Four-time WNBA All-Star and two-time champion Kelsey Plum signed a one-year deal to return to the Los Angeles Sparks, the team announced on Sunday.
The deal is worth $999,999, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania. Plum was in line for the $1.4 million supermax but opted to sign at discounted rate to give the Sparks financial flexibility to build a title-contending roster.
The 5-foot-8 guard averaged 19.5 points and 5.7 assists per game last season with the Sparks. That was her first campaign with the organization after previously spending her entire career with the San Antonio Stars/Las Vegas Aces franchise, which drafted her No. 1 overall in 2017 out of Washington.
Plum, who held the NCAA scoring record (3,527) before Caitlin Clark broke it in 2024, was a key piece of the Aces' core that won consecutive championships in 2022 and 2023. But she arrived in Los Angeles as the team's clear-cut star and with the goal of helping the storied franchise return to relevance. The Sparks, one of the WNBA's original franchises, have not reached the playoffs since 2020, the longest active drought in the league.
The 31-year-old Plum is a former Sixth Player of the Year (2021), All-Star Game MVP (2022), All-WNBA first-team selection (2022) and Olympic gold medalist with both the 5-on-5 (2024) and 3x3 (2020) U.S. teams.
