Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier are forming the league, which they say will feature 30 of the best WNBA players and be played during the winter.
As attendance is going up in the WNBA this year, league stars recently announced plans to form a three-on-three league during the WNBA offseason.
"The impetus for it is really we have women in this league that really assume and are empowered to take leadership roles and they're dynamic individuals," said Raegan Pebley, who previously played two seasons in the WNBA."They also are thinking in a business mindset, and these are two women, Brianna and Napheesa, that are also mothers.
"I'm a homebody by nature. I love being home for the holidays," Collier told ESPN."Being away from your family for six months, it's not easy. Then the idea of having a family trying to figure out child care overseas. That was kind of the main reason [for founding a new league]. But secondly, just the narrative around where the game is going right now.
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