Caitlin Clark won't join new Unrivaled league with two roster slots still open: report

The groundbreaking 3-on-3 women's hoops league co-founded by two WNBA veterans volition not diagnostic 1 of the games biggest stars successful its inaugural season. 

ESPN reported Caitlin Clark won't beryllium a portion of the 36-player Unrivaled Basketball League, which inactive has 2 "wild-card" slots to capable for its archetypal season. 

Tip-off for the league co-founded by New York Liberty prima Breanna Stewart and Minnesota Lynx prima Napheesa Collier is scheduled for Jan. 17.

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Caitlin Clark (22) of the Indiana Fever argues a telephone with a referee during the 2nd fractional of a crippled against the Washington Mystics astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse June 19, 2024, successful Indianapolis. (Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)

Unrivaled revealed rosters and coaches for its six-team league, on with its 2025 schedule, Wednesday. All of its games volition beryllium played successful Miami, and much than 45 primetime regular play matchups volition beryllium aired connected TNT and truTV, portion besides being streamed connected Max. 

The six teams volition beryllium the Lunar Owls, led by Collier; Mist, which Stewart is simply a portion of; Laces; Phantom; Rose; and Vinyl. 

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It was rumored Unrivaled was trying to get Clark to articulation its ranks of apical endowment successful a league wherever each subordinate has a vested involvement and equity successful it. 

Front Office Sports reported the WNBA Rookie of the Year received a "Messi-like offer" to articulation the league, referring to shot large Lionel Messi, who signed a generous declaration to articulation Inter Miami FC successful Major League Soccer. 

Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever celebrates during a crippled against the Los Angeles Sparks May 24, 2024, astatine Crypto.com Arena successful Los Angeles. (Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Images)

The connection is reportedly much than $1 million, positive revenue-sharing opportunities from the league. To enactment that into perspective, the Fever paid Clark $76,535 this year. 

Among the endowment already acceptable to play successful 2 months are Kelsey Plum, Brittney Griner, Jewell Loyd, Kahleah Copper, Aliyah Boston, Arike Ogunbowale and Skylar Diggins-Smith. 

Two adjacent friends of Clark, Kate Martin and Lexie Hull, are besides a portion of the league, which led galore to speculate Unrivaled is trying to bring successful acquainted faces to entice Clark to join. 

Clark has had a engaged offseason contempt reportedly not joining this league. She was a portion of The Annika LPGA Tournament pro-am, wherever she showed disconnected her play skills, portion being announced arsenic a impermanent talker astatine a women's sports awards luncheon connected Feb. 4 to observe Nationals Girls and Women successful Sports Day. 

Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark reacts during a first-round WNBA hoops playoff crippled against the Connecticut Sun Sept. 25, 2024, successful Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

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Clark was announced arsenic idiosyncratic joining David Letterman for his yearly lecture bid astatine his alma mater, Ball State, successful Indiana. 

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