WNBA ready to usher in big changes
The WNBA hasn’t gone through an expansion draft in 16 years.
In 2008, the Dream was added as the 14th team in the league. By 2009, the WNBA was back to 13 teams after the Comets folded. The next year, the league dropped to 12 teams — which it where it stayed until now — after the Monarchs’ dissolution.
Friday marks the start of the WNBA’s era of ascent, with the Valkyries kicking off the first of three expansion drafts in two years. General manager Ohemaa Nyanin is the mastermind behind the team’s first roster. Читать дальше...