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Longtime Connecticut Sun player Brionna Jones to sign with Atlanta Dream: What we know

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Longtime Connecticut Sun player Brionna Jones to sign with Atlanta Dream: What we know

Longtime Connecticut Sun player Brionna Jones will sign with the Atlanta Dream in free agency, ESPN’s Alexa Philippou reported Thursday.

Jones has played her entire WNBA career to this point with the Connecticut Sun. She was drafted eighth overall in the 2017 WNBA Draft by the Sun and played there from 2017 to 2024.

Jones is a three-time WNBA All-Star, the WNBA’s 2021 Most Improved Player and the 2022 WNBA Sixth Player of the Year. She was also named to the 2021 WNBA All-Defensive Second Team.

Last season, Jones averaged 13.7 points per game for the Connecticut Sun during the regular season en route to her third WNBA All-Star selection.

Brionna Jones (#42) of the Connecticut Sun looks to shoot against Aliyah Boston (#7) of the Indiana Fever in the first half of a first-round WNBA playoff game at Mohegan Sun Arena on Sept. 22, 2024 in Uncasville, Connecticut. The Sun defeated the Fever, 93-69.

Brionna Jones (#42) of the Connecticut Sun looks to shoot against Aliyah Boston (#7) of the Indiana Fever in the first half of a first-round WNBA playoff game at Mohegan Sun Arena on Sept. 22, 2024 in Uncasville, Connecticut. The Sun defeated the Fever, 93-69.

Prior to her WNBA career, Jones starred collegiately at Maryland. While there, she was a three-time First Team All-Big 10 selection, a First Team AP All-American and was named to the Big 10 Conference’s All-Defensive Team.

This article originally appeared on The Bulletin: Connecticut Sun’s Brionna Jones to sign with WNBA’s Atlanta Dream

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