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Post by beavershoopsfan on May 25, 2020 7:50:30 GMT -8
WNBA players will start being paid effective June 1 regardless of whether the league has a training camp this season. Teams are instructed to make cuts down to trim rosters down to 11 or a max of 12 players per team by May 26 without the benefit of getting the players together to practice.
After recently signing an extension, Sydney Wiese is locked in through 2022 with the LA Sparks. If a WNBA season is played in 2020, this will be her fourth in the league.
Marie Gulich is one of 15 players who remain on the LA Sparks roster after playing with the Atlanta Dream in 2019 and the Phoenix Mercury in 2018.
Mikayla Pivec, a third round pick for the Atlanta Dream in April, is one of 14 players who remain on the Dream roster.
Many WNBA players have already locked in where they plan to play in the fall and winter, assuming the virus concerns are under control by September. Gulich is reportedly planning to play in Spain. Wiese has played in Australia, Israel, and Spain during the past three years.
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Post by beaverwbb fan on May 25, 2020 9:52:28 GMT -8
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Post by believeinthebeavs on May 25, 2020 9:56:54 GMT -8
WOW, didn't expect that!
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Post by TheGlove on May 25, 2020 9:58:27 GMT -8
Interesting move by Ms. Pivec. I wonder what she’s going to do for the year? Anyone have an idea? |
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Post by bennyskid on May 25, 2020 10:16:07 GMT -8
An entire year? Give her that much time and I expect she'll earn a Nobel Peace Prize or find a cure for Covid.
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Post by bvrbooster on May 25, 2020 10:53:14 GMT -8
Finish up the Masters program she was enrolled in this year?
If Atlanta had to cut 2 by tomorrow, and their 1st and 2nd round picks were included in the 14 currently on the roster, absent a training camp where she could beat somebody out for a roster spot, she was going to be cut tomorrow anyway. Sounds like this move allows her to retain some identification with the team (suspended) which would put her in a position to try again next year. Also allows the team to retain rights to her for next year?
That's my guess. But, whatever it actually portends, I'm confident Mikayla is going to have a very successful life anyway.
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Post by beavershoopsfan on May 25, 2020 10:55:54 GMT -8
Suspending a player allows a WNBA team to retain the rights to a player without having to pay them. The Dream did the same with Cazorla, but she is overseas and played for them in 2019. Another alternative is to waive the player if she isn't going to make the final 12. Very difficult for a third round pick to make a final roster, especially during a season without a training camp or practices.
The Seattle Storm suspended Breanna Stewart in 2019. They were able to use her roster spot to have 12 on the roster. However, the WNBA paid Stewart directly in 2019 as she rehabbed from her Achilles surgery. Stewart served as an "ambassador" for the league in 2019.
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Post by 411500 on May 25, 2020 11:21:13 GMT -8
Maybe, as a woman science, and possibly a medical career in her future, she concluded that the risk of team activity in the midst of a pandemic is not the most intelligent choice a young woman of promise can make. 🏀
GO BEAVS !!
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Post by beavershoopsfan on May 25, 2020 12:47:09 GMT -8
Not sure that the WNBA will have much of a season in 2020, but I believe that she has been training to get herself ready for a WNBA training camp. For those who remain active on rosters, I hope that their relative great health and youth will allow them an interrupted season as pro sports attempt to reopen. I know that the veteran players want to start being paid regardless of whether a season takes place.
Ben Dull Tweeted that five of the 12 rosters will carry 11 players and the other seven teams will carry 12 for a total of 139 players. Makes sense for a team to carry and pay fewer players if there is uncertainty that any games will be taking place in 2020.
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Post by beavershoopsfan on May 25, 2020 16:58:34 GMT -8
Ben Dull projects Gulich as making the final LA Sparks roster by beating out 6'4" Beatrice Mompremier, a second round selection out of Miami. We will know the announced rosters by tomorrow.
Dull provides a relatively thorough salary cap and projected roster analysis on his Twitter site. However, he had predicted several days ago that Pivec would make the final Atlanta Dream roster instead of her being placed on the suspended list. Hopefully, his prediction for Gulich is a more accurate one.
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Post by sparty on May 25, 2020 18:37:20 GMT -8
Interesting move by Ms. Pivec. I wonder what she’s going to do for the year? Anyone have an idea? An assistant basketball coach. Bring up the freshmen? |
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Post by beavershoopsfan on May 25, 2020 19:01:01 GMT -8
No openings on the OSU WBB coaching staff, but those jobs pay very well if you can find a third assistant job at a P5 school. Players usually have to pay their coaching dues as a grad assistant.
Wouldn't be surprised if Pivec opts to play professionally overseas in the fall, assuming that competitive basketball is on at that time. I recently heard that the Australian women's professional basketball league isn't allowing foreign players to play in their league this coming season, another indication of how locked down that continent is.
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Post by wbosh15 on May 25, 2020 19:04:19 GMT -8
No openings on the OSU WBB coaching staff, but those jobs pay very well if you can find a third assistant job at a P5 school. Players usually have to pay their coaching dues as a grad aasistant. Wouldn't be surprised if Pivec opts to play professionally overseas in the fall, assuming that competitive basketball is on at that time. I recently heard that the Australian women's professional basketball team isn't allowing foreign players to play this coming season, another indication of how locked down that continent is. No paid openings, but she could become a graduate assistant and continue her education on full stipend. |
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Post by beavershoopsfan on May 25, 2020 20:09:44 GMT -8
No openings on the OSU WBB coaching staff, but those jobs pay very well if you can find a third assistant job at a P5 school. Players usually have to pay their coaching dues as a grad aasistant. Wouldn't be surprised if Pivec opts to play professionally overseas in the fall, assuming that competitive basketball is on at that time. I recently heard that the Australian women's professional basketball team isn't allowing foreign players to play this coming season, another indication of how locked down that continent is. No paid openings, but she could become a graduate assistant and continue her education on full stipend. Good point. I don't think OSU has a medical school and, as a poster stated above, she may have her master's degree soon. Not sure how many more degrees she wants to chase prior to medical school. If she wants to chase her dream of playing in the WNBA in 2021, she will need to hone her game overseas in a country that permits women's basketball to be played. Most WNBA players who want to play overseas in the fall of 2020 are signing contracts during the spring. |
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Post by beaveragain on May 25, 2020 22:00:13 GMT -8
Good point. I don't think OSU has a medical school and, as a poster stated above, she may have her master's degree soon. Not sure how many more degrees she wants to chase prior to medical school. If she wants to chase her dream of playing in the WNBA in 2021, she will need to hone her game overseas in a country that permits women's basketball to be played. Most WNBA players who want to play overseas in the fall of 2020 are signing contracts during the spring. How sure are you that OSU doesn't have a medical school? Just curious. Pre-med, yes, Medical School no. |
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