Siblings TJ and Megan McConnell Makes First NBA Final and Sign WNBA Contract in Same Week

It was a big week for the McConnell siblings!

Just three days after TJ McConnell advanced to his first NBA Finals with the Indiana Pacers on May 31, the point guard’s sister Megan McConnell signed her first contract in the WNBA.

The Phoenix Mercury signed Megan, 23, to a contract on Tuesday, June 3, and the former Duquesne women’s basketball guard made her debut in a game against the Minnesota Lynx later that night.

In a statement announcing the signing, Mercury head coach Dan Burt said, “Meg had worked incredibly hard to play in the WNBA. This roster spot is well earned. So happy for such an awesome young woman.”

Megan was drafted by the Mercury in April and played in training camp, but was initially released from the team.

TJ, 33, celebrated his sister’s big news on social media. The Pacers guard reposted a graphic from the Mercury announcing Megan’s new contract and wrote, “Let’s goooooo Meg,” on his Instagram Story. In a second Story on Tuesday, he shared a highlight of Megan’s debut with the team and added a heart emoji.

The siblings have another brother, Matty, who also played basketball in college for Robert Morris University. Matty, 28, posted a celebratory Instagram Story after Megan was signed, writing, “PROVE THEM WRONG” over a graphic of his sister on the court.

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In the Pacers’ series-winning victory on May 31 over the New York Knicks — crushing the dreams of Knicks’ diehard celeb fans like Ben Stiller and Timothèe Chalamet — TJ posted three points, four rebounds and two assists.

Megan played for Duquesne University, in their hometown of Pittsburgh, for five years. She was named the 2025 Atlantic 10 defensive player of the year and is a two-time Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team member. She is the school’s second all-time leading scorer.

TJ also played for the Duquesne Dukes before transferring to Arizona in 2012 to play for the Wildcats. The Pennsylvania native went undrafted before signing with the Philadelphia 76ers in 2015. He signed with Indiana in 2019.