Professional women's basketball is headed to Nashville, thanks to Athletes Unlimited

Athletes Unlimited (AU) is a month-long one-month women’s professional basketball league that launched in 2022, allowing WNBA players to stay in the US and develop as basketball players. (It’s completely different from Unrivaled, the 3-on-3 basketball league getting started next month in Miami).

Athletes Unlimited, which uses a complex point system to crown an individual champion at the end of each season (more on that later), reached out to Brown ahead of its inaugural season to gauge her interest in participating. However, her agent strongly advised her to go overseas.

The following year, Brown fired her agent and followed her gut, playing in Athletes Unlimited’s 2023 season in Dallas rather than going to Europe.

It’s a decision she views as life-changing.

“It really changed the trajectory of my career,” Brown said. “I really was feeling lost as a pro, not really knowing where my confidence went, where my role was going to be in this league.”



https://www.sbnation.com/wnba/2024/12/20/24317385/womens-basketball-wnba-offseason-athletes-unlimited-lexie-brown-unrivaled-nashville