the Phoenix Mercury They announced that they signed a guard Halley Jones To hold hardship last Sunday. Just one week later, the team announced that they waived Jones, which may indicate that the main mercury players are ready to return from injury.
Haley Jones has been waived twice this season
Jones, who was chosen in sixth in 2023 Wnba Draft Atlanta dreamIt appeared in all forty games for Atlanta last year, with an average of 3.9 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 2.1 decisive passes in 17.8 minutes for each game.
After being abdicated by the dream in the training camp, it was chosen by mercury, which was dealing with a large number of injuries for the main players. Jones appeared in four games with Phoenix, with an average of 2.3 points, 2 rebound balls, and one help for each game.
Now, the former Stanford goalkeeper is an unrestricted free agent.
Jones’s inability to find the list of this season highlights the challenge of staying in Wnba For multiple seasons. Defense specialist was a player in her first two seasons, where she started 30 of the first 80 games in her profession, but she is now fighting to find a list of a list in a team.
Haley Jones, in one sequence
He defends planning with Under & Dreyageal against the empty side PNR, while keeping Satou out of need to help
Then she holds the apostasy and does not need to pass an executive because it can deal, and the pace creates points pic.twitter.com/asmsmjhwxw
-Stephen-garner (@Stephenpg3) June 8, 2025
Phenix Mercury had a boosting start to the season
Mercury 6-4 to start the season, in a large part of it thanks to the strong play of three unrestricted juniors.
They were without Alisa ThomasWhich deals with a hard -leg injury, for half of their games so far. Copper caught He has not yet played this season after undergoing endoscopic surgery in the pre -season. In addition, rising Megan McConnell It will lose 3-4 weeks due to a knee injury that she had suffered for the first time, and striker Natasha Mac was dealing with a back injury.
Since Jones was signed on a hardship contract, the team was forced to release it as soon as they reached 10 healthy players, according to the league rules. Although the team has not officially announced those who returned to the squad, it is possible that Thomas and Mack will return, taking into account the long timelines of McConnell and Copper.
