<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>If Norm Freedman gets his way, hoops fans will get a chance to watch Anthony Parker and his sister Candace Parker perform in Toronto. Freedman, whose history with basketball dates back some 35 years, is heading a group of investors interested in bringing a WNBA franchise to play out of the Ricoh Coliseum and the Hershey Centre. "The prospects are better than 50%,'' Freedman said. "The WNBA is quite positive, and so am I, that a team in Toronto will do well. "There's a large affluent female population and the promotional and marketing opportunities are there." Freedman, who years ago arranged for the Detroit Pistons to play pre-season games in Toronto and Hamilton, says a prominent Toronto family is looking to add some partners. Freedman is hopeful the franchise will begin play in May 2009. The most recent WNBA expansion franchise was awarded to Atlanta this past year at a cost of $10 million US. Candace Parker is a star collegiate player at Tennessee who is expected to be the WNBA's first overall pick. HOOK 'EM HORNS Fans will get their first up-close look at Seattle's rookie small forward Kevin Durant this afternoon. Like Durant, point guard T.J. Ford is a Texas alumnus. Ford provided some advice when Durant was being courted out of high school and often spoke with the athletic swing-man during his freshman season with the Longhorns last year. "I continue to have a good friendship now,'' Ford said. Admittedly, Ford hasn't seen much of Durant's games this season, but he reads the boxscores and sees the gaudy numbers Durant posts. "He's definitely going to be among the top NBA players,'' Ford said. "He's the franchise player."</div> http://www.torontosun.com/Sports/Basketbal...952141-sun.html
I would like a Toronto WNBA team. That way I could go to games and say "Hey, I make more money then they do!"
<div align="center"></div> - "Here stadium where our women basketball teams play." - "We no can dunk, but good fundamentals." - "That more fun to watch."
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Universe @ Mar 9 2008, 01:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>That would be sweet and if they got Parker, she'd show up her brother on a nightly basis.</div> It'd be funny if her husband was there for every game, too. They could shine the score on his forehead to save money instead of using the Jumbotron.
It's not too bad of an idea but I'd prefer if it was a MLSE thing. It seems like they've got a lot of money to throw around. I don't think uncle Teddy is interested either. Cool idea playing out of two cities too.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (hustler @ Mar 13 2008, 11:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Lame .</div> See kids, this is how you tell a real hardcore ballers from a casual NBA fan. A hardcore ball knows that a lot of work needs to be done in order to get Canada and Ontario to where it needs to be on the world stage and things like a WNBA and a D-league team in the area would help build up the infrastructure required to move forward and become a world leader. I'm all for bringing more high level places to play for our Canadian athletes, man or woman.
