At some point, WNBA players signing with Project B will no longer be news. If things go according to plan, the league will have 66 players, filling out the proposed six 11-player teams that will compete in the seven two-week tournaments that will begin in November 2026.<\/p>\n
For now, however, the new international league, which has aimed to overshadow its still-specious sense of sportswashing<\/a> with high salaries and equity stakes for players, will continue to spark conversation when its latest signees are announced.<\/p>\n Since sharing the four initial tent-pole stars in Nneka Ogwumike, Alyssa Thomas, Jonquel Jones and Jewell Loyd, Project B revealed five more players: the Chicago Sky\u2019s Kamilla Cardoso, former Washington Mystic Li Meng, the Golden State Valkyries\u2019 Janelle Sala\u00fcn and the Indiana Fever\u2019s Kelsey Mitchell and Sophie Cunningham. Then, Just\u0113 Jocyt\u0113, the first-ever draft pick of the Golden State Valkyries who was selected No. 5 overall in the 2025 WNBA Draft, announced that she is also signing on with the league.<\/p>\n Mitchell gives Project B another superstar-caliber player. A three-time All-Star, Mitchell is coming off the best season of her career, earning MVP votes as she took home an All-WNBA First Team honor for serving as a the stabilizing stalwart for the injury-ravaged Fever.<\/p>\n Notably, after spending the 2025 WNBA offseason playing in the Women\u2019s Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA) and the 2024 offseason participating in Athletes Unlimited. Mitchell has chosen Project B over Unrivaled. A member of Hive FC, it appears the 2026 offseason will be her first and only stint with Unrivaled.<\/p>\n