The WNBA trade deadline will come at 3 p.m. ET on Thursday, August 7. After that point, teams can no longer trade players until the offseason. Any players acquired will be with their new teams for the final month-plus of the regular season and into the playoffs.

Carrington's time in Dallas was a useful reminder that defensive stoppers tend to do more to improve a defense's ceiling than its floor. Adding Carrington wasn't enough to lift the Wings beyond 10th in the WNBA in defensive rating, part of the reason she lost her starting job after 12 games and has seen reduced playing time.