Aces add Candace Parker

Former two-time MVP Candace Parker announced on social media Saturday that she would sign with the defending champion Las Vegas Aces. Parker spent the past two seasons playing for her hometown Sky, leading Chicago to the WNBA championship in 2021. She also won the 2016 title playing for the Los Angeles Sparks. She posted on Insta- gram that Chicago would always be her home, but “my family’s home is on the west coast. The free-agent signing period begins Wednesday, and the Aces can’t comment until then. Parker, a 6-4 forward/center, adds to an already loaded lineup that includes reigning MVP A’ja Wilson, who also won the league’s top award in 2020. Wilson also was last season’s Defensive Player of the Year.