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Tina Charles has agreed to sign a one-year deal with the Connecticut Sun, according to ESPN’s Alexa Philippou.
Charles, an eight-time All-Star, two-time scoring champ, nine-time All-WNBA member, four-time All-Defensive team member and 2012 MVP, returns to play for the team that drafted her when she first broke into the league as the top pick in 2010. Charles spent the first four seasons of her career in Connecticut, where she claimed 2010 Rookie of the Year and earned two All-Star appearances.
Charles moved into the No. 2 spot on the WNBA all-time points leaderboard last year – ironically enough against the Phoenix Mercury and the owner of the No. 1 spot, Diana Taurasi. Charles (7,696) enters the 2025 season well behind Taurasi (10,646), but for a player who thought her WNBA career was finished, she had a standout 2024 campaign with the Dream.
Charles returned to the WNBA after sitting out the 2023 season following a stint in Seattle in 2022. Atlanta was the sixth franchise that Charles had played for, and she played in 39 of the team’s 40 games, averaging 14.9 points and 7.1 rebounds per game, while posting a 47eFG%.
Charles, 36, passed Sylvia Fowles last year as the all-time leader in rebounds in the WNBA, showing that she still has plenty left in the tank as her career winds down.
