Nyara Sabally goes to New York

Nyara Sabally follows her sister Satou into the WNBA. New York Liberty picked the 22-year-old fifth.

Nyara Sabally beamed in a black evening dress for the cameras and proudly held up the jersey with the “22” up, her prominent sister Satou was also happy in the video call: Although the “Sister Act” didn’t work out, the big dream of the WNBA has come true for the next German basketball hope from Berlin.

According to the draft on Monday, the 22-year-old will play for New York Liberty in the future. The team from the Big Apple chose her in fifth place in the distribution of talent, which means that Nyara and Satou Sabally, who is around two years her senior, will be opponents in the future. Because the Dallas Wings, who had picked Satou second in 2020, were only number seven.

The games against each other “but will also be a lot of fun,” Sabally said immediately after the decision: “I can’t wait. It’s a big thing for my family. It’s been my dream for as long as I can remember.” Which she only shares with Satou, who tuned in with the rest of the family and posted on Instagram, “This is your moment @saballyjunior. I’m so happy and proud. She deserves all of this. My sister plays in the WNBA!”

And New York is also a dream solution. “I’m a Berlin child. I have to go back to a big city,” Nyara Sabally said before the draft. Sporty Liberty is ambitious, but recently they were eliminated in the first play-off round. Sabally is now supposed to help so that it can go even further in the future.

The wing and center player had impressed with the college team Oregon Ducks in Eugene for the past two years. She led the “Ducks” statistics this season in scoring, rebounds and blocks and was traded accordingly, the forecasts saw her in fourth place at the earliest. The Atlanta Dream picked 21-year-old Rhyne Howard first on Monday.

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