The Connecticut Sun don’t plan on trading guard Marina Mabrey after she asked to be dealt earlier this month. Team president Jennifer Rizzotti told The Associated Press in a phone interview Tuesday night that it wasn’t in the franchise’s best interest to move Mabrey, whom she expects to be a big part of the team’s present and future.

Wings star Arike Ogunbowale took to social media with a hilarious reaction to the Sun denying Marina Mabrey’s trade request.

The WNBA offseason continues to spin. On Tuesday, a report came out that the Connecticut Sun has denied the trade request for Marina Mabrey, the former teammate of Chicago Sky star Angel Reese .