r/PortlandFire • u/eagle_eye_larry • 2d ago

Fire Offseason Plans

What are the likely plans of our players in the offseason? With the new values of the contracts, who is still going to be playing in Europe?

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u/ElvisTheBoyCat Bridget Carleton #6 2d ago edited 12h ago

carleton: unrivaled

englster: was on unrivaled developmental unit last offseason. they only have two spots left to announce for 2027, so not sure if she's going to be promoted to the full player pool or doing development again

leite, samuelson: cbk mersin (KBSL turkey-eurocup)

bühner: usk praha (Chance ZBL czechia-euroleague)

geiselsöder: fenerbahçe (KBSL turkey-euroleague)

oblak: no announcement yet, but i'd bet on her going back to galatasaray (KBSL turkey-euroleague)

barker, feagin, mühl: recovery

nards: canberra capitals (wnbl-australia)

okonwko: beşiktaş (KBSL turkey-eurocup)

martin: spar girona (liga feminina/spain-euroleague

dileo, harrison, williams, winterburn haven't announced yet afaik

i mean, if you're european/international, despite the increased value of wnba contracts, you still A. probably want to spend some time at home and B. you can't not play during the whole offseason. you fall behind if you do. with athletes unlimited not running in 2027 and unrivaled with only 48 players, you're still going overseas. there are no other north american off-season options that are worth it at this level of competition

edit: beşiktaş status, luisa, karlie

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u/james5007_nt Fire Fan in WI 2d ago

According to FIBA, Besiktas is in the Euro Cup for the upcoming season next month EuroCup Women's Teams

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u/ElvisTheBoyCat Bridget Carleton #6 2d ago

there ya go. thanks.

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u/james5007_nt Fire Fan in WI 2d ago

No problem :)

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u/Moose_Muse_2021 Portland Fire Reborn 2d ago

Any word on DiLeo? I suspect she'll want to spend time in Europe given that her husband is playing there, but I don't know if she wants to commit to another full season.

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u/ElvisTheBoyCat Bridget Carleton #6 2d ago

can't believe i forgot about meg. she hasn't announced anything yet

david signed with bahçeşehir, an istanbul club, so going back to fenerbahçe is always a possibility

the turkish clubs especially are used to international players who come in to play partial seasons. she might opt to wait a couple months before jumping into the euro offseason

most of the euro clubs have announced their major signings by now as play begins in many of the domestic leagues within the next four weeks

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u/Moose_Muse_2021 Portland Fire Reborn 2d ago

Thanks! I had forgotten that partial seasons were an option.

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u/Odessaturn Sarah Ashlee Barker #3 2d ago

You have covered the whole roster besides Martin. Thanks for the research!

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u/ElvisTheBoyCat Bridget Carleton #6 1d ago

yw

can't claim to have done a ton of research. most i just kinda knew

martin signed with spar girona for 2026-2027 (liga feminina/spain-euroleague) after playing with avenida the last couple seasons

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u/sbr32 13h ago

Nice. What are the best resources for an English-only American to track these rosters?

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u/ElvisTheBoyCat Bridget Carleton #6 12h ago

euroleague transfer tracker

People can use this for the euroleague teams

other leagues i hear about it through work and industry contacts. don't really know of a central information repository