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There is no question that Brittney Griner is one of the most important basketball players in the WNBA. With that said, she has always played in other leagues while in the United States the offseason is under way.
It has been an activity that she has done for years and it has been normal, but now things will change for her and, well, it is because of her own doing, as after her detention in a Russian penal colony.
She has agreed to play with the Unrivaled Basketball team, a new US-based 3-on-3 co-founded league by the WNBA All Stars Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier. This time it would be different but very much entertaining for the 33-year-old player.
A new opportunity
This new league will start in January of 2025 and to many it promises to pay ''the highest average salary in women's professional sports league history,' something that many players are looking very much forward, according to a May press release.
In the WNBA, not all players are benefited from a good high-paid salary and they have to play overseas during the offseason, like Brittney Griner used to. Now, there is a new a fun opportunity where the players came make up for their not-so-high payment.
Griner makes the league only six players short of the 30 minimum that will play. Other that agreed to include Arike Ogunbowale, Kelsey Plum, Angel Reese, Natasha Cloud, Skylar Diggins-Smith, Courtney Vandersloot, Brittney Sykes, DiJonai Carrington and Tiffany Hayes.