Women's National Basketball Association; WNBA Finals; External links. [7] In the league's first season, Leslie's Los Angeles Sparks underperformed, and Swoopes sat out much of the season due to her pregnancy. However, those games will be available on-demand shortly after the conclusion of their live broadcast.[105]. The 2020 WNBA season was the 24th season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). In 2004, The Game at Radio City was held in a place of a traditional All-Star Game. As a league, the 2010 average of 80.35 points per game was the best, far surpassing the 69.2 average in the league's inaugural season. La stagione della NBA 2019-2020 è stata la 74ª edizione del campionato NBA. These games would have been designated as "Cup games", and the leaders in Cup standings in each conference were would have met in the Commissioner's Cup championship game scheduled for August 14, 2020. The Washington Mystics were the defending champions. [16][17] The Indiana Fever defeated the New York Liberty 71–55 in front of over 19,000 fans. El 3 de abril de 2020, la WNBA anunció que se pospondría el inicio de su propio calendario. Becoming the Stars in 2014, they shared the Spurs' team colors. A liga foi fundada em 1996 como uma contrapartida a National Basketball Association (NBA). The series went five games, including arguably one of the most thrilling games in WNBA history in game one of the series (Phoenix won in overtime, 120–116. Tweet; Pin It; Updated: April 17, 2020. Teams and the league were collectively owned by the NBA until the end of 2002, when the NBA sold WNBA teams either to their NBA counterparts in the same city or to a third party as a result of the dot-com bubble. Much like the early Houston Comets championship teams, the Phoenix Mercury had risen to prominence led by their own "Big Three" of Cappie Pondexter, Diana Taurasi, and Penny Taylor. 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This fast-paced offense was perfect for his team, especially after the league shortened the shot clock from 30 seconds to 24 seconds in 2006. An asterisk (*) in the table above denotes a franchise move; an italicized name in the associated map denotes the former presence of a franchise under that name at the location shown. [36] Through the 2017 season, the San Antonio Spurs and Stars were also paired, but that relationship ended in October 2017 when the Stars were bought by MGM Resorts International and moved to Las Vegas.[37]. [66] Games resumed on Friday, August 28. The WNBA’s wage … This page was last edited on 10 February 2021, at 16:10. Only nine WNBA players have reached the 6,000 point milestone: Diana Taurasi, Tina Thompson, Tamika Catchings, Cappie Pondexter, Katie Smith, Lisa Leslie, Sue Bird, Candice Dupree, and Lauren Jackson. Durchschnittliche Jahresgehälter in der NBA und WNBA in der Saison 2019/2020 (in 1.000 US-Dollar) Jahresgehalt in Tsd. Since 2016 Verizon is the official sponsor. In December 2010, Donna Orender said that the league had its first-ever "cash flow positive" team during the 2010 season. However, about half of the decline in attendance from 2017 to 2018 was due to the New York Liberty moving from 19,812-seat Madison Square Garden to the 5,000-seat Westchester County Center. The 2011 NBA lockout began on July 1, 2011. Many news outlets began covering the league more frequently. Not only did Paul Westhead's system influence his Mercury team, but it created a domino effect throughout the league. Highlights. One of the activist players' main focuses is the inequality between men's and women's sports. Late in 2008, the WNBA took over ownership of one of the league's original franchises, the Houston Comets. Phoenix averaged a league-record 88.97 points per game in 2007; teams could not keep up with the new style of play, and the Mercury were propelled into first place in the Western Conference. In 2012, the average attendance per game dropped from 7,955 to 7,457 (−6.3%). The loser shall begin with the ball out of bounds in the second and third quarters. Players had until June 25 to let their teams know whether they planned to participate. Your home for scores, schedules, stats, Tickets, League Pass, video recaps, news and more. On April 3, it was announced that the starting of the regular season has been postponed. Three-point line distance from center of basket, 3-point line distance from center of basket (corners), Free-throw line (distance from backboard). The salary cap for an entire team in 2010 was $827,000 (although it was later lowered to $775,000). Von Herr Praktikant. Citizens of Atlanta were able to vote for their choices for the new team's nickname and colors. The creation of the WNBA was officially approved by the NBA Board of Governors on April 24, 1996,[1] and announced at a press conference with Rebecca Lobo, Lisa Leslie, and Sheryl Swoopes in attendance. [76][77] Many WNBA players supplement their salaries by playing in European, Australian, or more recently Chinese women's basketball leagues during the WNBA offseason. [1] For road games, players will receive "comfort/economy plus" seats rather than ordinary. This leaves two teams left to play each other in the WNBA Finals. "Obviously, our goal is to have a season when it’s medically advisable and feasible," she stated. [118] This became the impetus for the multi-year partnership in which CBS Sports Network will broadcast live WNBA games beginning with the 2019 season. [66] The players have also supported progressive social and political movements such as Black Lives Matter and others. [86], The following shows the top jersey sales during the 2020 regular season, based on sales through the WNBA's official online store. Also named are the All-WNBA Teams, the All-Defensive Teams, and the All-Rookie Team; each consists of five players. Also, Sylvia Fowles of the Chicago Sky became only the second player in WNBA history to finish a season averaging at least 20 points (20.0ppg) and 10 rebounds (10.2rpg) per game. Never before had an agreement promised rights fees to a women's professional league. 2020 WNBA Finals - Wikipedia 2020 WNBA Finals The 2020 WNBA Finals presented by YouTube TV was the best-of-five championship series for the 2020 season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Initially, regular-season Cup games were to be played through early July, followed by a final match in August. Stewart was announced as the unanimous winner, but the number of voters was not announced. Five WNBA teams have direct NBA counterparts and normally play in the same arena: Indiana Fever, Los Angeles Sparks, Minnesota Lynx, New York Liberty, and Phoenix Mercury. Sponsorships have come from major companies such as Boost Mobile and Farmers Insurance. Year with team does not include 2020 season. The 2020 WNBA schedule originally included a month-long break in July and August to allow players to participate in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. 2021 WNBA season; League: Women's National Basketball Association: Sport: Basketball: Number of teams: 12: TV partner(s) ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, CBS, CBSSN, NBA TV: Top draft pick: TBD: Picked by: New York Liberty: WNBA seasons ← 2020. The Most Improved Player Award is awarded to the player who is deemed to have shown the most improvement from the previous season. La temporada regular comenzó el 25 de julio y acabó en octubre con las finales. The Seattle Storm are the defending Champions. Teams will have 18 home & road games each. 17 сентября 2019 года была проведена драфтовая лотерея, и New York Liberty были удостоены первого общего пика драфта. WNBA 2020 live - Folgen Sie WNBA Live Ergebnisse, Ergebnisse, Tabellen, Statistiken und Match Details auf Scoreboard.com. Shortly after the All-Star break is the trading deadline. This issue arose in the 2019–20 offseason when the, indefinitely postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports, "2020 WNBA Season to Feature Inaugural Commissioner's Cup, Expanded 36-Game Schedule for Teams and More ABC Games", "W.N.B.A. Each team's first home and away games against each of its conference opponents, all of which were to be played in the first half of the season, were designated as Cup games. By 2013 (the sixth year under this agreement), the cap for an entire team was $900,000. 29d Richard Lapchick. After 2000, Cooper retired from the league, and the Comets' dynasty came to an end. Also, the Sparks share the Los Angeles market with the Agua Caliente Clippers and South Bay Lakers, the Wings share the Dallas–Fort Worth market with the Texas Legends, and the Liberty shares the New York City market with the Long Island Nets and Westchester Knicks. Total player compensation will increase by slightly over 50%. The 2003 Finals was best known for rekindling a heated rivalry between the two teams' head coaches, Los Angeles Sparks head coach Michael Cooper and former Detroit Shock head coach Bill Laimbeer.Both coaches were fierce NBA competitors who played in the NBA Finals against each other in 1988 and … The Shock finished second in the Eastern Conference and knocked off first-seeded Connecticut in the second round of the Playoffs. The deal also includes the sponsorship of the All-Star Game, Inspiring Women Luncheon, and other unspecified events, but not the Monthly and Yearly Awards.[73]. In December 2006, the Charlotte Bobcats organization announced it would no longer operate the Charlotte Sting. The 2020 Seattle Storm season is the franchise's 21st season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Looking to repeat in 2002, the Sparks again made a strong run toward the postseason, going 25–7 in the regular season under head coach Michael Cooper, formerly of the Los Angeles Lakers. On April 8, 2019, the WNBA announced a multiyear marquee partnership with AT&T, making them the first non-apparel partner to have its logo featured on the front of all 12 team jerseys. In 2007, Paul Westhead of the Phoenix Mercury became the first person to earn both NBA and WNBA championship rings as a coach. : http://www.wnba.com/tickets/ Pictures of the jerseys can be viewed on the WNBA website. [3] Under a plan approved on June 15, the league began a shortened 22-game regular season at IMG Academy, without fans present on July 25. Two free throws and possession of the ball for a clear-path-to-the-basket foul. The season was originally scheduled to have 36 games per team, an increase from the 34 games played in the previous season. The game is part of a weekend-long event, held in a selected WNBA city each year. The minimum age is 22 years for American players and 20 years for international players, measured as of December 31 of the calendar year of the draft. Atlanta businessman Ron Terwilliger was the original owner of the new team. The remaining six teams play in two single-elimination playoff rounds, with the third and fourth seeds receiving a bye to the second round. The Lynx have the most appearances in the championship with 6, all occurring in the 7 years from 2011 to 2017. Over 30 players have scored at least 3,000 points in their WNBA careers. 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The promotion of Griner, Delle Donne, and Diggins helped boost television ratings for the league by 28 percent, and half of the teams ended the season profitable. The 2020 Tokyo games have been postponed until 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The league was founded on April 22, 1996, as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association (NBA), and league play started in 1997. La saison WNBA 2020 est la 24e saison de la Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The 2020 season was planned to be the first for the Commissioner's Cup, an in-season tournament. Former teams that have no WNBA Finals appearances: In 2011, a decade and a half after the launch of the WNBA, only two players remained from the league's inaugural season in 1997: Sheryl Swoopes and Tina Thompson. The 2020 games have been postponed till 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, rendering the break unnecessary. The Mercury was well-suited for the fast offense behind these three players. The agreement would be the first to pay television rights fees to the league's teams. In 2013, this was increased to $14.99. [65] The league has also signed extended television contracts with ESPN and sponsorship agreements with Boost Mobile. The WNBA's true star in 1997 was WNBA MVP Cynthia Cooper, Swoopes' teammate on the Houston Comets. After an unsatisfying conclusion in 2008, the Mercury looked to bounce back to championship caliber. Of these teams, only the Sparks have completely separate ownership. The regular season was originally scheduled to tip off at home versus the Dallas Wings on May 15, 2020. 2012 featured a long Olympic break. Although the 2020 Summer Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19, no All-Star Game was played in that season; there will likely be no All-Star Game in 2021. After the 2003 season, the Cleveland Rockers, one of the league's original eight teams, folded because the owners were unwilling to continue operating the franchise. Quarters are 10 minutes in duration instead of 12. Among the features of the new agreement are:[24][25], Also in January 2020, the WNBA announced a new in-season tournament, the Commissioner's Cup, which would begin with the 2020 season. The East held a .681 winning percentage over the West, its highest ever. The main arc is essentially identical to that used by, The regulation WNBA ball is a minimum 28.5 inches (72 cm) in circumference and weighs 20.0 ounces (570 g), 1 inch (2.5 cm) smaller and 2 ounces (57 g) lighter than the NBA ball. 15 jersey, "Minnesota Lynx Hire Five-Time WNBA Champion Rebekkah Brunson as Assistant Coach", "WNBA Announces Rule Changes for 2007 Season", "New owners stake claim in overhauling WNBA", "The Case and Practice for Sustainability in Business", "Hoops Happening: Today in women's basketball", "Off-duty cops walkout over WNBA players' Black Lives Matter shirts", Atlanta Dream, Co-Owned By Former Sen. Kelly Loeffler, Is Close To Being Sold, "Mercury, LifeLock Break New Ground with Partnership", "Phoenix Mercury Announces Marquee Partnership with Casino Arizona and Talking Stick Resort", "Boost Mobile and WNBA Form First-Ever Leaguewide Marquee Sponsorship", "Verizon stakes out space on WNBA jerseys", "AT&T and WNBA Announce Landmark Marquee Partnership", "WNBA, players' union agree to 8-year CBA", "Basketball's Gender Wage Gap Is Even Worse Than You Think", "Diana Taurasi's decision to sit out should spark WNBA salary changes", "Breanna Stewart's Achilles injury underscores need for WNBA to find solution to pay issue", "WNBA star Breanna Stewart to miss season after Achilles injury in EuroLeague championship", "Could Breanna Stewart's injury be tipping point in WNBA negotiations? The WNBA originated with 8 teams in 1997, and through a sequence of expansions, contractions, and relocations currently consist of 12 teams. Each team would receive around $1 million per year. The amount of time that a team must move the ball across the half-court line went from 10 to 8 seconds. PG Chelsea Gray (27), Te’a Cooper (23) SG Riquna Williams (30), Sydney Wiese (25) SF Tierra Ruffin-Pratt (29), Brittney Sykes (26) PF Nneka Ogwumike (30), Seimone Augustus (36), Reshanda Gray (27) C Candace Parker (34), Kristine Anigwe (23), Marie Gülich (26) The Detroit Shock was the sister team of the Pistons until the teams' owner sold the Shock to investors who moved the team to Tulsa, Oklahoma. September 2020 lief, wurden die Playoffs um die WNBA-Meisterschaft durchgeführt. inkl. Exceptions include serious injury, national team commitments for non-US players, college graduations, and other significant life events. The Comets defeated Lobo's New York Liberty in the first WNBA Championship game. In June 2020, WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert announced plans for the league to have a 22-game regular season, and a traditional playoff format, to be held exclusively at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. At the end of the 2000 season, the Houston Comets won their fourth championship, capturing every title since the league's inception. In the early years, two women's-oriented networks, Lifetime and Oxygen, also broadcast games including the first game of the WNBA. The minimum league salary in 2020 was $57,000 for players with less than three years of experience, and $68,000 otherwise. This process was repeated for the league's 20th anniversary season in 2016 with the selection of the WNBA Top 20@20. Since the first two seeds get double byes, and the next two seeds get first-round byes, having a higher seed generally means one will be facing a weaker team. The injury came at a time when the WNBA and its players' union were preparing to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement,[80] following the union's announcement in November 2018 that it would opt out of the current CBA after the 2019 season. On March 28, the league introduced new uniforms bearing the new Verizon sponsor name, which eliminated white jerseys and made the secondary color a basis for a uniform. The game was televised nationally in the United States on the NBC television network. [14] On the occasion of the tenth anniversary, the WNBA released its All-Decade Team, comprising the ten WNBA players to have contributed, through on-court play and off-court activities, the most to women's basketball during the league's existence. Teams can use either jersey for home and away games. Two teams were added in 1998 (Detroit and Washington),[8] and two more were added in 1999 (Orlando and Minnesota), bringing the number of teams in the league up to twelve. Mai 2019. She signed a seven-day contract with the Detroit Shock and played one game, tallying two assists and two turnovers in nine minutes of action. January 17, 2020. In July, the regular season pauses to celebrate the annual WNBA All-Star Game. The Atlanta Dream, Chicago Sky, Connecticut Sun, Dallas Wings, Las Vegas Aces, Seattle Storm, and Washington Mystics do not share an arena with a direct NBA counterpart, although four of the seven (the Dream, the Sky, the Wings, and the Mystics) share a market with an NBA counterpart, and the Storm shared an arena and market with an NBA team at the time of its founding. Major trades are often completed right before the trading deadline. There have been a total of 18 franchises in WNBA history. A referee can grant time-outs to either a player or the coach. New head coach Corey Gaines implemented Paul Westhead's style of play, and the Mercury averaged 92.82 points per game throughout the 2009 season. La Temporada 2020 de la WNBA es la vigesimocuarta en la historia de la Women's National Basketball Association. Each team will play 10 Cup games during the season: specifically, the first home and road games against each team in its conference. The 2020 WNBA season was the 24th season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The CBA includes several exceptions to this policy, among them serious injury or illness, maternity leave, national team commitments for non-US players, college graduations, and other significant life events. [67], Postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Stars were also within 150 miles of a G League team (the Austin Spurs) before their move to Las Vegas. NBA TV, the television home of the NBA scheduled over 70 regular-season games to be televised (along with a dozen more on ESPN2 and ABC). A number of international players that have played in the WNBA have earned multiple all-stars or won MVP awards: Some of these players, among them Penicheiro, Sutton-Brown, and Young played U.S. college basketball. [72], On March 14, 2016, the WNBA completed a deal with Verizon Wireless to place its name on the front of 10 of 12 team jerseys, excluding the Stars and Sun, as well as in-arena advertising, and reserved commercial space during WNBA broadcasts. During the mid-2000s, the NBA spent more than $10 million per year to keep the WNBA financially solvent. [64] In 2011, three teams were profitable, and in 2013, six of the league's 12 teams reported a profit. They advanced to their first ever WNBA Finals and swept the Charlotte Sting. The first and second rounds consist of single-elimination games, while the semifinals are best-of-five series using a 2–2–1 home-court pattern, meaning that the higher-seeded team will have home court in games 1, 2, and 5 while the other team plays at home in game 3 and 4. The WNBA has been criticized for paying female players less than their NBA counterparts, although this is attributed to the much greater revenues of the NBA. On April 3, 2020, the WNBA announced that the beginning of its own schedule would be postponed. On August 22, 2011, the WNBA announced a league-wide marquee sponsorship with Boost Mobile. Eine Deutsche steht dabei bei den Experten ganz weit oben auf dem Zettel. Apart from those players under the "core player" designation, all players who have met contract obligations for five years become. In 2015, the WNBA's attendance per game decreased by 3.4 percent to 7,318. Aside from reiterating that the season would not begin as originally scheduled on May 15, she had few concrete details. 2022 → The 2021 WNBA season will be the 25th season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The now-defunct Charlotte Sting, Miami Sol, Portland Fire, Cleveland Rockers, Orlando Miracle, Houston Comets and Sacramento Monarchs were also sister teams of the Hornets, Heat, Trail Blazers, Cavaliers, Magic, Rockets and Kings, respectively. Don't miss the very best plays and moments from Week 1 of 2020 #WNBA action. Each player on the winning team receives a championship ring. Players like Candace Parker of the Sparks, Maya Moore of the Lynx, DeWanna Bonner of the Mercury, Angel McCoughtry of the Dream, Sylvia Fowles of the Sky, Tina Charles of the Sun, and Liz Cambage of the Shock brought a new level of excitement to the game, adding talent to the teams of young veterans such as Diana Taurasi, Seimone Augustus and Cappie Pondexter. [69] It was the first branded jersey in WNBA history. It saw increases on its mobile page views by 26 percent along with a major increase in its social media space; Instagram grew by 51 percent this past year. WNBA Finals and Championships do not include time with other teams. On January 14, 2020, the WNBA and the WNBA Players Association announced that a new eight-year Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) had been signed. As with most professional sports leagues, the WNBA season was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Teams hold training camps in May. Records are from time at current team and are through the end of the 2019 season. This is a list of transactions that have taken place during the off-season and the 2020 WNBA season The current CBA, which took effect in 2020, significantly increased minimum and maximum salaries. The WNBA awarded an expansion team to Chicago (later named the Sky) in February 2006. As in the NBA, each team hosts and visits every other team at least once every season. The San Antonio Silver Stars experienced boosts from their young players as well; rookie Danielle Adams scored 32 points off the bench in June and fellow rookie Danielle Robinson had a 36-point game in September. [85] These were only modest increases from amounts provided before 2020. There is one All-Rookie team, consisting of the top first-year players regardless of position. When a lockout resulted in an abbreviated NBA season, the WNBA saw faltering TV viewership. Teams in red have folded. [1][10], The 2020 WNBA schedule originally included a traditional month-long break in July and August to allow players to participate in the Summer Olympic Games. In October 2007 the WNBA awarded another expansion franchise to Atlanta. The league will institute a new “Diversity in Coaching” initiative to build a pipeline to coaching and offer other paid employment opportunities for players during the offseason. The Coach of the Year Award is awarded to the coach that has made the most positive difference to a team. Many teams have experienced drops in their attendance; (San Antonio Stars: −37.4%, Washington Mystics: −7.9%, Tulsa Shock: −7.2%)[90] these losses have caused the attendance of the WNBA to drop.

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