Former RI High School Basketball Star Is Bidding for WNBA Team
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Former RI High School Basketball Star Is Bidding for WNBA Team
Michael Carter-Williams was a star at St. Andrew's School in Barrington. At St. Andrew's, he was a three-year starter who averaged 25.4 points per game.
As a senior, he averaged 23.2 points, 8.3 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTCarter-Williams then starred at Syracuse University and was the 11th pick in the NBA draft. He was selected by the 76ers.
He was NBA Rookie of the Year and played ten-plus years in the NBA.
Now, he is leading a group that includes actor Donnie Wahlberg in the effort to bring the women’s game to Boston.
The value of a WNBA team is reported to be between $50 million and $150 million.
The deadline to submit an expansion bid was January 30, 2025. Multiple cities already have submitted bids, including Philadelphia, Cleveland, Detroit, Kansas City, Missouri, Houston, and Nashville, Tennessee, and there is a chance the WNBA could go beyond 16 teams sooner rather than later.
Sports Business Journal claims that the Cleveland proposal will win the bid for an expansion fee of $250 million.
"The main objective is to get a team in Boston," Carter-Williams said in a phone interview Thursday with ESPN. "It doesn't matter if it's an expansion team or a team that wants to sell and move to Boston."
WNBA in Focus
Caitlin Clark has changed the league. Boston hosted a sold-out WNBA game last season when the Connecticut Sun played a contest at TD Garden. Another regular-season game will be played at TD Garden this year when Clark and the Indiana Fever are scheduled to take on the Sun. The WNBA season begins in May.
Carter-Williams told ESPN that his group would "absolutely" be interested if the Sun were up for sale. But that's a big if since it seems there has been no discussion about the Mohegan Tribe selling the team.
"It's something we would consider, but there's not too much noise going on right now," Carter-Williams said. "We want to be the most prepared for any option."