Sports are getting lead over many careers, people are more engaging in their time in watching sports. We are in the 21st century where equality means a lot.
Women are participating in every field. Today you can see female cops, pilots, businessmen, and even in sports.
Cricket, football, basketball, and many more women are covering every corner of the room. In this post, you will learn about a former women’s basketball star and her game.
Allisha Gray leads her dream in the recent WNBA (Women’s National Basketball Association.) star to take part in the Unrivaled Basketball League.
The latest three-on-three basketball league is expected to start during the offseason of the WNBA.
Unrivaled is all set to launch in Miami in January and will feature the top 30 players in the WNBA. Sounds interesting, So Let’s dive into the field of basketball and gain detailed information about it.
Who is Allisha Gray?
Allisha Gray won the title of Rookie of the Year in 2017, which is no surprise to 3×3 basketball.
She was a player of the U.S. women’s 3×3 basketball team that won a gold medal at the Paris Olympics.
She was one of the most impactful guards in the WNBA in the history of her 8-year professional career.
Gray, who was a guard on the Atlanta Dream, is a twice WNBA All-Star. She won the NCAA national championship at South Carolina University.
Then she joined the company of Rhyne Howard as the second Dream player to commit to play in the Unrivaled. This time, Gray is scoring 15,7 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 2.5 helps per game.
However, the Dream got a dissatisfying start of the season, and they have nailed the three constant wins. The Olympics are just one game away since the last break and playoff picture.
What Does Unrivaled Basketball League Mean?
The championship was established by Lynx’s Napheesa Collier and the Liberty’s Breanna Stewart.
The generous people offer WNBA players a chance to stay in the U.S. in the offseason instead of play overseas.
Specifically, it will be a player-owned and also increase the minimum sum of salary to $1,00,000 which is the highest pay of any women’s professional sports league.
For Connecticut Sun guard Marina Mabrey, playing is Unrivaled means now she will not have to play in Turkey or China in the offseason, which is what she was wishing for a long time.
She has wished to live in America for a long time now, and she has never stayed in her bed since her graduation was completed. So, she was pursuing it as an opportunity.
And also considered that being able to play with the top players of the world is an honor and pride in itself.
Stewie and Phee had spent most of their time and hardship in putting this together and by being a part of this I also want to help in the progress of the league.
Who are the 15 WNBA stars that have committed to play Unrivaled?
If you are also curious to know who are that top-notch people then we have find that listed them below; Go enjoy:
- Allisha Gray (Dream)
- Napheesa Collier (Lynx)
- Angle Reese (Sky)
- Satou Sabally (Wings)
- Chelsea Gray (Aces)
- Marina Mabrey (Sun)
- Jackie Loyd (Storm)
- Breanna Stewart (Liberty)
- Arika Ogunbowale (Wings)
- Kelsey Plum (Aces)
- Kayla McBride (Lynx)
- Dearica Hamby (Sparks)
- Rhyne Howard (Dream)
- Kahleah Copper (Mercury)
- Jackie Young (Aces)
In some time you will see 15 more players as the league will start in January and stay updated till then.
At Last
Now you must have consumed all the details about the women’s basketball league and their players. The time when the league is just going to start is very restless for the players and even the watchers.
All eyes are on the court till the end of the match and when the victory is announced the joy and happiness is worth all the hard work.