2024 Washington Mystics season

2024 Washington Mystics season
2024 Washington Mystics season
Coach	Eric Thibault
Arena	Entertainment and Sports Arena
Attendance	per game
Results
Record	0–3 (.000)
Place	0th (Eastern)
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The 2024 Washington Mystics season will be the franchise's 27th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and their second season under head coach Eric Thibault.

The season will tip off on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at home against the New York Liberty.^[1]

Transactions edit

WNBA draft edit

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	6	Aaliyah Edwards	Canada	UConn
2	21	Kaylynne Truong	United States	Gonzaga
3	30	Nastja Claessens	Belgium	Castors Braine (Belgium)

Transactions edit

Date	Transaction
January 11, 2024	Extended a Qualifying Offer to Li Meng^[2]
January 13, 2024	Cored Elena Delle Donne^[2]
February 1, 2024	Signed Karlie Samuelson^[3]
	Signed Elissa Cunane to a Training Camp Contract^[4]
	Signed Emily Engstler to a Training Camp Contract^[5]
	Signed DiDi Richards to a Training Camp Contract^[6]
	Signed Julie Vanloo to a Training Camp Contract^[7]
March 12, 2024	Signed Stefanie Dolson^[8]^[9]
April 17, 2024	Signed Kaylynne Truong, Honesty Scott-Grayson, and Jakia Brown-Turner to Rookie Contracts^[2]
April 18, 2024	Signed Aaliyah Edwards to a Rookie Contract^[2]
April 24, 2024	Exercised Team Option on Shakira Austin^[10]
May 7, 2024	Acquired Bernadett Határ from the Connecticut Sun and the Sun's second round 2025 draft pick in exchange for Queen Egbo^[11]
May 9, 2024	Waived Honesty Scott-Grayson^[12]
May 11, 2024	Acquired Jade Melbourne from Seattle Storm in exchange for third round 2025 draft pick
May 12, 2024	Waived Jakia Brown-Turner, Elissa Cunane, and Kaylynne Truong

Roster Changes edit

Additions edit

Personnel	Signed/Trade	Former Team
Stefanie Dolson	Signed	New York Liberty
Aaliyah Edwards	Draft	Connecticut
Emily Engstler	Signed	Minnesota Lynx
Bernadett Határ	Trade	Connecticut Sun
Jade Melbourne	Trade	Seattle Storm
DiDi Richards	Signed	—
Karlie Samuelson	Signed	Los Angeles Sparks
Julie Vanloo	Signed	—

Subtractions edit

Personnel	Reason	New Team
Natasha Cloud	Free Agency	Phoenix Mercury
Elena Delle Donne	Contract Suspended	—
Queen Egbo	Trade	Connecticut Sun
Tianna Hawkins	Free Agency	—
Li Meng	Free Agency	—
Kristi Toliver	Retirement

Roster edit

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From	Yrs
G	7	Atkins, Ariel	5' 8" (1.73m)	167 lb (76kg)	1996-07-30	Texas	6
F/C	0	Austin, Shakira	6' 5" (1.96m)	190 lb (86kg)	2000-07-25	Mississippi	2
C	31	Dolson, Stefanie	6' 5" (1.96m)	235 lb (107kg)	1992-01-08	Connecticut	10
F	24	Edwards, Aaliyah	6' 3" (1.91m)		2002-07-09	Connecticut	R
F	21	Engstler, Emily	6' 1" (1.85m)	180 lb (82kg)	2000-05-01	Louisville	2
F	2	Hines-Allen, Myisha	6' 1" (1.85m)	200 lb (91kg)	1996-05-30	Louisville	6
G	6	Melbourne, Jade	5' 11" (1.8m)	145 lb (66kg)	2022-08-18	Australia	1
G/F	12	Richards, DiDi	6' 2" (1.88m)	164 lb (74kg)	1999-02-08	Baylor	2
G	44	Samuelson, Karlie	6' 0" (1.83m)	160 lb (73kg)	1995-05-10	Stanford	5
G	15	Sykes, Brittney	5' 9" (1.75m)	154 lb (70kg)	1994-02-07	Syracuse	7
G	35	Vanloo, Julie	5' 8" (1.73m)		1993-02-10	Belgium	R
G	32	Walker-Kimbrough, Shatori	5' 9" (1.75m)	140 lb (64kg)	1995-05-18	Maryland	7

Head coach: Eric Thibault (Missouri)
Assistant coaches: LaToya Sanders (North Carolina); Shelley Patterson (Washington State); Ashlee McGee (Austin Peay)
Athletic trainer: Christina Kennedy

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

WNBA roster page

East: ATL; CHI; CON; IND; NY; WAS
West: DAL; LV; LA; MIN; PHO; SEA

Depth edit

Pos.	Starter	Bench
PG	Brittney Sykes	Julie Vanloo Jade Melbourne
SG	Ariel Atkins	Didi Richards
SF	Karlie Samuelson	Shatori Walker-Kimbrough
PF	Shakira Austin	Aaliyah Edwards Emily Engstler
C	Stefanie Dolson	Myisha Hines-Allen

Schedule edit

Preseason edit

2024 pre-season game log
Total: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)

May: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	May 4	@ Atlanta	L 84–87	Myisha Hines-Allen (13)	Edwards Egbo Hines-Allen (4)	Julie Vanloo (8)	Gateway Center Arena	0–1
2	May 8	Minnesota	L 77–83	Ariel Atkins (20)	Myisha Hines-Allen (6)	Julie Vanloo (6)	Entertainment and Sports Arena 4,112	0–2

2024 pre-season schedule

Regular season edit

2024 game log
Total: 0–3 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–1)

May: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	May 14	New York	L 80–85	Ariel Atkins (20)	Brittney Sykes (10)	Brittney Sykes (7)	Entertainment and Sports Arena 4,200	0–1
2	May 17	@ Connecticut	L 77–84	Karlie Samuelson (18)	Shakira Austin (9)	Julie Vanloo (8)	Mohegan Sun Arena 6,874	0–2
3	May 19	Seattle	L 75–84	Ariel Atkins (19)	Aaliyah Edwards (11)	Julie Vanloo (5)	Entertainment and Sports Arena 4,200	0–3
4	May 21	@ Los Angeles					Walter Pyramid
5	May 23	@ Phoenix					Footprint Center
6	May 25	@ Seattle					Climate Pledge Arena
7	May 29	Atlanta					Entertainment and Sports Arena
8	May 31	@ New York					Barclays Center

June : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
9	June 4	@ Connecticut	Mohegan Sun Arena
10	June 6	Chicago	Entertainment and Sports Arena
11	June 7	Indiana	Capital One Arena
12	June 9	@ New York	Barclays Center
13	June 11	@ Atlanta	Gateway Center Arena
14	June 14	Chicago	Entertainment and Sports Arena
15	June 19	@ Indiana	Gainbridge Fieldhouse
16	June 22	Dallas	Entertainment and Sports Arena
17	June 23	Dallas	Entertainment and Sports Arena
18	June 27	Connecticut	Entertainment and Sports Arena
19	June 29	Las Vegas	Entertainment and Sports Arena

July : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
20	July 2	@ Los Angeles	Crypto.com Arena
21	July 4	@ Las Vegas	Michelob Ultra Arena
22	July 6	@ Minnesota	Target Center
23	July 10	@ Indiana	Gainbridge Fieldhouse
24	July 14	Las Vegas	Entertainment and Sports Arena
25	July 16	Phoenix	Entertainment and Sports Arena

August : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
26	August 15	@ Minnesota	Target Center
27	August 17	Minnesota	Entertainment and Sports Arena
28	August 20	Seattle	Entertainment and Sports Arena
29	August 23	Los Angeles	Entertainment and Sports Arena
30	August 26	@ Seattle	Climate Pledge Arena
31	August 28	@ Chicago	Wintrust Arena
32	August 31	Connecticut	Entertainment and Sports Arena

September : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
33	September 3	@ Dallas	College Park Center
34	September 5	@ Phoenix	Footprint Center
35	September 8	Minnesota	Entertainment and Sports Arena
36	September 11	@ Chicago	Wintrust Arena
37	September 13	@ Atlanta	Gateway Center Arena
38	September 15	Atlanta	Entertainment and Sports Arena
39	September 17	New York	Entertainment and Sports Arena
40	September 19	Indiana	Entertainment and Sports Arena

2024 season schedule

Standings edit

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Conf.	Home	Road	Cup
1	New York Liberty	3	0	1.000	—	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–0
2	Las Vegas Aces	2	0	1.000	0.5	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–0
3	Connecticut Sun	2	0	1.000	0.5	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–0
4	Minnesota Lynx	2	0	1.000	0.5	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0
5	Phoenix Mercury	1	1	.500	1.5	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–0
6	Chicago Sky	1	1	.500	1.5	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0
7	Dallas Wings	1	1	.500	1.5	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0
8	Atlanta Dream	1	1	.500	1.5	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0
9	Seattle Storm	1	2	.333	2	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–0
10	Los Angeles Sparks	0	2	.000	2.5	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0
11	Washington Mystics	0	3	.000	3	0–2	0–2	0–1	0–0
12	Indiana Fever	0	3	.000	3	0–3	0–1	0–2	0–0

Notes

(#) – League Standing

x – Clinched playoff berth

e – Eliminated from playoff contention

Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings

Statistics edit

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Regular Season edit

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

^‡Waived/Released during the season
^†Traded during the season
^≠Acquired during the season

Awards and honors edit

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.

References edit

^ "2024 Schedule - Washington Mystics". mystics.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "WNBA Transaction". acrossthetimeline.com. Across the Timeline. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
^ "Mystics Sign Free Agent Karlie Samuelson". mystics.wnba.com. WNBA. February 1, 2024. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
^ "Mystics Sign Elissa Cunane to Training Camp Contract". mystics.wnba.com. WNBA. February 1, 2024. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
^ "Mystics Sign Emily Engstler to Training Camp Contract". mystics.wnba.com. WNBA. February 1, 2024. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
^ "Mystics Sign DiDi Richards to Training Camp Contract". mystics.wnba.com. WNBA. February 1, 2024. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
^ "Mystics Sign Julie Vanloo to Training Camp Contract". mystics.wnba.com. WNBA. February 1, 2024. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
^ Philippou, Alexa (2024-02-14). "Sources: Stefanie Dolson returning to Mystics on 2-year deal". ESPN. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
^ "Washington Mystics Sign WNBA Champion Stefanie Dolson". mystics.wnba.com. WNBA. March 12, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
^ @WashMystics (April 25, 2024). "🚨 We have exercised the fourth-year rookie option on Shakira Austin's contract. 🚨" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Connecticut Sun Acquires Queen Egbo". WNBA. May 7, 2024.
^ Lee, Albert (May 9, 2024). "Mystics waive Honesty Scott-Grayson". Bullets Forever. Vox Media, LLC.

External links edit

Official website of the Washington Mystics

[1] "2024 Schedule - Washington Mystics". mystics.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved March 5, 2024.

[ATT-2] "WNBA Transaction". acrossthetimeline.com. Across the Timeline. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

[3] "Mystics Sign Free Agent Karlie Samuelson". mystics.wnba.com. WNBA. February 1, 2024. Retrieved March 5, 2024.

[4] "Mystics Sign Elissa Cunane to Training Camp Contract". mystics.wnba.com. WNBA. February 1, 2024. Retrieved March 5, 2024.

[5] "Mystics Sign Emily Engstler to Training Camp Contract". mystics.wnba.com. WNBA. February 1, 2024. Retrieved March 5, 2024.

[6] "Mystics Sign DiDi Richards to Training Camp Contract". mystics.wnba.com. WNBA. February 1, 2024. Retrieved March 5, 2024.

[7] "Mystics Sign Julie Vanloo to Training Camp Contract". mystics.wnba.com. WNBA. February 1, 2024. Retrieved March 5, 2024.

[8] Philippou, Alexa (2024-02-14). "Sources: Stefanie Dolson returning to Mystics on 2-year deal". ESPN. Retrieved 2024-02-15.

[9] "Washington Mystics Sign WNBA Champion Stefanie Dolson". mystics.wnba.com. WNBA. March 12, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2024.

[10] @WashMystics (April 25, 2024). "🚨 We have exercised the fourth-year rookie option on Shakira Austin's contract. 🚨" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[11] "Connecticut Sun Acquires Queen Egbo". WNBA. May 7, 2024.

[12] Lee, Albert (May 9, 2024). "Mystics waive Honesty Scott-Grayson". Bullets Forever. Vox Media, LLC.

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