Unlucky damage information headlines this week’s dose of girls’s basketball developments:
Harm cuts brief Angel’s stellar rookie season
Angel Reese’s phenomenal rookie season will finish prematurely, because the No. 7 general decide by the Chicago Sky suffered a season-ending wrist damage in her crew’s Friday evening victory over the Los Angeles Sparks.
The Chi Barbie finishes her inaugural WNBA season with plenty of data. She grabbed a single-season finest 446 rebounds. Her 26 double-doubles, which included a record-breaking streak of 15 straight, are probably the most attained by a rookie, and the second most in a single season in league historical past. With averages of 13.6 factors and 13.1 rebounds per recreation, she is the fifth WNBA rookie to common a double-double.
On Saturday, Reese posted on social media:
What a yr. I by no means would have imagined the final bucket of my rookie season can be a 3 however possibly that was God saying give them a style of what they are going to be seeing extra of in Yr 2 lol….I’m crammed with feelings proper now that I’ve a season ending damage, but in addition crammed with a lot gratitude for what’s subsequent. Though that is God’s timing and never mine, I’m lastly capable of give myself a bodily and psychological break. ‘God provides his hardest battles to his strongest troopers.
What a yr. I by no means would have imagined the final bucket of my rookie season can be a 3 however possibly that was God saying give them a style of what they are going to be seeing extra of in Yr 2 lol Via all of it, I’ve confirmed that I belong on this league even when nobody else believed.… pic.twitter.com/re1X85mWR2
— Angel Reese (@Reese10Angel) September 8, 2024
Valkyries safe jersey patch sponsor
On Wednesday, the Golden State Valkyries introduced a multi-year jersey patch sponsorship with JPMorgan Chase. The monetary providers firm is the growth franchise’s first founding companion and intends to collaborate with the group on native initiatives associated to monetary well being, office fairness, profession growth and women-owned companies.
JPMorganChase and the Valkyries will collaborate on a wide range of Bay Space group initiatives geared toward:
• enhancing monetary well being
• selling office fairness
• fostering profession progress
• supporting women-owned small companies https://t.co/XwxdXBj6ku— Golden State Valkyries (@wnbagoldenstate) September 4, 2024
Who’s Unequalled?
Unequalled has revealed 19 of 30 league individuals. The 19 introduced gamers are:
- Breanna Stewart (New York Liberty)
- Napheesa Collier (Minnesota Lynx)
- Chelsea Grey (Las Vegas Aces)
- Arike Ogunbowale (Dallas Wings)
- Jewell Loyd (Seattle Storm)
- Kelsey Plum (Las Vegas Aces)
- Rhyne Howard (Atlanta Dream)
- Kahleah Copper (Phoenix Mercury)
- Jackie Younger (Las Vegas Aces)
- Angel Reese (Chicago Sky)
- Dearica Hamby (Los Angeles Sparks)
- Kayla McBride (Minnesota Lynx)
- Marina Mabrey (Connecticut Solar)
- Satou Sabally (Dallas Wings)
- Allisha Grey (Atlanta Dream)
- Natasha Cloud (Phoenix Mercury)
- Skylar Diggins-Smith (Seattle Storm)
- Rickea Jackson (Los Angeles Sparks)
- DiJonai Carrington (Connecticut Solar)
Shared snippets from a dialog between co-founders Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier additionally trace at what the league intends to supply, enhancing gamers’ visibility to followers by way of behind-the-scenes content material, player-focused reveals and extra.
