It turns out Caitlin Clark will not play basketball during the WNBA offseason.
According to a ESPN reportTHE Indiana fever star and reigning WNBA Rookie of the Year will not compete this winter in Without equal, the new 3×3 league co-founded by WNBA stars Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier.
Unrivaled announced the rosters for the new league on Wednesday, which revealed 34 of the 36 players. There are still two wildcard places left to fill.
Asked earlier this month about Unrivaled, Clark told IndyStar: “We’ll see. I don’t know. Just take it as it is, and see if I ever want to play.”
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Front Office Sports reported last month that Unrivaled offered Clark a lucrative deal to entice him to join the league – similar to the one Inter Miami gave Lionel Messi to lure him from Europe to MLS .
Unrivaled expanded its initial pool of 30 players to 36 and added Fever players. Lexie Hull And Aliyah Bostonand one of Clark’s best friends, Kate Martin, joined them.
Training camp begins for players on January 2 and the season, which begins in Miami, lasts eight weeks starting on January 17.
“I always think it’s good to play, especially when you think about coming back to training camp after playing games against no one,” new Fever coach Stephanie White said during her press conference. introduction. “In my experience, in the number of years I’ve been doing this, if you haven’t played, the timing, the form of rhythm playing, like all those things, is really hard to simulate just by practicing So I think there is some value, but every player approaches it differently and I certainly support whatever they decide to do.
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What is unmatched? How will it work?
Unmatched will be a six-team league with six players on each team playing in 3×3. Teams will be selected by a selection committee to ensure they are split by position and skill, Collier said on , four quarters. , a game clock and a shot clock. Olympic and FIBA 3×3 matches last 10 minutes in total, with a shot clock of 12 seconds.
It will be an eight-week season, beginning in January 2025. After six weeks of round-robin play, the top four teams will play a two-week playoff. There will also be a 1v1 tournament throughout the season, and Collier said whoever is deemed the best individual player in the world will earn a minimum of $250,000.
According to the Unrivaled website, the league will have the highest average salaries in the history of women’s sports, and all players will also receive equity in the league.
When does Unrivaled start?
Training camp begins for players on January 2 and the season, which begins in Miami, lasts eight weeks starting on January 17.
Will the Unrivaled games be on TV?
The games will be broadcast on TNT and streamed on Max.
This article was originally published on the Indianapolis Star: Caitlin Clark and Unrivaled: the star of Fever will not play in the 3×3 league
