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Unrivaled 2026

EricLA said:
I love that Pheesa and Stewie's brainchild is growing. And thrilled that the W's effort to eliminate Unrivaled seems doomed to fail. The league is really coming down on the wrong side of this issue.
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Apparently, Unrivaled wanted to partner with the WNBA and offered them a minority stake in the league. The WNBA declined and Unrivaled went with offering players an equity stake instead. A friend sent me some screen shots from the Front Office Sports article that talked about as it's behind a paywall.
 
I wonder when we will start seeing names. Apparently Iriafen has been contacted, so I suspect we'll see her. I think my favorite part is seeing these youngsters bloom in the league. We saw Burrel and Edwards grow last year. Who's next? Citron, Iriafen, Bueckers, Brink, Rivers, Malonga? I would love to see each club have an adopted "youth" that they prop up.

Also, I hear there is a push to get Caitlin Clark.
 
GamecockFam said:
I wonder when we will start seeing names. Apparently Iriafen has been contacted, so I suspect we'll see her. I think my favorite part is seeing these youngsters bloom in the league. We saw Burrel and Edwards grow last year. Who's next? Citron, Iriafen, Bueckers, Brink, Rivers, Malonga? I would love to see each club have an adopted "youth" that they prop up.

Also, I hear there is a push to get Caitlin Clark.
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Regarding Citron, she was asked the question during their end of season press conference. Per the post below it sounds like she's leaning towards playing.

 
I've been thinking all morning about this. I think the "youngster" I would most like to see in Unrivaled is Rivers. She has so much untapped potential. Having her as an understudy to someone like Skylar Diggins or Chelsea Gray would be magnifique ...chef's kiss...
 
GamecockFam said:
I wonder when we will start seeing names. Apparently Iriafen has been contacted, so I suspect we'll see her. I think my favorite part is seeing these youngsters bloom in the league. We saw Burrel and Edwards grow last year. Who's next? Citron, Iriafen, Bueckers, Brink, Rivers, Malonga? I would love to see each club have an adopted "youth" that they prop up.

Also, I hear there is a push to get Caitlin Clark.
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They’ve contacted Citron. Bueckers is playing
 
Geew1992 said:
They’ve contacted Citron. Bueckers is playing
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So is Brink. She was technically on a roster and spent most of the winter rehabbing in Miami. She zoomed in during our class with Tara Vanderveer from Miami while driving around town with Lexie Hull and Alyssa Jerome. They all looked like they were having a great time
 
TheFarmFan said:
So is Brink. She was technically on a roster and spent most of the winter rehabbing in Miami. She zoomed in during our class with Tara Vanderveer from Miami while driving around town with Lexie Hull and Alyssa Jerome. They all looked like they were having a great time
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Now there's a name I haven't seen in a long time. Mini swerve, but it's great to know she's still in contact with her former team mates. She was part of an impressive class of talent coming out of Canada when she graduated high school. Her resilience and leadership from the bench for that NCAA championship team was amazing.
 
cancontent said:
Now there's a name I haven't seen in a long time. Mini swerve, but it's great to know she's still in contact with her former team mates. She was part of an impressive class of talent coming out of Canada when she graduated high school. Her resilience and leadership from the bench for that NCAA championship team was amazing.
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Based on Instagram it looks like she also lives in Austin and is essentially BFFs with Lacie and Lexie. I agree - she was a "do anything" glue player who helped us ride out some tough stretches with limited bigs due to injuries and then amicably settled into a bench leadership role to help lead us to the Natty. Definitely a good egg.
 
TheFarmFan said:
Based on Instagram it looks like she also lives in Austin and is essentially BFFs with Lacie and Lexie. I agree - she was a "do anything" glue player who helped us ride out some tough stretches with limited bigs due to injuries and then amicably settled into a bench leadership role to help lead us to the Natty. Definitely a good egg.
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Agree with this statement 100%.
 
Summary of announcements.
New Unrivaled players includes where they played last year offseason.

Day 1 (Players 1-6)
Alyssa Thomas
Rickea Jackson
Satou Sabally
Paige BueckersCollege
Saniya RiversCollege
Erica WheelerTurkey

Day 2 (Players 7-12)
Breanna Stewart
Lexie Hull
Azura Stevens
Jackie Young
Sonia CitronCollege
Veronica BurtonAustralia

Day 3 (Players 13-18)
Kate Martin
Dearica Hamby
Natasha Cloud
Aaliyah Edwards
Kiki IriafenCollege
Monique BillingsChina

Day 4 (Players 19-24)
Napheesa Collier
Rae Burrell
Chelsea Gray
Brittney Sykes
Kelsey MitchellChina
Naz HillmonAustralia

Day 5 (Players 25-30)
Kahleah Copper
Allisha Gray
Shakira Austin
Courtney Williams
Sug SuttonTurkey
Natisha HiedemanChina

Day 6 (Players 31-36)
Skylar Diggins
Brittney Griner
Rhyne Howard
Aliyah Boston
Ezi MagbegorCzech
Rachel BanhamNone

Day 7 (Players 37-42)
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Day 8 (Players 43-48)
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Day 9 (Players 49-54)
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