The Valkyries made a flurry of moves Sunday ahead of a major international tournament that will impact their roster. Golden State temporarily suspended Cecilia Zandalasini’s contract, released center Kyara Linskens and signed forward Laeticia Amihere on Sunday.

Zandalasini scored 18 points in Saturday’s blowout win over the Las Vegas Aces, including three of her four 3-point attempts. She is averaging 10 points over four games so far this season, starting and playing 30 minutes over each of the last two games.

The 29-year-old forward will compete in EuroBasket for Italy after playing a key role in the country’s qualifying run.

EuroBasket is set to run from June 18-29 and some players will report to their teams as early as this week. The winning country earns a spot in the 2026 World Cup. Italy’s first game is June 18 against Serbia.

Julie Vanloo (Belgium), Janelle Salaün (France) and Temi Fagbenle (Great Britain) are also expected to leave Golden State to play for their home countries at EuroBasket.

The Valkyries could sign players to hardship contracts should their roster dwindle below 10 players.

Amihere played for the Valkyries in the preseason and produced well offensively, but did not make the regular-season roster. She averaged 12.5 points and 1.5 rebounds in Golden State’s two preseason games. She poured in 20 points in the Valkyries’ first ever preseason game, a loss to the Los Angeles Sparks.

The 23-year-old forward was drafted eighth overall by Atlanta in 2023 out of South Carolina. She played two seasons for the Dream, averaging 2.0 points and 1.3 rebounds in 6.2 minutes per game. After being released last summer, she played in Australia over the winter before joining the Valkyries in training camp.

Linskens, who was in the midst of her first WNBA season after playing several years across Europe, averaged 1.0 point and 1.5 rebounds in 6.7 minutes per game.

Linskens, 28, played in just four of the Valkyries’ eight games so far this season as the team’s third-string center. She wasn’t expected to make the roster out of training camp, but strong preseason performances earned her a spot.

Earlier this season, Linskens said she wasn’t going to play for her home country of Belgium at the EuroBasket tournament and instead focus on her role with the Valkyries.

“The WNBA has been a dream,” Linskens said last month. “I’ve been on the national team for 10 years and already accomplished a lot of things. This is something completely new and I told myself, ‘I want to focus on this.’ This is my first year and it might be once in a lifetime, who knows?”