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Mercury acquire Diamond DeShields in 3-team trade

Oct 17, 2021; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago Sky guard Diamond DeShields, dances with the championship trophy after the Chicago Sky beat the Phoenix Mercury 80-74 in game four of the 2021 WNBA Finals at Wintrust Arena. Mandatory Credit: Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports
Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports

The Phoenix Mercury acquired All-Star guard Diamond DeShields as part of a three-team trade Thursday.

DeShields arrives from the 2021 champion Chicago Sky in a sign-and-trade deal, the Mercury announced.

Phoenix sent its 2023 first-round pick to the Sky, and sent guard Bria Hartley and second-round picks in 2022 and 2023 to the Indiana Fever.

The Fever sent the contract of point guard Julie Allemand to Chicago in exchange for the Sky’s first-round picks in 2022 and 2023.

Indiana now owns the No. 2, 7 and 10 overall picks in the 2022 draft.

DeShields, 26, made the All-Star team in 2019 and averaged 13.2 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 113 games (89 starts) with the Sky from 2018-21.

Hartley, 29, owns career averages of 8.2 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 194 games (99 starts) with the Washington Mystics (2014-16), New York Liberty (2017-19) and Mercury (2020-21).

Allemand, 25, sat out the 2021 season. The Belgium native averaged 8.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.8 assists in 22 starts for the Fever during her 2020 rookie campaign.

–Field Level Media

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