{"id":107420,"date":"2023-10-06T09:52:19","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T09:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/06\/golden-state-warriors-awarded-wnba-franchise-from-2025\/"},"modified":"2023-10-06T09:52:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T09:52:19","slug":"golden-state-warriors-awarded-wnba-franchise-from-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/06\/golden-state-warriors-awarded-wnba-franchise-from-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden State Warriors awarded WNBA franchise from 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/131342991_gettyimages-1241555643-696x392-1.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"_131342991_gettyimages-1241555643\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Warriors will be the sixth NBA team to have a WNBA team<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>NBA side the Golden State Warriors have been awarded a franchise from the WNBA starting from 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The new franchise will play at the Chase Center in San Francisco, where the men\u2019s Warriors team are based.<\/p>\n<p>They will be the 13th team in the WNBA but the first new members of the league since 2008.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled about expanding to the Bay Area and to a region with passionate basketball fans,\u201d said WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert.<\/p>\n<p>The team will be owned and operated by Warriors majority owners Joe Lacob and Peter Guber.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe WNBA continues to solidify itself as the preeminent women\u2019s professional basketball league, and we look forward to supporting the best women\u2019s basketball players in the world and our team starting in 2025,\u201d said Lacob.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors will be the sixth NBA team to have a WNBA team.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"gCcvUpdKmik\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Adom TV News (5-10-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gCcvUpdKmik?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Warriors will be the sixth NBA team to have a WNBA team NBA side the Golden State Warriors have been awarded a franchise from the WNBA starting from 2025. 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