The Connecticut Sun are holding on to Marina Mabrey, even after the guard requested to be traded earlier this month.

The Connecticut Sun don’t plan on trading guard Marina Mabrey after she asked to be dealt earlier this month. Team president Jennifer Rizzotti told The Associated Press in a phone interview Tuesday night that it wasn’t in the franchise’s best interest to move Mabrey, whom she expects to be a big part of the team’s present and future.

The Connecticut Sun denied guard Marina Mabrey's request to be traded, a move that she asked for earlier this month. Mabrey arrived in Connecticut last summer after requesting a trade from the Chicago Sky prior to the All-Star break.