On 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 Women’s World Cup team for the United States.