Sparks F Hamby signs extension thru 2025

The Los Angeles Sparks signed star forward Dearica Hamby to a contract extension thru the 2025 season.

Financial terms of the deal were no longer disclosed by the team Thursday.

Hamby, 30, is a outmoded WNBA champion, a two-time All-Superstar and two-time Sixth Girl of the 300 and sixty five days.

She is averaging 20.0 aspects, 11.4 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.6 steals in 12 games (all begins) this season.

“I’m grateful for discovering a dwelling in LA with an possession crew and group that believes in me and has been nothing but supportive since the day I obtained right here,” Hamby said in a press free up. “I watch forward to continuing to dangle with my teammates and getting the Sparks lend a hand to the same earlier that has been traditionally situation.”

Hamby leads the WNBA with 10 double-doubles this season and is shooting 48.0% from 3-point fluctuate.

“I’m so brooding about Dearica’s extension. She has been an improbable addition to our team and locker room since her arrival,” head coach Curt Miller said in the assertion. “She is playing a beautiful yr and leading our younger team on and off the court. She has an well-liked motor and brings us energy daily.”

Hamby has career averages of 9.6 aspects, 5.9 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 294 games (116 begins) with the San Antonio Stars (2015-17), Las Vegas Aces (2018-22) and Sparks. She turn out to be a prime-round draft pick (sixth overall) in 2015.