The Dallas Wings have signed forward Amy Okonkwo to a seven-day hardship contract, the team announced on Thursday. Okonkwo, a 6’2 forward, is a two-time FIBA AfroBasket MVP and a longtime Nigerian women’s basketball team star, joins a shorthanded Wings team that has already been eliminated from playoff contention.
The signing comes just two days after the Wings announced center Li Yueru was out for the season with an ACL sprain, and that guard Arike Ogunbowale was out indefinitely with right knee tendonitis. In Wednesday’s loss to the Los Angeles Sparks, rookie JJ Quinerly left the game in the fourth quarter after suffering a left leg injury.
What Amy Okonkwo brings
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