Former NBA player Michael Carter-Williams hopes to get a Wgb Boston franchise, whether by expansion or be a destination for a current team that wants to move.
He is part of the Boston women’s group of women’s basketball partners who run the initiative. The group did not submit to the WNBA, although it spoke with the company that the league hired to manage the expansion supply process.
“The main objective is to get a team in Boston,” Carter-Williams said in a telephone interview on Thursday. “It doesn’t matter whether it is an expansion team or a team that wants to sell and move to Boston.”
Carter-Williams said that his group had all their “ducks in a row” with regard to the place where he plays and would practice the installation space. Now he said, they just need a franchise.
Boston organized a WNBA match at the counter last year when Connecticut Sun played a competition at TD Garden – La Maison des Celtics de Boston. Another regular season match will be played at TD Garden this year when Caitlin Clark and Indiana fever will face the sun.
Carter-Williams said that his group would be “absolutely” interested if the sun was on sale. But it is a big if it seems that there was no discussion on the Mohegan tribe which sells the team.
“This is something we will consider, but there is not too much noise right now,” said Carter-Williams. “We want to be the most prepared for all options.”
The deadline for submitting an extension offer was January 30, so the acquisition of a current team would be the most direct path for its group has a WNBA franchise in Boston.
The WNBA has already announced three expansion teams who will start playing in the next two years with Golden State from this season and Toronto and Portland from 2026. The League said it would add a 16th team to start The game in 2028.
Several cities have already submitted offers, including Philadelphia, Cleveland, Detroit, Kansas City, Houston and Nashville and there is a chance that the WNBA can exceed 16 teams as soon as possible. Here is an overview of some of the interested cities:
Cleveland expansion offer
The Ohio City ownership group is led by the owner of the riders Dan Gilbert. A Business Journal Sports report said it was “likely” For Cleveland To obtain the next extension team, although the agreement is not yet concluded.
“Although we are very optimistic about the competitive offer of the WNBA that we have submitted, we have not received any confirmation from the League about their finalists,” said a spokesperson for the Cleveland group.
The WNBA Council of Governors has not yet taken an official vote in a 16th team, said a person familiar with the process. The person spoke with the Associated Press under the guise of anonymity because he was not allowed to speak publicly on the issue.
Nashville extension offer
THE Nashville The contingent is led by the president of the Nashville predators of the NHL, Bill Haslam, and his wife, Crissy. The couple aligned a group of investors including Candace Parker, Peyton Manning and the artists Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.
Unlike other franchises, the Nashville group already has a name for its franchise – Le Tennessee Summitt – in honor of the coach of the late Lady Vols Pat Summitt.
Charlotte, Detroit and Houston Expansion Offers
Three cities that previously had WNBA franchises seek to take over the female game.
Offers in groups in Charlotte, Detroit And Houston are led by the owners of the NBA in these cities. Detroit’s offer is directed by the owner of the Tom Gore pistons and includes Sheila Ford Hamp and her husband, the main owners of the Detroit lions; the chief executive and president of General Motors Company; Temple of fame and old recruit of the year of the NBA Grant Hill.
Tilman Fetitta, the owner of the Houston Rockets, submitted an offer for a WNBA franchise with the team that potentially plays at the Toyota Center. The Houston Comets won the first four titles of the WNBA before the dissolution of the franchise in 2008.
The Charlotte Hornets support an effort to bring the bite back.
Kansas City, Austin and St. Louis offers expansion
Famous athletes lend their stars power to WNBA offers in several cities, including Patrick Mahomes getting involved in the hopes of expansion of Kansas City; Jayson Tatum with St. Louis and Kevin during Austin, Texas.
“Obviously, we want to get basketball in Kansas City in general,” said Mahomas in October. The chief quarter-arre also has property issues in the Royals and the MLS Club Sporting Kansas City. “You are talking about basketball from the University of Kansas, Chiefs, whatever the city, the city will go out at the stadium. It is cool that we were able to get the women’s football team here and you see the support they have. “”
During spoke Wednesday in Austin of the expansion of the WNBA when his Phoenix Suns were to play a match against San Antonio at the University of Texas, where he played at university.
“It’s a basketball city,” said during. “We have always had a major and major support here for women’s basketball. We have one of the biggest coaches and best players to come here. Our female coach is now one of the best, we have obtained a great young talent in (Madison Booker) here. At the bottom, I just think this city is amorged for basketball, especially women’s basketball at the highest level. »»
Philadelphia expansion offer
The Philadelphia 76ers have made an offer and with a new sports complex on the path that would house the NBA team as well as the flyers. Having another city on the east coast would facilitate travel and could build rivalries with franchises in New York, Washington and Connecticut.
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