Unequalled — the brand new skilled ladies’s 3-on-3 basketball league launching subsequent week — has added one other spectacular accomplice to its assortment.
Samsung, one of many world’s largest know-how firms, will function its official know-how and presenting accomplice — which implies that Unequalled will use all Samsung know-how to energy the league. That can equip its 36 gamers with new know-how — and produce greater than 600 hours of social content material for followers, together with pregame, postgame, and in-game content material.
Unequalled gamers will put on Samsung’s Galaxy Ring and Galaxy Watch to trace their coaching performances. That’s a part of the league’s promise to offer cutting-edge know-how and amenities. League co-founders Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart may also change into Samsung Ambassadors.
“Samsung is a model that opens folks as much as new and totally different experiences – breaking obstacles, redefining what’s attainable by means of our know-how and celebrating differentiated human tales and factors of view,” stated Olga Suvorova, a vp at Samsung’s advertising division. “That very same spirit lies on the coronary heart of Unequalled and its groundbreaking mission to actually change the sport for its gamers and followers.”
Samsung is Unequalled’s tenth introduced accomplice, becoming a member of Ally Monetary (official banking and founding accomplice); TNT Sports activities (unique media rights accomplice); VistaPrint (official print and design accomplice); State Farm (official house and auto insurance coverage sponsor); Ticketmaster (official ticketing accomplice); Wilson (official sport ball producer); Underneath Armour (official uniform accomplice and efficiency clothes shop); Miller Lite (official beer accomplice); Mediapro North America (official manufacturing and internet hosting accomplice); and Sephora (official magnificence accomplice).
“We’re grateful for Samsung’s unimaginable assist and deep understanding of Unequalled’s mission to ship the absolute best expertise for gamers and followers,” stated Alex Bazzell, Unequalled President. “Samsung is elevating Unequalled and empowering gamers in the way in which we each consider they deserve, and their partnership speaks volumes to the revolutionary imaginative and prescient for girls’s basketball we’re creating collectively.”
Unequalled ideas off subsequent Friday, Jan. seventeenth in Miami, and can function 36 WNBA stars from throughout the league — a listing that features high-profile gamers like Sabrina Ionescu, Angel Reese, Breanna Stewart, Napheesa Collier, Brittney Griner, and dozens of others.
TNT Sports activities and Unequalled reached a multi-year media rights partnership to completely current dwell sport protection on TNT and truTV – with all video games additionally being streamed on Max.