For WNBA players, an injury overseas can complicate life and hamper careers

In No Offseason, The Athletic follows the paths of women’s basketball players after their WNBA seasons’ end and their travels begin. From Turkey, Israel, Italy, Czech Republic, Mexico and even here in the U.S., our reporters tell the stories of these players as they chase their dreams and try to shape the future of the WNBA.
Four days after her 24th birthday, Maya Caldwell went after a missed shot that would eventually derail her winter. A WNBA guard for the Indiana Fever, she was playing overseas for Israel’s Maccabi Ramat Gan when early in the fourth quarter of a Dec. 19 matchup,...

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