Great stuff, as always. So it's an Olympic year in 2024, which means Breanna Stewart, say, plays in Turkey (or wherever) from November to May. She has the Olympics from July 26 to Aug. 11, which will be a lot of games in a short time. Then the WNBA season, which will finish later (especially with 40 games). And Turkey again. It's pretty easy to see Stewart thinking "I need to take some time off eventually or my body will break down -- so 2024 looks like a good year to skip the WNBA."
It's possible, but I'm not sure teams actually want camps to get bigger. There are usually players in camp that teams know won't make it and are largely there as place-holders until the vets arrive. And you can only look at so many players properly at the same time.
But if enough teams wanted to expand camps, then I think the league would be fine with it. Also, the 'maximum 15-players actually physically in town and participating' rule for training camp is not in the CBA - it's just an established rule elsewhere - so it would be relatively easy to change.
One important information: Euro basket in June 2023 for teams France, Belgium, Serbie, Spain, Bosnia-Herzegovina, ... so il think no problem to play in WNBA even on late due to exception for National teams in prioritization rule (Jonquel, Gabby, ....
Richard, great job as usual. Just to be clear, service time is actual seasons played. Johannes and Allemand have only played 2 seasons each even though they were spread out over 4 and 3 years respectively. Consequently, they won't be subject to prioritization until 2024. Is that correct?
'Years of Service' is actually slightly more complicated than seasons played (some seasons won't count due to contract type, and you can get a Year of Service without playing if you're on the roster). But you're right about Allemand and Johannes, and I should've noted that myself. Thanks, and I'll update the piece to reflect that.
Great stuff, as always. So it's an Olympic year in 2024, which means Breanna Stewart, say, plays in Turkey (or wherever) from November to May. She has the Olympics from July 26 to Aug. 11, which will be a lot of games in a short time. Then the WNBA season, which will finish later (especially with 40 games). And Turkey again. It's pretty easy to see Stewart thinking "I need to take some time off eventually or my body will break down -- so 2024 looks like a good year to skip the WNBA."
Any chance of training camps getting bigger to still be able to get a look at new players even if more vets than usual are taking up spots?
It's possible, but I'm not sure teams actually want camps to get bigger. There are usually players in camp that teams know won't make it and are largely there as place-holders until the vets arrive. And you can only look at so many players properly at the same time.
But if enough teams wanted to expand camps, then I think the league would be fine with it. Also, the 'maximum 15-players actually physically in town and participating' rule for training camp is not in the CBA - it's just an established rule elsewhere - so it would be relatively easy to change.
One important information: Euro basket in June 2023 for teams France, Belgium, Serbie, Spain, Bosnia-Herzegovina, ... so il think no problem to play in WNBA even on late due to exception for National teams in prioritization rule (Jonquel, Gabby, ....
Thanks for this clarity. I really didn't understand before.....
Richard, great job as usual. Just to be clear, service time is actual seasons played. Johannes and Allemand have only played 2 seasons each even though they were spread out over 4 and 3 years respectively. Consequently, they won't be subject to prioritization until 2024. Is that correct?
'Years of Service' is actually slightly more complicated than seasons played (some seasons won't count due to contract type, and you can get a Year of Service without playing if you're on the roster). But you're right about Allemand and Johannes, and I should've noted that myself. Thanks, and I'll update the piece to reflect that.