On March 13, Beijing time, the three-a-side women's basketball league Unrivaled announced that Warriors star Stephen Curry became its latest investor.

In a statement, Curry said: "I couldn't be prouder to be part of the Unrivaled family. The league continues to set new standards for women's professional sports, empowering athletes and ensuring they can actually benefit from their success. Unrivaled is not only revolutionizing the way we play basketball, but also the way we value and invest in the athletes who advance the sport. ”

Curry's investment is reported to be part of Unrivaled's Series A funding round. In this funding round, the league has raised more than $28 million, which is even more substantial with the $7 million from a seed round announced last May.

In addition to Curry, Unrivaled's current investors include retired and active players such as Anthony and Anthony. Unrivaled's inaugural season is now in the playoffs. The top seed "Team Lunar Owls" will take on the fourth seed "Team Vinyl", while the second seed "Team Rose" will face the third seed "Team Laces".

Unrivaled is a full-court (smaller than a standard basketball court) three-a-side women's league, each game is divided into 4 quarters, the first 3 quarters are 7 minutes each, the 4th quarter is the tiebreaker, the 4th quarter adopts the "winning score system" (the leading team scores +11 points in the third quarter, the first to reach wins), and the offensive time is shortened from 24 seconds to 18 seconds, strengthening the fast pace and the suspense of the decisive victory.

Founded by WNBA stars Stewart and Nafisa Collier, the league was built for WNBA players to avoid overseas drift during the offseason. The six teams (6 players per team) are all owned by players, with an average annual salary of $222,000 (over the maximum WNBA salary), supporting various benefits such as apartments and physiotherapy, with the goal of "making players the masters of the league".

This is another important investment for Curry. According to Sportico, Curry's total income reached $153.8 million in the past year, surpassing James' $133.2 million to become the highest-paid NBA player on active duty. This is the first time since the 2012-13 season that the NBA's highest-paid player in annual income is not James. Curry earns $55.8 million a year and $100 million off the court, and James earns $48.7 million a year and $85 million a year off the court.In a recent interview, Curry stated that a fifth championship is his only goal to continue playing.

In the past year, the total income of active NBA players ranked 3-5 in that order, followed by Antetokounmpo ($103.8 million), Durant ($97.9 million) and Lillard ($66.8 million).