HARTFORD, Connecticut (WTIC Radio)
The light may be beginning to fade on the WNBA's Connecticut Sun basketball team. The Hartford Courant reporting that Former NBA player Michael Carter-Williams is hoping to get a WNBA franchise in Boston. He's part of The Boston Women’s Basketball Partners group that is searching for a franchise. The group hasn’t submitted a bid to the WNBA although they’ve talked with the company that the league hired to handle the expansion bids process.
Carter-Williams said his group would “absolutely” be interested if the Sun were up for sale. So far there has been no discussion about the Mohegan Tribe selling the team. The deadline to submit an expansion bid was Jan. 30th, so acquiring a current team would be the most direct path for his group have a WNBA franchise in Boston. Boston hosted a sold out WNBA game last year when the Connecticut Sun played at TD Garden. Another regular-season game will be played at that venue this year when Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever take on the Sun.
The WNBA has already announced three expansion teams that will start play over the next two years with Golden State beginning this season and Toronto and Portland starting in 2026. The league has said it would add a 16th team to begin play in 2028.
