The 2008 season for the Women's National Basketball Association will tip off on Saturday with an exciting lineup of six games on the schedule.

The New York Liberty acquired guard Leilani Mitchell from the Phoenix Mercury on Wednesday in a sign-and-trade deal.

Seattle Storm center Janell Burse will miss the entire 2008 WNBA season for undisclosed reasons, the team announced Tuesday.

The Minnesota Lynx claimed guard Crystal Smith off waivers from the Houston Comets Friday, and re-signed veteran forward Tiffany Stansbury.

Sacramento Monarchs forward DeMya Walker will miss the upcoming season due to a fractured patella in her right knee. She will have surgery on Friday.

The Minnesota Lynx announced on Thursday that point guard Lindsey Harding will be out indefinitely after suffering a stress fracture of her left knee cap.

The Washington Mystics have traded forward DeLisha Milton-Jones to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Taj McWilliams- Franklin and a first-round pick in the 2009 WNBA draft.

The Minnesota Lynx re-signed center Vanessa Hayden-Johnson Friday.

The Seattle Storm re-signed center Janell Burse on Monday.

The San Antonio Silver Stars acquired center Ann Wauters in a six-player trade with the Atlanta Dream immediately following the 2008 WNBA Draft on Wednesday.