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Portland Listed as Potential WNBA Expansion City

The WNBA is looking to expand soon, and the league could be looking to return to Portland.

According to The Athletic, the league wants to add two teams by 2024 to create a 14-team league.

Nashville, Oakland, Philadelphia, Portland, San Francisco and Toronto were all listed as potential expansion spots.

If the WNBA came to Portland, it wouldn’t be the first rodeo in PDX.

From 2000-02, the Portland Fire was the sister franchise of the Blazers, playing in the summer when the NBA was in its offseason.

The Fire struggled in its first two seasons, missing the playoffs with a losing record but in 2002, the team reached the .