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Unrivaled will be jamming in Miami on January 25, 2025 and shaking up women’s basketball. Read in SPORT24 all the details about this innovative league.
Briana Stewart and Nefisa Collier’s dream is fleshed out. The two WNBA standouts envisioned and implemented a new league that would keep the players in America during the winter, significantly increasing their income and replacing the need to come to play in Europe after the end of the season. American League.
This new venture will be called “Unrivaled”, which means unparalleled, inimitable. It is a 3×3 event, in which 36 gymnasts divided into six teams will participate and which will jamball in Miami on January 25. Of course, the game will be a little different, since it will be held in a 70×50 foot shrunken court.
Coaches of his six teams “Unrivaled” will star Phil Handy, Adam Harington, Nola Henry, DJ Shakman, Andrew Wade and Teresa Witherspoon.
So far, the names of 32 of the 36 female athletes who will participate in this pioneering championship have been announced, but not the rosters of each of the teams. In fact, all female athletes will have equity ownership in the league.
Among the players who will be there – in addition to Stewart and Collier – are Kelsey Plum, Angel Reese, Shatu Shambali, Natasha Cloud, Skylar Diggins-Smith, Rickea Jackson, DeJonai Carrington and Brittney Greiner.
The season will last 8 weeks. The six teams will play each other in a round-robin system and the top four at the end of the regular season will continue in the playoffs.
His six teams Unrivaled
- Laces BC
- Lunar Owls BC
- Mist BC
- Phantom BC
- Rose BC
- Vinyl BC
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