The Sky’s Angel Reese will not return for Season 2 of Unrivaled, the 3-on-3 league created by WNBA stars Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart.
The league announced the last three players of its expanded 48-woman roster Thursday — Dominique Malonga, Aari McDonald and Rebecca Allen — but Reese was not among them.
Reese’s team, Rose BC, won the championship in Unrivaled’s inaugural season, and she was named Defensive Player of the Year. Throughout her sophomore WNBA season, she spoke highly of Unrivaled’s impact on her development and wished the league well on a recent episode of her “Unapologetically Angel” podcast.
Reese, who finished the Sky season sidelined with a back injury, hasn’t announced her offseason basketball plans.
She isn’t the only Unrivaled alum sitting out Season 2. Jewell Loyd of the Aces and Kayla McBride of the Lynx won’t return, either. Neither will Sky free agent Courtney Vandersloot, who is recovering from an ACL tear.
When it was founded last year, Unrivaled billed itself as an offseason league for the WNBA’s elite. That is still true: Season 2 will feature 80% of the All-WNBA first- and second-teamers. But the league now has 48 spots — nearly a third as many as the WNBA had last season. Some fraying of the “elite” status was inevitable.
The league also remains without two of the biggest names in women’s basketball: 2025 MVP A’ja Wilson and 2024 Rookie of the Year Caitlin Clark.
Sky fans still will see several familiar faces. Rachel Banham and Allen, free agents from the Sky’s 2025 roster, are set to play in Miami this winter. Sky assistant coach Rena Wakama was named one of Unrivaled’s eight coaches Thursday, joining former Sky coach — and Reese’s mentor — Teresa Weatherspoon.
Season 2 of Unrivaled begins Jan. 5.
The current CBA was set to expire Friday, and tensions have been rising in recent weeks as the sides try to work toward a new deal.
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