Unrivaled Basketball League Brings in Another Friend of Caitlin Clark in Hopes for WNBA Phenomenon to Join

With the WNBA season As it ends, many are wondering what this year’s Rookie of the Year, Caitlin Clark, has planned for the offseason.

A groundbreaking women’s basketball league appears to be doing everything it can to get her on board for its inaugural season.

Unparalleled Basketball League, founded by Freedom of New York‘s Breanna Stewart and Minnesota Lynx’s Napheesa Collier have brought another Clark friend on and off the court to the talent pool.

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Lexie Hull, one Fever teammate of Clarkwas announced as the 29th player in the talent pool for the 3-on-3 competition, with players like Kelsey Plum, Chelsea Gray, Arike Ogunbowale, Kahleah Copper and many more stars already signed up to tip off in January 2025.

Unrivaled is changing the landscape of women’s basketball, with every player having equality and a vested interest in it.

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The league became attractive to top talent in the WNBA not only because it involved Stewart and Collier, two bona fide All-Stars, but also because of historic contracts that offer the highest average salary in the history of the women’s professional sports league.

Unrivaled even announced on Thursday that the talent pool has been expanded to 36 players from 30, because the league has exceeded its financial goals.

In addition to Hull, Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes teammate, Kate Martin, who now plays for the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces, also joined Unrivaled as the 28th player in the talent pool.

Unrivaled would only have 30 players, and many hoped Clark would be the last player. However, with the league expanding, WNBA fans now hope to see not only Clark, but Las Vegas Aces’ MVP A’ja Wilson on the field in January.

In terms of Clark, Front Office Sports reported that the WNBA Rookie of the Year received a ‘Messi-like offer’ to join the league, referring to soccer great Lionel Messi, who was given a very generous contract to join Inter Miami FC to join the Major League. Football.

The offer is reportedly over $1 million plus league revenue sharing opportunities. To put that in perspective with Clark’s WNBA salary for her rookie season, the Fever paid her $76,535 this year.

TNT Sports and Unrivaled also just reached a multi-year media rights deal to exclusively present live coverage of games on TNT and truTV, and to stream all games on Max.

With primetime television programming, the promise of high salaries, friends already on board and more roster spots, Unrivaled has the stage set to land one of basketball’s most recognizable talents.

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The ball is in Clark’s court, no pun intended.

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