
|- bgcolor=#fcc | 28 | August 2 | Minnesota | L 58–111 | Jewell Loyd (12) | A'ja Wilson (5) | Evans, Gray (4) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,488 | 14–14 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 29 | August 3 | Golden State | W 101–77 | Jewell Loyd (27) | A'ja Wilson (14) | Jackie Young (8) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,445 | 15–14 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 30 | August 6 | @ Golden State | W 78–72 | A'ja Wilson (27) | NaLyssa Smith (9) | Jackie Young (4) | Chase Center18,064 | 16–14 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 31 | August 8 | Seattle | W 90–86 | A'ja Wilson (29) | Smith, Wilson (12) | Gray, Young (5) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,415 | 17–14 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 32 | August 10 | Connecticut | W 94–86 | A'ja Wilson (32) | A'ja Wilson (20) | Gray, Young (6) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,407 | 18–14 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 33 | August 13 | New York | W 83–77 | Jewell Loyd (21) | A'ja Wilson (16) | Chelsea Gray (5) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,417 | 19–14 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 34 | August 15 | @ Phoenix | W 86–83 | A'ja Wilson (30) | A'ja Wilson (16) | Chelsea Gray (9) | PHX Arena10,850 | 20–14 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 35 | August 17 | Dallas | W 106–87 | A'ja Wilson (34) | A'ja Wilson (8) | Chelsea Gray (14) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,418 | 21–14 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 36 | August 19 | Atlanta | W 74–72 | A'ja Wilson (32) | A'ja Wilson (12) | Chelsea Gray (11) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,420 | 22–14 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 37 | August 21 | Phoenix | W 83–61 | A'ja Wilson (19) | A'ja Wilson (13) | Jackie Young (5) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,460 | 23–14 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 38 | August 23 | @ Washington | W 91–81 | A'ja Wilson (36) | A'ja Wilson (13) | Gray, Young (8) | CareFirst Arena4,200 | 24–14 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 39 | August 25 | @ Chicago | W 79–74 | Jackie Young (22) | A'ja Wilson (9) | Gray, Young (7) | Wintrust Arena9,103 | 25–14 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 40 | August 27 | @ Atlanta | W 81–75 | A'ja Wilson (34) | Jackie Young (11) | Jackie Young (10) | Gateway Center Arena3,326 | 26–14
|- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 41 | September 4 | Minnesota | W 97–87 | A'ja Wilson (31) | A'ja Wilson (8) | Chelsea Gray (10) | T-Mobile Arena14,656 | 27–14 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 42 | September 7 | Chicago | W 80–66 | A'ja Wilson (31) | A'ja Wilson (11) | Jackie Young (9) | T-Mobile Arena17,306 | 28–14 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 43 | September 9 | Chicago | W 92–61 | Loyd, Young (15) | Chelsea Gray (6) | Jackie Young (7) | T-Mobile Arena15,640 | 29–14 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 44 | September 11 | @ Los Angeles | W 103–75 | A'ja Wilson (23) | A'ja Wilson (19) | Jackie Young (12) | Crypto.com Arena13,484 | 30–14
Notes: Games highlighted in ██ represent Commissioner's Cup games.
Playoffs
|- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 1 | September 14 | Seattle | W 102–77 | A'ja Wilson (29) | NaLyssa Smith (9) | Jackie Young (7) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,407 | 1–0 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 2 | September 16 | @ Seattle | L 83–86 | Jackie Young (25) | A'ja Wilson (13) | Chelsea Gray (9) | Climate Pledge Arena12,500 | 1–1 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 3 | September 18 | Seattle | W 74–73