A new professional women's basketball league is set to debut in January 2022 and will be operated by Athletes Unlimited, which previously launched professional softball, volleyball and lacrosse leagues.
Washington Mystics guard Natasha Cloud and former WNBA players Sydney Colson and Ty Young have been announced as the first three players to sign with the basketball league, which does not conflict with the summer-based WNBA.
Athletes Unlimited Basketball will have 44 players competing in a season from Jan. 29 to Feb. 28, 2022. All games will be at the same location in one city, which is still to be named. The basketball league will have the same model as Athletes Unlimited's other leagues, which focus more on measuring individual players' success.
There are no owners, general managers or specific teams. Instead, the players start on four different teams that wear uniforms of different colors and have assigned captains. Players compile points based on their teams' results and their individual statistics. At the end of each week, the top four players in the points standings become captains and repick their teams.
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Washington Mystics guard Natasha Cloud and former WNBA players Sydney Colson and Ty Young have been announced as the first three players to sign with the basketball league, which does not conflict with the summer-based WNBA.
Athletes Unlimited Basketball will have 44 players competing in a season from Jan. 29 to Feb. 28, 2022. All games will be at the same location in one city, which is still to be named. The basketball league will have the same model as Athletes Unlimited's other leagues, which focus more on measuring individual players' success.
There are no owners, general managers or specific teams. Instead, the players start on four different teams that wear uniforms of different colors and have assigned captains. Players compile points based on their teams' results and their individual statistics. At the end of each week, the top four players in the points standings become captains and repick their teams.
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A new women's professional basketball league (with no owners or GMs) is set to launch in January 2022 and will include 44 players competing on four different teams over two months.
