WNBA Team History The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) is a professional basketball league in the United States. It is currently composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 22, 1996, as the women’s “counterpart” to the National Basketball Association (NBA), and league play started in 1997. Atlanta Dream Established: 2008 Championships: 0See Team HistoryChicago Sky Established: 2006 …
Atlanta Dream Team History
2008 2009 Dream Team Creation Atlanta had been mentioned as a possible future city for WNBA expansion, but efforts did not come together until the beginning of 2007. An organizing committee with Atlanta businessmen and politicians began the effort to attract an expansion team. The inability of the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA to draw crowds was a concern of the WNBA, and the committee …
