Did you know there’s another professional women’s basketball league right now in Florida?
The WNBA season ended in October with the New York Liberty beating the Minnesota Lynx in five games, but women’s basketball league Unrivaled kicked off in January 2025 in Florida.
A professional three-on-three women’s basketball league that was founded by basketball players Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart, it allows WNBA players to stay in the United States and play basketball professionally.
Among its WNBA players is Brittney Griner, who played basketball for the Russian Premier League from 2015 to 2022 until she was arrested on drug smuggling charges in Russia.
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Griner plays for Phantom BC in Unrivaled alongside Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu and Indiana Fever forward Katie Lou Samuelson.
Griner isn’t the only Mercury player participating in Unrivaled. Mercury point guard Natasha Cloud also plays for the Phantom.
Mercury forward Kahleah Copper is the star player for Rose BC with Las Vegas Aces guard Chelsea Gray and Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese.
Former Mercury guard Skylar Diggins-Smith plays for Lunar Owls BC alongside Los Angles Sparks forward Cameron Brink and Unrivaled founder and Lynx forward Napheesa Collier.
Unrivaled’s regular season runs until March 10, with games airing on TNT and truTV. The playoffs have a semi-final on March 16 and the finals will take place on March 17.
So don’t worry Mercury fans, Copper, Cloud and Griner will still have two months to relax and take time off before the WNBA season kicks off on May 16.
