Wings release 2 players as Satou Sabally, others return from injury

The Dallas Wings released two players on Wednesday, the team announced. Monique Billings and Odyssey Sims were previously signed to hardship contracts as Dallas dealt with injury trouble. However, Satou Sabally, Maddy Siegrist and Jaelyn Brown are all expected to return within the first week following the Olympic break. As a result, the Wings released Billings and Sims per league policy.

Wings president and CEO Greg Bibb explained the situation in detail while speaking to reporters last Thursday.

As a result of those injuries… we were forced into a hardship situation,” Bibb said. “We signed Monique really after the first week of the regular season and then subsequently we added Odyssey later. Those two long-term hardship contracts have essentially eaten the extra salary cap space that we have. So as we sit here today, we are capped out financially.

“Why does that matter? Here's why it matters… When the first injured player returns, we will be forced to release one of the two hardship contracts. That's either Monique or Odyssey. We don't have a choice, it has to be a hardship contract… One of those two must be released. When the second injured player returns, the second hardship contract must be released.”




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