NaLyssa Smith Traded

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6:34p, 6/30/25
Sending her from Dallas Wings to Las Vegas Aces in exchange for 2027 first round pick. According to her, unexpected.
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7:22a, 7/1/25
This results in Smith being on a much better team paired with Gray and Wilson.This team should compete for the title.
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In reply to Task Force 2015 • 7:28a, 7/1/25
Unlikely, the Aces just aren't very good. Aging team who likes to play hero ball.
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12:42p, 7/1/25
NS needs to get very serious about her career very fast. So much ability, but effort or something is missing. So athletic, but not capitalizing.
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In reply to fredbear • 7:24a, 7/2/25
fredbear said:
NS needs to get very serious about her career very fast. So much ability, but effort or something is missing. So athletic, but not capitalizing.
Agree completely. Talent is there but, motivation to compete or get better is not.
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In reply to fredbear • 8:38a, 7/2/25
fredbear said:
NS needs to get very serious about her career very fast. So much ability, but effort or something is missing. So athletic, but not capitalizing.


Three times her team has been in the W spotlight with #1 draft picks--Boston, Clark, now Bueckers. That ramps the pressure up. I'd think that being overshadowed would either fire you up to play your best, or beat you down feeling you go unnoticed. NaLyssa has always been such a fierce competitor, but now she's surrounded by top players. Bad coaching has had a lot to do with it, no one has tapped her potential. I hope she finds a team that will properly utilize her skills. Maybe Hammon is the one.
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In reply to BUVA • 8:49a, 7/2/25
I don't mean this as disrespect to you or any other poster. But her talent is being widely over exaggerated. She's rather limited overall and unfortunately it's being brought to light more and more each season.
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In reply to IowaBear • 9:57a, 7/2/25
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I don't mean this as disrespect to you or any other poster. But her talent is being widely over exaggerated. She's rather limited overall and unfortunately it's being brought to light more and more each season.


No offense taken, but I'll reserve judgement of her skills until she has worked with a proven coach in the W. None so far have been worth spit.
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In reply to BUVA • 9:59a, 7/2/25
So it's the coaches fault?? Sides took Indiana to the playoffs last season. She's not a bad coach.
Nalyssa has a **** attitude and poor work ethic. Those aren't on the HC. She's also a sieve defensively. There's much more to her struggles than poor coaching.
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4:31p, 7/2/25
NS may work out at LV. Agree she needs to put in hard work to stay in Wnba.
Holy crap, Odyssey waived by the Sparks. She is one of my all-time favorites. Hate it for her. Hope another team will pick her up. She has had a good career.
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In reply to BearTiger • 4:40p, 7/2/25
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NS may work out at LV. Agree she needs to put in hard work to stay in Wnba.
Holy crap, Odyssey waived by the Sparks. She is one of my all-time favorites. Hate it for her. Hope another team will pick her up. She has had a good career.


Well, dang about Odyssey! She started out great this season, but noticed she lost starting spot a few weeks ago.
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4:53p, 7/2/25
There is NO denying her athleticism. period.


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12:51a, 7/4/25


From opponents to teammates to opponents to teammates to opponents yet again…
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In reply to BearTiger • 6:48a, 7/4/25
Eurobasket players returning to W rosters, so teams obligated to honor their contracts. Shame as she was doing well in LA.

https://www.sbnation.com/wnba/2025/7/2/24460465/los-angeles-sparks-waive-odyssey-sims
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7:15p, 7/8/25
Smith playing well against Liberty on espn now.
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6:29a, 9/17/25
Certainly appears as if NS has found a very productive role playing beside A'ja for the Aces. Smith has gone from being a lost, unappreciated puppy to playing an award winning role as best supporting actress. The media can't get enough of how Smith's presence has transformed the Aces' destiny. I've been disappointed by her efforts before and want to acknowledge the talent we all knew was within her is now emerging.
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5:18p, 9/17/25
I don't think averaging 8 points and 6 rebounds will get Smith a best sidekick award while playing 22 minutes a game in the regular season with the LV Aces. Her biggest weakness is she can't guard a parked car. This is not a positive with Becky Hammond who emphasizes defense. NS may go in the expansion draft after the playoffs to help the new teams as the WNBA expands. A former coach known as the Wicked Witch of Waco couldn't get her to play better defense.
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In reply to DFW Bill • 8:43p, 9/17/25
DFW Bill said:
I don't think averaging 8 points and 6 rebounds will get Smith a best sidekick award while playing 22 minutes a game in the regular season with the LV Aces. Her biggest weakness is she can't guard a parked car. This is not a positive with Becky Hammond who emphasizes defense. NS may go in the expansion draft after the playoffs to help the new teams as the WNBA expands. A former coach known as the Wicked Witch of Waco couldn't get her to play better defense.

Averaging 9 points in a team where the three people ahead of you are averaging in the double digits, and A'ja Wilson averaged 25, is not a shabby stat.
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9:07p, 9/17/25
Well, we have an answer. Why banter about what Becky, NS, and A'ja really feel about each other. Watch this recent video and let"s hear from the sources themselves. No need to speculate.

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9:56p, 9/23/25
NS playing out her mind game 2! Wow! She is taking to the basket, playing good D, and making the highlight reels! She is a different player with the new team! Scored 18 points, just behind A'ja. O had a great game as well on the fever's side.
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In reply to IowaBear • 8:13a, 9/26/25
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IowaBear said:
Unlikely, the Aces just aren't very good. Aging team who likes to play hero ball.


Not aging well
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9:22p, 9/26/25
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5:59a, 9/27/25
Second game against fever, NS is dominate again. Scores sixteen in 33 min, outscoring A'ja who played 38 min. Defenses can NO longer key on A'ja to shut down the Aces because Smith is so athletic. Her shot is as smooth as silk. Man this girl is on fire! She just needed a positive, talented environment in which to excel. She is making the fever pay a big price for undervaluing her talent. They didn't know how to use her, and now, they don't know how to stop her from destroying their team.
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In reply to fredbear • 7:31a, 9/27/25
fredbear said:
Second game against fever, NS is dominate again. Scores sixteen in 33 min, outscoring A'ja who played 38 min. Defenses can NO longer key on A'ja to shut down the Aces because Smith is so athletic. Her shot is as smooth as silk. Man this girl is on fire! She just needed a positive, talented environment in which to excel. She is making the fever pay a big price for undervaluing her talent. They didn't know how to use her, and now, they don't know how to stop her from destroying their team.

I don't think it was that.

She has always been a very good player, but I think part of her struggles in Indy were somewhat tied to getting into her own head.

It always seemed like she felt she needed to be the #1 option there, despite everyone else knowing this wasn't going to be the case - not with Kelsey Mitchell already there.

And that definitely wasn't going to be the case once Caitlyn Clark arrived on the scene.

Then throw Aliyah Boston into the mix, and she was looking at being possibly the 3rd or 4th option on the team, which more than likely didn't sit well with her.

Outside of her freshman year at Baylor (when she had to defer to Kalani, Lauren, and Chloe during their championship run), she has probably always taken the approach that she needed to be the leader of the team she's played on.

So sometimes it's hard to get out of that mindset when it's no longer the reality.

In Vegas, however, she understands her role perfectly and isn't trying to press and do too much (as she did at times in Indy).

There is no doubting that is A'ja Wilson's team. And with Chelsea Gray and Jackie Young running the guard position, she is able to play with less pressure and is letting the game come to her.

Sometimes a change of scenery is good for everyone.

And a player is simply a better fit elsewhere.

I think we're seeing that with Smith now.
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In reply to Task Force 2015 • 9:35p, 10/10/25
Task Force 2015 said:
This results in Smith being on a much better team paired with Gray and Wilson.This team should compete for the title.

I am rarely correct but this post aged well.
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In reply to Task Force 2015 • 9:45p, 10/10/25
Aged like fine wine, I thought the Aces were dead in the water early August. Good call by you!
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