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• Minnesota Lynx acquire sharpshooting veteran in latest WNBA trade

Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images In exchange for Karlie Samuelson, the Lynx sent their 2026 first-round WNBA Draft pick to the Washington Mystics. The Minnesota Lynx have traded their first-round pick in the 2026 WNBA Draft in exchange for Washington Mystics forward Karlie Samuelson. Samuelson is fresh off a career season with the Mystics in which she averaged 8.4 points per game and sho...2025
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• Paige Bueckers' new Unrivaled contract is a sobering reminder of WNBA salaries

Photo by C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images The first-year earnings from Bueckers’ Unrivaled deal will exceed her entire WNBA rookie deal. Paige Bueckers is signing a three-year deal with Unrivaled, the new 3-on-3 professional women’s basketball league that took place in Miami this offseason for the first time, ESPN’s Kendra Andrews reported on Sunday. The league, co-founded by...2025
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• Unrivaled’s first-year player contracts included a very important detail

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images If Unrivaled players suffer injuries that might jeopardize their upcoming WNBA seasons, the league will pay their salaries, Front Office Sports reported. Unrivaled’s inaugural season is in the books, with more than 40 WNBA players participating in the professional women’s basketball 3-on-3 league in Miami. First, many wondered if star players would be...2025
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• There’s no dispute about Paige Bueckers’ legacy: She put UConn back on top

UConn senior guard Paige Bueckers cuts down the net after leading the Huskies to a national championship victory over South Carolina on Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Tampa, Florida. | Mitchell Northam / SB Nation Finally, after four seasons in five years, Paige Bueckers leaves UConn as a national champion, and one of the greatest ever to wear a Huskies uniform. TAMPA, Fla. — Azzi Fudd pointed ...2025
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• Potential WNBA lottery pick gives update on draft decision

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Flau’Jae Johnson could choose to forego her fourth season of college and instead go to the WNBA early — but she still hasn’t made her choice. Flau’Jae Johnson could be headed to the WNBA as soon as next month. That is, if the LSU star decides to forego her fourth season of college and instead go professional after three college seasons, something she’s...2025
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• ‘Kind of Crazy’ – Napheesa Collier Raises Questions Over NY Liberty Getting Snubbed for Caitlin Clark’s Fever
Indiana Fever's Nationally Televised Games no. has raised questions. Find out what Napheesa Collier has said about Caitlin Clark regarding this....2025
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• Unrivaled’s first-year player contracts included a very important detail
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• There’s no dispute about Paige Bueckers’ legacy: She put UConn back on top
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• 3 things WNBA could learn from Unrivaled’s inaugural season, explained

Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images Unrivaled has completed its first season of women’s basketball in Miami. How might its success impact the future of the WNBA? Unrivaled’s inaugural season has come to an end, with the Rose club winning the championship in the new professional women’s 3-on-3 basketball league earlier this week. By most accounts, it was a successful first season for the new...2025
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• Unrivaled championship game could come down to the play of two elite guards

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images Chelsea Gray has done it all for the Rose club this season — while the Vinyl will need Jordin Canada to replicate her heroics for their best chance. Few could have predicted that the Rose club — who began the Unrivaled season 2-4 — and the Vinyl — who finished 5-9 and dropped their final three games — would face off in the Unrivaled championship. But,...2025
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• Unrivaled’s incredible semifinals featured stunning upset, new scoring record

Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images Chelsea Gray exploded for 39 points to lead the Rose club to a victory over the Laces, while the Vinyl upset the Lunar Owls thanks to a Dearica Hamby game-winner. Chelsea Gray did it all in Sunday’s Rose club win against the Laces, exploding for an Unrivaled-record 39 points on 15-23 shooting — including 21 points straight in the second half. Then, she s...2025
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• Surprising Unrivaled injury update could have major implications

Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images Napheesa Collier is now questionable to play on Sunday night, thanks to a left ankle injury, becoming the latest WNBA. Napheesa Collier is the latest WNBA star who could be held out of Sunday’s postseason Unrivaled action. Collier is now questionable with a left ankle injury, and in turn, relief contract player Kiki Jefferson has been assigned to the Lun...2025
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• Unrivaled’s reveals lengthy injury report ahead of playoffs

Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images Angel Reese, Kate Martin, Kahleah Copper will all miss Monday’s postseason games. Unrivaled’s postseason tips off on Sunday night, and unfortunately, several of the league’s top stars won’t be available to play due to a slew of injury. The Rose (#2) and Laces (#3) tip things off with a game at 7:30 pm ET, while the Lunar Owls (#1) and Vinyl (#4) face off...2025
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• Angel Reese receives prestigious Unrivaled award after stellar season

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images The Chicago Sky star was awarded Unrivaled’s first-ever Defensive Player of the Year. Angel Reese’s Unrivaled season has been halted due to a wrist injury she suffered last week — but the Chicago Sky starn nonetheless leaves with lots of hardware. On Saturday, the league announced that fans, media, players, and coaches voted her the league’s Defensive ...2025
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• Unrivaled Coach of the Year selection makes perfect sense

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images DJ Sackmann, who led Napheesa Collier and the Lunar Owls to a league-best 13-1 record, takes home the honors. Unrivaled has named its Coach of the Year: Lunar Owls head coach DJ Sackmann, a world-renowned basketball skills coach who led his club to a league-best 13-1 record. The Owls, headlined by Napheesa Collier, Allisha Gray, and Skylar Diggins-Smith,...2025
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• Unrivaled playoff preview: Can anyone take down the Lunar Owls?

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images Napheesa Collier, Allisha Gray, and Skylar Diggins-Smith have formed Unrivaled’s most formidable trio. Here’s what it will take for another club to defeat them. Unrivaled playoffs are set to tip off on Sunday, with the Laces and Rose slated to tip off at 7:30 pm, and the Vinyl and Lunar Owls at 8:30 pm. The winners of each Sunday match-up will face off i...2025
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"She still has to get through two more games to be crowned a winner — first against Arike Ogunbowale of the Vinyl Club, and then against the winner of the other semi-finals matchup, between Azura Stevens (Rose Club) and Napheesa Collier (Lunar Owls Club)."

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"Courtney Williams has gushed about how much she’s loved the Lynx in her first season in Minneapolis, and Napheesa Collier has repeatedly expressed how special this particular group is."

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"WNBA stars Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier are starting a new women’s basketball league in the U."

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" There was no playbook at that point in […] The post Napheesa Collier and Dearica Hamby on Balancing Basketball with Motherhood While Inspiring the Next Generation appeared first on SLAM."

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"All-Defensive Team Selection in Napheesa Collier."

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"League Champion: Washington Mystics (First WNBA title) Top Draft Pick: Jackie Young (LVA, University of Notre Dame) Awards Most Valuable Player: Elena Delle Donne (WAS), 2nd MVP Rookie of the Year: Napheesa Collier (MIN) Defensive Player of the Year: Natasha Howard (SEA) Sixth Woman of the Year: Dearica Hamby (LVA) Most Improved Player: Leilani […] The post WNBA Decade In Review: 2019 appeared first on WNBA."

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• Minnesota Lynx acquire sharpshooting veteran in latest WNBA trade
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• Paige Bueckers' new Unrivaled contract is a sobering reminder of WNBA salaries
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• 3 things WNBA could learn from Unrivaled’s inaugural season, explained
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• These 3 WNBA teams have the most national television games next season

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images The Indiana Fever, Las Vegas Aces, and New York Liberty are slated to have the most national television-heavy schedule next season — in that order. The WNBA’s television broadcast schedules have been released, and Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever will play the most games on national television next season. A stunning 41 of the team’s 44 regular sea...2025
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• Unrivaled’s incredible semifinals featured stunning upset, new scoring record
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• Surprising Unrivaled injury update could have major implications
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• Unrivaled playoff preview: Can anyone take down the Lunar Owls?
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• Stephen Curry’s latest announcement will benefit Sabrina Ionescu, Angel Reese — and all of Unrivaled

Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images The Golden State Warriors star is the latest high-profile investor for the new professional women’s basketball league. Unrivaled, the new professional 3-on-3 women’s basketball league co-founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart, is wrapping up its inaugural season in Miami. The league promises the highest average salary of any wome...2025
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• Minnesota Lynx acquire sharpshooting veteran in latest WNBA trade
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• 3 things WNBA could learn from Unrivaled’s inaugural season, explained
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• Unrivaled championship game could come down to the play of two elite guards
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• Angel Reese receives prestigious Unrivaled award after stellar season
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• There’s no dispute about Paige Bueckers’ legacy: She put UConn back on top
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• Stephen Curry Joins Unrivaled As Investor

Stephen Curry has joined Unrivaled as an investor. Unrivaled is a startup 3-on-3 women's basketball league founded by Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier. The league will host a two-day postseason next Sunday and Monday. Curry's investment was included in Unrivaled's oversubscribed Series A investment round in December, in which the league said it secured more than $28 million in Series A fundin...2025
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• Stephen Curry’s latest announcement will benefit Sabrina Ionescu, Angel Reese — and all of Unrivaled
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• Angel Reese, Brittney Griner, and 3 Unrivaled players who raised their stock

Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images Chelsea Gray, Skylar Diggins-Smith, and other Unrivaled standouts Unrivaled, the new professional 3-on-3 offseason women’s basketball that launched this January, is nearing the end of its inaugural season. Over the past 8 weeks, more than 40 WNBA players competed in full-court 3-on-3 basketball in Miami, as a means of supplementing their WNBA income and c...2025
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• Napheesa Collier’s Unrivaled season somehow keeps getting more successful

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images The Lunar Owls star is splitting her 1v1 tournament prize money with the training staff she credits for making it all possible. Last week, Napheesa Collier won Unrivaled’s highly-anticipated 1v1 tournament, beating Aaliyah Edwards in three games — after beating Katie Lue Samuelson, Courtney Williams, and Azura Stevens in the first three rounds. As such,...2025
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• Unrivaled’s groundbreaking practice facility is setting a new bar for the WNBA

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images A closer look at what Unrivaled has offered professional women’s basketball players — and what it could mean for the future of the WNBA. MEDLEY, FLORIDA — It’s a Tuesday morning at Unrivaled — the one day of the week considered a ‘mandatory day off’ for players. So, the 37+ WNBA players participating in the inaugural season of the new 3-on-3 offseason...2025
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• The Minnesota Lynx’s youngest player is soaking up the WNBA Finals

Photo by Pamela Costello/NBAE via Getty Images Alissa Pili isn’t used to getting DNPs. Still, she’s found joy as a rookie on a Lynx team that finds itself one game away from a WNBA championship. MINNEAPOLIS — Alissa Pili is used to being a star — the Minnesota Lynx rookie has effectively dominated every level of basketball since she was a kid. As a freshman at the University of Southern ...2024
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• A WNBA rookie is dominating Unrivaled’s 1v1 tournament, and it’s the best thing you’ll see today

Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images Aaliyah Edwards just won a $25,000 cash prize — and she’s one of four WNBA players in the mix to win it all. Aaliyah Edwards is good at basketball. That’s why she was picked No. 6 overall in the 2024 WNBA draft, and that’s why she was named an All-American twice as a UConn Huskie. The 6’3 forward is fresh off a solid rookie season with the Washington Mys...2025
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• Paige Bueckers' new Unrivaled contract is a sobering reminder of WNBA salaries
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• Brittney Griner’s participation in Unrivaled is a reminder why the league exists in the first place

Photo by Jordan Johnson/NBAE via Getty Images After being detained in Russia, Griner vowed she’d never play overseas basketball again. Now, she has an opportunity to stay in the U.S. during the WNBA offseason — while still getting the chance to play professional basketball. In 2022, Brittney Griner was detained in Russia after authorities discovered cannabis oil in her luggage. The WNBA s...2024
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• A’ja Wilson unanimously named MVP after historic WNBA season

Photo by David Becker/NBAE via Getty Images The Las Vegas Aces center becomes just the second player in WNBA history to win the award unanimously. Las Vegas Aces center A’ja Wilson was unanimously voted on as the WNBA’S Most Valuable Player, the league announced Sunday morning. Wilson averaged 26.9 points (on 51.8% shooting), 11.9 rebounds, 2.58 blocks, and 1.79 steals per game this seas...2024
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• Angel Reese receives prestigious Unrivaled award after stellar season
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• Stephen Curry’s latest announcement will benefit Sabrina Ionescu, Angel Reese — and all of Unrivaled
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• Napheesa Collier deserves serious consideration for WNBA MVP over A’ja Wilson, and here’s why

Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images Napheesa Collier has put together an incredible individual season, the Minnesota Lynx are soaring — and the MVP race between her and A’ja Wilson is far from over. A few weeks ago, the race for MVP appeared finished. A’ja Wilson was in the midst of a historically dominant season (she still is), and no other WNBA player’s individual stats rivaled...2024
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• There’s no dispute about Paige Bueckers’ legacy: She put UConn back on top
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• Unrivaled championship game could come down to the play of two elite guards
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• Unrivaled announced All-Unrivaled First and Second Teams — biggest snubs?

Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images Allisha Gray, Dearica Hamby, and the other Unrivaled standouts who weren’t named to the All-Univaled teams. Unrivaled announced the league’s All-Unrivaled First and Second Teams on Thursday — and the results were largely unsurprising. Napheesa Collier, who has been the league’s most dominant player on both ends, was named to the first team, along with Kay...2025
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• Breanna Stewart’s Unrivaled struggles now have a possible explanation

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images The New York Liberty star reportedly underwent a knee procedure on Thursday. Breanna Stewart didn’t have the best Unrivaled season — at least not by her standards. The two-time WNBA MVP still averaged 19.1 points and 11 rebounds per game, making her the league’s sixth-leading scorer and third-leading rebounder, but her efficiency was down and her Mist Cl...2025
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• I’ve covered hundreds of pro basketball games. Unrivaled was unlike any other.

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images The new professional women’s 3-on-3 basketball league — co-founded by WNBA stars Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart — is creating a spectacularly unique basketball environment. MEDLEY, FLORIDA – On Monday night, I had the opportunity to attend my first-ever Unrivaled basketball games — back-to-back full-court 3-on-3 games that featured WNBA stars lik...2025
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• A’ja Wilson, Caitlin Clark, and the 12 best WNBA players not playing in Unrivaled, ranked

Photo by Justin Casterline/NBAE via Getty Images Unrivaled, the new 3-on-3 basketball league launching in Miami next week, will feature 36 WNBA stars. Here’s who won’t be participating. Unrivaled, the new professional women’s 3-on-3 basketball league launching next Friday, Jan. 17th in Miami, doesn’t lack star power. The league, co-founded by two-time MVP Breanna Stewart and the 2024 Defe...2025
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• Caitlin Clark will not play in Unrivaled — but here’s which WNBA stars will

Photo by Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images Unrivaled will pair Arike Ogunbowale with Aliyah Boston, Kelsey Plum with Alyssa Thomas, DiJonai Carrington with Breanna Stewart, Jackie Young with Brittney Griner, and more. After weeks of anticipation, social media buzz, and anticipation, Unrivaled has released its six club rosters and accompanying head coaches. And, on November 20th, perhaps t...2024
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• Aces rookie Kate Martin joining Unrivaled is a win-win for both her and the league

Photo by Ian Maule/NBAE via Getty Images Martin should help drive considerable buzz around the new 3x3 basketball league given her enormous popularity. Add Kate Martin to the list. Martin, fresh off of a rookie campaign with the Las Vegas Aces, is officially the latest addition to Unrivaled Basketball League, the new 3x3 women’s professional basketball that will take place during the WNBA...2024
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• How a Liberty reserve and a halftime adjustment helped secure the WNBA Finals

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Nyara Sabally was barely in the rotation just a few weeks ago. But in the deciding Game 5 of the WNBA Finals between the Lynx and the Liberty, she was the x-factor. BROOKLYN — Sabrina Ionescu shot an abysmal 1-19 from the field, while Breanna Stewart posted 13 points on just 4-15 FG. On paper, those Liberty shooting splits seemed likely to spell disaster for the...2024
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• Bridget Carleton, Lynx beat Liberty at buzzer to force WNBA Finals Game 5 — because of course they did

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images In yet another WNBA Finals thriller, it was Carleton who fittingly sunk the game-winning free throws. MINNEAPOLIS — It was destined to go to five games. And, it was probably always going to go to the final possession. That’s just the kind of all-time competitive WNBA Finals series it’s been between the Minnesota Lynx and the New York Liberty, the leagu...2024
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• Breanna Stewart vs Napheesa Collier in the Finals is the perfect Unrivaled showdown

Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images Stewart and Collier are former teammates, current WNBA Finals opponents — and Unrivaled Basketball League co-founders. Breanna Stewart really, really wanted for a technical foul to be called. With her college coach, Geno Auriemma, sitting courtside, the two-time MVP repeatedly motioned for the referees to reprimand her opponent in the waning minutes of the the Ne...2024
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• Courtney Williams (and her dad) are ready for the WNBA Finals

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images The Minnesota Lynx star led the way in a decisive Game 5 victory, clinching her team’s spot in the WNBA Finals. Her father knew it was coming. MINNEAPOLIS — Courtney Williams quite literally couldn’t miss. After each shot, the trademark grin across her face widened. Just a few feet away was her father, Don Williams, well-known at Target Center for being...2024
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