April 15, 2024
Have the constant calls for Philadelphia to have a WNBA franchise finally be heard?
At the 2024 WNBA Draft on Monday night, league commissioner Cathy Engelbert named Philly as an expansion candidate:
#WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert names Philadelphia as an expansion candidate that the league is “engaged with.”
— Jonathan Tannenwald (@jtannenwald) April 15, 2024
No further information was provided, per the Philadelphia Inquirer's Jonathan Tannenwald, about what a potential Philadelphia franchise would entail, but it's a welcomed sign of development for a city that has such a rich basketball history.
The WNBA currently has 12 teams with a 13th franchise coming in 2025 in San Francisco. A franchise coming to Philly, if or whenever it may be, is long overdue...
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