This week's recap of overseas basketball includes the latest from playoffs in Asia, another league starting play in Australia, updates from the Americas, and postseason action across Europe: overseas.valhalla.basketball/weekly-repor...
Game 1 of the finals in Italy was on Monday with the team that had been dominant domestically hosting the team that just defeated them in continental play. Read about who won the opener here: overseas.valhalla.basketball/italian-leag...
This edition of Where are the Valkyries? focuses on the end of EuroLeague this week with four players trying to win the championship. Also check out upcoming video links for domestic games: valhalla.basketball/blog/2026/04...
The medal games of EuroLeague were played on Sunday. Read about who got third place and who won the championship game between rivals here: overseas.valhalla.basketball/euroleague-f...
The finals in Poland continued on Sunday with one team trying to win the championship and one team trying to force a deciding game. Read about what happened here: overseas.valhalla.basketball/polish-leagu...
The Valkyries made one more big signing ahead of training camp. Read about the details, who will not be with the team yet, and more about future roster decisions here: valhalla.basketball/blog/2026/04...
The bronze medal series in Poland finished on Friday and then one team was looking for the finals sweep on Saturday. Read about whether the season is over or whether the hosts could force another game here: overseas.valhalla.basketball/polish-leagu...
The semifinals in Hungary started on Friday and Saturday. Read about all of the games here: overseas.valhalla.basketball/hungarian-le...
The EuroLeague semifinals were on Friday as the two teams with byes began to chase the championship. Read about whether the final will feature rivals or if the teams that won on Wednesday could continue their momentum: overseas.valhalla.basketball/euroleague-s...
The series to determine who would stay in Italy's top division concluded on Thursday. Read about whether the team that finished in last place managed to get the road win when it mattered or if the hosts were able to survive here: overseas.valhalla.basketball/italian-leag...
The Valkyries signed three undrafted players on Wednesday to add to the group competing at training camp. Read about the details here: valhalla.basketball/blog/2026/04...
Wednesday was a big day for the Women's Premier Basketball Association as a rookie who played with them last season signed a WNBA contract. Read about the details here: valhalla.basketball/blog/2026/04...
The EuroLeague quarterfinals were on Wednesday as the hosts were among the teams trying to advance to Friday's semifinals and the medal round. Read about both games here: overseas.valhalla.basketball/euroleague-q...
The second half of Hungary's Playout started on Wednesday with two teams trying to get out of last place and two teams trying to finalize their spots in the standings. Read about both games here: overseas.valhalla.basketball/hungarian-le...
The finals in Poland continued on Wednesday with one team trying to tie the series and the other team trying to move within a game of winning the championship. Read about what happened here: overseas.valhalla.basketball/polish-leagu...
Monday was a busy day for the Valkyries besides the draft with more free agency moves. Some of those details were not finalized until today so the latest discussion of where they stand is here: valhalla.basketball/blog/2026/04...
This week's look at Women's Premier Basketball Association players around the world includes a new team for one player while seasons wrap up in Europe: valhalla.basketball/blog/2026/04...
The finals in Poland started on Tuesday. Read about who took the first game of the championship series and who has the lead in the bronze medal series here: overseas.valhalla.basketball/polish-leagu...
Monday was a day full of draft surprises for the Valkyries, but they did make their selections. Read about what happened here: valhalla.basketball/blog/2026/04...
This week's Where are the Valkyries? column looks at the latest from Europe as the end of the season approaches: valhalla.basketball/blog/2026/04...
Our weekly recap of overseas basketball looks at the end of more season in Europe, big playoff games in Asia, and the latest from the Americas and Australia: overseas.valhalla.basketball/weekly-repor...
My favorite thing to track each year in the WNBA Draft:
Pick 1 announced: 4:13
Pick 15 announced: 5:26
Pick 16 announced: 5:33
Pick 30 announced: 6:06
Pick 31 announced: 6:09
Pick 45 announced: 6:26
The end of the draft moves quickly so the Valkyries are already back for their third round pick. They chose Kokoro Tanaka, a point guard from Japan. She does not have that many high-level club minutes under her belt, but she has been extremely impressive in her last two national team tournaments.
The Valkyries make their original second round pick now, choosing Ashlon Jackson from Duke. She has a reputation as a shooter, but was also a key part of a very effective defensive scheme in college.
An in-draft trade? Highly unexpected, but the Valkyries have traded for Marta Suarez, who spent part of her college career at Cal.
The Valkyries select Flau'jae Johnson with the 8th pick of the WNBA Draft. There was some belief that she would not be available by the time that they could pick. She will add to the team's defense on the wing and opportunistic scoring.
After a quiet first day, the Valkyries made lots of moves on the second day of free agent. Read about returnees, newcomers, and moves involving former Golden State players here: valhalla.basketball/blog/2026/04...
Another round of games was played in Spain this weekend with playoff positioning and safety still being fought for by a number of teams: overseas.valhalla.basketball/spanish-leag...
There were two more Game 2s in Italy this weekend, one in the semifinals as one team tried to advance to the finals and the other tried to stay in championship contention. A spot to stay in the division was on the line in the other series: overseas.valhalla.basketball/italian-leag...
Maybe this should wait until Juste plays a game, but do the Saballys now have a case against the league that they would not have gone the college route if they knew that the WNBA would be willing to violate completely unambiguous language in its own CBA to let one player enter the league early?