Why Valkyries waived Marta Suarez after drafting her following bizarre Flau'Jae Johnson trade
This one is a bit of a head-scratcher.
Why Valkyries waived Marta Suarez after drafting her following bizarre Flau'Jae Johnson trade originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Golden State Valkyries confused everyone during the WNBA Draft with a trade that ended with them not actually getting Flau'Jae Johnson and instead getting Marta Suarez.
And after all that, the Valkyries have parted ways with Suarez. On Saturday, she was one of the players announced as being waived by Golden State. It's been only a couple weeks since the Valkyries made her the No.
16 pick in the 2026 WNBA Draft. The Valkyries drafted Flau'jae Johnson with the 8th overall pick before trading her to the Storm for the rights to Marta Suarez (No. 16 pick) and a 2028 second-round pick.
The Valkyries announced today they waived Suarez. pic. twitter.