2024 Las Vegas Aces season

2024 Las Vegas Aces season
Coach	Becky Hammon
Arena	Michelob Ultra Arena
Attendance	per game
Results
Record	3–1 (.750)
Place	0th (Western)
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The 2024 Las Vegas Aces season will be the franchise's 27th season in the Women's National Basketball Association and the seventh year the franchise is based in Las Vegas - after relocating from San Antonio and Utah. This will be the third season under head coach Becky Hammon. They were the defending WNBA champions, after defeating the New York Liberty in the 2023 WNBA Finals. In 2023, the Aces also finished with the most regular season wins in WNBA history, 34. ^[1] Additionally, the Aces won back-to-back WNBA titles, and were the first team to do so since 2001–2002. The season will tip off on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at home versus the Phoenix Mercury. ^[2]

On May 17, 2024, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) announced that they would be gifting each player on the 2024 Aces roster a $100,000 sponsorship. ^[3] This sponsorship is independent of the Aces organization as per the WNBA's collective bargaining agreement. ^[3] On May 18, 2024, the WNBA opened an investigation into these sponsorships. ^[4]

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2024 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
2	16	Dyaisha Fair	United States	Syracuse
2	18	Kate Martin	United States	Iowa
2	24	Elizabeth Kitley	United States	Virginia Tech
3	36	Angel Jackson	United States	Jackson State

Transactions

Date	Details
February 1, 2024	Signed Megan Gustafson [5]
	Re-signed Kiah Stokes [6]
	Re-signed Sydney Colson [7]
	Signed Morgan Jones to a Training Camp Contract [8]
February 4, 2024	Signed Kamaria McDaniel to a Training Camp Contract [9]
February 7, 2024	Re-signed Candace Parker [10]
February 8, 2024	Signed Bria Hartley to a Training Camp Contract [11]
March 28, 2024	Signed Brea Beal to a Training Camp Contract [12]
April 17, 2024	Signed Dyaisha Fair and Angel Jackson to Rookie Contracts [13]
April 22, 2024	Signed Kate Martin to Rookie Contract [14]
April 28, 2024	Candace Parker announced her retirement [15]
April 29, 2024	Signed Chelsea Gray to an Contract Extension [16]
May 2, 2024	Waived Brea Beal and Morgan Jones [17]
May 3, 2024	Signed Jackie Young to a Contract Extension [18]
May 6, 2024	Waived Bria Hartley [19]
	Waived Kamaria McDaniel [20]
	Claimed/Awarded Emma Cannon from Waivers [21]
May 7, 2024	Waived Angel Jackson [22]
May 13, 2024	Exercised fourth-year option for Kierstan Bell [23]
May 26, 2024	Waived Dyaisha Fair [24]

Roster Changes

Additions Personnel Signed/Trade Former Team Emma Cannon Signed Dallas Wings Dyaisha Fair Draft Syracuse Megan Gustafson Signed Phoenix Mercury Kate Martin Draft Iowa

Subtractions Personnel Reason New Team Candace Parker Retired Cayla George Released — Dyaisha Fair Waived

Roster

Las Vegas Aces roster v t e
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F 1 Bell, Kierstan 6' 1" (1.85m) 176 lb (80kg) 2000-03-16 Florida Gulf Coast 2 F 32 Cannon, Emma 6' 2" (1.88m) 190 lb (86kg) 1989-06-01 Florida Southern 5 F 7 Clark, Alysha 5' 11" (1.8m) 167 lb (76kg) 1987-07-07 Middle Tennessee 11 G 51 Colson, Sydney 5' 8" (1.73m) 140 lb (64kg) 1989-08-06 Texas A&M 9 G 12 Gray, Chelsea   5' 11" (1.8m) 170 lb (77kg) 1992-10-08 Duke 9 C 17 Gustafson, Megan 6' 3" (1.91m) 195 lb (88kg) 1996-12-13 Iowa 5 C Kitley, Elizabeth  (DP) 6' 5" (1.96m) 2001-09-17 Virginia Tech R G 20 Martin, Kate 6' 0" (1.83m) 172 lb (78kg) 2000-06-05 Iowa R G 10 Plum, Kelsey 5' 8" (1.73m) 145 lb (66kg) 1994-08-24 Washington 6 C 41 Stokes, Kiah 6' 3" (1.91m) 191 lb (87kg) 1993-03-30 Connecticut 8 F 22 Wilson, A'ja 6' 4" (1.93m) 195 lb (88kg) 1996-08-08 South Carolina 6 G 0 Young, Jackie 6' 0" (1.83m) 165 lb (75kg) 1997-09-16 Notre Dame 5	Head coach Becky Hammon (Colorado State) Assistant coaches Natalie Nakase (UCLA) Tyler Marsh (Birmingham–Southern) Charlene Thomas-Swinson (Auburn) Athletic trainer Michelle Anumba (Duke) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured   WNBA roster page
East ATL CHI CON IND NY WAS West DAL LV LA MIN PHO SEA

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench
PG	Kelsey Plum	Sydney Colson Chelsea Gray
SG	Jackie Young	Kate Martin
SF	Alysha Clark
PF	A'ja Wilson	Emma Cannon
C	Kiah Stokes	Megan Gustafson

Schedule

Pre-season

2024 pre-season game log Total: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
May: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 11 Puerto Rico W 102–50 A'ja Wilson (27) A'ja Wilson (14) Tied–3 (3) Colonial Life Arena 13,507 1–0
2024 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2024 game log Total: 3–1 (Home: 3–1; Road: 0–0)
May: 3–1 (Home: 3–1; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 14 Phoenix W 89–80 A'ja Wilson (30) A'ja Wilson (13) Jackie Young (6) Michelob Ultra Arena 10,419 1–0 2 May 18 Los Angeles W 89–82 Tied (22) A'ja Wilson (10) Jackie Young (11) Michelob Ultra Arena 10,286 2–0 3 May 21 Phoenix L 88–98 Kelsey Plum (27) A'ja Wilson (13) Jackie Young (8) Michelob Ultra Arena 10,374 2–1 4 May 25 Indiana W 99–80 A'ja Wilson (29) A'ja Wilson (15) Kelsey Plum (7) Michelob Ultra Arena 10,399 3–1 5 May 29 @ Minnesota Target Center 6 May 31 @ Atlanta Gateway Center Arena
June : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 7 June 5 @ Dallas College Park Center 8 June 7 Seattle Michelob Ultra Arena 9 June 9 @ Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena 10 June 11 Minnesota Michelob Ultra Arena 11 June 13 @ Phoenix Footprint Center 12 June 15 New York Michelob Ultra Arena 13 June 19 Seattle Michelob Ultra Arena 14 June 21 Connecticut Michelob Ultra Arena 15 June 27 @ Chicago Wintrust Arena 16 June 29 @ Washington Entertainment and Sports Arena
July : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 17 July 2 Indiana T-Mobile Arena 18 July 4 Washington Michelob Ultra Arena 19 July 5 @ Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena 20 July 7 Dallas Michelob Ultra Arena 21 July 10 @ Seattle Climate Pledge Arena 22 July 12 @ Atlanta Gateway Center Arena 23 July 14 @ Washington Entertainment and Sports Arena 24 July 16 Chicago Michelob Ultra Arena
August : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 25 August 17 New York Michelob Ultra Arena 26 August 18 Los Angeles Michelob Ultra Arena 27 August 21 Minnesota Michelob Ultra Arena 28 August 23 @ Minnesota Target Center 29 August 25 @ Chicago Wintrust Arena 30 August 27 @ Dallas College Park Center 31 August 30 Atlanta Michelob Ultra Arena
September : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 32 September 1 @ Phoenix Footprint Center 33 September 3 Chicago T-Mobile Arena 34 September 6 @ Connecticut Mohegan Sun Arena 35 September 8 @ New York Barclays Center 36 September 11 @ Indiana Gainbridge Fieldhouse 37 September 13 @ Indiana Gainbridge Fieldhouse 38 September 15 Connecticut Michelob Ultra Arena 39 September 17 @ Seattle Climate Pledge Arena 40 September 19 Dallas Michelob Ultra Arena
2024 season schedule

Standings

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Conf.	Home	Road	Cup
1	Connecticut Sun	5	0	1.000	–	4–0	3–0	2–0	0–0
2	Minnesota Lynx	4	1	.800	1	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–0
3	Las Vegas Aces	3	1	.750	1.5	2–1	3–1	0–0	0–0
4	New York Liberty	4	2	.667	1.5	3–1	2–1	2–1	0–0
5	Dallas Wings	3	2	.600	2	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–0
6	Phoenix Mercury	3	2	.600	2	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–0
7	Seattle Storm	3	3	.500	2.5	0–2	2–1	1–2	0–0
8	Chicago Sky	2	2	.500	2.5	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–0
9	Atlanta Dream	2	2	.500	2.5	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0
10	Los Angeles Sparks	1	4	.200	4	0–2	1–3	0–1	0–0
11	Indiana Fever	1	6	.143	5	0–4	0–2	1–4	0–0
12	Washington Mystics	0	6	.000	5.5	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–0

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Notes

(#) – League Standing

x – Clinched playoff berth

e – Eliminated from playoff contention

Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

^‡Waived/Released during the season
^†Traded during the season
^≠Acquired during the season

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.

References

1. "Aces set WNBA single-season wins record with 30th victory". ESPN . August 25, 2023. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
2. "2024 Las Vegas Aces Schedule". aces.wnba.com. WNBA . Retrieved February 26, 2024.
3. Puleo, Mark; Merchant, Sabreena (May 17, 2024). "Every Las Vegas Aces player receives $100,000 sponsorship from city". The Athletic . The New York Times . Retrieved May 17, 2024.
4. Pickman, Ben; Puleo, Mark (May 18, 2024). "WNBA opens investigation into Aces players receiving $100,000 sponsorships". The Athletic . The New York Times . Retrieved May 23, 2024.
5. "Las Vegas Aces Sign Megan Gustafson as Free Agent". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. February 1, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
6. "Las Vegas Aces Re-Sign Veteran Center, Two-Time WNBA Champion Kiah Stokes". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. February 1, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
7. "Las Vegas Aces Re-Sign Two-Time WNBA Champion Guard Sydney Colson". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. February 1, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
8. "Aces Sign Former Louisville and Florida State Guard Morgan Jones to Training Camp Contract". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. February 1, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
9. "Aces Sign Former Michigan State Guard Kamaria McDaniel to Training Camp Contract". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. February 4, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
10. "Three-Time WNBA Champion, Two-Time League MVP Candace Parker Re-Signs with Aces". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. February 7, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
11. "Las Vegas Aces Sign WNBA Veteran Guard Bria Hartley to Training Camp Contract". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. February 8, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
12. "Aces Sign Former South Carolina Guard Brea Beal to Training Camp Contract". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. March 28, 2024. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
13. "WNBA Transactions". acrossthetimeline.com. Across the Timeline. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
14. "Kate Martin - Transactions". acrossthetimeline.com. Across the Timeline. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
15. Philippou, Alexa (April 28, 2024). "Candace Parker, two-time WNBA MVP, announces retirement". ESPN . Retrieved April 28, 2024.
16. @LVAces (April 30, 2024). "𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐆𝐀𝐖𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃 🎥🪄 The Las Vegas Aces have signed @cgray209 to a contract extension. #ALLINLV" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
17. "Las Vegas Aces - Transactions". acrossthetimeline.com. Across the Timeline. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
18. @RichardCohen1 (May 3, 2024). "Source confirms that Jackie Young's extension with the Las Vegas Aces adds one year to her current deal (covering 2025), fully protected, at $169,950. Another Aces player adding an extra season at the exact same salary as this year, but in Young's case for well below max. #WNBA" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
19. Lawson-Freeman, Callie (May 6, 2024). "Aces waive veteran guard in latest roster move". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
20. "Las Vegas Aces Waive Kamaria McDaniel". WNBA. May 6, 2024.
21. "Las Vegas Aces Sign Emma Cannon". WNBA. May 6, 2024.
22. "Las Vegas Aces Waive Angel Jackson". WNBA. May 7, 2024.
23. @LVAces (May 13, 2024). "𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋: The Las Vegas Aces have exercised the fourth-year option for @Dotmug_330. #ALLINLV" (Tweet). Retrieved May 13, 2024– via Twitter.
24. "Aces Waive Rookie Guard Dyaisha Fair". WNBA. May 26, 2024.

External links

• Official website of the Las Vegas Aces