The league brings in domestic and international talent. The WNBA currently has a maximum of only 144 spots on 12 teams, making it one of the most difficult leagues to make a roster. The competition committee and Board of Governors will each meet in November after the WNBA Finals, which tips off Sunday, concludes on Oct. “These are very important decisions to make since we haven’t done it in over 15 years.” “We’ll have more after we get through a diligence process with these owners if we bring in another ownership group, as well as with the competition committee and our Board of Governors,” Engelbert said at the team’s announcement ceremony Thursday. The last of five expansion drafts the league has held was 15 years ago in 2008. There are currently no details on how it would work, or if there would be player allocation, for the expansion teams to begin filling out rosters. The collective bargaining agreement (CBA) does not outline an expansion draft. 6Da3bGXbzGĪn expansion draft would take place after the 2024 season and 2024 draft lottery, Engelbert confirmed. 'There's a great joy and love for women's basketball in the Bay Area.'īasketball fans in The Bay, the is here. Site visits have been done in Portland, Denver and Toronto. Engelbert said the goal is to have a second expansion team announced for 2025. The team will begin play in 2025, giving the group 18 months from announcement to inaugural tipoff. It lost the Houston Comets and Sacramento Monarchs, both title winners, in back-to-back offseasons.Įxpansion has been at the forefront for the WNBA and commissioner Cathy Engelbert over the past four years and on Thursday, the league announced the NBA’s Golden State Warriors have been awarded a team in the Bay Area. The league hasn’t added a team since the Atlanta Dream in 2008 and has had 12 teams since 2010. They didn’t give us the top picks.”ĭunn, who returned to Indiana in February 2022 as general manager after coaching the Fever to their only title in 2012, said she believes now is a good time for expansion because of the improved talent at all levels. Didn’t have a name, didn’t have a team, didn’t have a logo. “People think this is hard, you just take an expansion team in 2000,” Dunn told Yahoo Sports during a Fever practice in August.

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