Unrivaled is a unique opportunity for both free agents and contracted WNBA players hoping to contend in 2025. Relationships are being built on and off the court. Some players are having brutally honest conversations about their experiences with their teams, while others are actively recruiting people to join theirs.
Unrivaled’s inaugural season is scheduled to begin Friday in Miami. Ionescu's participation in the league adds to her remarkable 2024, which included winning a gold medal at the Olympics and securing the WNBA championship with the Liberty.
WNBA superstars Breanna Stewart & Napheesa Collier explain why Unrivaled operates like a startup with all the women that includes stars like Sabrina Ionescu, getting high salaries and equity in the league.
Sabrina Ionescu will join New York Liberty teammate Breanna Stewart in the Unrivaled Basketball League that the latter co-founded.
Unrivaled is a new 3-on-3 women’s basketball league founded by WNBA stars Stewart and Collier to, in part, allow WNBA players to take part in year-round basketball domestically and bypass the prioritization rule that states WNBA players of more than two years must be stateside by a certain date in order to play in the next season.
The New York Liberty are planning to designate Breanna Stewart as a core player to keep her as a fixture of the organization.
Unrivaled – the new women’s basketball league – kicks off its inaugural season Friday and runs from January to mid-March. Here's the full schedule.