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WNBA Free Agency 2021: The Mystics signed Alysha Clark in part because Aerial Powers wavered on a verbal commitment to return

On Monday, the Washington Mystics had a press conference with General Manager and Head Coach Mike Thibault and forward Alysha Clark. We’ll first go over Clark’s reactions to signing with the Mystics, which was positive. Then we’ll go over the timeline on how they came to signing Clark and how they also had a falling out with Aerial Powers during free agency negotiations.

Clark is signing with the Mystics to build on activist causes in a power center, and win a championship too

In the press conference, two things stuck out about why Clark signed with the Mystics besides money, which we’ll get to later.