The recently completed 2024 WNBA season was a huge success and the offseason is off to a flying start. Two top athletes are reportedly participating in expansion plans to bring professional women’s basketball to Missouri.

According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Kansas City Chiefs franchise quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his wife Brittany are working on bringing a WNBA expansion team to Kansas City. Mahomes and his wife are part of the ownership group of the KC Current, the women’s professional soccer team that has reportedly met with the WNBA about Kansas City being in the running for a future expansion team.

The Mahomeses are familiar with owning sports teams at this point. Not only do they own part of Current, but they are also part owners of the men’s professional soccer team Sporting KC and the Kansas City Royals.

Boston Celtics megastar Jayson Tatum is also interested in financially backing a WNBA expansion team. According to Sportico, Tatum has “informally” agreed to support an offer to bring a team to his hometown of St. Louis. Led by billionaires Richard Chaifetz and David Hoffman, the offer doesn’t have a “formal structure” yet, but Tatum wants to do more than just write a check. About Sportico:

At least six cities are vying to be home to the WNBA’s 16th franchise. St. Louis and Kansas City are expected to be in the running, along with Philadelphia, Miami, Milwaukee and Denver.