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Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images The Washington Mystics announced the re-signing of Natasha Cloud on Wednesday and Khristina Williams of Girls Talk Sports TV reported that the contract is for three years and that Cloud will be paid $190,000 in 2021. In addition to that news, Mystics center LaToya Sanders announced her retirement on Monday, the same day the team signed Theresa Plaisance to a training camp contract. “(I missed) this family,” Cloud said in a Zoom press conference on Wednesday. “This is a family here. This is not just an organization. “To not be able to go into work every d...

Photo by David Becker/NBAE via Getty Images Yesterday, the Washington Mystics announced that LaToya Sanders retired from the WNBA but will remain with Monumental Sports & Entertainment in a general player development capacity. The move was a surprise, and given that they also signed Theresa Plaisance yesterday, it’s always a good thing to take a step back and see where the team is after such moves. Here are three takeaways on where the Mystics are at this point. No. 1: The frontcourt rotation seems clearer. The Mystics’ frontcourt currently has Elena Delle Donne, Tina Charles, Myisha Hin...

Photo by Ned Dishman/NBAE via Getty Images We made it through one week of WNBA free agency signings. The Washington Mystics have made many moves in this time so let’s recap their journey below. The Mystics re-signed some of their key players like Tina Charles and LaToya Sanders. They also signed Alysha Clark who was a key part of last season’s Seattle Storm’s championship team and acquired Erica McCall in a sign-and-trade deal with the Minnesota Lynx. However, some of Washington’s unrestricted free agents have also signed elsewhere, largely due to cap space restrictions. Aerial Power...

Photo by Stephen Gosling/NBAE via Getty Images Today, the WNBA enters its free agency negotiation period. Teams can negotiate with any unrestricted free agents they would like, but they can’t sign contracts until Feb. 1. Earlier this month, teams could give qualifying offers and core players who would otherwise be unrestricted free agents. The Washington Mystics re-signed Sug Sutton, Jacki Gemelos and Stella Johnson this past week. But given the timing, they were all probably given those offers, a non-guaranteed training camp contract, as Gabe Ibrahim noted. The Mystics of course are looki...

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images The Washington Mystics are off and running in WNBA Free Agency. On Friday afternoon, the team announced that they re-signed Jacki Gemelos, Alecia “Sug” Sutton and Stella Johnson. While the moves were announced as signings, the players likely accepted reserved qualifying offers extended by the Mystics because the players are all reserved free agents. Gemelos, Johnson and Sutton are now on one-year, minimum salary training camp contracts that will not count against the salary cap unless the player makes the team. All three players were reserved due to h...