The rumor was correct since the WNBA formalized the creation of a franchise in the San Francisco Bay by the Warriors. Expected for 2025, this franchise will be the 13th in the women’s championship, and Joe Lacob, the owner, justified this decision to invest in women’s basketball.
“We come here, firstly, to win”Warriors owner Joe Lacob told ESPN. “Secondly, we want to see this league and women’s basketball grow, and we hope to play a big role in that. This is a watershed event for us and we are fully committed. We are going to put all our resources into it. We can make this machine work and that’s what we’re going to do.”
Stephen Curry welcomes new franchise
A “machine” which does not yet have a definitive name, even if Lacob does not exclude that the players play under the name “Golden State Warriors”. Studies are underway internally. On the other hand, we know that the team will play at Chase Center, and that it will train in Oakland, where the Warriors played until 2019.
“We will have the highest revenue of any team in the WNBA” he announces. “We can be very successful as a business because we know how to do it. We have all the facilities and we can bring sponsors to the team, but also to the league, which will help a lot. »
In the coming weeks, the WNBA is expected to announce the birth of a new franchise, the 14th. According to ESPN, Portland would hold the rope, but no project has yet been finalized.
#DubNation just leveled up.
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— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) October 5, 2023
