During the winter months, many WNBA players take their talents overseas to Europe, Asia and Australia to supplement their salaries. And some WNBA players are part of a new t U.S.-based league like Athletes Unlimited, including Natasha Cloud and Tianna Hawkins, both of whom who are the top two ranked players in the league!
But for the purposes of this story, as you know, many WNBA players who play in Europe aren’t playing in western and America-friendly countries like the Netherlands, Germany or the UK. The continental professional basketball powers are traditionally in the Mediterranean EU states (Spain and France), the former Warsaw Pact states, Turkey or the former Soviet states like Russia.