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2024 Los Angeles Sparks seasonCoach Curt Miller Arena Walter Pyramid (Capacity: 4,000 (first two games of the season)Crypto.com Arena Attendance 11,045 per game Record 8–32 (.200) Place 6th (Western ) Playoff finish Did not qualify Points Dearica Hamby – 17.3 ppgRebounds Dearica Hamby – 9.2 rpgAssists Odyssey Sims – 5.1 apgTelevision ABC , ESPN , ESPN2 , CBS , Paramount+ , CBSSN , NBA TV , ION
The 2024 WNBA season Women's National Basketball Association , and the second season under head coach Curt Miller . The season tipped off on May 15, 2024, in Long Beach versus the Atlanta Dream ,[ 1] Minnesota Lynx .
The season started slowly for the Sparks as they lost both of their opening two games. They defeated Washington by two points on May 21 to earn their first win of the season. They lost the following two games including a one point loss to Dallas . They defeated Indiana before losing to Chicago to end the month with a 2–5 record. Their June started off with two losses as well. They won two games to follow including a victory at home against Last Vegas . That would be the highlight of the month as the team went on a seven game losing streak from there to finish the month with a 2–9 record. The only non-double digit loss during that streak was a 70–79 loss to Connecticut on June 18. Their losing streak extended one more game into July before they defeated Last Vegas in overtime. They would lose the next two games before defeating Dallas. They lost to Seattle to finish July 2–4 and head into the Olympic break. The Sparks lost the first six games after returning from the Olympic break before defeating New York to finish August 1–6. Well out of the playoff race, the Sparks lost the first eight games of September. The closest loss of the streak was by three-points at Seattle on September 15. The team finished the season with a win over Minnesota . The season was marred by a multitude of injuries, including a season-ending ACL tear to the team's No. 2 draft pick, Cameron Brink , who wound up missing the remainder of the season after playing just 15 games.[ 2] 2024 Summer Olympics , with her teammate Dearica Hamby taking her place on the United States women's national 3x3 team . The Sparks finished with just 8 wins and 32 losses, missing the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season and failing to improve on their 17-23 record from 2023. Their eight wins were the team's lowest total in francise history.
Date
Transaction
January 5, 2024
Hired Raegan Pebley as General Manager[ 3]
January 17, 2024
Jasmine Thomas retired[ 4]
January 31, 2024
Traded the 19th pick in the 2024 WNBA draft to Seattle in exchange for Kia Nurse [ 5]
February 1, 2024
Re-signed Layshia Clarendon [ 6]
Traded the 12th overall pick in the 2024 draft and Jordin Canada to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for Aari McDonald and the 8th overall pick in the 2024 draft[ 7]
Re-signed Rae Burrell [ 6]
February 2, 2024
Signed Monique Billings [ 8]
Signed Virag Kiss to a Training Camp Contract[ 9]
Signed Taylor Mikesell to a Training Camp Contract[ 10]
February 6, 2024
Signed Lexie Brown to an Extension[ 11]
February 21, 2024
Traded the 8th overall pick in the 2024 draft to Chicago in exchange for Julie Allemand , the rights to Li Yueru and a third round pick in the 2025 draft.[ 12]
March 21, 2024
Hired Christine Monjer as President[ 13]
April 17, 2024
Signed Blake Dietrick to a Training Camp Contract[ 14]
April 18, 2024
Signed McKenzie Forbes to a Rookie Contract[ 15]
April 19, 2024
Signed Rickea Jackson to a Rookie Contract[ 15]
April 20, 2024
Signed Cameron Brink to a Rookie Contract[ 15]
April 30, 2024
Waived Virág Kiss[ 16]
May 6, 2024
Waived Taylor Mikesell [ 17]
May 12, 2024
Waived Nia Clouden , Blake Dietrick , and McKenzie Forbes
May 13, 2024
Suspended the contract of Julie Allemand (full season) [ 18]
Waived Monique Billings [ 19]
June 22, 2024
Signed Queen Egbo to hardship contract[ 20]
June 29, 2024
Waived Queen Egbo
July 4, 2024
Signed Crystal Dangerfield to a 7-day hardship contract[ 21]
July 12, 2024
Signed Crystal Dangerfield to a second 7-day contract[ 15]
Suspended the contract of Li Yueru (temporary)
August 7, 2024
Activated Li Yueru[ 15]
August 16, 2024
Signed Crystal Dangerfield to a third 7-day contract[ 15]
August 17, 2024
Signed Odyssey Sims to 7-day contract
August 22, 2024
Signed Azurá Stevens and Stephanie Talbot to extensions through 2025[ 22] [ 23]
Signed Crystal Dangerfield to a rest of season contract[ 24]
August 24, 2024
Signed Odyssey Sims to a second 7-day contract[ 25]
August 31, 2024
Released Odyssey Sims and signed Simms to a 7-day contract
September 7, 2024
Released Odyssey Sims and signed Simms to a rest-of-season contract
September 20, 2024
Layshia Clarendon announced their retirement
September 24, 2024
Head coach, Curt Miller , was fired
2024 Los Angeles Sparks roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Nat.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB From
Yrs
G 20
Allemand, Julie (S)
5' 8" (1.73m)
147 lb (67kg)
07-07-1996
Belgium
2
F 22
Brink, Cameron
6' 4" (1.93m)
170 lb (77kg)
12-31-2001
Stanford
R
G 4
Brown, Lexie
5' 9" (1.75m)
162 lb (73kg)
10-24-1994
Duke
6
G/F 12
Burrell, Rae
6' 2" (1.88m)
168 lb (76kg)
06-21-2000
Tennessee
2
G 1
Cooke, Zia
5' 9" (1.75m)
163 lb (74kg)
01-09-2001
South Carolina
1
G 14
Dangerfield, Crystal
5' 5" (1.65m)
130 lb (59kg)
1998-05-11
Connecticut
4
F 5
Hamby, Dearica
6' 3" (1.91m)
189 lb (86kg)
1993-11-06
Wake Forest
9
F 2
Jackson, Rickea
6' 2" (1.88m)
175 lb (79kg)
03-16-2001
Tennessee
R
G 15
McDonald, Aari
5' 6" (1.68m)
141 lb (64kg)
1998-08-20
Arizona
3
G 10
Nurse, Kia
6' 0" (1.83m)
181 lb (82kg)
1996-02-22
Connecticut
5
G 6
Sims, Odyssey
5' 8" (1.73m)
155 lb (70kg)
07-13-1992
Baylor
10
F/C 23
Stevens, Azurá
6' 6" (1.98m)
180 lb (82kg)
1996-02-01
Connecticut
6
F 7
Talbot, Stephanie
6' 2" (1.88m)
192 lb (87kg)
06-15-1994
Australia
5
C 28
Yueru, Li
6' 7" (2.01m)
–
03-28-1999
China
1
Head coach
Curt Miller (Baldwin Wallace )Assistant coaches
College of Charleston )Camille Little (North Carolina )Athletic trainer
California )Strength and conditioning coach
Springfield )Legend (C) Team captain(FA) Free agent(IN) Inactive(S) Suspended
2024 game log
May: 2–5 (Home: 1–3; Road: 1–2)
June
: 2–9 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–8)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location
Record
8
June 2
@ Phoenix
L 68–87
Dearica Hamby (23)
Rickea Jackson (7)
Aari McDonald (5)
Footprint Center 2–6
9
June 5
Minnesota
L 62–86
Dearica Hamby (17)
Dearica Hamby (11)
Stephanie Talbot (3)
Crypto.com Arena 2–7
10
June 7
Dallas
W 81–72
Dearica Hamby (22)
Dearica Hamby (12)
Brown , McDonald (6)
Crypto.com Arena
3–7
11
June 9
Las Vegas
W 96–92
Dearica Hamby (18)
Dearica Hamby (10)
Clarendon , Hamby (5)
Crypto.com Arena
4–7
12
June 11
@ Seattle
L 79–95
Li Yueru (18)
Dearica Hamby (11)
Brown, Hamby (5)
Climate Pledge Arena 4–8
13
June 14
@ Minnesota
L 76–81
Rickea Jackson (19)
Aari McDonald (7)
Target Center 4–9
14
June 16
@ Atlanta
L 74–87
Brink , Jackson (16)
Dearica Hamby (8)
Aari McDonald (5)
Gateway Center Arena 4–10
15
June 18
@ Connecticut
L 70–79
Aari McDonald (14)
Rickea Jackson (7)
Aari McDonald (7)
Mohegan Sun Arena 4–11
16
June 20
@ New York
L 80–93
Aari McDonald (15)
Hamby, Talbot (11)
Rae Burrell (4)
Barclays Center 4–12
17
June 22
L 88–98
Dearica Hamby (20)
Stephanie Talbot (8)
Stephanie Talbot (7)
Barclays Center
4–13
18
June 28
@ Phoenix
L 78–92
Dearica Hamby (29)
Dearica Hamby (7)
Aari McDonald (10)
Footprint Center
4–14
July
: 2–4 (Home: 1–4; Road: 1–0)
August
: 1–6 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–4)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location
Record
25
August 15
New York
L 68–103
Rae Burrell (15)
Dearica Hamby (13)
Dearica Hamby (5)
Crypto.com Arena 6–19
26
August 17
Chicago
L 86–90
Kia Nurse (16)
Dearica Hamby (9)
Crystal Dangerfield (6)
Crypto.com Arena
6–20
27
August 18
@ Las Vegas
L 71–87
Rickea Jackson (15)
Dearica Hamby (11)
Odyssey Sims (5)
Michelob Ultra Arena 6–21
28
August 20
@ Connecticut
L 61–69
Jackson, Stevens (14)
Dearica Hamby (10)
Crystal Dangerfield (4)
TD Garden 6–22
29
August 23
@ Washington
L 74–80
Rickea Jackson (17)
Dangerfield, Simms (5)
Entertainment and Sports Arena 6–23
30
August 25
@ Dallas
L 110–113
Odyssey Sims (26)
Tied (6 players, 3)
Odyssey Sims (10)
College Park Center 6–24
31
August 28
New York
W 94–88
Dearica Hamby (21)
Dearica Hamby (7)
Odyssey Sims (7)
Crypto.com Arena
7–24
September
: 1–8 (Home: 0–5; Road: 1–3)
2024 season schedule
Notes
(#) c – Commissioner's Cup winnersy – Regular Season Championx – Clinched playoff berthe – Eliminated from playoff contentionSource: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings
Player
GP
GS
MPG
FG%
3P%
FT%
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
TO
PF
PPG
Dearica Hamby 40
40
33.7
.512
.341
.631
9.2
3.5
1.7
0.2
3.0
2.8
17.3
Rickea Jackson 40
35
28.8
.456
.347
.807
3.9
1.5
0.7
0.4
1.9
1.8
13.4
Odyssey Sims ≠ 15
10
26.3
.438
.154
.838
1.7
5.1
0.9
0.1
2.4
1.4
9.8
Azurá Stevens 20
19
24.7
.399
.350
.815
7.0
1.9
0.9
0.9
1.8
2.0
9.6
Aari McDonald 26
10
21.8
.403
.319
.843
2.0
3.7
0.9
0.2
1.8
2.0
8.7
Lexie Brown 16
8
23.7
.321
.304
.889
2.3
3.3
1.1
0.1
1.9
1.4
8.1
Kia Nurse 40
27
20.3
.388
.331
.793
1.6
1.3
0.5
0.0
1.2
1.8
7.6
Cameron Brink 15
15
22.0
.398
.323
.840
5.3
1.7
1.1
2.3
2.3
4.0
7.5
Rae Burrell 37
7
15.6
.362
.333
.780
1.8
1.1
0.8
0.3
1.0
1.6
5.9
Li Yueru 38
2
14.4
.463
.267
.898
3.7
0.6
0.3
0.2
0.9
2.1
5.1
Layshia Clarendon 21
12
16.0
.427
.350
.870
1.8
2.6
0.7
0.0
1.2
2.1
4.3
Zia Cooke 29
0
8.9
.321
.297
.690
0.6
0.6
0.3
0.1
0.7
0.8
3.6
Stephanie Talbot 37
10
16.2
.395
.260
.690
2.7
2.1
0.5
0.5
1.0
1.4
3.5
Crystal Dangerfield ≠ 18
5
12.8
.286
.308
.667
1.0
2.0
0.4
0.2
0.9
0.7
3.3
Queen Egbo ≠ ‡ 2
0
2.0
1.000
—
—
1.5
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.5
1.0
‡ Waived/Released during the season
† Traded during the season
≠ Acquired during the season
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