What time is the WNBA trade deadline today? Latest news, rumors top targets to know for 2025

What time is the WNBA trade deadline today? Latest news, rumors & top targets to know for 2025 originally appeared on The Sporting News

With just over a month remaining in the 2025 WNBA season, teams’ final opportunity to improve their roster via trade will come at the deadline.

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The 2025 season is a major inflection point for the league, as over 100 players are set to become free agents, including 21 of the 24 players named to this year’s All-Star Game. As a lockout looms, contenders could go all-in for 2025 given the uncertainty that lies beyond.

Days ahead of the deadline, action got going as the Minnesota Lynx made a move to increase their chances of avenging last year’s Finals loss. Now, other contenders could follow suit.

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Here is everything to know about when the WNBA’s trade deadline falls in 2025.

What time is the WNBA trade deadline today?

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The 2025 WNBA trade deadline is set for 3 p.m. ET on Thursday, Aug. 7.

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Can WNBA teams trade after the deadline?

As in other professional leagues, WNBA teams cannot negotiate deals past the 3 p.m. deadline. News of trades sometimes comes in after the deadline has passed, but those deals were agreed upon before the buzzer.

To be approved by the league office, deals must be agreed upon by 3 p.m.

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Satou Sabally, Mercury: Eyebrows were raised when Sabally was benched for the second half of Phoenix’s loss to Atlanta. She then missed the Mercury’s next game for personal reasons, with an unknown timeline to return to the lineup. What lies next remains unknown.

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Aaliyah Edwards, Mystics: Edwards was mentioned in trade talks in early July, but nothing materialized. That could change as the deadline looms.

Myisha Hines-Allen, Wings: Hines-Allen is a seven-year veteran on a Wings team that could be major sellers at this deadline. The 2019 WNBA champion could be a valuable add for a contending team in need of a frontcourt boost.

Dallas Wings’ Arike Ogunbowale will not be made available at the deadline

Dallas might be parting ways with key players at the deadline, but Ogunbowale will not be one of them.

Triebwasser reports that the two-time All-Star Game MVP “was not and will not be shopped before the deadline.” Ogunbowale is one of many veterans who will enter free agency this offseason, but the Wings “are hopeful she will remain in Dallas long term.”

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Minnesota Lynx acquire DiJonai Carrington from Dallas Wings

Minnesota, owners of the league’s best record and defensive rating, adds a 2024 All-Defensive First Team selection in DiJonai Carrington.

The Lynx acquired Carrington in exchange for Diamond Miller, Karlie Samuelson, and a 2027 second-round pick. In a corresponding move, the Wings released center Teaira McCowan to stay under the league’s roster limit.