Overview
- The Tempo signed Kia Nurse and Temi Fagbenle to one-year deals Tuesday, with Fagbenle’s contract at $1 million according to her agent.
- Nurse, a 30-year-old guard from Hamilton, becomes the franchise’s first Canadian player and said playing at home “means everything.”
- One night earlier, Toronto made Kiki Rice its first-ever draft pick at No. 6, then added Teonni Key, Saffron Shiels and Charlise Dunn later in the draft.
- Fagbenle, a 6-foot-4 center who started for Golden State last season, is valued for defense and rebounding and is expected to anchor the paint.
- The expansion club, led by coach Sandy Brondello and GM Monica Wright Rogers, opens at home against the Washington Mystics on May 8.