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After the Monarchs ended, the WNBA remained steady with 12 teams, although there was often talk of expanding the league. [4] On September 26, 2023, The Athletic reported that the owners of the NBA's Golden State Warriors, Joe Lacob and Peter Guber, were finalizing an agreement to start a WNBA expansion team in San Francisco. [5]
Brink is the daughter of Greg Brink and Michelle Bain-Brink. Her family are close friends with the family of National Basketball Association (NBA) player Stephen Curry, whose mother, Sonya, is Brink's godmother. Her mother was roommates with Sonya at Virginia Tech, where her father played on the basketball team. Brink has an older brother, Cy. [51]
Carrington was the 20th pick in the 2021 WNBA draft by the Connecticut Sun. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] She attended the Sun training camp and earned one of the Sun's 11 roster spots. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] On September 25, 2024, the WNBA announced that Carrington was named the Most Improved Player for 2024. [ 9 ]
Rickea Jackson at the 2024 WNBA Draft wearing Ellaé Lisqué. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images) Kayla Grant is a multimedia journalist with bylines in Business Insider, Shondaland, Oz Magazine ...
From Left: Caitlin Clark and WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert at the 2024 Draft on April 15 Caitlin Clark recalled the moment she felt "so upset" after being selected first overall in the 2024 ...
The Golden State Valkyries, the WNBA's newest team, began assembling their roster with the expansion draft on Friday.. The Valkyries, the league's 13th franchise, will begin play in the 2025 ...
Sheryl Denise Swoopes (born March 25, 1971) [1] is an American former professional basketball player. She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA, [2] is a three-time WNBA MVP, and was named one of the league's Top 15 Players of All Time at the 2011 WNBA All-Star Game.
After the ABL folded, she was selected by her hometown team, the Utah Starzz in the first round (third pick overall) of the 1999 WNBA draft on May 4, 1999. She played with the Starzz from 1999 to 2002. However, just a few weeks prior to the start of the 2003 season, she was traded to the Indiana Fever in a multi-player deal on May 1, 2003.