| Laces BC | |
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| League | Unrivaled |
| Founded | 2025 |
| History | Laces BC 2025–present |
| Arena | Wayfair Arena |
| Location | Miami, Florida [1] |
| Head coach | Andrew Wade |
| Team captain | Alyssa Thomas |
| Ownership | Unrivaled [1] |
| Website | Laces BC |
Laces Basketball Club, also known as Laces BC, is an American professional basketball team. They are a member of the Unrivaled basketball league, and made their debut in January 2025. The teams are based in Miami, Florida and the Laces are led by coach Andrew Wade. [2]
On October 24, 2024, the Unrivaled basketball league announced the names and logos of six teams joining its league, which are Laces BC, Lunar Owls BC, Mist BC, Phantom BC, Rose BC, and Vinyl BC. [1] Laces BC, along with the other five teams, will be based in Miami, Florida for the inaugural 2025 season. [3] Alex Bazzell, the president of Unrivaled, confirmed the league owns all six teams. The six inaugural head coaches were later hired on November 15. [2]
On November 20, 2024, the six head coaches collaborated on balancing and choosing the rosters for the six teams. [4] After the selection show, the Laces BC's roster was decided with Kelsey Plum, Kayla McBride, Kate Martin, Alyssa Thomas, Courtney Williams and Stefanie Dolson as its players. [5]
In late November 2024, Kelsey Plum announced via social media that she would no longer be playing in the 2025 season and instead would "take some more time for myself this offseason," leaving the Laces with a wildcard spot. [6] On December 21, 2024, Laces BC traded Courtney Williams to Lunar Owls BC for Natasha Cloud. Laces BC then traded Cloud and their wildcard pick to Phantom BC in exchange for Jackie Young and Tiffany Hayes. [7]
| Players | |||||
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| Jackie Young | Tiffany Hayes | Kayla McBride | Kate Martin | Alyssa Thomas | Stefanie Dolson |
Natisha Hiedeman was reassigned to the Laces as a relief player on January 27 due to both Alyssa Thomas and Jackie Young being unavailable for their game that same day against Rose BC. [10]
On February 8, 2025, the Laces signed Kiki Jefferson to a relief player contract for their game against Vinyl BC that same day. [11] However, the game was canceled "to prioritize player health and safety." [12]
On February 18, the Laces also signed Betnijah Laney-Hamilton as a relief player. [13] After appearing in just two games, Laney-Hamilton exited the league on March 3 due to an undisclosed injury. [14]
| 2025 regular season game log Total: 7–7 (Home: 4–3; Road: 3–4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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January: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–0)
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February: 1–5 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–4)
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March: 2–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–0)
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Semifinals vs. Rose BC
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Kayle McBride was named to the All-Unrivaled First Team. [15]