Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert are backing a formal bid for a WNBA expansion team in the land, per CNBC. If successful, it would be Cleveland's first professional women’s basketball team since the Rockers in 2003.

Nearly a quarter-century after losing its first WNBA team, Cleveland wants another shot at hosting one. A group based in the city led by Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert plans to submit a proposal for a WNBA expansion team,

Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert plans to pursue a new WNBA team, his holding company Rock Entertainment Group said on Wednesday, hoping to bring women's basketball back to Cleveland more than 20 years after the city's previous team folded.