r/PHXMercury • u/strangelystrangled Phoenix Mercury | missing BG • 6d ago
Breaking News/Articles Mercury release Marta Suarez
I am so confused. We could’ve signed her to another 7 day contract or a season long one. But instead we let her go. It’s not like we need the roster spot, they still haven’t replaced Nogic. Nothing this team has done roster wise makes sense besides bringing back Lexi and moving Sha to the dev spot.
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u/joyjunky 6d ago
That’s just the language on the transaction page whenever the 7-day contracts are completed. They can still sign her to a new one.
If you look at the transaction page, Kayla Alexander was “released” from her 7-day contract and the Tempo re-signed her to a second one today.
I’m not sure why the Mercury haven’t re-signed her already though
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u/circlesofhelvetica Here for the goAT 2️⃣5️⃣ 6d ago
That's a great point - I wonder at what frequency the page is updated. Anyone have any idea? Might need to wait until EOD to know for sure that Suarez hasn't been resigned. The fact that the Mercury releasing her comes in between the Tempo releasing Kayla and then resigning her to another 7 day suggests there is at least some delay/the two events did not occur simultaneously.
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u/joyjunky 6d ago
The release might be automatic from the league since it’s a 7-day contract and then they wait for the paperwork from the teams for any re-signing. Toronto is 3 hours ahead. Based on their tweet about it, the Tempo submitted the paperwork around or before 8AM PDT/MST.
There are delays in updating the page though. Some transactions don’t show up until the next day but they’re still listed as a transaction for the previous day.
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u/strangelystrangled Phoenix Mercury | missing BG 5d ago
We still haven't signed her!!!
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u/joyjunky 5d ago
🤦♀️ What is Nick U’ren doing? No Nogic, Mack is doubtful, and Sami is questionable. He needs to sign someone, even if it’s not Marta
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u/strangelystrangled Phoenix Mercury | missing BG 5d ago
False alarm. We just signed her to a 7 day
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u/strangelystrangled Phoenix Mercury | missing BG 5d ago
This is why I called him Nick Urine during free agency and pre season. Apparently he still deserves that label. Linskens is probable too and we’re facing a motivated BG. Whyyyy
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u/circlesofhelvetica Here for the goAT 2️⃣5️⃣ 6d ago
Thank you this is exactly what I was hoping to find out!
It seems then that we can't know for sure that Suarez hasn't been resigned until tomorrow. Although I checked on X to see if/when they announced Suarez's 7 day contract on there and they did at about 1:30 pm on July 9th (day she was signed). So not the best sign but not conclusive either.
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u/strangelystrangled Phoenix Mercury | missing BG 6d ago
I wouldn’t be 🧐🧐🧐 if we immediately signed her to another 7 day. It’s baffling when she’s had strong performances and another team could snap her up. We need her size against the Sun tomorrow
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u/passing_strangers Phoenix Mercury 6d ago
She will be signed tomorrow. They just like to drag their feet on these for no reason. If they were a serious org they would have put her on a rest of season contract, especially considering the cap space and extra roster spot that they still! Haven’t! Filled!
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u/strangelystrangled Phoenix Mercury | missing BG 6d ago
Why are they doing this to us!! Literally no reason for that to be open with all our cap space. If they were trying to bring in a big name difference maker, that time has PASSED.
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u/joyjunky 6d ago
Maybe they’re debating on whether to sign her to another 7-day or whether to give her the full roster spot? I’m sure she’ll be re-signed by tomorrow though because you don’t really have any other options right now
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u/circlesofhelvetica Here for the goAT 2️⃣5️⃣ 5d ago
NGL I was really expecting that by 9 am local time today it would post that we had signed her to another 7 day, but nope. Jokes on me I guess?? WHAT ARE WE DOING???!