This offseason, 48 WNBA gamers will play in Unequalled, the skilled 3-on-3 basketball league that Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart co-founded final yr. Some gamers, as per typical, will head abroad for offseason basketball.
However, there’s additionally a 3rd possibility: Athletes Limitless (AU). AU is a month-long league happening in Nashville in options 40 ladies’s basketball gamers who compete in common 5-on-5 basketball video games thrice per week.
Whereas the product on the ground may look like common staff basketball, the scoring system is sort of completely different out of your common league, as people rack up factors for each particular person and staff success, and ultimately, one particular person athlete is topped the league’s winner.
Athletes Limitless has already introduced that 5 WNBA rookies will take part within the upcoming season:
- Aaliyah Nye, Las Vegas Aces
- Te-Hina Paopao, Atlanta Dream
- Bree Corridor, Indiana Fever
- Kaitlyn Chen, Golden State Valkyries
- Aneesah Morrow, Connecticut Su
Nye, drafted thirteenth total, averaged 3.8 factors in 15.3 minutes per night time, showing in all 44 video games for the Aces.
Paopao, drafted 18th, averaged 5.8 factors and a couple of.4 assists in 16.7 minutes per night time for the Dream
Corridor, drafted twentieth by the Fever, noticed restricted on-court minutes however loved transient stints with the Fever and Valkyries. She’s at present on the Fever’s playoff roster.
Chen, drafted thirtieth by the Valkyries, was minimize earlier within the season, however re-signed with Golden State and finally appeared in 24 video games, ending out the postseason within the Bay.
Morrow, drafted seventh by the Solar, averaged 7.7 factors and 6.9 rebounds in 18.9 minutes per night time for the Solar. She appeared in 41 video games for Connecticut and began greater than half of these (23). Already, she’s established herself as one of many league’s premier rebounders.
As well as, the league has shared that the next gamers will take part, although extra bulletins are coming.
- Ariel Atkins, Chicago Sky
- Lexie Brown, Seattle Storm
- Tina Charles, Connecticut Solar
- Alysha Clark, Washington Mystics
- Isabelle Harrison, New York Liberty
- Kia Nurse, Chicago Sky
- Jacy Sheldon, Washington Mystics
- Odyssey Sims, Indiana Fever
- NaLyssa Smith, Las Vegas Aces
- Kiah Stokes, Las Vegas Aces
- Jaylyn Sherrod, Minnesota Lynx
- Deja Kelly
- Theresa Plaicance
Final yr, Dallas Wings ahead Maddy Siegrist was topped the league’s particular person winner, whereas Indiana Fever guard Odyssey Sims was the league’s runner-up. A plethora of WNBA gamers, together with Dallas Wings guard Ty Harris, Connecticut Solar guard Bria Hartley, and others participated.
Athletes Limitless suggestions off in February within the Nashsville Municipal Auditorium.
