The Sun will receive guard Natasha Cloud, wing Rebecca Allen and the No. 12 pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft in exchange for Thomas. Ty Harris will also head to Phoenix in the deal. The full trade was initially reported by Howard Megdal of The Next and later confirmed by Philippou.

With Satou Sabally expected to make a shocking departure from the Dallas Wings, the door is open for the Phoenix Mercury. As a result, she's planning on meeting with Phoenix this week, according to Alexa Philippou of ESPN via Nekias Duncan on X.

Thomas, who finished top five in MVP voting the last three seasons, has spent her entire career in Connecticut

The Phoenix Mercury were finalizing a deal to acquire Alyssa Thomas from the Connecticut Sun, a person familiar with the trade told The Associated Press on Tuesday night. The Sun also will send Ty Harris to Phoenix,

Things are heating up in Phoenix after the Mercury acquired 5-time All-Star forward Alyssa Thomas in a trade with the Connecticut Sun, per reports.

The WNBA offseason continues to heat up! Just two days after the blockbuster Jewell Loyd-Kelsey Plum deal, another All-Star is on the move. The Connecticut Sun

The Phoenix Mercury are making a splash in the offseason by finalizing a trade to bring in five-time All-Star forward Alyssa Thomas and guard Ty Harris from the Connecticut Sun, ESPN first reported on Tuesday. According to Howard Megdal of The Next, point guard Natasha Cloud, wing Rebecca Allen, and the No. 12 pick will be sent to Connecticut.

Thomas was designated as the team’s franchise player earlier this month, meaning the only way she could sign with another team was via trade. The move can't become official until Feb. 1.

The Phoenix Mercury re finalizing a deal to acquire Alyssa Thomas from the Connecticut Sun that will send Cardinal O’Hara grad Natasha Cloud in the other direction.

Drafted by the Sky in 2011, Vandersloot won a championship with the team in 2021 but spent the past two seasons with the Liberty and helped them win their first WNBA title in 2024. She is a five-time All-Star and five-time All-WNBA pick but took a reduced role with New York, coming off the bench during the teams' championship run.

The Phoenix Mercury are the talk of WNBA free agency. Veteran center Brittney Griner announcing that she would be trying out the market for the first time in her 11-year career caused disruption as to whether or not her days in Phoenix have come to an end.