For Czech basketball club ZVVZ USK Praha, simply competing in EuroLeague Women isn’t enough. The storied club is one of the competition’s few regular participants and gone to the semifinals or further in seven of the last nine EuroLeague Women seasons.
Expectations for Praha are high once again for 2024-25. Prior to group play, FIBA.com slotted Praha at No. 4 in its preseason power rankings, citing a level of roster continuity that’s rare in EuroLeague Women, and an opening-week hiccup against Valencia Basket Club wasn’t particularly worrisome, given that several of the team’s mainstays had yet to join the club.
One of those players, center Brionna Jones, is now back with the team. Jones, who has played for Praha since 2019, is joined in the frontcourt by Ezi Magbegor (who also has yet to make her 2024-25 EuroLeague Women debut) and newcomer Isabelle Harrison. The trio should give Praha the luxury of having three established veterans in its frontcourt, which is something few other clubs in the competition will have an answer for.
In Week 3 of group play, Praha will meet an up-and-coming Umana Reyer Venezia club that has been impressive thus far. Venezia, which last competed in EuroLeague Women in 2022, is off to a 2-0 start, breezing past UNI Győr and making a…
