New York Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu has signed with the Unrivaled 3-on-3 league, it was introduced Monday.
The deal “places her in a class of her personal” among the many girls taking part within the new league, sources instructed ESPN on Monday.
Members additionally get fairness stakes within the league.
Ionescu, who occupied the league’s closing wild-card roster spot and can be enjoying for Phantom BC, is the thirty sixth and closing athlete to hitch Unrivaled.
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Ionescu is coming off of a yr that noticed her win a WNBA title with the Liberty. She averaged 18.2 factors in 32 minutes throughout the common season and was New York’s second-leading scorer within the postseason at 16.9 factors per sport. Ionescu earned second-team All-WNBA honors and was additionally a member of Workforce USA, which received the Olympic gold medal in Paris.
The 27-year-old guard underwent a profitable process in early December to stabilize the ulnar collateral ligament in her proper thumb — an damage she sustained in Sport 4 of the WNBA Finals, sources instructed ESPN.
Ionescu can be enjoying with Brittney Griner, Marina Mabrey, Katie Lou Samuelson, Natasha Cloud and Satou Sabally. Ionescu was a teammate of Sabally at Oregon.
Unrivaled will tip off Jan. 17 in Miami and run for eight weeks, with video games being performed Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays.
The groups have been initially drafted final month with the primary thought being that they might be as equal as doable. The entire wage pool for the 36 gamers is greater than $8 million.
The Related Press contributed to this report.