{"id":256944,"date":"2025-11-02T15:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T15:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/256944\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T15:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T15:37:10","slug":"unrivaleds-player-lineup-includes-22-new-wnba-players-what-stands-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/256944\/","title":{"rendered":"Unrivaled\u2019s player lineup includes 22 new WNBA players \u2014 what stands out?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/unrivaled-womens-basketball\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Unrivaled<\/a> is just a few months removed from another season \u2014 and this time, 48 WNBA players will be lacing up for the professional 3-on-3 basketball co-founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In addition to the 48 rostered players, 6 players will participate in a development pool, though their names have yet to be announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The new additions include several established and rising stars, among them being:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">At the same time, Unrivaled has lost several big names from its inaugural season, including New York Liberty guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/wnba\/2025\/7\/17\/24454388\/sabrina-ionescu-new-york-liberty-wnba-all-star\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sabrina Ionescu<\/a> and Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In total, 26 players return from the inaugural season:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">And, 22 WNBA players serve as new additions:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In addition to Reese and Ionescu, who have opted not to play in Year 2 of Unrivaled, several players are sidelined with injuries ahead of the coming season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">That list includes Minnesota Lynx guard DiJonai Carrington (foot surgery), Chicago Sky guard Courtney Vandersloot (torn ACL), and Seattle Storm forward Katie Lou Samuelson (torn ACL), among others.<\/p>\n<p>Unrivaled is adding 4 new head coaches <\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Ahead of its second season, Unrivaled has expanded from 6 to 8 clubs. The league has lost two head coaches (Adam Harrington and Phil Handy) while bringing in four new faces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The incoming list of head coaches is as follows:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The league is set to tip off on January 5th, 2026, on TNT Sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Unrivaled is just a few months removed from another season \u2014 and this time, 48 WNBA players will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":{"0":"post-256944","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\/256944","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=256944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}