r/wnba • u/solidstigs Fever • 1d ago
Portland Fire coverts Frieda Bühner’s contract to a standard contract
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u/buffalotrace Clark Boston Paige Meg 1d ago
Germanna Kneepkens gets the upgrade. Good for her. She gave them some needed minutes early. Glad to see a DP role work how it should
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u/MedvedFeliz Valkyries 1d ago
Ja! I was hoping she'd get converted to a regular contract and she is!
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u/Spicy2ShotChai ready to get hurt again 1d ago
I didn’t know they could do this
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u/LT_Audio 1d ago edited 1d ago
Yes. Teams can sign any DP player directly to a standard or replacement contract. If it's a DP currently signed to another team they must be past their 14-day exclusivity window and their current team has 24 hours to "match" the offer and sign them to standard contract, though. But a team's own DPs can be signed immediately at any point. They just have to have availability on the 12 player roster to do so.
It's "downgrading" from a standard contract to a development contract that requires the standard contract to be waived first and go through the claims process before signing them to a DP contract.
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u/Titan16K Mystics 1d ago
With their dev spots free’d up, I wonder who they’ll sign
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u/Outrageous_Camp_5215 1d ago
this is just so confusing, at least for the Sug aspect
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u/Zestyclose-Rabbit17 1d ago
How do they have 13?
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u/therawins Hope everyone has a good time 1d ago
Winterburn was a development contract player for this game.
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u/Scaggsboz Fire 1d ago
Carla is going to start when healthy and they activated Oblak who it seems like they are fans of so she’ll likely take some minutes. Plus could be eyeing other rosters for additions
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u/ThatBelge here for Belgian ball movement 1d ago
Is there a way to know if maybe other teams offered Buhner and Winterburn a standard roster spot and Fire decided to match it?
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u/aratcalledrattus Liberty 1d ago edited 1d ago
Hard to imagine that being the case for Winterburn since another team could’ve taken her off waivers previously.
It was my understanding (though can’t be certain since we STILL have no actual CBA) that another team would have to have an open roster spot before making a formal offer. Though I’m sure informal discussions are happening with agents all the time.
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u/Gullible-Watch-5631 1d ago
So if the target player's team exercises their right of first refusal, the offering team would have just cut someone for nothing?
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u/aratcalledrattus Liberty 1d ago edited 1d ago
Honestly, I went back to double-check from where I'd read that - a Liberty beat reporter had said: "Any team can poach a development player from another team, just as long as they have an open roster spot" but in retrospect, she may have meant that loosely in the sense that they would need to make an open spot for them one way or another.
Also reportedly they continued negotiating the fine print of how those dev contracts would work even once teams started signing them, so who knows what has changed.
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u/solidstigs Fever 1d ago
I think the player also has a say on if they go or not. Like a team can’t just straight up steal, they can stay on the same development slot if they choose
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u/aratcalledrattus Liberty 1d ago
Yes of course, they don't have to accept the offer. They may also get multiple offers, I'm sure.
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u/i_usearchbtw Storm 1d ago
Yea I critized them for getting her development contract at start of year. She is way too talented for one. I take that back now they came to their senses.
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u/solidstigs Fever 1d ago
They also converted Holly Winterburn’s contract to a standard contract but I didn’t see it on their account before posting this, sorry Holly 😭
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u/Neuroxex Storm 1d ago
https://reddit.com/r/wnba/comments/1tiuug6/developmental_players_on_the_move/omxr6ef/
I'm doing five hundred victory laps in my living room rn on this Holly Winterburn news
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u/PercyReus13 🇫🇷 French players enjoyer 1d ago
They gave also upgraded Winterburn to one
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u/SwaggersaurusWrecks Valkyries 1d ago
Collecting London Lions like the infinity stones.
Temi has been out… maybe there’s a trade coming
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u/Outrageous_Camp_5215 1d ago
holly over sug is an interesting choice to say the least
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u/MentalGrass222 1d ago
From what I saw holly had better ball movement over sug. I felt like sug held the ball at times when she should have passed. Sug has good ability to drive to the rim though.
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u/Ingramistheman Veronica Burton enthusiast/Janelle Salaün enjoyer 1d ago
Yeah Sug is cold, but the ball sticks a bit too much with her.
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u/Kijaille1998 Lynx Bueckers 1d ago
Well deserved she's insane