Los Angeles Sparks guard Lexie Brown has been traded to the Seattle Storm, both teams announced on Friday. The Storm acquired Brown and the Sparks’ 2025 third-round draft pick in exchange for the Storm’s 2025 and 2027 second-round picks — a move that will benefit them in the short term and seemingly reflects Los Angeles’s desire to move forward with other guards on the roster.

The Seattle Storm are working hard to replenish their roster after dealing away franchise pillar Jewell Loyd in a blockbuster trade that sent Kelsey Plum to the Los Angeles Sparks and the No. 2 overall pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft,

The Los Angeles Sparks received two second-round draft picks from the Seattle Storm in exchange for guard Lexie Brown and a third-round pick.