Marina Mabrey wants the Connecticut Sun to trade her. Sun president Jen Rizzotti wants her to finish out her contract. The result? A standoff between a star player and one of the WNBA’s earliest ...

Copyright © 2025 Bleacher Report, Inc. A Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All Rights Reserved.

The WNBA offseason continues to spin. On Tuesday, a report came out that the Connecticut Sun has denied the trade request for Marina Mabrey, the former teammate of Chicago Sky star Angel Reese.

The Connecticut Sun are holding on to Marina ... Team president Jennifer Rizzotti insists that Connecticut is looking to build around Mabrey, and she also doesn't feel comfortable trading a player ...

"In this current age of women's empowerment and support of the players, the [Connecticut] Sun threatening to force Marina Mabrey to play ... someone to play on their team when they don't want ...

Marina Mabrey requested ... a tenuous relationship between Mabrey and the team, which has sparked conversation around the "player empowerment" era that the WNBA is ushering in.

Mabrey came to Connecticut last summer after asking for a trade from the Chicago ... shocked the team wouldn't trade his client. “In this current age of women’s empowerment and support of the players, ...

Marina Mabrey ... first team in WNBA — or even NBA — history to lose all five of their playoff starters in a single offseason. Yet, despite parting ways with multiple key players, they ...

"In this current age of women's empowerment and support of the players, the CT Sun threatening to force Marina Mabrey to play ... The Sun are the first team in WNBA history -- and in NBA history ...

“In this current age of women’s empowerment and support of the players, the CT Sun threatening to force Marina Mabrey to play ... They are the first WNBA or NBA team since 1970-71 to lose ...