Kelsey Plum and Cameron Brink's relationship had already been building long before the star guard was traded from the Las Vegas Aces to the Los Angeles Sparks during the weekend

Kelsey Plum lands in Los Angeles, Jewell Loyd in Las Vegas, and Li Yueru in Seattle in a league-changing three-team trade reported Sunday by ESPN.

The centerpieces of the trade were All-Star guards Kelsey Plum and Jewell Loyd, who went to the Sparks and Aces, respectively. The Storm, meanwhile, got the No. 2 pick in this year's draft and Li Yueru from Los Angeles.

There was a trade—a big splashy one, which is rare in the WNBA! The stars of this three-team deal, teased by Annie Costabile of the Chicago Sun-Times on Saturday before ESPN's Shams Charania announced it Sunday night, are Jewell Loyd and Kelsey Plum, both of whom were looking to move on from the teams that drafted them.

LA Sparks acquire Kelsey Plum in a three-team trade, sending Jewell Loyd to the Aces, while the Storm get draft capital

Acquiring Plum gives a veteran guard to the Sparks young core of Rickea Jackson and Cameron Brink and reunites her with her former Aces teammate Dearica Hamby. It also brings Plum closer to home as she grew up in Poway, California.

Plum helped the Aces win consecutive WNBA championships in 2022 and 2023. Loyd, a six-time All-Star, requested a trade last month out of Seattle

WNBA teams Storm, Sparks, and Aces engage in a major trade involving star players Jewell Loyd and Kelsey Plum.

Griner is testing the free-agent market for the first time in her career, her agent, Lindsay Kagawa Colas, told The Associated Press. If she heads to another team, the Phoenix Mercury could replace her with other free-agent bigs such as Emma Meesseman, Brionna Jones, Tina Charles or Natasha Howard.

The Storm are sending 6-time All-Star Jewell Loyd to the Aces in a multi-team WNBA trade that ships 3-time All-Star Kelsey Plum to the Sparks, sources told ESPN.

Two-time WNBA champion Kelsey Plum is headed to the Los Angeles Sparks in a massive three-team trade that shook hoops fans on Sunday night. Also part of the deal is Jewell Loyd, — who is getting her wish after requesting a trade from the Seattle Storm — as the two-time WNBA champion in her own right is on her way to the Las Vegas Aces.

WNBA stars Kelsey Plum and Jewell Loyd switch teams in a three-way trade involving the Aces, Sparks, and Storm.