Free agent Brionna Jones is signing with the Dream, her agent, Boris Lelchitski, confirmed to The Associated Press on Thursday night.
The three-time All-Star had played her entire career with the Connecticut Sun after being drafted No. 8 in 2017. Free agents can’t sign officially until Saturday.
Jones will pair with Brittney Griner, who reportedly will sign with the Dream as a free agent, in the frontcourt, giving the Dream a formidable starting five as the two bigs will play with Jordin Canada, Rhyne Howard and Allisha Gray. Griner announced Tuesday that she was going to sign with the Dream.
The Dream made a coaching change this offseason, bringing in Karl Smesko from Florida Gulf Coast. The Dream went 15-25 last season and made the playoffs for the second straight year. They were eliminated in the first round by eventual WNBA champion New York.
The Dream haven’t won a playoff game since 2018, when they lost to Washington in five games in the conference finals.
The 29-year-old Jones averaged 13.7 points and 5.5 rebounds last season. She missed most of the 2023 season after tearing an Achilles tendon that June.
Jones helped the Sun reach the WNBA Finals twice, in 2019 and 2022. She earned the league’s Sixth Player of the Year award in 2022 and the Most Improved Player the season before.
ESPN first reported the signing.
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