Brittney Griner plans to sign with the Atlanta Dream, marking the end of her 11-year career with the Phoenix Mercury.

Griner, a 10-time All-Star, announced the move in a video posted to Instagram on Tuesday night, and her agent, Lindsay Kagawa Colas, confirmed to The Associated Press that the star center would sign a one-year deal with Atlanta.

“Free agency has been everything I wanted it to be, honestly. I was able to find where I wanted to go,” Griner said in the video. “Honestly, what led me to that decision ultimately was the team, the players. Also my family. I’m thrilled for this chapter.”

WNBA free agents can’t sign contracts until Saturday.

The 6-foot-9 Griner had spent her entire career with Phoenix since getting drafted No. 1 in 2013. Griner, 34, is signing for only one year because a new collective bargaining agreement featuring potentially massive salary increases is expected to take effect in 2026.

Griner missed the 2022 season when she was detained for nearly 10 months in Russia after authorities said a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis. She was freed in a prisoner swap when the United States released notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.

Griner averaged 17.8 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.5 blocks last season with Phoenix. She’s third on the WNBA’s career blocks list.

It has been an offseason of change for Phoenix, which is finalizing a deal to acquire Alyssa Thomas from the Connecticut Sun, a person familiar with that trade told the AP. It’s also not clear whether veteran Diana Taurasi, the league’s all-time leading scorer, will return or retire.

In the deal to get Thomas, the Mercury will receive Ty Harris and send Natasha Cloud, Rebecca Allen and the No. 12 draft pick to Connecticut.

Thomas played her entire career in Connecticut, helping the Sun reach the WNBA Finals in 2019 and 2022.

The Indiana Fever re-signed free agent guard Kelsey Mitchell, who had the best statistical season of her seven-year career last summer playing alongside rookie star Caitlin Clark.

Free agent guard Courtney Vandersloot is headed back to Chicago, the team that drafted her in 2011. Vandersloot is Chicago’s all-time assist leader and is second in WNBA history behind Sue Bird. She helped the Sky win the franchise’s first WNBA title in 2021.

NBA

Tyrese Maxey scored 43 points to lead a Philadelphia 76ers team without injured Joel Embiid and Paul George to a 118-104 win over the Lakers on Tuesday night in Philadelphia.

Last season’s NBA Most Improved Player, Maxey, who had averaged 30.4 points over the last 10 games, blew past the mark with 41 points through three quarters.

LeBron James scored 31 points for the Lakers, who lost Anthony Davis in the first quarter with an abdominal muscle strain. Lakers officials announced the severity of Davis’ injury Wednesday while noting that he had returned to L.A.and would be re-evaluated in approximately a week.

Davis walked to the locker room with his right hand over his stomach when he left with 2:10 to play in the first quarter. Davis had four points in 10 minutes before he was hurt.

Bronny James was 0 for 5 from the field in 15 minutes of the first half for the Lakers.

NHL

Mason McTavish scored the tying goal early in the second period and assisted on Robby Fabbri’s go-ahead goal 4:35 later, as the Ducks beat the Kraken 6-4 on Tuesday night in Seattle.

Troy Terry, Cutter Gauthier, Jackson LaCombe and Frank Vatrano also scored for the Ducks, who took the lead for good with three goals in the first eight minutes of the second.

McTavish, Fabbri, LaCombe and Vatrano each finished with a goal and an assist. Ryan Strome had two assists, and Lukas Dostal made 26 saves for the Ducks, who have won three straight after losing seven of eight.

MLB

The Dodgers have reached agreement on a one-year contract with left-hander Alex Vesia, avoiding a hearing with their last unsigned arbitration-eligible player this winter.

Vesia had filed at $2.35 million earlier this month while the Dodgers countered at $2.05 million. The new deal will pay Vesia $2.25 million in 2025 with a club option for 2026 that could pay Vesia $3.55 million up to $3.725 million based on appearances this season.

Vesia has emerged as the top left-handed option in the Dodgers’ bullpen. Over four seasons with the team, he is 15-10 with eight saves, a 2.57 ERA and 12.2 strikeouts per nine innings.

— Bill Plunkett

The Tampa Bay Rays and free agent Ha-Seong Kim have agreed to a two-year contract valued at $29 million, a person familiar with the negotiations told The AP on Wednesday.

Kim, 29, who played his first four seasons in the majors with the San Diego Padres and won a Gold Glove in 2023, will be paid $13 million this year.

He hit .233 with 11 homers and 22 stolen bases in the final season of a $28 million, four-year contract.

Right-hander Jovan Oviedo lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday in the first salary arbitration decision of the year and will earn $850,000 instead of his request for $1.15 million. Oviedo, who turns 27 on March 2, was 9-14 with a 4.32 ERA in 32 starts last year. He earned $765,000.

MISCELLANY

The NCAA championships for beach volleyball are changing from Huntington Beach to Gulf Shores, Alabama due to the impact of the Southern California wildfires, the NCAA said Wednesday.

The release announcing the switch of the May 2-4 championships said it was a mutual decision between the NCAA and the Orange County Sports Commission.

Alyssa Thompson and her younger sister Gisele both signed contract extensions with Angel City, the National Women’s Soccer League team announced Wednesday.

The Kansas City Current signed NWSL Most Valuable Player Temwa Chawinga to a three-year contract extension, keeping the star forward from Malawi with in KC through the 2028 season.