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Liberty star Natasha Cloud and Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve spoke about the new WNBA expansion team coming to Philadelphia.
With a new WNBA team coming to Philadelphia, what does it mean to some specific former South Jersey residents?
In some WNBA cities, the league supports Jr. WNBA leagues for young girls looking to get involved in the sport. There are no Jr. WNBA leagues in the Greater Philadelphia area, which is a gap that Worley hopes the new Philly franchise could help fill with its increased resources.
Each of the three newest expansion teams joins the league paying a record $250 million expansion fee. The new Golden State expansion team has been an immediate success and is now worth over $500 million, according to Sportico, after paying just a $50 million expansion fee to enter the league. That’s a WNBA-record valuation, and the union knows it.
Cleveland will begin play in 2028, Detroit in 2029 and Philadelphia the season after, assuming they get approval from the NBA and WNBA Board of Governors..
The shot clock will be shortened to 20 seconds in this year's WNBA All-Star Game, four seconds shorter than the standard 24-second timer. With a quicker shot clock, the pace of play will increase. While the overall length will be shortened, the shot clock will still reset to 14 seconds after an offensive rebound.
From Dawn Staley to Teresa Edwards, the Rage had star power and left an impression in their two-plus seasons. Now they’re excited that a new WNBA team will carry on what they started.
In our anonymous player poll, athletes also expressed whether they should make at least $1 million in maximum salaries.
WNBA All-Star Game lost Caitlin Clark, but rookie Paige Bueckers is stealing the show, and fan attention, in Indianapolis.
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