Mystics trade 2-time All-Star Ariel Atkins to the Sky for No. 3 pick in WNBA draft

The Washington Mystics have accelerated their rebuild, trading two-time All-Star Ariel Atkins to the Chicago Sky for the No. 3 overall pick in this year’s draft. Washington also received Chicago’s second-round pick in 2027 and the rights to swap first-rounders that year. Atkins helped Washington make the playoffs five times in seven seasons since the team drafted her seventh overall in 2018. She won a WNBA title with the Mystics in 2019 and was the lone remaining player from that team on Washington’s roster. Atkins joins a Sky team led by Chennedy Carter and young stars Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso.

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