‘Toronto wants WNBA’: First-ever game in Canada shows the viability of expansion to Toronto
At this point, the questions surrounding WNBA expansion focus more on where than when.
On Saturday at Scotiabank Arena, in an exhibition game between the Minnesota Lynx and Chicago Sky, Toronto took a Jurassic step toward answering the former.
“It felt really coordinated,” Minnesota Lynx head coach and general manager Cheryl Reeve said. “Someone holds up a sign that says ‘Toronto wants WNBA,’ people go crazy. It just feels like everyone was locked in on what the mission was: it was to make this an incredible environment. And they did that.”
The appetite for professional women’s basketball in the city…