If the sale and move go through, Boston will be part of a wave of new WNBA cities. The league announced Portland, Toronto, Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia as expansion cities in an upcoming wave of growth, which will unfold over the next five years.

Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca is buying the Sun for $325 million, putting another $100 million towards a team facility in Boston.

On Saturday, multiple outlets reported a group led by Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca has reached an agreement to purchase the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA for $325 million from the Mohegan Tribe,