What Was Tilly Boler’s Contract With the Chicago Sky? Exploring Waived WNBA Star’s Salary and Endorsements

While the preseason begins anticipation for the fans, it is a cause of tremendous pressure on the players. With limited roster spots being a problem that gets underscored every draft season, this is a league where layups and layoffs walk in tandem. The newest member on the list of potential free agents is Tilly Boler, who has been waived by the Chicago Sky post their game with the Brazilian National Team.

Boler played at Memphis for the 2024-25 season after four years at Jackson State. At 6-foot-1, she averaged a career-best 16.6 points while shooting 37% from the three-point. However, she’d go undrafted last month, signing with Sky for a training camp contract instead. But after one exhibition game, the franchise decided to part ways with the player.

What was Tilly Boler’s contract with the Chicago Sky?

Tilly Boler had signed a training camp contract with the Chicago Sky on April 16th, after going undrafted. A training camp contract is a non-standard contract that is only used in the preseason. Between February 1 and the first day of the regular season, teams may sign players to one-year, non-guaranteed, minimum salaries that don’t affect the salary cap until the first day of the regular season. However, if not terminated, these contracts become standard at the start of the season.

Rookies in the first year of their contracts are also considered to be on training camp contracts until the first day of the regular season. Such a contract is meant to allow teams to check out many potential players in the preseason and is never included in a team’s final salary. Thus, they do not affect the team’s minimum or league-wide guarantee unless the player makes the team and it becomes a standard contract.

What was Tilly Boler’s salary for the 2025 WNBA season?

Tilly Boler was set to earn $66,079 over the course of her first year in the league had her contract turned standard. Playing under a training contract, it was a non-guaranteed one and did not take up the already limited cap space.

 What are Tilly Boler’s endorsements as of 2025?

Information related to Tilly’s NIL deals is not publicly available, and neither is it on her endorsements as a pro. Now that she has been waived, finding her way back on a roster is key if Boler wants to secure endorsements in the WNBA.

Why was Tilly Boler waived by the Chicago Sky?

Tilly Boler was waived after Chicago Sky’s exhibition game that marked Angel Reese’s homecoming at LSU. Two other players, Arella Guirantes, and Sammie Puisis, who were also on training camp contracts have also been waived. The move clears space on the roster as well as the salary cap. With that, the Sky’s training camp roster has now reduced to 15, meaning, the franchise will be looking to waive 3 or 4 more.

The first three out appeared in the Brazil game, earning their chance to compete for final roster spots, but won’t be part of the team returning to action against the Minnesota Lynx next week. Boler played 4-and-a-half minutes and scored 7 points, displaying her potential as an instant scorer coming off the bench. But for now, the 6’1″ guard will be looking for opportunities elsewhere, possibly overseas.

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