The 2024 WNBA season has officially wrapped up, but some WNBA stars will be back in action in January for the debut of the new 3-on-3 women’s basketball league, “Unrivaled.” Dallas Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale is one of the 30 players participating, and she said in a recent interview with We Need to Talk she believes she can thrive in that setting.
Many WNBA players have played overseas during the offseason at one point or another. Ogunbowale hasn’t done it in two years, but most recently she played for Dynamo Kursk in Russia from 2020 until 2022. For her, the decision to stay in the United States and join Unrivaled was an easy one.
“I’ve just been working out throughout the season, but it’s a chance to play for a couple months with the players you’re about to be playing against two, three months after that,” she said. “Playing 3-on-3, I love playing 3-on-3. I think that style of basketball, I can thrive there, so basketball-wise I think it would be good for me.”
And of course there are other exciting reasons, like enjoying some nice weather.
“You are in Miami,” she said. “They put you up in Miami, you are getting a good check, you are playing basketball.”
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