Report: Aces acquiring 6-time All-Star Jewell Loyd from Storm in multi-team deal sending Kelsey Plum to Sparks

The Seattle Storm are trading six-time All Star Jewell Loyd to the Las Vegas Aces in a multi-team deal that will send three-time All-Star Kelsey Plum to the Los Angeles Sparks, ESPN reports.

In exchange, the Storm will receive the No. 2 pick in the 2025 draft and reserve center Li Yueru from the Sparks. The Sparks will receive the No. 9 pick from the Storm, and the Aces will receive the No. 13 pick from the Sparks, according to the report.

Loyd, 31, joins the Aces after spending her first 10 WNBA seasons in Seattle. A former Rookie of the Year, Loyd has made an All-Star team in each of the last four seasons and in six of the last seven. She joins an Aces team that won consecutive WNBA championships in 2022 and 2023 but lost to the eventual champion New York Liberty in last season's semifinals.

With the deal, the Aces receive a two-way player in Loyd as they retool for an attempt at returning to title contention. Loyd averaged 19.7 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.6 assists last season.

Plum, 30, was a key player for both of the Aces' championship teams and made the All-Star team in each of the last three seasons. She's spent her entire seven-season WNBA career with the Aces franchise, including in 2017 in their last season as the San Antonio Stars before they relocated. She averaged 17.8 points, 4.2 assists and 2.6 rebounds last season.

Plum joins a rebuilding Sparks team that finished in last place in the WNBA last season but has upside in second-year forward Cameron Brink.

Both Loyd and Plum played for Team USA's gold-medal winning team at the Paris Olympics last summer.

The Storm earned the No. 5 seed and lost to the Aces in the first round of last season's playoffs. The trade of Loyd to secure the No. 2 pick signals a rebuild in Seattle.