The 2025 Dallas Wings season was the franchise's 28th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, the 10th season for the franchise in Dallas - after relocating from Tulsa and Detroit, and the first season under head coach Chris Koclanes.
In May 2025, it was announced that Teaira McCowan and Luisa Geiselsöder would be participating in the 2025 FIBA Women’s Eurobasket competition, for Türkiye and Germany respectively, and would be temporarily suspended during their time playing in the tournament. At the time of announcement, McCowan was expected to unavailable to play for the Wings from June 7–July 3, and Geiselsöder June 14–July 3.
On June 10, the Wings announced that Tyasha Harris underwent an unspecified surgery on her left knee and would be out for the remainder of the 2025 season. On June 16, they also announced Maddy Siegrist was diagnosed with a right anterolateral tibial plateau fracture that occurred during the Wings' June 11 game against the Phoenix Mercury. They also announced that Siegrist's injury would not require surgery and anticipated she would to return to play later in the 2025 season.
Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Club Outcome Ref. 1 1 Paige Bueckers G UConn Signed rookie contract on April 22Made opening day roster 1 12 Aziaha James NC State Signed rookie contract on April 17Made opening day roster 2 14 Madison Scott F Ole MissSigned rookie contract on April 17 Waived on May 10 3 27 JJ Quinerly G West Virginia Signed rookie contract on April 17Made opening day roster 3 31 Aaronette Vonleh C Baylor Signed rookie contract on April 17 Waived on May 6
Transactions
Front office and coaching DateDetails Ref. October 18, 2024 Fired head coach, Latricia Trammell November 8, 2024 Hired Curt Miller as executive vice president and general manager (GM) Promoted Travis Charles to senior vice president of basketball operations and assistant GM Promoted Jasmine Thomas to vice president of basketball operations and assistant GM December 23, 2024 Hired Chris Koclanes as head coach January 13, 2025 Hired Camille Smith and Nola Henry as assistant coaches January 24, 2025 Hired Lauryn Turner as Chief Operating Officer January 27, 2025 Announced multiple front office promotions February 6, 2025 Hired Belle Koclanes as assistant coach Hired Addison Lee as director of basketball analytics and strategy March 4, 2025 Hired Jhared Simpson as Director of Player Development
Trades February (Four-team trade)To Dallas WingsDiJonai Carrington and Tyasha Harris (from Connecticut Sun)NaLyssa Smith and right to swap third round picks in 2027 draft (from Indiana Fever)Rights to Mikiah Herbert Harrigan and the 2025 No. 12 pick (from Phoenix Mercury)To Connecticut SunRebecca Allen and Natasha Cloud (from Phoenix Mercury)Jacy Sheldon (from Dallas Wings)2025 No. 8 draft pick (from Indiana Fever)To Indiana FeverSophie Cunningham and the 2025 No. 19 pick (from Phoenix Mercury)Jaelyn Brown (from Dallas Wings)To Phoenix MercuryAlyssa Thomas (from Connecticut Sun) Satou Sabally, Kalani Brown, and Sevgi Uzun (from Dallas Wings) June June 14 To Dallas Wings Li Yueru To Seattle Storm 2026 second round draft pick (with right to swap with the Connecticut Sun) 2027 third round pick (with right to swap with the Indiana Fever) June 30 To Dallas Wings 2027 first round pick To Las Vegas Aces NaLyssa Smith August August 3 To Dallas WingsDiamond MillerKarlie Samuelson2027 second round pick (Minnesota’s own) To Minnesota LynxDiJonai Carrington
Free agency Core designation Player Date Notes Ref. Satou Sabally January 13, 2025 Traded to Phoenix Mercury on February 2
Re-signed / extensions Player Date Notes Ref. Jaelyn Brown January 13 Training camp contractTraded to Indiana Fever on February 2 Sevgi Uzun January 22 Training camp contractTraded to Phoenix Mercury on February 2 Maddy Siegrist May 6 Exercised team option Luisa Geiselsöder May 18 Set as active June 30 Teaira McCowan
Additions Player Date Notes Former Team Ref. Myisha Hines-Allen February 2 One-year deal Minnesota Lynx Luisa Geiselsöder Training camp contract Basket Landes Joyner Holmes Seattle Storm Kaila Charles Diósgyőri VTK June 17 Emergency hardship contract Free agent Mai Yamamoto February 5 Training camp contract Toyota Antelopes Mikiah Herbert Harrigan February 18 N/A McKenzie Forbes February 28 Mainland Pouakai Aziaha James April 17 Rookie contract(2025 draft pick – No. 12) NC State Wolfpack JJ Quinerly Rookie contract(2025 draft pick – No. 27) West Virginia Mountaineers Madison Scott Rookie contract(2025 draft pick – No. 14) Ole Miss Rebels Aaronette Vonleh Rookie contract(2025 draft pick – No. 31) Baylor Bears Paige Bueckers April 22 Rookie contract(2025 draft pick – No. 1) UConn Huskies Haley Jones June 17 Emergency hardship contract Free agent July 9 Rest of season contract Liatu King July 2 Grace Berger July 16 7-day hardship contract July 24 7-day contract August 5 August 12 Rest of season contract Amy Okonkwo August 21 7-day hardship contract August 29 September 5 Rest of season contract Serena Sundell August 26 7-day hardship contract September 2 Christyn Williams August 29 7-day extreme hardship contract September 3 7-day hardship contract September 10 Rest of season hardship contract Ajae Petty September 2 7-day hardship contract September 9 Rest of season contract
Subtractions / unsigned Player Date Reason New Team Ref. Awak Kuier January 22, 2024 Suspended contract – expired — Carla Leite December 6, 2024 Expansion draft Golden State Valkyries Stephanie Soares January 4, 2025 Waived — Natasha Howard February 3, 2025 Free agency – uncoreable unrestricted Indiana Fever Lou Lopez Sénéchal February 24, 2025 Suspended contract – full season N/A – retained rights Paige Robinson March 19, 2025 Renounced rights — Kedra Holland-Corn April 1, 2025 — McKenzie Forbes May 3, 2025 Waived — Mikiah Herbert Harrigan — Aaronette Vonleh May 6, 2025 — Madison Scott May 10, 2025 Washington Mystics Mai Yamamoto —Joyner HolmesMay 14, 2025Las Vegas Aces Luisa Geiselsöder May 15, 2025 Suspended contract – temporary N/A – retained rights June 14, 2025 Teaira McCowan June 7, 2025 Kaila Charles June 14, 2025 Waived — June 30, 2025 Released — Haley Jones June 29, 2025 — Liatu King July 8 Waived — Grace Berger July 23 Released — end of 7-day contract — July 31 — Teaira McCowan August 3 Waived — Karlie Samuelson August 5 — Amy Okonkwo August 28 Released — Serena Sundell September 3—
Roster
Depth Pos.StarterBench PG Paige Bueckers Tyasha Harris Aziaha JamesGrace Berger SG Arike Ogunbowale Haley JonesDiamond MillerJJ Quinerly Christyn Williams SF Myisha Hines-Allen Ajae Petty PF Maddy Siegrist Amy Okonkwo C Luisa Geiselsöder Li Yueru
Schedule Preseason
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | May 2 | @ Las Vegas | L 78–112 | JJ Quinerly (16) | DiJonai Carrington (5) | Myisha Hines-Allen (5) | Purcell Pavilion7,602 | 0–1 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 2 | May 10 | Toyota Antelopes | W 119–52 | Paige Bueckers (15) | NaLyssa Smith (7) | Bueckers, Ogunbowale (6) | College Park Center6,251 | 1–1
Regular season
|- bgcolor=#fcc | 1 | May 16 | Minnesota | L 84–99 | Arike Ogunbowale (16) | Paige Bueckers (7) | Arike Ogunbowale (4) | College Park Center6,251 | 0–1 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 2 | May 19 | Seattle | L 71–79 | Paige Bueckers (19) | Hines-Allen, McCowan (9) | Paige Bueckers (8) | College Park Center6,137 | 0–2
|- bgcolor=#fcc | 3 | May 21 | @ Minnesota | L 81–85 | Arike Ogunbowale (21) | Myisha Hines-Allen (7) | Paige Bueckers (10) | Target Center12,772 | 0–3 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 4 | May 24 | @ Atlanta | L 75–83 | NaLyssa Smith (13) | Maddy Siegrist (9) | Paige Bueckers (5) | Gateway Center Arena3,265 | 0–4 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 5 | May 27 | @ Connecticut | W 109–87 | Paige Bueckers (21) | Myisha Hines-Allen (7) | Paige Bueckers (7) | Mohegan Sun Arena8,910 | 1–4 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 6 | May 29 | @ Chicago | L 92–97 | Arike Ogunbowale (37) | Teaira McCowan (8) | Paige Bueckers (8) | Wintrust Arena9,025 | 1–5 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 7 | May 31 | Chicago | L 83–94 | NaLyssa Smith (20) | Maddy Siegrist (8) | DiJonai Carrington (6) | College Park Center6,251 | 1–6
|- bgcolor=#fcc | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 8 | June 3 | @ Seattle | L 77–83 | DiJonai Carrington (22) | Myisha Hines-Allen (12) | DiJonai Carrington (4) | Climate Pledge Arena10,252 | 1–7 |- bgcolor=#fcc | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 9 | June 6 | Los Angeles | L 79–93 | DiJonai Carrington (16) | Luisa Geiselsöder (10) | Luisa Geiselsöder (6) | College Park Center5,007 | 1–8 |- bgcolor=#fcc | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 10 | June 8 | Minnesota | L 65–81 | Arike Ogunbowale (26) | Maddy Siegrist (11) | Arike Ogunbowale (6) | College Park Center6,162 | 1–9 |- bgcolor=#fcc | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 11 | June 11 | @ Phoenix | L 80–93 | Paige Bueckers (35) | DiJonai Carrington (8) | Bueckers, Carrington, Ogunbowale (4) | PHX Arena13,001 | 1–10 |- bgcolor=#fcc | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 12 | June 13 | @ Las Vegas | L 84–88 | Arike Ogunbowale (26) | DiJonai Carrington (8) | Arike Ogunbowale (8) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,428 | 1–11 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 13 | June 17 | Golden State | W 80–71 | Paige Bueckers (20) | NaLyssa Smith (10) | Arike Ogunbowale (6) | College Park Center6,061 | 2–11 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 14 | June 20 | @ Connecticut | W 86–83 | Paige Bueckers (21) | Carrington, Yueru (9) | Paige Bueckers (7) | Mohegan Sun Arena8,910 | 3–11 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 15 | June 22 | @ Washington | L 88–91 (OT) | Arike Ogunbowale (27) | Bueckers, Smith (9) | Paige Bueckers (7) | CareFirst Arena4,200 | 3–12 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 16 | June 24 | Atlanta | W 68–55 | Arike Ogunbowale (21) | Li Yueru (15) | Bueckers, Ogunbowale (4) | College Park Center6,251 | 4–12 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 17 | June 27 | Indiana | L 86–94 | Paige Bueckers (27) | NaLyssa Smith (10) | Paige Bueckers (6) | American Airlines Center20,409 | 4–13 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 18 | June 28 | Washington | W 79–71 | James, Quinerly (15) | Jones, Smith (7) | Myisha Hines-Allen (5) | College Park Center6,006 | 5–13
|- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 19 | July 3 | Phoenix | W 98–89 | Aziaha James (28) | Li Yueru (7) | JJ Quinerly (7) | College Park Center6,162 | 6–13 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 20 | July 7 | @ Phoenix | L 72–102 | JJ Quinerly (18) | Teaira McCowan (10) | JJ Quinerly (5) | PHX Arena11,932 | 6–14 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 21 | July 9 | @ Chicago | L 76–87 | Li Yueru (18) | Li Yueru (10) | JJ Quinerly (5) | Wintrust Arena9,025 | 6–15 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 22 | July 13 | @ Indiana | L 83–102 | Paige Bueckers (21) | Geiselsöder, Hines-Allen (7) | Bueckers, Ogunbowale, Quinerly (4) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 6–16 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 23 | July 16 | Las Vegas | L 86–90 | Paige Bueckers (20) | Li Yueru (8) | Paige Bueckers (8) | College Park Center6,153 | 6–17 |- align=center |colspan=9 bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Game |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 24 | July 22 | @ Seattle | W 87–63 | Arike Ogunbowale (20) | Li Yueru (10) | Bueckers, Jones (6) | Climate Pledge Arena12,500 | 7–17 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 25 | July 25 | @ Golden State | L 76–86 | Paige Bueckers (17) | Luisa Geiselsöder (9) | Paige Bueckers (6) | Chase Center18,024 | 7–18 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 26 | July 27 | Las Vegas | L 80–106 | Arike Ogunbowale (18) | Teaira McCowan (13) | JJ Quinerly (5) | College Park Center6,251 | 7–19 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 27 | July 28 | New York | W 92–82 | Bueckers, Ogunbowale (20) | DiJonai Carrington (9) | Arike Ogunbowale (14) | College Park Center6,018 | 8–19 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 28 | July 30 | Atlanta | L 85–88 | Paige Bueckers (21) | Geiselsöder, Hines-Allen (4) | Paige Bueckers (7) | College Park Center5,228 | 8–20
|- bgcolor=#fcc | 29 | August 1 | Indiana | L 78–88 | Paige Bueckers (22) | Geiselsöder, Hines-Allen (5) | Arike Ogunbowale (5) | American Airlines Center17,857 | 8–21 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 30 | August 5 | @ New York | L 76–85 | Paige Bueckers (21) | Luisa Geiselsöder (10) | Berger, Bueckers, Geiselsöder, Ogunbowale (4) | Barclays Center17,306 | 8–22 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 31 | August 8 | New York