The 2024 Los Angeles Sparks season was the franchise's 28th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and the second season under head coach Curt Miller. The season tipped off on May 15, 2024, in Long Beach versus the Atlanta Dream, and ended on September 19 against the Minnesota Lynx.

The season started slowly for the Sparks as they lost both of their opening two games. They defeated Washington by two points on May 21 to earn their first win of the season. They lost the following two games including a one point loss to Dallas. They defeated Indiana before losing to Chicago to end the month with a 2–5 record. Their June started off with two losses as well. They won two games to follow including a victory at home against Last Vegas. That would be the highlight of the month as the team went on a seven game losing streak from there to finish the month with a 2–9 record. The only non-double digit loss during that streak was a 70–79 loss to Connecticut on June 18. Their losing streak extended one more game into July before they defeated Last Vegas in overtime. They would lose the next two games before defeating Dallas. They lost to Seattle to finish July 2–4 and head into the Olympic break. The Sparks lost the first six games after returning from the Olympic break before defeating New York to finish August 1–6. Well out of the playoff race, the Sparks lost the first eight games of September. The closest loss of the streak was by three-points at Seattle on September 15. The team finished the season with a win over Minnesota. The season was marred by a multitude of injuries, including a season-ending ACL tear to the team's No. 2 draft pick, Cameron Brink, who wound up missing the remainder of the season after playing just 15 games. Brink's injury also caused her to miss the 2024 Summer Olympics, with her teammate Dearica Hamby taking her place on the United States women's national 3x3 team. The Sparks finished with just 8 wins and 32 losses, missing the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season and failing to improve on their 17-23 record from 2023. Their eight wins were the team's lowest total in franchise history and their 32 losses was the highest in a single season in league's history.

Transactions WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country 1 2 Cameron Brink Stanford 1 4 Rickea Jackson Tennessee 3 28 McKenzie Forbes USC

Transactions DateTransaction January 5, 2024 Hired Raegan Pebley as General Manager January 17, 2024 Jasmine Thomas retired January 31, 2024 Traded the 19th pick in the 2024 WNBA draft to Seattle in exchange for Kia Nurse February 1, 2024 Re-signed Layshia Clarendon Traded the 12th overall pick in the 2024 draft and Jordin Canada to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for Aari McDonald and the 8th overall pick in the 2024 draft Re-signed Rae Burrell February 2, 2024 Signed Monique Billings Signed Virag Kiss to a Training Camp Contract Signed Taylor Mikesell to a Training Camp Contract February 6, 2024 Signed Lexie Brown to an Extension February 21, 2024 Traded the 8th overall pick in the 2024 draft to Chicago in exchange for Julie Allemand, the rights to Li Yueru and a third round pick in the 2025 draft. March 21, 2024 Hired Christine Monjer as President April 17, 2024 Signed Blake Dietrick to a Training Camp Contract April 18, 2024 Signed McKenzie Forbes to a Rookie Contract April 19, 2024 Signed Rickea Jackson to a Rookie Contract April 20, 2024 Signed Cameron Brink to a Rookie Contract April 30, 2024 Waived Virág Kiss May 6, 2024 Waived Taylor Mikesell May 12, 2024 Waived Nia Clouden, Blake Dietrick, and McKenzie Forbes May 13, 2024 Suspended the contract of Julie Allemand Waived Monique Billings June 22, 2024 Signed Queen Egbo to hardship contract June 29, 2024 Waived Queen Egbo July 4, 2024 Signed Crystal Dangerfield to a 7-day hardship contract July 12, 2024 Signed Crystal Dangerfield to a second 7-day contract Suspended the contract of Li Yueru August 7, 2024 Activated Li Yueru August 16, 2024 Signed Crystal Dangerfield to a third 7-day contract August 17, 2024 Signed Odyssey Sims to 7-day contract August 22, 2024 Signed Azurá Stevens and Stephanie Talbot to extensions through 2025 Signed Crystal Dangerfield to a rest of season contract August 24, 2024 Signed Odyssey Sims to a second 7-day contract August 31, 2024 Released Odyssey Sims and signed Simms to a 7-day contract September 7, 2024 Released Odyssey Sims and signed Simms to a rest-of-season contract September 24, 2024 Head coach, Curt Miller, was fired

Roster changes

Additions PersonnelSigned/TradeFormer team Julie Allemand Trade Chicago Sky Cameron Brink Draft Stanford Rickea Jackson Draft Tennessee Crystal Dangerfield Signed — Queen Egbo Signed Connecticut Sun Aari McDonald Trade Atlanta Dream Kia Nurse Trade Seattle Storm Odyssey Sims Signed Dallas Wings Stephanie Talbot Return from Injury — Li Yueru Trade Chicago Sky

Subtractions PersonnelReasonNew team Jordin Canada Trade Atlanta Dream Queen Egbo Waived Las Vegas Aces Chiney Ogwumike Free Agency — Nneka Ogwumike Free Agency Seattle Storm Karlie Samuelson Free Agency Washington Mystics Jasmine Thomas Retired

Roster

Depth chart Pos.StarterBench PG Lexie Brown Zia Cooke SG Layshia Clarendon Aari McDonald SF Kia Nurse Rae BurrellRickea Jackson PF Dearica Hamby Stephanie Talbot C Cameron Brink Azurá StevensLi Yueru

Schedule Pre-season

| 1 | May 5 | vs. Seattle | W 84–79 | Dearica Hamby (17) | Dearica Hamby (9) | Dearica Hamby (5) | Rogers Place16,655 | 1–0 |- | 2 | May 10 | @ Phoenix | W 98–85 | CookeHamby (21) | Dearica Hamby (7) | BrownHambyMcDonaldTalbot (3) | Footprint Center4,598 | 2–0

Regular season

| 1 | May 15 | Atlanta | L 81–91 | Kia Nurse (23) | Dearica Hamby (14) | Layshia Clarendon (10) | Walter Pyramid3,847 | 0–1 |- | 2 | May 18 | @ Las Vegas | L 82–89 | Dearica Hamby (29) | Dearica Hamby (9) | Layshia Clarendon (4) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,286 | 0–2 |- | 3 | May 21 | Washington | W 70–68 | Lexie Brown (20) | Dearica Hamby (18) | Lexie Brown (6) | Walter Pyramid3,627 | 1–2 |- | 4 | May 24 | Indiana | L 73–78 | Dearica Hamby (18) | Dearica Hamby (12) | Dearica Hamby (7) | Crypto.com Arena19,103 | 1–3 |- | 5 | May 26 | Dallas | L 83–84 | Cameron Brink (21) | Dearica Hamby (13) | Lexie Brown (6) | Crypto.com Arena10,340 | 1–4 |- | 6 | May 28 | @ Indiana | W 88–82 | Kia Nurse (22) | Dearica Hamby (10) | Dearica Hamby (5) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse16,013 | 2–4 |- | 7 | May 30 | @ Chicago | L 73–83 | Dearica Hamby (24) | Dearica Hamby (13) | Lexie Brown (4) | Wintrust Arena7,911 | 2–5

| 8 | June 2 | @ Phoenix | L 68–87 | Dearica Hamby (23) | Rickea Jackson (7) | Aari McDonald (5) | Footprint Center10,207 | 2–6 |- | 9 | June 5 | Minnesota | L 62–86 | Dearica Hamby (17) | Dearica Hamby (11) | Stephanie Talbot (3) | Crypto.com Arena8,104 | 2–7 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 10 | June 7 | Dallas | W 81–72 | Dearica Hamby (22) | Dearica Hamby (12) | Brown, McDonald (6) | Crypto.com Arena10,123 | 3–7 |- | 11 | June 9 | Las Vegas | W 96–92 | Dearica Hamby (18) | Dearica Hamby (10) | Clarendon, Hamby (5) | Crypto.com Arena13,900 | 4–7 |- | 12 | June 11 | @ Seattle | L 79–95 | Li Yueru (18) |rowspan=2| Dearica Hamby (11) | Brown, Hamby (5) | Climate Pledge Arena8,202 | 4–8 |- | 13 | June 14 | @ Minnesota | L 76–81 | Rickea Jackson (19) | Aari McDonald (7) | Target Center8,117 | 4–9 |- | 14 | June 16 | @ Atlanta | L 74–87 | Brink, Jackson (16) | Dearica Hamby (8) | Aari McDonald (5) | Gateway Center Arena3,260 | 4–10 |- | 15 | June 18 | @ Connecticut | L 70–79 | Aari McDonald (14) | Rickea Jackson (7) | Aari McDonald (7) | Mohegan Sun Arena7,853 | 4–11 |- | 16 | June 20 | rowspan=2| @ New York | L 80–93 | Aari McDonald (15) | Hamby, Talbot (11) | Rae Burrell (4) | Barclays Center10,955 | 4–12 |- | 17 | June 22 | L 88–98 | Dearica Hamby (20) | Stephanie Talbot (8) | Stephanie Talbot (7) | Barclays Center13,639 | 4–13 |- | 18 | June 28 | @ Phoenix | L 78–92 | Dearica Hamby (29) | Dearica Hamby (7) | Aari McDonald (10) | Footprint Center14,363 | 4–14

| 19 | July 2 | Washington | L 80–82 | McDonald, Talbot (17) | Dearica Hamby (11) | Dearica Hamby (7) | Crypto.com Arena9,164 | 4–15 |- | 20 | July 5 | Las Vegas | W 98–93 (OT) | Dearica Hamby (28) | Dearica Hamby (14) | Stephanie Talbot (9) | Crypto.com Arena13,840 | 5–15

| 21 | July 7 | Phoenix | L 78–84 | Dearica Hamby (25) | Dearica Hamby (9) | Aari McDonald (6) | Crypto.com Arena11,618 | 5–16

| 22 | July 9 | Minnesota | L 67–82 | Dearica Hamby (18) | Dearica Hamby (8) | Clarendon, McDonald, Stevens (4) | Crypto.com Arena9,533 | 5–17 |- | 23 | July 13 | @ Dallas | W 87–81 | Dearica Hamby (27) | Azurá Stevens (8) | Dearica Hamby (5) | College Park Center6,251 | 6–17 |- | 24 | July 16 | Seattle | L 83–89 | Azurá Stevens (24) | Azurá Stevens (15) | Layshia Clarendon (6) | Crypto.com Arena18,724 | 6–18

| 25 | August 15 | New York | L 68–103 | Rae Burrell (15) | Dearica Hamby (13) | Dearica Hamby (5) | Crypto.com Arena11,120 | 6–19 |- | 26 | August 17 | Chicago | L 86–90 | Kia Nurse (16) | Dearica Hamby (9) | Crystal Dangerfield (6) | Crypto.com Arena16,551 | 6–20

| 27 | August 18 | @ Las Vegas | L 71–87 | Rickea Jackson (15) | Dearica Hamby (11) | Odyssey Sims (5) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,311 | 6–21 |- | 28 | August 20 | @ Connecticut | L 61–69 | Jackson, Stevens (14) | rowspan=2|Dearica Hamby (10) | Crystal Dangerfield (4) | TD Garden19,125 | 6–22

| 29 | August 23 | @ Washington | L 74–80 | Rickea Jackson (17) | Dangerfield, Simms (5) | Entertainment and Sports Arena4,200 | 6–23

| 30 | August 25 | @ Dallas | L 110–113 | Odyssey Sims (26) | Tied (6 players, 3) | Odyssey Sims (10) | College Park Center5,925 | 6–24 |- | 31 | August 28 | New York | W 94–88 | Dearica Hamby (21) | Dearica Hamby (7) | Odyssey Sims (7) | Crypto.com Arena10,403 | 7–24

| 32 | September 1 | Atlanta | L 62–80 | Li Yueru (14) | Dearica Hamby (9) |rowspan=3|Odyssey Sims (6) | Crypto.com Arena11,165 | 7–25

| 33 | September 4 | @ Indiana | L 86–93 | Odyssey Sims (20) | Azurá Stevens (11) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse16,645 | 7–26

| 34 | September 6 | @ Chicago | L 78–92 | Dearica Hamby (21) | Azurá Stevens (9) | Wintrust Arena9,025 | 7–27

| 35 | September 8 | rowspan=2| Connecticut | L 67–79 | Rickea Jackson (23) | Li Yueru (8) | Azurá Stevens (5) | Crypto.com Arena10,627 | 7–28

| 36 | September 10 | L 66–86 | Rickea Jackson (16) | Azurá Stevens (17) | rowspan=2| Odyssey Sims (6) | Crypto.com Arena8,253 | 7–29

| 37 | September 11 | Seattle | L 82–90 | Rickea Jackson (22) | Azurá Stevens (15) | Crypto.com Arena9,561 | 7–30

| 38 | September 15 | @ Seattle | L 87–90 | Dearica Hamby (25) | Dearica Hamby (11) | Odyssey Sims (5) | Climate Pledge Arena11,301 | 7–31

| 39 | September 17 | Phoenix | L 81–85 | Dearica Hamby (21) | Li Yueru (12) | Crystal Dangerfield (5) | Crypto.com Arena11,294 | 7–32 |- | 40 | September 19 | @ Minnesota | W 68–51 | Dearica Hamby (20) | Rickea Jackson (8) | Odyssey Sims (9) | Target Center7,908 | 8–32

Standings

Statistics

Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPGDearica Hamby 404033.7.512.341.6319.23.51.70.23.02.817.3Rickea Jackson403528.8.456.347.8073.91.50.70.41.91.813.4Odyssey Sims ≠151026.3.438.154.8381.75.10.90.12.41.49.8Azurá Stevens201924.7.399.350.8157.01.90.90.91.82.09.6Aari McDonald261021.8.403.319.8432.03.70.90.21.82.08.7Lexie Brown16823.7.321.304 .8892.33.31.10.11.91.48.1Kia Nurse402720.3.388.331.7931.61.30.50.01.21.87.6Cameron Brink151522.0.398.323.8405.31.71.12.32.34.07.5Rae Burrell37715.6.362.333.7801.81.10.80.31.01.65.9Li Yueru38214.4.463.267.8983.70.60.30.20.92.15.1Layshia Clarendon211216.0.427.350.8701.82.60.70.01.22.14.3Zia Cooke2908.9.321.297.6900.60.60.30.10.70.83.6Stephanie Talbot371016.2.395.260.6902.72.10.50.51.01.43.5Crystal Dangerfield ≠18512.8.286.308.6671.02.00.40.20.90.73.3Queen Egbo ≠ ‡202.01.000——1.50.00.50.00.00.51.0 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season