As the WNBA free agency waters churn, the wider women’s basketball landscape also is flooding with news. Catch up on all the latest happenings:
WNBA expansion bid battle is brewing
Let’s just say the groups from Detroit, Philadelphia and Houston that recently have introduced WNBA expansion bids wished they had done so before the Nashville group announced their bid.
The Tennessee Summitt dropped an Unrivaled-style roll out, with star-studded investors and pitch-perfect branding. The stated intentions of the other groups fall flat in comparison to the evocative vision put forth by the Nashville-based group led by Bill Haslam, owner of the NHL’s Nashville Predators, and including Candace Parker, Peyton Manning and Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.
Nevertheless, according to Front Office Sports, NBA owners in Detroit, Philadelphia and Houston have submitted bids for WNBA expansion teams. Detroit’s bid, led by Pistons’ owner Tom Gores, seeks to restore the Detroit Shock, the three-time WNBA champion franchise that departed the Motor City for Tulsa after the 2009 season. (In 2016, the Shock moved to Dallas, becoming the Wings.) The investor group includes former NBA stars Grant Hill and Chris Webber, as well as Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff and his wife, Christen….
