Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark has decided on participating within the newly launched Unequalled 3-on-3 league after it made a major effort to lure her.
Clark turned down the prospect to play within the new league, in accordance with Michael Voepel of ESPN. The league had made a significant push to attempt to persuade Clark to participate within the venture, with one report from Michael McCarthy of Entrance Workplace Sports activities suggesting that Unequalled was ready to supply her over $1 million to play for lower than three months of the WNBA offseason.
Co-founded by Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier, Unequalled launched its preliminary set of rosters on Wednesday, which didn’t embrace Clark. The league nonetheless has two wild-card roster spots accessible, however Clark will apparently not occupy both of them.
Such a suggestion might have been tempting for Clark, who made simply over $75,000 as a rookie. Nevertheless, she will and is making loads of cash with endorsement offers, and he or she has brazenly talked about how tiring the final calendar yr has been for her. The chance for a full offseason of relaxation and restoration and the prospect to participate in some leisure actions most likely outweighed the cash.
The brand new league will nonetheless function loads of star energy. Along with co-founders Stewart and Collier, the likes of Angel Reese, Kelsey Plum, Aliyah Boston and Brittney Griner are slated to participate.
