Drake is an ambassador for the Toronto Raptors, and it has been some years since we seen the Artist of the Decade troll from the courtside.
In an Instagram post from Drake, he posted a caption stating “face of the franchise” with his arms around Elizabeth Cambage.
We know Drake, the Canadian-born hip-hop star, is a huge basketball fan. He’s often seen at NBA and WNBA events and references both leagues in various lyrics. He even has an official job with his hometown team, the Toronto Raptors.
Now the superstar musician is trying to get the WNBA in Canada.
“I need a Toronto team,” Drake, born Aubrey Graham, posted on an Instagram story Wednesday morning to his 95.5 million followers. He tagged the official WNBA account, too.
There is hope in expanding the WNBA, but there’s no telling if Toronto would be the ideal spot to add another team to the mix. Only 12 WNBA teams exist, and in the past, cities like Houston and Detroit had their own teams via the Comets and Shock.
If Toronto gets a team in the WNBA, we’ll have Drake to thank along with his first choice of Cambage he labeled “mini-me.”
Expansion, however, is not a new subject for the league, and, according to WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert, new teams could be added soon.
“I suspect by next summer or this time next year, in our 26th season, we’ll be talking about the number of teams and a list of where [new franchises might land],” Engelbert told ESPN’s Mechelle Voepel and Tisha Thompson in October.
Talent matters, and the two teams that’ll be a problem to deal with in the future are the defending champion Chicago Sky and the Seattle Storm.
Would you support a WNBA team in Toronto? Do you think Liz Cambage would be interested in joining that team? A lot of questions, but not many answers at the moment, so we will have to just keep an ear out for WNBA expansion in the future.
Flip the pages for the Tweets and pics of Drake and Cambage together.