The Minnesota Lynx waived their 2024 first-round pick, Alissa Pili, on Saturday afternoon, less than 500 days after she was drafted. Pili was selected by Minnesota with the eighth overall pick in 2024. They notably opted to trade out of the seventh pick in that year's draft, which became current Chicago Sky All-Star forward Angel Reese.

CHICAGO - The Lynx waived forward Alissa Pili on Saturday, just ahead of the WNBA’s July 13 cutdown deadline — the date when nonguaranteed contracts become fully guaranteed for the season. Pili, the No.

The WNBA schedule for Saturday, July 12 gets started in Chicago where the Minnesota Lynx are visiting the Chicago Sky at Wintrust Arena.

Collier went off as well, dropping a team-high 26 points with eight boards, five assists, three steals, and three blocks, but in the end, Reese and Co. secured a wire-to-wire victory, 87-81, to hand Minnesota just its fourth loss of the season.

The WNBA is back on Thursday afternoon when the red-hot Minnesota Lynx (17–3) take on the struggling Los Angeles Sparks (6–13) at Crypto.com Arena.

With Kamilla Cardoso back on the roster, the Sky were aggressive from the get-go, taking a 4-0 lead in less than a minute of the first quarter. The Sky had a 15-24 lead, but the Lynx cut the lead to 23-29 after the first quarter.

Angel Reese Makes WNBA History Against Lynx originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

Saturday's WNBA game airs on ABC at 1 p.m. ET with streaming available as the league-leading Lynx face the Sky.

Phoenix will try to put an end to Minnesota's three-game winning streak as it looks to build some momentum of its own. The Mercury are not too far behind the Lynx in the Western Conference standings with a 13-6 record, and a win today would help tremendously in cutting the four-game gap between the two.

After leading the Minnesota Lynx to a league-best 17–2 record, coach Cheryl Reeve called out the WNBA for giving her team just two All-Star selections—Napheesa Collier and Courtney Williams—while lower-seeded squads like Indiana and Seattle got three.