Overview
- ESPN reported the league and players’ union exchanged proposals over the weekend with no indication a deal is imminent, putting the May 8 start, free agency and the Toronto and Portland expansion draft at risk of adjustment.
- Sabrina Ionescu told Bleacher Report she expects to stay in New York and does not anticipate a busy free agency, while Liberty GM Jonathan Kolb expressed confidence Ionescu, Breanna Stewart and Jonquel Jones will return.
- Ionescu said she is back to 100 percent after rehabbing an injury suffered during the WNBA season, which kept her medically inactive for Unrivaled’s second campaign.
- Unrivaled expanded in year two, drew a crowd of more than 21,000 at Philadelphia’s Xfinity Mobile Arena, and saw Breanna Stewart’s Mist win the title with an additional $100,000 per player.
- Ionescu is promoting the Abbott Dream Team with Real Madrid, which will run free tryouts May 19–June 9 in Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Washington, D.C., Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles and Chicago, offering 16 players a trip to Madrid.