The WNBA free agent signing period officially began on January 15. In addition to trades and the Draft, teams can begin to negotiate with their own Core and Reserved Players and any Restricted and Unrestricted Free Agents. Additional players who may not have been on rosters last season may also qualify as free agents and will be added to the list if and when they sign with a team. Trades, new free agent signings and player retirements will also play a part in shaping rosters in 2005.

UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS
Player	Last Roster	Transaction
Adia Barnes	Seattle	Re-signed with Seattle on April 29
Tully Bevilaqua	Seattle	Signed with Indiana on February 23
Ruthie Bolton	Sacramento	Re-signed with Sacramento on April 24
Alisa Burras	Seattle
Edna Campbell	Sacramento	Signed with San Antonio on February 16
Amisha Carter	New York	Re-signed with New York on April 11
Adrienne Goodson	San Antonio	Signed with Houston on April 19
Lady Grooms	Sacramento
Jessie Hicks	San Antonio	Re-signed with San Antonio
Pollyanna Johns-Kimbrough	Houston
LaTonya Johnson	Houston	Re-signed with Houston on February 21
Tiffani Johnson	Houston	Re-signed with Houston on April 18
Merlakia Jones	Detroit
Nikki McCray	Phoenix	Signed with San Antnio on April 19
Murriel Page	Washington	Re-signed with Washington on April 8
Wendy Palmer	Connecticut	Signed with San Antonio on April 21
Jocelyn Penn	Washington	Signed with Houston on March 11
Tari Phillips	New York	Signed with Houston on February 16
Sheri Sam	Seattle	Signed with Charlotte on February 14
Gwen Slaughter	Minnesota
Tangela Smith	Sacramento	Re-signed with Sacramento on February 16; Traded to Charlotte
Charlotte Smith-Taylor	Charlotte	Signed with Washington on April 13
Mandisa Stevenson	San Antonio	Re-signed with Seattle on April 20
Jurgita Streimikyte	Indiana	Re-signed on March 17
Andrea Stinson	Charlotte	Signed with Detroit on May 9
Stephanie White	Indiana	Announced her retirement on April 21
Michele Van Gorp	Minnesota
Teresa Weatherspoon	Los Angeles

RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS
Player	Team	Transaction
Svetlana Abrosimova	Minnesota	Re-signed with Minnesota on April 1
Janell Burse	Seattle	Re-signed with Seattle on March 1
Helen Darling	Minnesota	Re-signed, traded to Charlotte on February 11
Simone Edwards	Seattle	Re-signed with Seattle on April 25
Shalonda Enis	Charlotte	Re-signed with Charlotte on March 10
Kristi Harrower	Minnesota	Re-signed with Minnesota on April 11
Niele Ivey	Indiana	Signed with Detroit on April 12
Lauren Jackson	Seattle	Re-signed with Seattle on February 22
Tamicha Jackson	Washington	Re-signed with Washington on April 19
Amanda Lassiter	Minnesota	Re-signed with Minnesota on April 15
Betty Lennox	Seattle	Re-signed with Seattle on March 2
Tynesha Lewis	Charlotte	Re-signed with Charlotte on April 27
Clarisse Machanguana	Connecticut
Kristin Rasmussen	Indiana	Re-signed; Traded to Houston on April 26
Kelly Schumacher	Indiana	Re-signed with Indiana on February 16
Kate Starbird	Indiana	Has decided to sit out the 2005 season: April 14
Maria Stepanova	Phoenix
Stacey Thomas	Detroit	Re-signed with Detroit on April 19
Alicia Thompson	Seattle	Re-signed with Seattle on February 22
Slobodanka Tuvic	Phoenix
Kamila Vodichkova	Seattle	Signed with Phoenix Mercury on February 24
DeMya Walker	Sacramento	Re-signed with Sacramento on February 16
Adrian Williams	San Antonio	Re-signed with San Antonio on April 28

NEW SIGNINGS
Player	Team
Vanessa Nygaard	Houston	Signed on March 31, Retired on April 26
Suzy Batkovic	Seattle	Signed on March 15
Belinda Snell	Phoenix	Signed on March 10
Carly Wilson	Sacramento	Signed on March 9
Hollie Grima	Sacramento	Signed on March 9
Miao Li jie	Sacramento	Signed on March 7
Janeth Arcain	Houston	Signed on March 4
Jessica Bibby	Seattle	Signed on March 3
Tracy Reid	Houston	Signed on March 1; Waived on April 28
Katrina Hibbert	Indiana	Signed on February 23
Sui Feifei	Sacramento	Signed on February 14
Irina Osipova	Detroit	Signed on February 9

TRADES
Player	New Team	Old Team
Kristen Rasmussen	Houston	Indiana (April 26)
Margo Dydek	Connecticut	San Antonio (April 16)
Iciss Tillis	Washington	Detroit (April 15)
Chamique Holdsclaw	Los Angeles	Washington (March 21)
DeLisha Milton-Jones	Washington	Los Angeles (March 21)
Tangela Smith	Charlotte	Sacramento (March 3)
Nicole Powell	Sacramento	Charlotte (March 3)
Olympia Scott-Richardson	Sacramento	Charlotte (March 3)
Erin Buescher	Sacramento	Charlotte (March 3)

RETIREMENTS
Player	Former Team
Vanessa Nygaard	Houston	Retired on April 26
Stephanie White	Indiana	Retired on April 20
Debbie Black	Connecticut	Retired on April 13
Stacey Dales-Schuman	Washington	Retired on February 2
Semeka Randall	San Antonio	Retired on September 17