The Chicago Sky are grappling with the luxury and burden of options during this free-agency period. General manager Jeff Pagliocca almost entirely recouped the team’s draft stock over the last year, including securing the Nos.

Vandersloot is an unrestricted free agent after playing the last two seasons with the New York Liberty, helping them win the 2024 WNBA championship. Prior to her run with the New York franchise, she spent 12 seasons with the Sky after being drafted third overall in 2011.

Vandersloot was the No. 3 overall pick by the Chicago Sky out of Gonzaga in the 2011 WNBA Draft. She played with the Sky for 12 seasons, winning a title with the Sky in the 2021 season where her turnaround jumper sealed the win in Game 4.