Restricted free agent Gabby Williams has yet to decide whether to play in the WNBA this season after having her contract suspended by French club ASVEL prior to the deadline set by the league’s new prioritization rule, according to her agent, Lindsay Kagawa Colas.
“The 2023 WNBA season is an option for Gabby, but not a certainty,” Kagawa Colas told ESPN’s M.A. Voepel. “For now, she’s prioritizing her health while taking into account her French national team commitments this summer. From there, we can start to evaluate availability for the WNBA, but as of today we are still a couple of steps away.”
Williams suffered a concussion in the first game of ASVEL’s matchup with Bourges in the French LFB semifinals and missed the deciding game as ASVEL advanced. She returned from concussion protocol for last Wednesday’s Game 1 of the finals against Villeneuve d’Ascq but had her contract suspended prior to Saturday’s Game 2 of the series, which ASVEL won 2-1 on Monday to become league champions.
That timing was important because of the WNBA prioritization rule. Had Williams…
