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The Mystics bring in new energy, and keep their cap space flexibility for the 2026 WNBA season

On Wednesday, Washington Mystics General Manager Mike Thibault held a press conference for the media. It was partly to introduce Karlie Samuelson and re-introduce Stefanie Dolson to Washington. But it also offered Thibault the chance to address his approach to the 2024 WNBA offseason.

Thibault wants to move on from the 2019 WNBA championship season

Thibault recognized that the Mystics needed to “re-energize” how the team could look in the future. He acknowledged that the team needed to get past the talk about the 2019 championship season. Kareem Copeland of The Washington Post summed it up nicely here.