Daily News | Dawn Staley asks WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert what Philly can do to get an expansion team
So when she had an opportunity to talk to another “Philly girl” about the prospects of getting a local WNBA team, she didn’t hold back.
Staley, serving as a color analyst at the WNBA’s Commissioner’s Cup, asked WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert what Philadelphia could do to be awarded a WNBA franchise. “We’re growing as a league, as the teams,” Engelbert said. “We see the fandom going on, and we’ve got a lot of fandom outside of the cities in which we play. So we’re doing this huge data analysis on all the cities would be great — Philly is on that list. Bay Area, Toronto, there’s a lot of others. Portland, Denver, Austin. We’ve been contacted by a lot of cities, including ownership groups in Philly.
Englebert also gave a shout-out to Chicago Sky standout Kahleah Copper — “another Philly girl” — as part of the changing of the guard with young stars like former South Carolina star and Staley pupil A’ja Wilson taking the reins from retiring stars like Sue Bird.“All-Star games, preseason games, you might see us dabble in that a little bit,” Engelbert said.
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