{"id":333409,"date":"2025-12-08T23:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T23:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/333409\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T23:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T23:57:09","slug":"will-caitlin-clark-play-in-project-b-basketball-league-sophie-cunningham-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/333409\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Caitlin Clark play in Project B basketball league? Sophie Cunningham is"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sophie Cunningham<\/a> is going worldwide. She tried to bring Caitlin Clark<\/a> along for the ride.<\/p>\n

The Indiana Fever player announced on her “Show Me Something<\/a>” podcast she is joining the new Project B basketball league, which will play worldwide starting in November 2026.<\/p>\n

The five-on-five league \u2014 sponsored by what she called four “huge” high-tech companies \u2014 will “offer lots and lots and lots of money” and offer players equity.<\/p>\n

Project B’s season would overlap with the WNBA player-led Unrivaled<\/a>, a three-on-three league that plays in the W offseason. The next season begins Jan. 5 and the Fever’s Kelsey Mitchell<\/a>, Lexie Hull and Aliyah Boston are playing.<\/p>\n

“I think there’s going to be a lot of people switching over (from Unrivaled),” Cunningham said, adding “All of these leagues are great, but if you don’t have the W, you don’t have the platform.”<\/p>\n

Cunningham said Mitchell will play in Project B, and that she recruited Clark, who played 13 games in 2025 before missing the rest of the season with a groin injury.<\/p>\n

Will Caitlin Clark play in Project B basketball league?<\/p>\n

“I tried to get her to play in this one, and she said, ‘No,'” Cunningham said.<\/p>\n

Not 22?: What number will Caitlin Clark wear for the USA Basketball?<\/a><\/p>\n

Cunningham said the full league will play in different locations for short bursts, then take a break before moving to another area of the world. Though there are few details, she said the league will have a couple of stops in Asia, a couple of stops in Europe and a couple of stops in the Americas, the league offering first-class travel and lodging.<\/p>\n

Between stops, players can travel for pleasure or return home to rest.<\/p>\n

“I’m excited because I miss traveling the world,” she said. “I also don’t want to play year-round. My body can’t handle it.”<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old is coming off a season-ending knee injury suffered Aug. 17.<\/p>\n

The Project B conversation starts at the 3:20 mark.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

What is Project B?<\/p>\n

Project B<\/a>, slated to run from November 2026 to April 2027, is expected to be made up of six teams of 11 players and played on a traveling circuit overseas. The new league has emphasized player compensation, a point of contention in the WNBA’s ongoing CBA negotiations, reportedly promising to pay players salaries starting at $2 million annually.<\/p>\n

Who is funding Project B basketball?<\/p>\n

Facebook executive Grady Burnett and Skype co-founder Geoff Prentice are reportedly behind the league.<\/p>\n

What WNBA players have signed with Project B?<\/p>\n

Players reportedly signing on for Project B include Nneka Ogwumike, Alyssa Thomas, Jonquel Jones, Jewell Loyd and Kamilla Cardoso, among others.<\/p>\n

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