Could the Dallas Wings lose key players in the WNBA's upcoming expansion draft?
The Portland Fire and Toronto Tempo can select from a designated pool of available players determined by each of the current 13 teams.
FILE - The WNBA logo is seen near a hoop before an WNBA basketball game at Mohegan Sun Arena, May 14, 2019, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File) (Jessica Hill/AP) The WNBA is expanding, and its two newest teams could acquire talent from the Dallas Wings. For the 2026 season, the league will add its 14th and 15th franchises, the Portland Fire and Toronto Tempo.
Both teams will begin to assemble their rosters through the WNBA’s expansion draft set for Friday. Portland and Toronto can select from a designated pool of available players determined by each of the current 13 teams. The league required the Wings and the 12 other existing teams to submit on March 29 a roster list that includes every player the organizations had rights to on the final day of the 2025 regular season.
Teams could protect up to five players who will not be available for selection in the expansion draft, but unprotected players will be up for grabs. Paige Bueckers , Aziaha James, JJ Quinerly, Diamond Miller and Maddy Siegrist are all under contract. The team has reserved the rights to centers Luisa Geiselsöder and Li Yueru, as well as guard Grace Berger and guard-forward Haley Jones.
The Wings also have the rights to forward Awak Kuier, who has sat out of WNBA competition since after the 2023 season, and Lou Lopez Sénéchal, who elected to sit out 2025. Three Wings players — Arike Ogunbowale , Myisha Hines-Allen and Tyasha Harris — are unrestricted free agents. Toronto and Portland can each select one player in the expansion draft who was eligible to become an unrestricted free agent ahead of the 2026 season.