WNBA shoe news with Breanna Stewart and Aliyah Boston

Here’s what you require to understand about what took place in the females’s basketball world today:

Shoe news in the W

PUMA and Breanna Stewart exposed the Stewie 2 Ruby, with the ruby red colorway commemorating the child of among the New York Liberty’s brand-new super stars and, in the nick of time for Mother’s Day, honoring the “strength and resilience” of moms. A couple of days after No. 1 draft choice Aliyah Boston debuted for the Indiana Fever, scoring an effective 8 points in 16 minutes of preseason action, it was revealed that Adidas and the 2023 No. 1 draft choice had actually accepted a multiyear recommendation offer. Boston, who is included in the brand name’s “Remember The Why,” stated of the collaboration, “It feels amazing to be part of Adidas. … Adidas is empowering women, and they’re opening the doors for women’s sports. It’s just continuing to grow the game.”

PUMA and Breanna Stewart are introducing the Stewie 2 ahead of 2023 season. “I wanted to name it after my daughter, Ruby. Not only to symbolize the incredible bond I share with my daughter, but also to pay homage to the unwavering strength and resilience of mothers everywhere.” pic.twitter.com/xsKaQdB9Eu

— Myles (@MylesEhrlich) May 8, 2023

Raising awareness about the the requirement to track WNBA injuries

Transfer portal news continues

Columbia senior G/F Kaitlyn Davis devotes to @USCWBB as a graduate transfer, per her IG. The 2x First Team All-Ivy choice signs up with McKenzie Forbes (Harvard) and Kayla Padilla (Penn) as the 3rd previous Ivy star to graduate transfer to USC. @TheNextHoops #NCAAWBB

— Jenn Hatfield (she/her) (@jennhatfield1) May 9, 2023

Coaching news

After the resignation of previous head coach DeUnna Hendrix, the University of Miami (OH) employed Glenn Box as the program’s 10th head coach. For the previous 7 seasons, Box acted as an assistant coach and after that associate head coach at the University of Indiana. The University of Washington, in addition to the bigger Seattle basketball neighborhood, grieves the death of previous assistant coach Kevin Morrison. In 2020, Morrison was identified with considerable dementia, which degenerated into early-onset Alzheimer’s by the summer season of 2022.

We are deeply saddened by the death of our previous Coach and fellow Husky, Kevin Morrison, after his fight with Alzheimer’s. We are so grateful for the years of mentorship that he and his household offered to Washington. Thank you Kevin, our ideas are with you and your household. pic.twitter.com/yFdbdGPttg

— Washington Women’s Basketball (@UW_WBB) May 7, 2023

We are deeply saddened by the death of Kevin Morrison.

Kevin was an assistant coach for UW and a member of the Seattle females’s basketball household.

The Storm household sends our ideas and acknowledgements to his liked ones. pic.twitter.com/M5f2sVIVc7

— Seattle Storm (@seattlestorm) May 7, 2023