Drake pitches WNBA team in Toronto

Toronto rap superstar and Raptors global ambassador Drake took to Instagram to call for a WNBA expansion team in the city.

On Wednesday, the rapper, who also serves as the Toronto Raptors' global ambassador, posted a message to the WNBA on his Instagram story saying, "I need a Toronto team."

In 2019, the Raptors brought home the NBA championship for the first time in franchise history. Sports expert Kevin Yeung, who is a content creator with TSN’s BarDown, says the strong appetite for basketball north of the border makes Toronto a strong contender to be an expansion city for the WNBA.

"The way that not just the City of Toronto, but the entire country of Canada, was showing their support for the Raptors, it really proves that there's a strong basketball audience here," Yeung told CTV's Your Morning on Friday.

Yeung also said that in recent years, there's been a wave of exciting young Canadians players making waves in both the NBA and the WNBA, such as Jamal Murray and Kia Nurse.