New York – Caitlin Clark and Indiana fever will face Angel Reese and the Chicago sky at Prime Time to have the WNBA rivals reject the first week in August.
The other games will include two between New York and Minnesota in a revenge match of the WNBA final; A potential match by Paige Bueckers and Dallas, which should select the Uconn star with the first choice in the WNBA draft next Monday, against Clark’s fever; And Brittney Griner from Atlanta against his former Phoenix Mercury team.
The week will be sponsored by Ally Financial, the last partner of the League this season.
“You can have an excellent partnership, but you must also have great activation,” said WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert in an interview with videoconference. “There will be a full list of matches that week and it’s going to be a cool part of activation.”
The games of the week of rivalry will be broadcast on a variety of networks, including the game at great listening hours between fever and the sky on CBS on August 9 to start it. The NBA has a week of rivals for three years now.
Engelbert has mentioned in the past how important rivalries can be to develop sport. The League launched the commissioner’s cup in 2021, and this season in season helped to generate rivalries between New York and Las Vegas as well as Liberty and Lynx in recent seasons.
“What Cathy and his team have done with the League, the cultural currency of players, media connectivity, the entire ecosystem, is just phenomenal,” said Andrea Brimmer in chief marketing of Ally Financial. “For me, it’s a bit of the jewel of the crown of what is happening in the female sports area.”
This is not Ally’s first foray into women’s basketball. It was one of the inaugural partners of the unrivaled Ligue 3-sur 3 that ended its first season last month. Conversations with WNBA began years before concern was born.
“This very intentional concentration on women’s sports was something that was not only words, but also acts,” said Brimmer. “The possibility of coming as a new WNBA sponsor for us is to add another jewel to the family.”
Ally also signed Bueckers, the n ° 1 choice provided, to an approval agreement. The company already has agreements with WNBA Breanna Stewart and Sydney Colson players.
“The partnership with Ally is more than the simple bank – it is a question of making their money smarter,” said Bueckers. “As an athlete, I learned that success does not only concern the game you play, but the opportunities and resources you have access.”
Brimmer said Bueckers was not just a brand ambassador, but also an online client.
“She uses the product and has a lot of passion around financial education and financial literacy,” said Brimmer.
The information from the Associated Press was used in this report.
