During a media availability for Unrivaled, Mercury guard Natasha Cloud revealed her recruiting efforts to Satou Sabally.

Days before the WNBA free agency period opened, Dallas Wings forward Satou Sabally made an announcement that the Phoenix Mercury enjoyed. Sabally announced she won’t return to the Wings before the 2025 season.

During the new league's Thursday media availability, the Phoenix Mercury's Natasha Cloud called Unrivaled “the best place" to recruit for WNBA free agents, namely the Dallas Wings' two-time All-Star Satou Sabally. Cloud, Phoenix's starting point guard ...

Cloud’s public recruiting pitch comes at a pivotal time. Remember that although Sabally is poised to enter free agency, she isn’t entirely free to leave Dallas just yet. Under the WNBA’s core designation, Dallas retains exclusive negotiating rights with her. The Wings recently officially extended a core qualifying offer to Sabally.

Satou Sabally is among the 36 WNBA stars who decided to give the 3x3 basketball league 'Unrivaled' a try and she may be glad that she did.

Satou Sabally is part of the WNBA stars competing in Unrivaled, amid the free agency period. After she confirmed her desire to change teams, a Mercury star is trying to "recruit" her.

With Satou Sabally set to join a new team for the 2025 WNBA season, Sabrina Ionescu and Natasha Cloud began recruiting the German forward.

Oct 16, 2024; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; New York Liberty forward Breanna Stewart (30) shoots against the Minnesota Lynx during the second half of game three of the 2024 WNBA Finals at Target Center. Mandatory Credit: Matt Krohn-Imagn Images

As some of the biggest WNBA stars are competing in Unrivaled amid free agency, there’s a lot of speculation surrounding market movements. In that scenario, a Phoenix Mercury veteran will listen to offers for the first time.

With the WNBA exploding in popularity and a new TV deal bringing more revenue, the expectation is that salaries will jump in 2026 and most free agents will sign one-year contracts to get back onto the market next offseason.

Phoenix Mercury guard Natasha Cloud has been busy with the inaugural season of the Unrivaled League, playing for Phantom BC in the 3-on-3 professional women’s basketball league, but hasn’t been distracted enough to forget about what’s about to happen in the WNBA.

WNBA free agency has opened and a three-team trade sending Jewell Loyd to Las Vegas and Kelsey Plum to Los Angeles has started the wheels spinning.