The slumping Storm added All-Star Brittney Sykes via trade this week. The process of integrating the veteran guard into the lineup begins Friday against the Aces.

Sykes, who made her 1st WNBA All-Star team this season was traded from the Washington Mystics to the Seattle Storm for Alysha Clark and a 2026 1st-round pick. Brittney is averaging 15.4 points, 4.3 assists, 3.4 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game and joins a Seattle team that is 16-13 and is in 6th place in the WNBA, 3rd in the Western Conference.

Sykes tops the Mystics with 15.4 points per game, but the player right behind her will benefit from her absence. Head coach Sydney Johnson revealed before Tuesday's bout with the Chicago Sky that All-Star rookie Sonia Citron (14.3 PPG) will likely be the closer from now on, via The Washington Post's Kareem Copeland.