Angel Reese, one of many rookie stars of the WNBA, is signing with the Unequalled 3-on-3 basketball league, which is able to play within the winter.
The announcement on Reese was made on Instagram on Wednesday morning. The league, which was began by WNBA stars Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart, will present an low season outlet to ladies professional gamers, a lot of whom head to abroad groups when the WNBA just isn’t in season.
The league boasts the “highest common wage in skilled ladies’s sports activities historical past,” saying all gamers will get six-figure salaries and fairness. A lot has been product of the low beginning salaries for WNBA gamers, though the quantities are backed by endorsements and different ancillary revenue.
Reese set a document for double-doubles earlier this season and is main the WNBA in rebounding as a rookie. She’s averaging 13.5 factors and 12 rebounds a recreation. She and Caitlin Clark are the highest candidates for WNBA rookie of the yr.
Along with Reese, Stewart and Collier, the league lineup presently contains Arike Ogunbowale, Jewell Loyd, Kelsey Plum, Rhyne Howard, Kahleah Cooper and Jackie Younger. Twenty extra gamers will fill out the proposed six-team league’s inaugural season.
Among the many Unequalled traders are former soccer star Megan Rapinoe, Basketball Corridor of Famer Steve Nash, golfer Michelle Wie West, Knicks nice Carmelo Anthony, and UConn coach Geno Auriemma.
Ex-ESPN president John Skipper and ex-Turner president David Levy are each on board to assist with touchdown a media rights deal.
