We have a free agent signing to report by way of the New York Liberty…….
No – it may not have been Tina Charles, the Libs all-time scorer, but it is still a big one for Walt Hopkins and Jonathan Kolb as the team looks to its Brooklyn future.
The Liberty, that up until this signing were eerily silent this free agent period sans the Layshia Clarendon signing, re-upped with Marine Johannes by virtue of a multi-year deal.
Johannes is only 25 years old and has could be a potent scorer in the future for New York. She dropped a career-high 22 points in a game last season against the Washington Mystics.
Libs fam, @MarineJ5 is back! The French guard resigned to a multi-year contract in 🗽! Full details at https://t.co/0wk4D1OluJ pic.twitter.com/LpLdm6fDkD
— New York Liberty (@nyliberty) February 24, 2020
Libs re-signing Marine Johannés is the best news. She’s so slept on. She is NICEEEE y’all. Period. Crafty and endless potential. Literally a walking highlight reel.
— Arielle (Ari) Chambers (@ariivory) February 24, 2020
Very happy that it looks like Marine Johannés is going to show up to play in the #WNBA again. Talented, exciting player and the league can always use more of them. Of course, you could argue that NY’s four most talented prospects are all natural 2-guards… #WNBAFreeAgency
— Richard Cohen (@RichardCohen1) February 24, 2020
This day in free agency could be colored black and seafoam/statue green. Not only because of the Johannes signing, but because of a couple of other signings throughout the WNBA involving players whose names could be familiar to Lib Loyals.
We did not see Kia Vaughn in the WNBA last year because she spent the 2019 year in Turkey. Vaughn (of The Bronx) who had a pair of stints with Gotham’s team will head west and south to join Arizona’s team as she has signed with the Phoenix Mercury.
10-year vet Kia Vaughn returns to the WNBA this season and has signed with the @PhoenixMercury. pic.twitter.com/3CvHbo9qN9
— Lyndsey D’Arcangelo (@darcangel21) February 24, 2020
10-year vet Kia Vaughn returns to the WNBA this season and has signed with the @PhoenixMercury. pic.twitter.com/3CvHbo9qN9
— Lyndsey D’Arcangelo (@darcangel21) February 24, 2020
The Phoenix Mercury signed veteran post Kia Vaughn, who was an unrestricted free agent. According to the team’s press release, Vaughn’s signing “rounded out” the Mercury’s roster overhaul.
— Josh Weinfuss (@joshweinfuss) February 24, 2020
Another Liberty alum was on the move as well when the Seattle Storm signed Epiphanny Prince. And – fittingly – she joins fellow Libs alum Shavonte Zellous in the Emerald City.
🚨 𝙊𝙁𝙁𝙄𝘾𝙄𝘼𝙇 🚨
Welcome to Seattle, @Piphdagreat10 💪#StrongerThanEver
More info ⤵️https://t.co/X7A3t5ks8K pic.twitter.com/rWv5Tzge5i
— Seattle Storm (@seattlestorm) February 24, 2020
And as the Storm said hello to Prince, the team also said goodbye to another one of its players as the Connecticut Sun signed Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis in what continues an active (to say the least) free agency period for Curt Miller in the Constitution State.
A familiar face returns to Connecticut!
“@kaleena_23 is one of the outstanding shooters in our game and will provide an important spark to our offense.” – Coach Miller
Read more: https://t.co/x2vMgaD6fn pic.twitter.com/mN51fIg0mr
— Connecticut Sun (@ConnecticutSun) February 24, 2020
Mosqueda-Lewis is very familiar with New England having played previously for UConn.
Get ready for the ☀️ to shine thru ALL the rain @kaleena_23 is about to bring!
☀️💦👌 pic.twitter.com/gvcGY4i5yR
— Connecticut Sun (@ConnecticutSun) February 25, 2020
