It was a rough offseason for Czech club ZVVZ USK Praha, which lost perennial EuroLeague Women MVP candidate Alyssa Thomas (who is now playing her overseas ball in China) and highly-effective center Brionna Jones, who is recovering from an Achilles injury suffered this past WNBA season.
Praha reloaded quickly, however, and thanks to players like Ezi Magbegor and Maite Cazorla, the club is still making plenty of noise in EuroLeague Women. Through three games, Magbegor is averaging 20 points and a league-leading 12.3 rebounds per game, while Cazorla leads the competition in assists at seven per game. As a team, Praha ranks third in EuroLeague Women in scoring (78.7 points per game) and first in rebounding (40.7 rebounds per game), which is a remarkable feat considering how much frontcourt talent the club failed to retain from last season.
Things are getting better for Praha, too. Forward Nyara Sabally, fresh off a WNBA Finals appearance with the New York Liberty, recently joined the club in Prague ahead of its Week 4 EuroLeague Women matchup against Perfumerias Avenida. Praha may not throw the young Sabally into the deep end just yet—at 2-1 and widely expected to be a contender for the EuroLeague Women title, there’s no reason for the club to be hasty—but when she does…
