FOR TWO YEARS, Haley Jones reserved a drawer for her Atlanta Dream gear. In a span of 16 days, she cleared out two more drawers for two more teams. Julie Vanloo sped across 3,000 miles to sit and wait for a job offer she might never get. Shyanne Sellers -- she knows it sounds awful -- felt a twinge of hope when she saw somebody get hurt. Seven words from a basketball icon -- You're not ready for the league yet -- haunted Harmoni Turner. Diamond DeShields felt mocked by her own juicer that barely had time to juice.

Five players. Twenty transactions. Seventeen states. Four countries. Eighty-six days. This is life on the fringe of the WNBA.

JONES STANDS JUST beyond the 3-point line and watches as her former teammates on the Atlanta Dream smother one of her new teammates on the Da

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