In just its fourth season, the league already has doubled in size from eight teams in 1997 to 16. Teams in Seattle, Portland, Indianapolis and Miami join the WNBA for the 2000 season. Another theme this summer will be the Olympics. The league condensed its season to allow players to join their national teams for the Sydney Games. We see it as an exclamation point at the end of our season.
Games begin today with a rematch of last year's championship, New York at Houston.
They'd win 16 to 18 games. That isn't the case. You still have all those ABL players, all the European players. They can play. Last year's collective bargaining agreement allowed just three ABL players per team, while the 1999 expansion teams in Orlando and Minnesota were allowed five.