Ariel Atkins signs multi-year extension with the Mystics

Photo by Stephen Gosling/NBAE via Getty ImagesOn Tuesday, the Washington Mystics announced that guard Ariel Atkins signed a multi-year extension. According to Howard Megdal of The Next, the contract is for two years at $200,000 per season starting in 2024.

Source familiar tells @TheNextHoops the extension for Ariel Atkins with the @WashMystics is two years, $200k per season. Full protection. #WNBA

— Howard Megdal (@howardmegdal) August 15, 2023 Atkins has played her entire six-year WNBA career with the Mystics. She made the All-WNBA Defensive team in all of her completed seasons so far, was part of Washington’s 2019 WNBA championship team, made the 2020 Olympic 5x5 team and the 2022 FIBA…