Unrivaled announces standout WNBA rookie as latest wildcard player

Cameron Brink is the latest WNBA star to join Unrivaled, a new 3-on-3 women's professional basketball league. Brink, who just finished his rookie season with the Los Angeles Sparks due to a torn ACL, will not play in the 2025 unrivaled season, but is scheduled to join the Lunar Owls in 2026.

Unrivaled, co-founded by WNBA stars Napheesa Collier and Brianna Stewart, is scheduled to tip off on January 17th in Miami. The league currently has stars like Angel Reese, Brittney Greiner, Skyler Diggins-Smith, Sato Sabally, and rookies like Rikea Jackson and Aaliyah Edwards, as well as Courtney Vandersloot. Players and veterans like Aaliyah Edwards. skyler diggins smith.

of moon owl Napheesa Collier, Skyler Diggins-Smith, Alisha Gray, Natasha Cloud and Shakira Austin will headline. They will be coached by DJ Sackman, a world-renowned NBA skills coach.

Unrivaled will commit to an average annual salary of more than $220,000, prioritize player development and host games on TNT and TruTV on Fridays, Saturdays and Mondays.

“We are collectively changing the outlook for the ecosystem,” said Alex Bazel, president of Unrivaled. “Now that there's space out there, more leagues are raising salaries. I think we can help grow that, just financially for the players who are being paid a lot of money to play basketball. That's where we want to get to. It's great to have a deal with a brand and it's great to have all this off the court, but at the end of the day, it's us. We want to be able to pay them well on the court.”

In addition to salary increases, the new offseason league is focused on player development. All six of Unrivaled's head coaches (Nora Henry, Adam Harrington, DJ Sackman, Andrew Wade, Teresa Weatherspoon and Phil Handy) have strong player development backgrounds, with Weatherspoon Handy recently served as the head coach of the Chicago Sky. for a long time Los Angeles Lakers assistant.

“We're pretty excited just to get our players on the market and develop them under this facility and have the resources that they always feel they deserve in the offseason, but the reality is they still don't get it. “It's a real experience from the player development side,” Buzzell said.

Here is the complete list of confirmed unrivaled players:

1. Aaliyah Edwards (Mystic)

2. Alyssa Thomas (Sun)

3. Aliyah Boston (Fever)

4. Alisha Gray (Dream)

5. Angel Reese (Sky)

6. Arike Ogunbowale (Wings)

7. Azura Stevens (spark)

8. Brianna Stewart (Liberty)

9. Britney Sykes (mystic)

10. Brittney Greiner (Mercury)

11. Cameron Brink (Sparks)

12. Chelsea Gray (Ace)

13. Courtney Vandersloot (Liberty)

14. Courtney Williams (Lynx)

15. Dearika Hamby (Sparks)

16. Dijonai Carrington (Sun)

17. Jackie Young (Ace)

18. Jewel Lloyd (Storm)

19. Jordan Canada (Dream)

20. Carlea Copper (Mercury)

21. Kate Martin (Valkyrie)

22. Kayla McBride (Lynx)

23. Lexi Hull (Fever)

24. Marina Mabry (Sun)

25. Nafisa Collier (Lynx)

26. Natasha Cloud (Mercury)

27. Ray Burrell (Sparks)

28. Ryne Howard (dream)

29. Recare Jackson (Sparks)

30. Sato Sabally (Wings)

31. Skyler Diggins Smith (Storm)

32. shakira austin (mystic)

33. Stephanie Dolson (Mystics)

34. Tiffany Hayes (Ace)

There are two more wild card spots available before tip-off, which is just over a month away.