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Lynx add longtime Indiana guard Tiffany Mitchell

Minnesota also re-signed forwards Bridget Carleton, Damiris Dantas, Nikolina Milic and guard Lindsay Allen

Indiana Fever guard Tiffany Mitchell attempts a layup against Connecticut on July 1, 2021, in Indianapolis.
Indiana Fever guard Tiffany Mitchell attempts a layup against Connecticut on July 1, 2021, in Indianapolis.
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The Lynx on Friday announced they have re-signed four players from last season’s team and added veteran Tiffany Mitchell, who has played seven seasons with the Indiana Fever.

Minnesota has re-signed forwards Bridget Carleton, Damiris Dantas, Nikolina Milic and guard Lindsay Allen.

Mitchell, a 5-foot-9 guard out of South Carolina, was the ninth overall selection by Indiana in the 2016. She averaged 6.5 points, 1.2 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 16.2 minutes a game for the Fever during last season.

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Carleton was one of three Lynx players to appear in all 36 games last season, her fourth in the WNBA. She averaged 4.3 points and 2.1 rebounds. Dantas, a 6-foot-3 forward, was the 12th overall selection of the 2012 draft by Minnesota. She played in 15 games last season, averaging 5.1 points, 3.8 rebounds.

Milic, a 6-foot-3 forward, signed with the Lynx on a hardship exception contract last May and appeared in 31 games, averaging 6.0 points and 3.0 rebounds. Allen, a 5-foot-8 guard, played on a series of seven-day contracts. She appeared in the team’s last nine games, averaging 6.7 points and 3.4 assists.

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