Mercury claim Anneli Maley off waivers ahead of season opener

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While the WNBA season is officially underway, with three games being played on Friday night, teams around the association are far from done making tweaks to their respective rosters. This was evident throughout the week as teams waived various players to finalize their lineups ahead of opening day.

One example of this was when the New York Liberty waived forward Anneli Maley, who they had signed to a training camp deal earlier in the offseason. The Australian would put up 26 points and 13 rebounds across her two preseason matches with New York, far exceeding her averages during her time with the Chicago Sky in 2022, when she appeared in four games, averaging two point sand 1.8 rebounds across 11 minutes of game time.

Maley joins the Mercury

While getting waived means that the player doesn’t have any playing opportunities in the present, this won’t be the case for Maley, as she had been claimed off waivers by the Phoenix Mercury, according to the WNBA’s transaction tracker.