Playing overseas is vital to some WNBA players' finances. With the Phoenix Mercury's Brittney Griner detained in Russia, will players still go abroad?
The number of players who played in foreign countries last season, which is less than in 2017-18 when 89 went overseas. Under the current CBA, there’s a $1 million fund the league set aside for offseason marketing deals. Those who stayed back also worked in the NBA such as Mercury guard Skylar Diggins-Smith, who worked as an analyst for the Phoenix Suns last season.
DeShields hasn’t heard much from others in avoiding going overseas altogether, but said that many are still choosing to play in Europe in the EuroLeague because it still maintains a good reputation. The EuroLeague is the league in which Ekaterinburg operates. New York Liberty forward Natasha Howard played the 2021-22 offseason with Dynamo Kursk, another team based in Russia. Howard said she hasn’t nailed down her offseason plans to go overseas following the 2022 WNBA season. Howard’s teammate, Crystal Dangerfield, agreed that she hasn’t heard anything about other players being hesitant to go overseas.
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