Natasha Cloud Returning to Washington Mystics

WNBA: First, the good news. Natasha Cloud is coming back! After opting out of the 2020 season to advocate for social justice, she signed a multi-year deal yesterday with the Washington Mystics: the same team who drafted her in 2015 and won the WNBA Championship in 2019.

• Unfortunately (for us), Maya Moore isn’t coming back, at least not this year. But it’s for a good cause. The former Minnesota Lynx star/activist/newlywed decided to sit out another season — her third straight — to continue her fight for criminal justice reform.

USA - NBA: The NBA is back, too, where things are heating up. The second half of the season started last night, after a quick All-Star break, and the league’s trade deadline is just two weeks away: March 25th at 3 p.m. ET.

• The Brooklyn Nets already made the biggest trade of the season with the addition of James Harden, but a few other big names remain on the trade block, including Toronto Raptor Kyle Lowry, Cleveland Cavalier Andre Drummond and Houston Rocket P.J. Tucker.

CA - NBA: The second half of the NBA season started last night, after a quick All-Star break, and the league’s trade deadline is just two weeks away: March 25th at 3 p.m. ET. And no fanbase will be more stressed during the next two weeks than Toronto Raptors fans, all thanks to the “will they or won’t they” trade rumors surrounding our beloved Kyle Lowry.

• Lowry recently sold his house in Toronto, and the 76ers showed some interest in their hometown boy. And though Lowry’s agent already shot down the idea of a trade, we won’t believe that until March 25th comes and goes.

• In the meantime, let’s enjoy Lowry for as long as we have him. He’ll play tonight when the Raps host the Atlanta Hawks at 7:30 p.m. ET with coach Nick Nurse back as bench boss after missing the last few games due to COVID-19 protocols.