Sky star Angel Reese will not return for Season 2 of Unrivaled, the 3-on-3 league created by WNBA stars Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart.
The league announced the final three players of its expanded 48-woman roster on Thursday — Aari McDonald, Rebecca Allen and Dominique Malonga — but Reese was not among them.
Reese’s team, Rose BC, won the championship in Unrivaled’s inaugural season, and she was named Defensive Player of the Year. Throughout her sophomore WNBA season, she spoke highly of Unrivaled’s impact on her development and wished the league well on a recent episode of her “Unapologetically Angel” podcast.
Reese, who finished the Sky season sidelined with a back injury, has not yet announced her offseason basketball plans.
She isn’t the only Unrivaled alum sitting out Season 2. The Aces’ Jewell Loyd and the Lynx’s Kayla McBride won’t return either. Neither will Sky free agent Courtney Vandersloot, who is recovering from an ACL tear.
Though Unrivaled will feature 80% of the All-WNBA First and Second Teams, the league remains without two of the biggest names in women’s basketball: 2025 MVP A’ja Wilson and 2024 Rookie of the Year Caitlin Clark.
Sky fans, though, will still see several familiar faces. Rachel Banham and Rebecca Allen, both free agents from Chicago’s 2025 roster, are set to play in Miami this winter. Sky assistant coach Rena Wakama was named one of Unrivaled’s six coaches on Thursday, joining former Sky coach — and Reese’s mentor — Teresa Weatherspoon among the others.
Season 2 of Unrivaled begins Jan. 5.