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[citation needed] If the NBA season was shortened or canceled, the 2012 WNBA season (including the WNBA teams still owned by NBA owners) would run as planned. The lockout ended on November 26, and NBA teams would play a 66-game regular season following the lockout.
Although having the best odds of the four teams involved in the lottery held on September 26, 2012 for the 2013 WNBA draft, the Mystics ended up with the 4th pick, missing out on drafting one of the three highly touted players available in the 2013 WNBA draft; which was Brittney Griner, Elena Delle Donne and Skylar Diggins.
This article is a list of principal owners of National Basketball Association teams. The NBA requires a change in "controlling ownership" to be approved by the NBA Board of Governors, composed of one representative (Governor) from each team. [1] Toronto Raptors owner Larry Tanenbaum has been Chairman of the NBA Board of Governors since 2017. [2]
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]
The WNBA is returning to Portland, Oregon, starting in 2026, with the new franchise set to become the WNBA’s 15th team, the league announced Wednesday.
The Aces, who are owned by Mark and Carol Davis, the current owners of the NFL's Las Vegas Raiders, and Tom Brady, are one of three WNBA franchises who compete in a market that lacks a current NBA team; the other two teams are the Connecticut Sun and the Seattle Storm.
The WNBA’s complicated corporate structure—42% owned by the NBA and otherwise split between owners affiliated with NBA teams and independent owners—got more so in 2022 when Engelbert oversaw ...
Sheila Johnson, co-owner of the WNBA’s Washington Mystics, sparked criticism on Friday after she told CNN that Time magazine could’ve put the “whole” league on its cover instead of Indiana ...