Overview
- Unrivaled announced Monday that Marine Johannès has signed a multiyear contract and will make her debut in the league's 2027 season with her specific club to be named later.
- Johannès is a two-time Olympic medalist who has played five WNBA seasons with the New York Liberty and spent the 2025–26 international season with Galatasaray.
- The league reports it has filled more than 90% of its 48 roster spots for 2027 and holds a small six-player developmental pool, leaving only a few open slots.
- Project B has publicly pursued overlapping players and follows Johannès on social media, but there is no confirmed record of formal talks between Johannès and Project B.
- Unrivaled's model — guaranteed six-figure minimums, player equity and cited commercial milestones such as roughly $30 million in inaugural revenue and a ~$340 million valuation — is reshaping where and how WNBA players choose to spend the offseason and may affect rest, overseas contracts, and national-team plans.