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The Dallas Wings made a major splash in WNBA free agency on Saturday, agreeing to terms on max contract with Alanna Smith. The Wings started out the free agency period in bringing back star guard Arike Ogunbowale on a seven-figure contract that was reportedly less than she was eligible for to help the team construct a solid roster.
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That move by Ogunbowale helped pave the way for the Wings to grab one of the best players on the free agency market in Alanna Smith. Smith is coming off a season in which she won the Defensive Player of the Year Award and was named to the All-Defensive First Team. She gives the Wings one of the best interior rim protectors in the league.
Smith is leaving the Minnesota Lynx where she career years after getting off to a slow start in the WNBA. The No. 8 overall pick in the 2019 WNBA Draft, Smith bounced around from the Phoenix Mercury to the Indiana Fever to the Chicago Sky, never really finding her footing in the league.
She had a solid year with the Sky, leading to her signing with the Lynx. Smith appeared in 42 out of 44 games last season at a little over 26.5 minutes per game. She averaged 9.6 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.9 blocked shots with splits of 48.5 percent shooting from the field, 32.9 percent shooting from the 3-point line and 47.7 percent shooting from the free-throw line.
Smith joins what has the potential to be a solid core with the Wings alongside Ogunbowale, Paige Bueckers and the incoming No. 1 overall pick.
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