CODE Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cThe fans are awesome and the chance for Tasmanians to get behind a team that represents them is really cool.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not a surprise the JackJumpers have the support they do, and I\u2019m super keen to see how the WNBL team goes down there. I think they\u2019re going to get the same love the JackJumpers do, and I\u2019m excited for the fans to be able to support a great women\u2019s team.”<\/p>\n
While the build of Tasmania’s inaugural roster is still in the works, the Minnesota Lynx star, who was named the WNBA’s 2025 Co-Defensive Player of the Year, admits she’s ‘considered’ being part of the club’s historic squad, despite the competitive overseas market for players like herself.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing a part of the first thing in anything is cool, you\u2019re a trail blazer and I think that will be appealing for a lot of players, to be honest, to be part of something new and lead the way,” Smith said.<\/p>\n
The 29-year-old Opal, who guided the Lynx to the 2024 WNBA Finals, will head to Miami in January to compete in the new 3×3 league, Unrivaled.<\/p>\n
Read the full story here >> Tassie\u2019s Opal backs WNBL team to soar<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The revamped WNBL will continue its extraordinary growth next season with the introduction of a Tasmanian franchise. One…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":{"0":"post-225642","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}