With the women’s 5×5 and 3×3 basketball competitions at the 2024 Olympic Games capturing the attention of the women’s hoops world, catch up on recent news and developments:
Paige is Unrivaled
Paige Bueckers has signed an NIL deal with Unrivaled, the forthcoming professional 3×3 league co-founded by Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. The rising fifth-year UConn star will not play in Unrivaled until after her first WNBA season, but, like all Unrivaled players, she will gain ownership equity in the league, becoming the first college athlete to have such a stake in a pro league.
Blessed and grateful to be a part of this amazing league. To take an active role in the growth of women’s sports is a dream come true. Excited for the future, it’s just the beginning! https://t.co/xSCetSsDCH
— Paige Bueckers (@paigebueckers1) August 1, 2024
Unrivaled, a 30-player, six-team 3×3 league set to begin play in January 2025 in Miami, has thus far announced 10 participating players for the inaugural season: Stewart, Collier, Chelsea Gray, Arike Ogunbowale, Jewell Loyd, Kelsey Plum, Rhyne Howard, Kahleah Copper, Jackie Young and Angel Reese.
It also recently was announced that Bueckers will be the first college athlete to with…
