In an unrivaled league, Dominic Malonga will play with Paige Bookers

The league’s internal draft was held this Wednesday Unrivaledthe 3×3 championship of which he is a co-founder Breanna Stewart etc Napheesa Collier the second edition of which will begin next January.

For this new season, unmatched created two new franchisesthe breeze and the beehive. The league will also make a stop in Philadelphiaon January 30 to organize two matches there. During November, the four teams present during this trip will be announced at the same time as the calendar is revealed. An event that will mark the return of professional women’s basketball to the City of Brotherly Love, which has not happened since 1998.

Dominic Malonga with Paige Bookers and Cameron Brink

For its first season, Breeze welcome Dominique Malonga etc Paige Bookerswho will also be playing their first campaign with Unrivaled. The French woman had a special one terminated the contract with Fenerbahçe to be able to join the 3×3 league. In Breeze, she will also find her former coach Noel Quinn, with whom she worked during her first year at Storm.

Team composition:

• Paige Bookers
• Dominique Malonga
• Rickea Jackson
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• Kate Martin
• Cameron Brink

Coach: Noel Quinn

Kelsey Mitchell to wear a beehive

After a sensational playoff run with the Fever where she nearly pulled off the feat against the Las Vegas Aces before getting injured, Kelsey Mitchell will return to the fields of Unrivaled as part of a new team The beehive. To follow him, we find separately Sonia Citronrunner-up Paige Bookers in the final race for the WNBA Rookie of the Year title.

Team composition

• Kelsey Mitchell
• Sonia Citron
• Good Magbegor
• Natisha Hiedeman
• Sania Rivers
• Monique Billings

Coach: Rena Im

Jackie Young and Alyssa Thomas in Laces

Teams already present during the first season of Unrivaled could protect two players if they participated in the playoffs and only one if they did not reach the second part of the season, as was the case with The fog and the Phantom.

So after crossing swords during the last WNBA Finals, Jackie Young etc Alice Thomas were protected and will evolve together again on the side Laces. To accompany them, Naz Hillmon arrived after the season in the WNBA crowned with the “Sixth Player of the Year” trophy.

Team composition

• Jackie Young (protected player)
• Alice Thomas (protected player)
• Brittney Sikes
• Jordyn Canada
• Maddie Siegrist
• Naz Hillmon

Coach: Andrew Wade

Napheesa Collier is still at the helm of the Lunar Owls

Without any surprise, Lunar Owls decided to protect Napheesa Collier, MVP of the first edition. This Owls team will, once again, be coached by DJ Sackmann who has more than 450,000 subscribers on Instagram. For his first season with Unrivaled, he was named Coach of the Year after a near-perfect regular season in which his team lost just one of 14 games.

Team composition

• Napheesa Collier (protected player)
• Skylar Diggins (protected player)
• Marina Mabrey
• Rachel Banham
• Rebecca Allen
• Aaliyah Edwards

Coach: DJ Sackmann

With Teresa Weatherspoon at the helm, Vinyl aims for the title

After the defeat in the final of the first season against Rose, v Vinyl hopes to lift the trophy at the end of this 2026 campaign with, once again, Teresa Weatherspoon, the former coach of the Chicago Sky in the WNBA, at its helm.

Team composition

• Rhine Howard (protected player)
• Dear Hamby (protected player)
• Erica Wheeler
• Courtney Williams
• Rae Burrell
• Brittney Grinner

Coach: Teresa Weatherspoon

Le Rose aims for a “back-to-back” with an almost unchanged squad

The reigning champion, Rose managed to retain four of their six players from the winning campaign. Note the lossAngel Reese, declared the best defender of the first season, who decided not to play again this season.

Team composition

• Chelsea Gray (protected player)
• Kahleah Copper (protected player)
• Lekie Hull
• Azura Stevens
• Sug Sutton
• Shakira Austin

Coach: Nola Henry

Kelsey Plum and Kiki Iriafen to strengthen the Phantom

Despite the loss of Sabrina Ionescu who, like Angel Reese, won’t be playing at Unrivaled again this year, Phantom has some tough reinforcements to support Satou Saballi dont Kelsey Plum etc Kiki Iriafen who is coming off a very solid rookie season in the WNBA with the Washington Mystics.

Team composition

• Satou Saballi (protected player)
• Kelsey Plum
• Kiki Iriafen
• Dana Evans
• Aliah Boston
• Natasha Cloud

Coach: Raneeka Hodges

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Alone Breanna Stewart will return to The fog this season, as four of her five teammates decided not to play for Unrivaled, while Aaliiah Edwards joined Napheesa Collier’s Owls.

On the arrivals side, we find the Chinese Lee Yueru who does not arrive in completely unknown territory because she will find a teammate from Dallas, Arike Ogunbowale.

Team composition

• Breanna Stewart (protected player)
• Arike Ogunbowale
• Alicia Gray
• Lee Yueru
• Veronica Burton
• Alanna Smith

Coach: Zach O’Brien

The emergence of a “pool” for the development of young players

In addition to these eight teams, a development “pool” of six players was created. It is intended for players who are still under rookie contract in the WNBA. They will be in Miami to train and participate in practice games. They will have the option to join any club to compensate for any injury.

The composition of this development center

• Hailey Van Lith
• Asiaha James
• Haley Jones
• Emily Engstler
• Laeticia Amihere
• Makayla Timpson