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Mercury waived Gs Shyla Heal and Anna Makurat.

Heal and Makurat saw action in Tuesday’s exhibition loss to the Aces, with the former playing eight minutes and the latter 10. Heal, a first-round pick of the Sky in 2021, has not appeared in an official WNBA game since that season. Makurat, who played two seasons at UConn before returning to Europe in 2021, most recently played professionally in Italy.