2025 Dallas Wings season
2025 Dallas Wings season | |
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Coach | Chris Koclanes |
Arena | College Park Center |
Attendance | per game |
Results | |
Record | 9–26 (.257) |
Place | 6th (Western) |
2026 season → |
The 2025 Dallas Wings season will be the franchise's 28th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, the 10th season for the franchise in Dallas - after relocating from Tulsa and Detroit, and the first season under head coach Chris Koclanes.
In May 2025, it was announced that Teaira McCowan and Luisa Geiselsöder would be participating in the 2025 FIBA Women’s Eurobasket competition, for Türkiye and Germany respectively, and would be temporarily suspended during their time playing in the tournament.[1] At the time of announcement, McCowan was expected to unavailable to play for the Wings from June 7–July 3, and Geiselsöder June 14–July 3.[1]
On June 10, the Wings announced that Tyasha Harris underwent an unspecified surgery on her left knee and would be out for the remainder of the 2025 season.[2] On June 16, they also announced Maddy Siegrist was diagnosed with a right anterolateral tibial plateau fracture that occurred during the Wings' June 11 game against the Phoenix Mercury.[3] They also announced that Siegrist's injury would not require surgery and anticipated she would to return to play later in the 2025 season.[4]
Draft
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Club | Outcome | Ref. |
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1 | 1 | Paige Bueckers | G | ![]() |
UConn | Signed rookie contract on April 22 Made opening day roster |
[5] |
1 | 12 | Aziaha James | NC State | Signed rookie contract on April 17 Made opening day roster |
[5] | ||
2 | 14 | Madison Scott | F | Ole Miss | Signed rookie contract on April 17 Waived on May 10 |
[6] | |
3 | 27 | JJ Quinerly | G | West Virginia | Signed rookie contract on April 17 Made opening day roster |
[5] | |
3 | 31 | Aaronette Vonleh | C | Baylor | Signed rookie contract on April 17 Waived on May 6 |
[7] |
Transactions
Front office and coaching
Date | Details | Ref. |
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October 18, 2024 | Fired head coach, Latricia Trammell | [8] |
November 8, 2024 | Hired Curt Miller as executive vice president and general manager (GM) | [9] |
Promoted Travis Charles to senior vice president of basketball operations and assistant GM | ||
Promoted Jasmine Thomas to vice president of basketball operations and assistant GM | ||
December 23, 2024 | Hired Chris Koclanes as head coach | [10] |
January 13, 2025 | Hired Camille Smith and Nola Henry as assistant coaches | [11] |
January 24, 2025 | Hired Lauryn Turner as Chief Operating Officer | [12] |
January 27, 2025 | Announced multiple front office promotions | [13] |
February 6, 2025 | Hired Belle Koclanes as assistant coach | [14] |
Hired Addison Lee as director of basketball analytics and strategy | ||
March 4, 2025 | Hired Jhared Simpson as Director of Player Development | [15] |
Trades
February | |||
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February 2 (Four-team trade) |
To Dallas Wings DiJonai Carrington and Tyasha Harris (from Connecticut Sun) NaLyssa Smith and right to swap third round picks in 2027 draft (from Indiana Fever) Rights to Mikiah Herbert Harrigan and the 2025 No. 12 pick (from Phoenix Mercury) |
To Connecticut Sun Rebecca Allen and Natasha Cloud (from Phoenix Mercury) Jacy Sheldon (from Dallas Wings) 2025 No. 8 draft pick (from Indiana Fever) |
[16][17] |
To Indiana Fever Sophie Cunningham and the 2025 No. 19 pick (from Phoenix Mercury) Jaelyn Brown (from Dallas Wings) |
To Phoenix Mercury Alyssa Thomas (from Connecticut Sun) Satou Sabally, Kalani Brown, and Sevgi Uzun (from Dallas Wings) | ||
June | |||
June 14 | To Dallas Wings |
To Seattle Storm 2026 second round draft pick (with right to swap with the Connecticut Sun)
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June 30 | To Dallas Wings 2027 first round pick |
To Las Vegas Aces |
[20][21] |
August | |||
August 3 | To Dallas Wings Diamond Miller Karlie Samuelson 2027 second round pick (Minnesota’s own) |
To Minnesota Lynx DiJonai Carrington |
[22] |
Free agency
Core designation
Player | Date | Notes | Ref. |
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Satou Sabally | January 13, 2025 | Traded to Phoenix Mercury on February 2[16] | [23] |
Re-signed / extensions
Player | Date | Notes | Ref. |
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Jaelyn Brown | January 13 | Training camp contract Traded to Indiana Fever on February 2[16] |
[24] |
Sevgi Uzun | January 22 | Training camp contract Traded to Phoenix Mercury on February 2[16] |
[25][26] |
Maddy Siegrist | May 6 | Exercised team option (Fourth-year) |
[27] |
Luisa Geiselsöder | May 18 | Set as active | [28] |
June 30 | [29] | ||
Teaira McCowan |
Additions
- ^ Wings inherited exclusive negotiating rights for Herbert Harrigan from Phoenix Mercury via trade on February 2
- ^ The Wings were permitted to sign player to this type of contract due to roster hardship at the time of Berger's signing (Siegrist and Harris out with injury).[38]
Subtractions / unsigned
Player | Date | Reason | New Team | Ref. |
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Awak Kuier | January 22, 2024 | Suspended contract – expired | — | |
Carla Leite | December 6, 2024 | Expansion draft | Golden State Valkyries | [41] |
Stephanie Soares | January 4, 2025 | Waived | — | [42] |
Natasha Howard | February 3, 2025 | Free agency – uncoreable unrestricted | Indiana Fever | [43] |
Lou Lopez Sénéchal | February 24, 2025 | Suspended contract – full season | N/A – retained rights | [44] |
Paige Robinson | March 19, 2025 | Renounced rights | — | |
Kedra Holland-Corn | April 1, 2025 | — | ||
McKenzie Forbes | May 3, 2025 | Waived | — | [7] |
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan | — | |||
Aaronette Vonleh | May 6, 2025 | — | ||
Madison Scott | May 10, 2025 | — | [6] | |
Mai Yamamoto | — | |||
Joyner Holmes | May 14, 2025 | Las Vegas Aces | [45] | |
Luisa Geiselsöder | May 15, 2025 | Suspended contract – temporary | N/A – retained rights | [5] |
June 14, 2025 | [1] | |||
Teaira McCowan | June 7, 2025 | [1] | ||
Kaila Charles | June 14, 2025 | Waived | — | [46] |
June 30, 2025 | Released[a] | — | [21] | |
Haley Jones | June 29, 2025 | — | [47] | |
Liatu King | July 8 | Waived | — | [48] |
Grace Berger | July 23 | Released — end of 7-day contract | — | [49] |
July 31 | — | [50] | ||
Teaira McCowan | August 3 | Waived | — | [22] |
Karlie Samuelson | August 5 | — | [51] |
- ^ The Wings were obligated release players due to the return of other signed players from EuroBasket.
Roster
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Depth
Pos. | Starter | Bench |
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PG | Paige Bueckers | Tyasha Harris ![]() Aziaha James |
SG | Arike Ogunbowale ![]() |
Diamond Miller JJ Quinerly |
SF | Myisha Hines-Allen | |
PF | Maddy Siegrist | |
C | Luisa Geiselsöder | Li Yueru |
Schedule
Preseason
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May: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
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2025 pre-season schedule |
Regular season
2025 game log Total: 9–26 (Home: 5–13; Road: 4–13) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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May: 1–6 (Home: 0–3; Road: 1–3)
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June
: 4–7 (Home: 3–3; Road: 1–4)
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July
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August: 1–6 (Home: 0–4; Road: 1–2)
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September
: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
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2025 season schedule |
Notes:
- Games highlighted in ██ represent Commissioner's Cup games.
Standings
# | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Conf. | Home | Road | Cup |
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1 | x – Minnesota Lynx | 28 | 6 | .824 | – | 17–2 | 17–1 | 11–5 | 5–1 |
2 | New York Liberty | 22 | 13 | .629 | 6.5 | 11–3 | 14–4 | 8–9 | 4–1 |
3 | Atlanta Dream | 22 | 13 | .629 | 6.5 | 11–6 | 10–5 | 12–8 | 3–2 |
4 | Phoenix Mercury | 21 | 13 | .618 | 7 | 11–8 | 11–6 | 10–7 | 4–2 |
5 | Las Vegas Aces | 22 | 14 | .611 | 7 | 13–8 | 13–5 | 9–9 | 2–4 |
6 | c – Indiana Fever | 19 | 16 | .543 | 9.5 | 11–8 | 10–8 | 9–8 | 4–1 |
7 | Golden State Valkyries | 18 | 17 | .514 | 10.5 | 7–11 | 10–7 | 8–10 | 3–3 |
8 | Seattle Storm | 18 | 18 | .500 | 11 | 9–11 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 4–2 |
9 | Los Angeles Sparks | 16 | 18 | .471 | 12 | 6–12 | 6–10 | 10–8 | 2–4 |
10 | Washington Mystics | 16 | 19 | .457 | 12.5 | 8–8 | 10–8 | 6–11 | 2–3 |
11 | 9 | 26 | .257 | 19.5 | 3–14 | 5–13 | 4–13 | 1–5 | |
12 | Chicago Sky | 8 | 26 | .235 | 20 | 2–14 | 5–13 | 3–13 | 1–4 |
13 | e – Connecticut Sun | 7 | 27 | .206 | 21 | 5–9 | 5–12 | 2–15 | 1–4 |
Notes
- (#) – League Standing
- c – Commissioner's Cup winners
- x – Clinched playoff berth
- e – Eliminated from playoff contention
- Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings
Awards and honors
Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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Paige Bueckers | WNBA All-Star Starter | June 30 | [52] |
Rookie of the Month – June | July 3 | [53] | |
Rookie of the Month – July | August 4 | [54] |
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