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Kelsey Plum traded to Phoenix Mercury as Sparks receive two picks and a roster player for 23.9-point scorer

8/2/2026

23.9 points per game through 12 games, a career high and the WNBA's scoring lead at its peak this season, set Kelsey Plum's price at the summer deadline.

The Los Angeles Sparks traded the five-time All-Star guard to the Phoenix Mercury on Saturday night in exchange for Monique Akoa Makani, a 2027 first-round pick, and a 2028 second-round pick, hours before Sunday's WNBA trade deadline.

The move is only the fourth time in league history that an All-Star has been traded mid-season. The cost of the Sparks' gamble Los Angeles first acquired Plum before the 2025 season by trading the No.

Seattle took Dominique Malonga with that selection. Malonga became an All-Star in her second season. The turnaround Los Angeles expected, built around Cameron Brink and Rickea Jackson, did not arrive.