Los Angeles Sparks
Roster move: the Sparks acquire G/F Aaliyah Nye off waivers and release F Alissa Pili
A roster move dated Aug 29 from ESPN’s WNBA transactions log.
The read
Per ESPN’s WNBA transactions log, the Los Angeles Sparks acquire G/F Aaliyah Nye off waivers and release F Alissa Pili (Aug 29). Nothing in the records points to a top-of-rotation role; its betting relevance runs through the end of the bench.
The move
Aaliyah Nye, a 6' 0" guard, has played 17 games in the 2026 regular season, per the ESPN game log, averaging 0.8 points and 0.2 rebounds in 2.5 minutes.
The roster it lands in
Where the minutes are: the healthy players who played in the Sparks’ last five games were Nneka Ogwumike (29.2 min), Rae Burrell (28 min), Dearica Hamby (23.8 min), Ariel Atkins (23.6 min) and Cameron Brink (23.6 min). The three lightest-used players in that window averaged 8, 7.7 and 4 minutes.
ESPN’s injury feed currently lists Aaliyah Nye (Out) for the Sparks.
The Los Angeles Sparks are 15-25, the No. 6 seed in the Western Conference, 16 games back, 3-7 over their last 10.
The market
The next price already sits after the move: PropBetEdge’s capture of Sep 11 (9 books) has LA at DAL on Sep 17 at DAL -7.5, total 176.5 — market consensus, not a PropBetEdge projection. A depth signing dated Aug 29 is not new information for it.
Why it matters for bettors
A depth move: it changes who fills the last minutes of the Sparks’ rotation, which touches player-prop eligibility rather than game lines.
Next up: LA at DAL on Thursday, September 17.
What argues against it
Depth moves rarely move a game line on their own.
Still unknown
How many minutes the incoming player receives — there is no box score for the new role yet.
Markets touched: player props
What the market shows
In the most recent PropBetEdge market capture for LA at DAL (Sep 17), Wings are 7.5-point favorites and the total sits at 176.5.
Best available moneylines: LA +265 (Bovada), DAL -300 (Fanatics).
Prices are the best across 9 books from The Odds API, captured Sep 11 at 6:00 PM ET.
With the bookmaker margin removed, the market’s consensus makes the Wings a 72.8% winner — a market benchmark, not a PropBetEdge projection.
Evidence & method
- ESPN WNBA transactions log · captured Sep 11, 7:11 PM ET · source ↗
- ESPN game log — Aaliyah Nye (2026 Regular Season) · source ↗
Written by PropBetEdge’s deterministic newsroom generator (wnba-articles/1.2.0) from the records above and checked by the publication gate: every number traces to a cited record, publisher reporting stays attributed to the publisher, and a story that fails the gate is held rather than published.
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