Apr 6, 2025; Tampa, FL, USA; Connecticut Huskies guard Paige Bueckers (5) seems to be on through the second half of the nationwide championship of the ladies’s 2025 NCAA match towards the South Carolina Gamecocks at Amalie Enviornment. Necessary Credit score: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Pictures Former UConn star Paige Bueckers is signing a three-year take care of the Unmatched 3-on-3 league, ESPN reported.
Bueckers, anticipated to be the No. 1 choose within the WNBA draft on Monday, signed a reputation, picture and likeness take care of Unmatched final 12 months that gave her fairness within the fledgling league.
The 6-foot All-America guard stands to make significantly extra money annually through the 10-week Unmatched season than she is going to on her four-year WNBA rookie deal.
The common wage within the inaugural Unmatched season in 2025 was greater than $220,000. As the highest general choose within the WNBA draft, Bueckers stands to earn about $80,000 in her first season, in keeping with the league’s collective bargaining settlement.
Bueckers, 23, averaged 19.9 factors, 4.6 assists and 4.4 rebounds in 38 video games in 2024-25 and led the Huskies (37-3) to their first nationwide championship since 2016.
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