Basketball is coming back, and even sooner than the July 30 NBA start date. The WNBA this week announced an agreement between players and owners on a 22-game slate starting July 24 in Bradenton, Fla. at the IMG Academy campus.
Players will be housed in small villas nearby, be allowed to bring children and caregivers to the bubble, and undergo quarantine procedures similar to those in the NBA. It’s a breath of fresh air for a league that got a lot of publicity during the offseason with a Team USA national tour and signed a new Collective Bargaining Agreement in January.