(Photo : Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – A basic view of the Golden State Warriors taking part in in opposition to the Los Angeles Lakers in a preseason recreation at Chase Center on October 05, 2019 in San Francisco, California.
Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) commissioner Cathy Engelbert formally introduced that an enlargement franchise shall be coming to the Bay Area for the 2025 season, owned and operated by seven-time NBA champions Golden State Warriors.
This would be the WNBA’s first enlargement because the Atlanta Dream joined the league in 2008. The franchise will play their dwelling video games on the Warriors’ dwelling floor, Chase Center in San Francisco.
“We are thrilled about expanding to the Bay Area and bringing the WNBA to a region with passionate basketball fans and a strong history of supporting women’s basketball,” Engelbert mentioned.
In addition, the group shall be headquartered within the Warriors’ former apply facility and entrance workplace in Oakland, the place the NBA franchise performed from 1971 to 2019.
The group is anticipated to undertake the title “Golden State,” mirroring their NBA counterparts, per Ramona Shelbourne of ESPN. However, the official group title has not been revealed but.
The Warriors would be the sixth NBA franchise to have a WNBA group, becoming a member of the ranks of the Indiana Pacers (Indiana Fever), Minnesota Timberwolves (Minnesota Lynx), Brooklyn Nets (New York Liberty), Phoenix Suns (Phoenix Mercury), and Washington Wizards (Washington Mystics).
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Another metropolis anticipated to obtain franchise
The WNBA plans to award one other metropolis an enlargement franchise later this yr, with Portland rising as a probable candidate for this chance.
The franchise may even start to play within the 2025 season, bringing the entire variety of groups within the league to 14 by that point.
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