Morgan Bertsch to Play in Russia
  • BlueGoldAg
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    The Dallas Wings waived Morgan Bertsch after 16 days and now Morgan will head to Russia to play pro ball in hopes of getting better and getting another shot at the WNBA.

    Excerpt from the Enterprise:

    She’s already signed a contract with Sparta&K of Vidnoje in the Moscow Region of the Russian League. She reports sometime in August.

    “Russia. It’s where a lot of women’s basketball players end up to get that experience,” Bertsch told me this week.

    UConn’s two-time national Player of the Year, Breanna Stewart, and WNBA superstar Brittany Griner both played last year in Bertsch’s new league. Meanwhile, some analysts believe this Russian conference is the toughest in the world.

    “It will be a good opportunity for me to grow,” says the 6-foot-4 former post player who is in transition on the court.

    https://www.davisenterprise.com/sports/aggie-corner-bertsch-bounces-to-russia-after-wnba-exposure/
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  • Russ Bowlus
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    :up:
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  • Gunrock47
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    Good for her! Any idea what contracts are like in that league?
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  • Russ Bowlus
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    Some salary-related blurbs from around the 'tubes:

    [...] elite WNBA players can make about 15 times more from their overseas teams than they do from their WNBA teams. Diana Taurasi, for example, makes $1.5 million from her Russian team, enough that she infamously chose to skip the 2015 season after she was asked to do so by the team, UMMC Ekaterinburg.

    [...] WNBA players in general make at least three times more from their foreign teams than their average WNBA salary.

    [Griner] was the first overall pick in the 2013 WNBA draft, but as a rookie, could only make $49,440 per the WNBA's tight-pursed salary rules.

    At the end of her first season, she played for the Zhejiang Golden Bulls of the Women's Chinese Basketball Association and earned $600,000 for a four-month season — or more than a dozen times her maximum WNBA salary.
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  • Russ Bowlus
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    That's obviously at the pointy end of the game, not at the Pele/Morgan level of things, but still.
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  • BlueGoldAg
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    ↪Russ Bowlus
    Get to play and live abroad and make 3-15 times more money...what's not to like? This could be a great experience and a financially secure opportunity for Morgan.
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  • Russ Bowlus
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    Yup!
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  • 69aggie
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    Wow, WNBA pays less than what Morgan could have earned as a starting biomedical engineer. Median BME starting salary: $53,800. WNBA: $49,440. Where ever Morgan goes she will do very well. Love that gal. Morgan just don't get too chummy with Vladimir.
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  • BlueGoldAg
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    ↪69aggie
    Haha...she should hightail it for sure especially if Vladimir shows up with his shirt off!
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  • 69aggie
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    Pele Gianotti’s Heidelburg BasCats team won their league title this year. This means they move up to Germany’s Bundesliga 1 level. According to their coach “Pele had a great year!” Good job Pele and we are very proud of you!
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