There are six roster spots left within the Unequalled basketball league — will Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark be part of her fellow WNBA gamers? The 2024 rookie of the yr is reportedly being courted with a wealthy supply.
In accordance with Sports activities Enterprise Journal, Clark and Unequalled have held talks about her collaborating within the 3-on-3 league that’s set to tip off in January in Miami. The supply to Clark is believed to be value over $1 million, which would come with an fairness stake.
By comparability, Clark signed a four-year, $338,056 contract after being drafted by the Fever. She made $76,535 throughout the 2024 season and will earn as much as $97,582 in annual wage within the closing yr of her deal. There’s additionally her endorsement contract with Nike, which is reportedly $28 million over eight years.
Clark is one in all two high-level WNBA stars, together with A’ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces, who has but to decide to enjoying.
“We’re at all times going to have a roster spot for Caitlin Clark,” Unequalled president Alex Bazzell informed Sportico this week. “We’re not making use of a full court docket press the way in which individuals assume. We’re letting her decompress from basketball. … She is aware of that we now have a spot for her when she’s prepared.”
In these talks with the league, Clark was reportedly informed to “take so long as she needs” to make her determination. Opening evening is scheduled for Jan. 17.
On Thursday, Unequalled co-founder Napheesa Collier of the Minnesota Lynx introduced that the league had outperformed its monetary projections and that the whole variety of roster spots can be growing from 30 to 36.
In a transfer probably to entice Clark to hitch, the league introduced this week that her Fever teammates, Lexie Hull and Aliyah Boston, in addition to her teammate from Iowa, Kate Martin, had signed on.
The expanded participant spots will see six groups with six-player rosters play 14 video games every, with the season ending with a single-elimination Ultimate 4. Video games will likely be performed on a 70-foot court docket and have an 18-second shot clock, three 7-minute durations and a closing 15-point runoff within the final quarter.
There will likely be an All-Star occasion Feb. 10, in addition to a one-on-one match that includes all 30 gamers. The winner will obtain a $250,000 prize.
League play will happen between Jan. 17 and March 17, with 45 video games being broadcast in prime time following a media rights deal with TNT Sports activities.
Final week, the Laces, Mist, Rose, Lunar Owls, Phantom and Vinyl have been introduced because the six workforce names.
