SEATTLE — The Storm are still awaiting clarification from the WNBA on whether the league’s new prioritization rule will prevent forward Gabby Williams from playing this season, coach Noelle Quinn said after the team’s practice Tuesday.
Williams’ French team, ASVEL, advanced to the league finals on Saturday by overcoming a 13-point deficit from the first leg of the two-game, aggregate semifinals against Bourges. ASVEL did so without Williams, who was in the concussion protocol after being hit in the head in the May 9 matchup between the two teams.
“We’re trying to get some confirmation on what the language is with that and how that would work,” Quinn said, “because technically it’s a health issue. If she can’t travel, she does not play in the game, where do we stand with that?”
The WNBA prioritization rule, negotiated with the players’ association as part of the 2020 collective bargaining agreement, goes into effect this season. This year, players must complete their offseason playing obligations before the start of the WNBA’s regular season to be eligible. Next season, the deadline will…
