Well, it looks like the wait will have to go on even longer.
The WNBA is expected to award their newest franchise to Cleveland, as was reported by the Sports Business Journal. Though the official announcement isn’t expected until March, the report says this was a league record bid worth about $250 million, with the team expected to join the league in 2028. They will once again be called the Cleveland Rockers, the original WNBA team that folded there in 2003.
There’s still plenty of room for optimism as it’s also reported that the WNBA has “re-thought its original plan of adding just one team and could award one or two more franchises to bring its league total to 18 clubs.