{"id":595252,"date":"2026-04-20T09:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/595252\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T09:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:04:08","slug":"teja-oblak-joins-portland-fire-ahead-of-wnba-expansion-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/595252\/","title":{"rendered":"Teja Oblak Joins Portland Fire Ahead of WNBA Expansion Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-drop-cap dropcapp2\">T<a href=\"https:\/\/connectingregion.com\/tag\/teja-oblak\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3916\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">eja Oblak<\/a>, a veteran point guard and leader of Slovenia\u2019s women\u2019s national basketball team, has signed with the Portland Fire, one of the newest franchises preparing to enter the\u00a0WNBA\u00a0next season. The move marks a significant milestone in her career, bringing years of European experience into a rapidly growing league.<\/p>\n<p>Currently playing for Galatasaray, where she secured the EuroLeague Women title last year, Oblak arrives in Portland with a strong track record built across multiple European leagues. <\/p>\n<p>Her transition will also see her reunite with Slovenian executive Vanja \u010cernivec, recently appointed general manager of the expansion team, adding a layer of continuity to the move.<\/p>\n<p>Oblak\u2019s signing highlights a broader Slovenian presence in the WNBA, alongside players such as\u00a0Jessica Shepard\u00a0and emerging talent\u00a0Aj\u0161a Sivka. As the league prepares for its upcoming season, her arrival underscores both the internationalisation of the competition and the increasing visibility of players from the region on the global stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Teja Oblak, a veteran point guard and leader of Slovenia\u2019s women\u2019s national basketball team, has signed with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":595253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[124823,66744,1079,99,259401,434],"class_list":{"0":"post-595252","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-ajsa-sivka","9":"tag-jessica-shepard","10":"tag-sport","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-teja-oblak","13":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}