Caitlin Clark turns down Unrivaled: Fever star will not play in new basketball league, per report

[RandySF]

Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark has decided not to play in Unrivaled, the new 3-on-3 women's professional basketball league, according to Michael Voepel. Clark's decision not to accept an offer is a big blow for the upstart organization cofounded by Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier.

Unrivaled, which has been years in the making, is set to tip off in January. The new league, which announced the rosters for its six teams on Wednesday, was created to offer WNBA players an alternative to going overseas during the offseason.

"For a long time, going overseas was the only option that people had in their offseason, and so this is kind of changing the narrative around that and giving another option," Collier said earlier this year. "Overseas is a great option for some players, but it shouldn't be the only thing you can do to make money and play basketball and get better."

Unrivaled reportedly put together a "full court press" to try and convince Clark to join, which included a salary north of $1 million for the eight-week season. While it's still unclear exactly why Clark said no, she just completed a grueling run in which she played an entire NCAA and WNBA season in less than 12 months.




https://www.cbssports.com/wnba/news/caitlin-clark-turns-down-unrivaled-fever-star-will-not-play-in-new-basketball-league-per-report/

[questionseverything]

1. Because 3 on 3 ain't basketball 🏀

[FBaggins]

2. And traveling overseas on someone else's dime...

… isn’t torture

[Henry203]

3. Three on three

Is a key foundation of basketball. Anyone who has played a lot of hoop loves 3 on 3. It incorporates a guard, forward and a center. Many times basketball divides the court with one side playing 3 on 3 and the other side 2 on 2. Three on three allows you to have a post player and people cutting off the post.

[rurallib]

4. iowa high school girls basketball until about 1990

very boring - maybe Caitlin heard the stories growing up.

ETA - Iowa girls played 6 on 6 which was a game where there were basically 2 games of 3 on 3 going on at once. A team had 6 players 3 forwards in one court that only played offense and 3 guards in. the other half of the court. The guards only played defense.