Angel Reese, Brittney Griner, and Sabrina Ionescu headline the list of Unrivaled players who won’t be participating in the 1-on-1 tournament.

As future WNBA facilities are built, they should follow the blueprint Unrivaled created. It’s the best endorsement the league could give players, saying something they have been painstakingly waiting to hear: We see you, we hear you and we value you.

Unrivaled, a new pro league featuring fast-paced, pickup-style games, is helping WNBA players prepare for upcoming season.

Ogwumike was one of the big free agent moves last offseason when she signed with the Storm after spending the first 12 seasons of her WNBA career with the Los Angeles Sparks. Seattle was bounced in the first round of the playoffs, but the forward seems set on returning for another season, based on some of her offseason comments.

Players are finding the balance of using the games for conditioning while not overextending themselves before the WNBA season begins in May.