Mohegan — If anyone feels that his or her life has been a whirlwind of late, then consider Jennifer Lacy's life last week:

Monday: Waived by the Los Angeles Sparks after starting four of eight games.

Wednesday: Signed with the Connecticut Sun.

Thursday: Arrived in Connecticut at 11:30 p.m.

Friday morning: Practiced with her new team.

Saturday morning: Flew to Chicago.

Sunday, Lacy and her new team square off with the defending Eastern Conference champion Chicago Sky (Allstate Arena, 6 p.m., MyTV9).

Busy, busy.

“It’s OK,” Lacy said. “That’s the life of a pro athlete. I’m very excited to be here and contribute in any way that I can.”

Lacy is a 6-foot-3 forward who adds experience to the Sun bench. She’s started in 64 of 276 games over 10 seasons for the Phoenix Mercury, Atlanta Dream, Tulsa Shock and Los Angeles Sparks.

“I think this will be my last (team that starts with an) ‘S’,” Lacy quipped. “I’m thankful for the opportunity. I’m just really happy that they saw the value in me.”

Lacy was surprised when she was waived. So was Connecticut head coach Anne Donovan.

“I kind of assumed that she must have been hurt, so it was a pleasant surprise that she was available and an even bigger surprise that we were able to get her because we were pretty low (in the WNBA waiver order),” Donovan said. “You go by records, so we’re really happy to have her.

“I look down our bench and we just don’t have a lot of experience. … Like AT (Alyssa Thomas), she can play the three of four for us. It’s (adding) another shooter. To be honest, we need another 3-point shooter. You can’t have enough 3-point shooters. It just gives us more flexibility and more experience.”

Lacy has carved out a reserve role in the WNBA despite being an undrafted free agent when she graduated from Pepperdine in 2006. Phoenix signed her that year and she was a reserve for its 2007 WNBA championship team.

“It’s a lot of hard work,” Lacy said of her longevity, “and I think it’s about me being really versatile. I can step in and play multiple positions and be effective there.”

Lacy is helped by the fact that she played against Connecticut (7-3) twice this season.

“They’re so talented at every single position, so we spent a lot of time preparing for them,” Lacy said, “so I feel like I’m a little bit familiar with their offense and how they like to defend the ball. Hopping in here felt not as crazy.”

Lacy arrives just as the Sun end an extraordinary long 10-day break in their schedule and play five games in the next eight days. They’ve split their two games with Chicago (7-5).

“This is, again, why we needed to shore up our bench because this is a time where we’re really going to need our bench to step up,” Donovan said.

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