The 2025 Los Angeles Sparks was the franchise's 29th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and the first season under head coach Lynne Roberts.
In addition to their preseason match-up against Golden State on May 6, the Sparks also had a closed scrimmage versus Seattle on May 10 at Pauley Pavilion.
Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Club Outcome Ref. 1 9Sarah Ashlee BarkerG AlabamaSigned rookie contract on April 18Made opening day roster 2 21Sania Feagin FSouth CarolinaSigned rookie contract on April 16Made opening day roster 3 28Liatu KingNotre DameSigned rookie contract on April 17Waived on May 12Signed rest-of-season hardship contract on May 20Released on June 29
Transactions
Front office and coaching DateDetails Ref. November 19, 2024 Hired Lynne Roberts as head coach January 2, 2025 Hired Danielle Robinson as Manager of Basketball Integration and Scout Support January 18, 2025 Hired Nikki Blue and Zak Buncik as assistant coaches March 26, 2025 Hired Mike Neighbors as an assistant coach Hired Sed Everett as Director of Player Development Hired Deonte Henderson as an assistant player development coach April 24, 2025 Hired Danielle Robinson as an assistant coach July 22, 2025 Hired Latricia Trammell as special assistant to head coach
Trades February February 1(Three-team trade) 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 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 Sparks2025 No. 21 draft pick2027 second round draft pick To Seattle StormLexie Brown2025 No. 26 draft pick
Free agency Re-signed / activated Player Date Notes Ref. Julie Allemand January 1 Set as active July 1 Odyssey Sims February 2 One-year deal Masha Kliundikova February 13 Training camp contract Aari McDonald April 15
Additions Player Date Notes Former Team Ref. Emma Cannon February 2 Training camp contract Henan Phoenix Anneli Maley Perth Lynx Shaneice Swain February 5 Rookie contract(2023 draft pick – No. 14) Sydney Flames Mercedes Russell February 11 One-year deal Seattle Storm Alyssa Ustby April 15 Training camp contract North Carolina Tar Heels Sania Feagin April 16 Rookie contract(2025 draft pick – No. 21)South Carolina Gamecocks Liatu King April 17 Rookie contract(2025 draft pick – No. 28)Notre Dame Fighting Irish May 20 Rest of season hardship contract Free agent Sarah Ashlee Barker April 18 Rookie contract(2025 draft pick – No. 9) Alabama Crimson Tide Shey Peddy June 14 Rest of season hardship contract Athletes Unlimited Grace Berger June 17 Indiana Fever Julie Vanloo July 3 Awarded off waivers Golden State Valkyries Set as active Alissa Pili August 3 7-day contractFree agent August 10 August 17 August 24 Rest of season contract
Subtractions / unsigned Player Date Reason New Team Ref. Crystal Dangerfield — Free agency – unrestricted — Layshia Clarendon September 20, 2024 Retired N/A Stephanie Talbot December 6, 2024 Expansion draft Golden State Valkyries Zia Cooke February 1, 2025 Waived Seattle Storm Kia Nurse February 4, 2025 Free agency – unrestricted Chicago Sky Anneli Maley May 1, 2025 Waived — Alyssa Ustby — Liatu King May 12, 2025— June 29, 2025 Released — Masha Kliundikova May 14, 2025 Waived Minnesota Lynx Aari McDonald Indiana FeverShaneice Swain May 15, 2025— Julie Allemand June 10, 2025 Suspended contract – temporary N/A – retained rights Grace Berger June 20, 2025 Released Dallas Wings Shey Peddy July 2, 2025 Indiana Fever Odyssey Sims Waived Indiana Fever Mercedes Russell July 12, 2025 —
Roster
Depth chart Pos.StarterBench PG Kelsey Plum Julie Vanloo SG Julie Allemand Sarah Ashlee Barker SF Rickea Jackson Rae Burrell Alissa Pili PF Dearica Hamby Emma CannonSania Feagin C Azurá Stevens Cameron Brink
Schedule Preseason
|- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 1 | May 6 | @ Golden State | W 83–82 | Rickea Jackson (13) | Azurá Stevens (11) | Dearica Hamby (6) | Chase Center17,428 | 1–0
Regular season
|- style="background:#bbffbb" | 1 | May 16 | @ Golden State | W 84–67 | Kelsey Plum (37) | Dearica Hamby (10) | Plum, Sims (6) | Chase Center18,064 | 1–0 |- style="background:#fcc" | 2 | May 18 | Minnesota | L 75–83 | Azurá Stevens (21) | Dearica Hamby (10) | Kelsey Plum (5) | Crypto.com Arena11,170 | 1–1 |- style="background:#fcc" | 3 | May 21 | @ Phoenix | L 86–89 | Kelsey Plum (25) | Azurá Stevens (17) | Kelsey Plum (6) | PHX Arena8,024 | 1–2 |- style="background:#fcc" | 4 | May 23 | Golden State | L 72–83 | Dearica Hamby (25) | Azurá Stevens (10) | Sarah Ashlee Barker (4) | Crypto.com Arena10,857 | 1–3 |- style="background:#bbffbb" | 5 | May 25 | Chicago | W 91–78 | Kelsey Plum (28) | Azurá Stevens (8) | Kelsey Plum (8) | Crypto.com Arena11,422 | 2–3 |-style="background:#fcc" | 6 | May 27 | Atlanta | L 82–88 | Dearica Hamby (28) | Azurá Stevens (11) | Dearica Hamby (8) | Crypto.com Arena10,797 | 2–4 |-style="background:#fcc" | 7 | May 30 | @ Las Vegas | L 81–96 | Kelsey Plum (17) | Dearica Hamby (10) | Dearica Hamby (6) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,504 | 2–5
|- bgcolor=#fcc | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 8 | June 1 | Phoenix | L 80–85 | Odyssey Sims (32) | Dearica Hamby (8) | Julie Allemand (6) | Crypto.com Arena11,033 | 2–6 |- bgcolor=#cfc | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 9 | June 6 | @ Dallas | W 93–79 | Azurá Stevens (21) | Azurá Stevens (6) | Kelsey Plum (9) | College Park Center6,007 | 3–6 |- bgcolor=#fcc | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 10 | June 9 | Golden State | L 81–89 (OT) | Kelsey Plum (24) | Dearica Hamby (9) | Kelsey Plum (7) | Crypto.com Arena10,921 | 3–7 |- style="background:#cfc" | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 11 | June 11 | @ Las Vegas | W 97–89 | Rickea Jackson (30) | Azurá Stevens (10) | Dearica Hamby (7) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,417 | 4–7 |- style="background:#fcc" | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 12 | June 14 | @ Minnesota | L 77–101 | Kelsey Plum (20) | Dearica Hamby (12) | Kelsey Plum (4) | Target Center10,810 | 4–8 |- style="background:#fcc" | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 13 | June 17 | Seattle | L 67–98 | Rickea Jackson (17) | Azurá Stevens (10) | Hamby, Peddy (3) | Crypto.com Arena10,581 | 4–9 |- style="background:#fcc" | 14 | June 21 | @ Minnesota | L 66–82 | Kelsey Plum (15) | Azurá Stevens (9) | Kelsey Plum (4) | Target Center8,777 | 4–10 |- style="background:#fcc" | 15 | June 24 | @ Chicago | L 86–97 | Azurá Stevens (21) | Hamby, Stevens (7) | Hamby, Peddy, Plum (5) | Wintrust Arena8,004 | 4–11 |- style="background:#bbffbb" | 16 | June 26 | @ Indiana | W 85–75 | Azurá Stevens (23) | Hamby, Stevens (7) | Kelsey Plum (6) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 5–11 |- style="background:#fcc" | 17 | June 29 | Chicago | L 85–92 | Kelsey Plum (22) | Dearica Hamby (10) | Kelsey Plum (7) | Crypto.com Arena13,523 | 5–12
|- style="background:#fcc" | 18 | July 3 | @ New York | L 79–89 | Dearica Hamby (25) | Dearica Hamby (9) | Kelsey Plum (8) | Barclays Center15,956 | 5-13 |- style="background:#bbffbb" | 19 | July 5 | @ Indiana | W 89–87 | Azurá Stevens (21) | Azurá Stevens (12) | Allemand, Jackson (5) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 6-13 |- style="background:#fcc" | 20 | July 10 | Minnesota | L 82–91 | Kelsey Plum (17) | Azurá Stevens (10) | Kelsey Plum (12) | Crypto.com Arena18,199 | 6–14 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 21 | July 13 | Connecticut | W 92–86 | Kelsey Plum (23) | Azurá Stevens (11) | Julie Allemand (6) | Crypto.com Arena12,184 | 7–14 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 22 | July 15 | Washington | W 99–80 | Dearica Hamby (26) | Azurá Stevens (8) | Julie Allemand (10) | Crypto.com Arena10,787 | 8–14 |- align=center |colspan=9 bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Game |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 23 | July 22 | @ Washington | W 93–86 | Dearica Hamby (24) | Dearica Hamby (14) | Kelsey Plum (7) | CareFirst Arena4,200 | 9–14 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 24 | July 24 | @ Connecticut | W 101–86 | Kelsey Plum (30) | Dearica Hamby (11) | Kelsey Plum (6) | Mohegan Sun Arena7,375 | 10–14 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 25 | July 26 | @ New York | W 101–99 | Rickea Jackson (24) | Azurá Stevens (11) | Julie Allemand (10) | Barclays Center16,024 | 11–14 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 26 | July 29 | Las Vegas | L 74–89 | Kelsey Plum (22) | Azurá Stevens (8) | Kelsey Plum (8) | Crypto.com Arena12,449 | 11–15
|- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 27 | August 1 | @ Seattle | W 108–106 (2OT) | Rickea Jackson (27) | Dearica Hamby (13) | Kelsey Plum (7) | Climate Pledge Arena11,354 | 12–15 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 28 | August 5 | Indiana | W 100–91 | Jackson, Plum (25) | Julie Allemand (8) | Kelsey Plum (11) | Crypto.com Arena16,035 | 13–15 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 29 | August 7 | Connecticut | W 102–91 | Dearica Hamby (21) | Julie Allemand (10) | Julie Allemand (11) | Crypto.com Arena10,780 | 14–15 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 30 | August 9 | @ Golden State | L 59–72 | Dearica Hamby (15) | Jackson, Stevens (6) | Kelsey Plum (4) | Chase Center18,064 | 14–16 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 31 | August 10 | Seattle | W 94–91 | Kelsey Plum (20) | Azurá Stevens (8) | Julie Allemand (8) | Crypto.com Arena11,796 | 15–16 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 32 | August 12 | New York | L 97–105 | Kelsey Plum (26) | Dearica Hamby (8) | Julie Allemand (6) | Crypto.com Arena11,862 | 15–17 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 33 | August 15 | @ Dallas | W 97–96 | Kelsey Plum (28) | Dearica Hamby (10) | Julie Allemand (10) | College Park Center6,116 | 16–17 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 34 | August 17 | @ Washington | L 86–95 | Dearica Hamby (26) | Dearica Hamby (4) | Dearica Hamby (7) | CareFirst Arena4,200 | 16–18 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 35 | August 20 | Dallas | W 81–80 | Rickea Jackson (25) | Dearica Hamby (9) | Julie Allemand (8) | Crypto.com Arena13,598 | 17–18 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 36 | August 26 | Phoenix | L 84–92 | Dearica Hamby (25) | Dearica Hamby (8) | Julie Allemand (6) | Crypto.com Arena10,726 | 17–19 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 37 | August 29 | Indiana | L 75–76 | Azurá Stevens (17) | Dearica Hamby (7) | Azurá Stevens (5) | Crypto.com Arena15,419 | 17–20 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 38 | August 31 | Washington | W 81–78 | Dearica Hamby (20) | Hamby, Stevens (12) | Kelsey Plum (7) | Crypto.com Arena12,218 | 18–20
|- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 39 | September 1 | @ Seattle | W 91–85 | Dearica Hamby (27) | Dearica Hamby (11) | Kelsey Plum (7) | Climate Pledge Arena12,500 | 19–20 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 40 | September 3 | @ Atlanta | L 75–86 | Dearica Hamby (21) | Dearica Hamby (9) | Kelsey Plum (7) | Gateway Center Arena3,265 | 19–21 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 41 | September 5 | @ Atlanta | L 85–104 | Dearica Hamby (26) | Azurá Stevens (8) | Allemand, Hamby (5) | Gateway Center Arena3,314 | 19–22 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 42 | September 7 | Dallas | W 91–77 | Julie Allemand (21) | Azurá Stevens (11) | Allemand, Hamby (4) | Crypto.com Arena13,868 | 20–22 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 43 | September 9 | @ Phoenix | W 88–83 | Dearica Hamby (25) | Hamby, Stevens (9) | Hamby, Plum (5) | PHX Arena13,151 | 21–22 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 44 | September 11 | Las Vegas | L 75–103 | Barker, Hamby, Plum (15) | Azurá Stevens (12) | Kelsey Plum (8) | Crypto.com Arena13,484 | 21–23
Notes: Games highlighted in ██ represent Commissioner's Cup games.
Standings
Statistics
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Regular season