“ 2025 seems like a long way off, but there is a lot to do. » The Warriors, and their president Brandon Schneider, now have this horizon in mind for the creation of their little sister in the WNBA, announced last week.
The Californians have already set a course for this new team, which will become the 13th in the women’s championship in two years. “ We want to be the best. We want to be the best on and off the pitch. We always strive to be the best at everything we do, and I think setting the benchmark and saying, ‘Look, this is what we’re going to do’ will set the tone for the team as it forms “, sets the president of the franchise.
Passing on the Warriors DNA
The idea being to draw on “ Warriors DNA », a team which has dominated the Grand League in recent years with four titles up for grabs (2015, 2017, 2018 and 2022), for “ infuse what we have learned, the way we do things, into the WNBA team that we are going to put together “.
“ I think they and we realized early on that we would eventually have a team. It was just a matter of finding the right time to do it », Continues Brandon Schneider, whose franchise has yet to finalize the name of the new team in the coming months. California leaders plan to rely on the NBA fan base in the region, but also women’s basketball fans from Stanford and Cal.
The coast of San Francisco Bay
For her part, the boss of the women’s league, Cathy Engelbert, who mentions a possible “Draft expansion” at the end of 2024, is delighted: “ The Warriors have proven their excellence. “It’s an ideal fit for our newest WNBA franchise, our 13th, and having one of the most successful and successful franchises in any sport investing in the WNBA shows how much people want to be involved in the league.” »
The manager then mentions the number of companies “ Fortune 500 and Russell 1000 “, ranking of the largest American companies according to their turnover, present in the territory, the current audience and fervor of the WNBA…” It’s amazing how some cities rise to the top of the list, and the Bay Area certainly rose to the top of this list for almost every metric », concludes Cathy Engelbert.
For the 14th franchise, it is Portland which would currently hold the rope, even if nothing is finalized.
