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Aces Sign Veteran Center Alaina Coates to Rest of Season Contract … – Las Vegas Aces
August 23, 2023
Las Vegas, NV (August 23, 2023)—Las Vegas Aces General Manager Natalie Williams announced today that the team has signed veteran WNBA center Alaina Coates to a rest of season contract.
Coates, who originally signed with the Aces on Aug. 2, has played in 6 games for Las Vegas, averaging 1.5 points and 1.2 rebounds as the Aces posted a 5-1 record in those contests.
The Chicago Sky originally selected Coates with the second overall pick of the 2017 WNBA Draft. The 6-4 South Carolina grad missed the 2017 season with an injury, but played in 32 games as a rookie for the Sky in 2018. She later laced up her high tops for Minnesota (2019), Atlanta (2019), Washington (2020), Indiana (2022) and Phoenix (2023).
Coates has career averages of 2.9 points and 2.7 rebounds, along with a career field goal percentage of 56.2 percent over her 89 games in the W.
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