Sparks Waive Three Players
May 4, 2022 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Los Angeles Sparks News Release
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Sparks announced today the team has waived guards Te'a Cooper, Arella Guirantes, and Kianna Smith.
Cooper played her first two WNBA seasons for the Sparks, averaging 8.2 points on 40.1% shooting from the floor, along with 1.6 assists and 0.8 steals per game. She was originally drafted by the Phoenix Mercury, before LA signed her prior to the 2022 WNBA bubble.
Guirantes was drafted with the No. 22 pick (second round) of the 2021 WNBA Draft. A star at Rutgers University, Guirantes averaged 3.2 points, 1.3 rebounds, and 0.6 assists in 11.6 minutes per game her rookie year. She appeared in 25 games, starting two.
Smith, the Southern California native, was drafted No. 16 overall in the 2022 WNBA Draft. In the Sparks' first preseason contest against the Seattle Storm, she scored three points, grabbed three rebounds, dished out one assist, and held LA's second-highest plus/minus, finishing +10 in 15:54 minutes of action.
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