2024 Dallas Wings season explained

The 2024 Dallas Wings season is the franchise's 27th season in the Women's National Basketball Association and the 9th season for the franchise in Dallas - after relocating from Tulsa and Detroit. This is the second season under head coach Latricia Trammell. The regular season tipped off on May 15, 2024, at home versus the Chicago Sky.^[1]

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2024 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	5	Jacy Sheldon		Ohio State
1	9	Carla Leite
3	33	Ashley Owusu		Penn State

Transactions

Date	Transaction
January 11, 2024	Extended a Qualifying Offer to Satou Sabally[2]
January 22, 2024	Suspended the contract of Awak Kuier for the 2024 season[3]
February 1, 2024	Re-signed Kalani Brown[4]
	Re-signed Satou Sabally[5]
February 6, 2024	Signed Stephanie Soares[6]
February 12, 2024	Signed Emma Cannon[7]
February 18, 2024	Renounced the rights to Kitija Laksa
February 20, 2024	Signed Jaelyn Brown and Katrina Pardee to Training Camp Contracts[8]
February 23, 2024	Signed Sevgi Uzun to Training Camp Contract[9]
April 18, 2024	Signed Jacy Sheldon and Ashley Owusu to Rookie Contracts
May 4, 2024	Traded Crystal Dangerfield to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for a 2025 3rd Round Pick[10]
	Waived Emma Cannon
May 5, 2024	Waived Ashley Owusu
May 9, 2024	Waived Katrina Pardee
May 12, 2024	Waived Veronica Burton[11]
May 17, 2024	Signed Monique Billings to a hardship contract[12]
June 19, 2024	Signed Morgan Bertsch to a hardship contract[13]
June 25, 2024	Released Morgan Bertsch, and signed Odyssey Sims to a hardship contract[14]
August 14, 2024	Released Monique Billings and Odyssey Sims from hardship contracts[15]

Roster changes

Additions

Personnel	Signed/Trade	Former Team
Morgan Bertsch	Signed	Phoenix Mercury
Emma Cannon	Signed	Indiana Fever
Ashley Owusu	Draft	Penn State
Lou Lopez Sénéchal	Return from injury	—
Jacy Sheldon	Draft	Ohio State
Odyssey Sims	Signed	–
Stephanie Soares	Return from injury	—
Sevgi Uzun	Signed	Free Agent

Subtractions

Personnel	Reason	New Team
Morgan Bertsch	Released	—
Veronica Burton	Waived	Connecticut Sun
Emma Cannon	Waived	Las Vegas Aces
Diamond DeShields	Free Agency	Chicago Sky
Crystal Dangerfield	Trade	Atlanta Dream
Awak Kuier	Contract Suspended	—
Ashley Owusu	Waived	–

Roster

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
	PG	Sevgi Uzun
	SG	Jacy Sheldon	Lou Lopez Sénéchal Jaelyn Brown
	SF	Arike Ogunbowale	Satou Sabally Maddy Siegrist Stephanie Soares
	PF	Natasha Howard	Monique Billings
	C	Teaira McCowan	Kalani Brown

Schedule

Pre-season

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 1| May 3| Indiana| W 76–79| Jaelyn Brown (21)| Teaira McCowan (10)| Howard
Ogunbowale
Uzun (3)| College Park Center
6,251| 1–0

Regular season

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 1| May 15| Chicago| W 87–79| Arike Ogunbowale (25)| Howard
McCowan
(13)| Arike Ogunbowale (7)| College Park Center
6,251| 1–0|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| May 18| Chicago| L 74–83| Arike Ogunbowale (35)| Brown
Soares
(9)| Sevgi Uzun (6)| College Park Center
6,251| 1–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 3| May 21| @ Atlanta| L 78–83| Arike Ogunbowale (24)| Teaira McCowan (14)| Sevgi Uzun (8)| Gateway Center Arena
3,265| 1–2|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 4| May 25| @ Phoenix| W 107–92| Arike Ogunbowale (40)| Maddy Siegrist (9)| Teaira McCowan (5)| Footprint Center
8,339| 2–2|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 5| May 26| @ Los Angeles| W 84–83| Arike Ogunbowale (20)| Monique Billings (12)| Sevgi Uzun (8)| Crypto.com Arena
10,340| 3–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 6| May 31| @ Connecticut| L 72–74| Arike Ogunbowale (21)| Teaira McCowan (7)| Arike Ogunbowale (7)| Mohegan Sun Arena
7,638| 3–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 7| June 2| @ Minnesota| L 76–87| Arike Ogunbowale (21)| Monique Billings (15)| Arike Ogunbowale (6)| Target Center
7,024| 3–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8| June 5| Las Vegas| L 81–95| Arike Ogunbowale (31)| Teaira McCowan (15)| Arike Ogunbowale (7)| College Park Center
6,251| 3–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 9| June 7| @ Los Angeles| L 72–81| Arike Ogunbowale (22)| Monique Billings (12)| Arike Ogunbowale (4)| Crypto.com Arena
10,123| 3–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 10| June 9| Phoenix| L 90–97 (OT)| Arike Ogunbowale (25)| Monique Billings (11)| Arike Ogunbowale (10)| College Park Center
5,568| 3–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 11| June 13| Seattle| L 84–92| Arike Ogunbowale (24)| Teaira McCowan (10)| Ogunbowale, Uzun (5)| College Park Center
5,568| 3–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 12| June 15| Connecticut| L 67–85| McCowan, Siegrist (16)| Teaira McCowan (10)| Arike Ogunbowale (5)| College Park Center
5,977| 3–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 13| June 17| @ Minnesota| L 78–90| Siegrist, Uzun (17)| Monique Billings (10)| Monique Billings (9)| Target Center
8,314| 3–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 14| June 20| @ Chicago| L 72–83| Arike Ogunbowale (31)| Monique Billings (9)| Sevgi Uzun (6)| Wintrust Arena
9,025| 3–11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 15| June 22| rowspan=2| @ Washington| L 69–97| Natasha Howard (19)| Arike Ogunbowale (7)| Sevgi Uzun (5)| rowspan=2| Entertainment and Sports Arena
4,200| 3–12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 16| June 23| L 84–92| Natasha Howard (26)| Monique Billings (14)| Sevgi Uzun (7)| 3-13|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 17| June 27| Minnesota| W 94–88| Arike Ogunbowale (23)| Teaira McCowan (12)| Arike Ogunbowale (9)| College Park Center
6,251| 4–13|- style="background:#fcc;"| 18| June 29| @ Seattle| L 76–97| Arike Ogunbowale (24)| Natasha Howard (7)| Natasha Howard (5)| Climate Pledge Arena
9,080| 4–14|- style="background:#fcc;"| 19| July 1| @ Seattle| L 71–95| Arike Ogunbowale (21)| Howard, Ogunbowale (6)| Odyssey Sims (6)| Climate Pledge Arena
7,202| 4–15|- style="background:#fcc;"| 20| July 3| Phoenix| L 96–104| Natasha Howard (36)| Natasha Howard (11)| Odyssey Sims (6)| College Park Center
6,129| 4–16|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 21| July 5| Atlanta| W 85–82| Arike Ogunbowale (19)| Teaira McCowan (11)| Odyssey Sims (7)| College Park Center
5,872| 5–16|- style="background:#fcc;"| 22| July 7| @ Las Vegas| L 85–104| Odyssey Sims (25)| Natasha Howard (8)| Odyssey Sims (5)| Michelob Ultra Arena
10,369| 5–17|- style="background:#fcc;"| 23| July 10| @ Phoenix| L 84–100| Howard, Sims (19)| Teaira McCowan (10)| Arike Ogunbowale (13)| Footprint Center
11,601| 5–18|- style="background:#fcc;"| 24| July 13| Los Angeles| L 81–87| Odyssey Sims (23)| Natasha Howard (7)| Odyssey Sims (5)| College Park Center
6,251| 5–19|- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 25| July 17| Indiana| W 101–93| Ogunbowale, Sims (24)| Howard, Ogunbowale (7)| Odyssey Sims (9)| College Park Center
6,251| 6–19|- style="background:#fcc;"| 26| August 16| Connecticut| L 91–109| Arike Ogunbowale (21)| Natasha Howard (11)| Satou Sabally (7)| College Park Center
6,191| 6–20|- style="background:#fcc;"| 27| August 20| @ New York| L 74–94| Satou Sabally (24)| Natasha Howard (9)| Jacy Sheldon (7)| Barclays Center
11,455| 6–21|- | 28| August 22| @ New York| | | | | Barclays Center
| |-| 29| August 25| Los Angeles| | | | | College Park Center
| |- | 30| August 27| Las Vegas| | | | | College Park Center
| |- | 31| August 30| Minnesota| | | | | College Park Center
| |- | 32| September 1| Indiana| | | | | College Park Center
| |- | 33| September 3| Washington| | | | | College Park Center
| |- | 34| September 6| @ Atlanta| | | | | Gateway Center Arena
| |- | 35| September 8| @ Chicago| | | | | Wintrust Arena
| |- | 36| September 10| New York| | | | | College Park Center
| |- | 37| September 12| New York| | | | | College Park Center
| |- | 38| September 13| Seattle| | | | | College Park Center
| |- | 39| September 15| @ Indiana| | | | | Gainbridge Fieldhouse
| |- | 40| September 19| @ Las Vegas| | | | | Michelob Ultra Arena
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Statistics

Regular season

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

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Arike Ogunbowale	WNBA All-Star	July 2, 2024	[16]
	All-Star Game MVP	July 20, 2024	[17]

External links

• Official website of the Dallas Wings

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2024 Schedule - Dallas Wings. wings.wnba.com. WNBA. February 20, 2024.
2. Web site: WNBA Transactions . acrossthetimeline.com . Across the Timeline . 20 April 2024.
3. Web site: Awak Kuier to forgo 2024 WNBA season. wings.wnba.com. WNBA. January 22, 2024. February 20, 2024.
4. Web site: Kalani Brown Re-Signs With Dallas Wings. wings.wnba.com. WNBA. February 1, 2024. February 20, 2024.
5. Web site: Satou Sabally re-signs with Dallas Wings after breakout season. apnews.com. Associated Press. February 1, 2024. February 20, 2024.
6. Web site: Dallas Wings Sign Stephanie Soares. wings.wnba.com. WNBA. February 6, 2024. February 20, 2024.
7. Web site: Dallas Wings Sign Emma Cannon. wings.wnba.com. WNBA. February 12, 2024. February 20, 2024.
8. Web site: Dallas Wings Sign Jaelyn Brown, Katrina Pardee To Training Camp Contracts. wings.wnba.com. WNBA. February 20, 2024. February 20, 2024.
9. Web site: Dallas Wings Sign Sevgi Uzun To Training Camp Contract. wings.wnba.com. WNBA. February 23, 2024. February 23, 2024.
10. Web site: Dallas Wings Announce Roster Transaction . wings.wnba.com . WNBA . 4 May 2024.
11. Web site: Dallas Wings Waive Veronica Burton . wings.wnba.com. WNBA. May 12, 2024 . May 12, 2024.
12. Web site: Natasha Howard Suffers Foot Injury. wings.wnba.com. WNBA. May 17, 2024 . May 19, 2024.
13. Web site: Maddy Siegrist Suffers Broken Finger. wings.wnba.com. WNBA. June 19, 2024. June 19, 2024.
14. Web site: Dallas Wings Sign Odyssey Sims. wings.wnba.com. WNBA. June 25, 2024. June 25, 2024.
15. Web site: Sabally, Siegrist and Brown Scheduled To Return To Dallas Wings Lineup. wings.wnba.com. WNBA. August 14, 2024. August 14, 2024.
16. Rosters Set for AT&T WNBA All-Star 2024 on July 20 . WNBA . July 2, 2024.
17. News: Doug . Feinberg . Arike Ogunbowale and Caitlin Clark lead WNBA All-Stars to 117-109 win over U.S. Olympic team . . July 20, 2024.