“Well there goes my healed journey… they got my bookie and my rook. They kept me together man wow s— hurts.” Shakira Austin wrote after the Washington Mystics traded two familiar faces in All-Star guard Brittney Sykes and second-year forward Aaliyah Edwards. That left the Ole Miss alumna as one of the few returning names on the youngest team in the league.
Leading the team in steals and blocks, Austin is holding down the defense in Washington while also averaging a second-best 12.5 in points. So how much is the forward earning as one of the leaders of the side?
What are the terms of Shakira Austin’s current contract with the Washington Mystics?
After being selected third overall in the 2022 WNBA Draft, Shakira Austin inked a 3-year deal with the Washington Mystics worth $226,668,