Agent: Tempo add Mabrey, Sykes on max deals

The expansion Toronto Tempo have agreed to two-year max contracts with guards Marina Mabrey and Brittney Sykes, their agent Marcus Crenshaw of The FAM agency said Friday.

Mabrey, a second-round pick by the Los Angeles Sparks in 2019, has averaged double-digit points for the past eight seasons while playing for three different teams.

After stints in Dallas and Chicago, Mabrey, a 5-foot-11 guard, spent the entire 2025 season with the Connecticut Sun and averaged 14.4 points, 4.2 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game. She scored 20 or more points in nine games.

Mabrey, who was traded by the Sky to the Sun during the 2024 season, requested a trade before the 2025 season, but Connecticut denied her request.

Despite missing nine games with a left knee injury, Mabrey still reached several career milestones: She scored her 1,000th field goal, surpassed 200 steals, grabbed her 800th rebound and recorded her 700th assist. She has made 436 3-pointers in her WNBA career.

Sykes has played for four teams over her nine WNBA seasons. She posted 14.1 points, 4.0 assists and 3.2 rebounds per game last season, which she split between the Washington Mystics and Seattle Storm.

In 2018, Mabrey won a national championship with Notre Dame, where she still holds the program record for 3-pointers made (274).