Sun waive former All-Star G Diamond DeShields

Field Level Media|published: 05/15/2025, 1:07pm EDT

Feb 17, 2023; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Diamond DeShields (1) reacts in the 2023 NBA All Star celebrity game at Huntsman Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

The Connecticut Sun waived former All-Star and WNBA champion Diamond DeShields on Thursday.

The regular season tips off Friday, with the Sun opening at home against the Washington Mystics on Sunday.

DeShields, 30, signed a one-year contract with Connecticut in February.

She averaged 4.5 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 32 games (10 starts) with the Chicago Sky in 2024.

DeShields has career averages of 11.6 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 175 games (118 starts) with the Sky (2018-21, 2024) and Phoenix Mercury (2022). She missed the 2023 season with a knee injury.

DeShields made the 2019 All-Star team and won the 2021 WNBA championship with the Sky, who drafted her with the No. 3 overall pick in 2018.

--Field Level Media