LeBron James may be on the market for his own WNBA team.
The Los Angeles Lakers star tweeted on Wednesday morning that he was interested in forming a group of owners to buy the Atlanta Dream from Republican senator and team co-owner Kelly Loeffler shortly after she lost her seat to Democrat Raphael Warnock in the second round of the Georgia Senate on Tuesday.
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Loeffler bought the team together with businesswoman Mary Brock from Atlanta in 2011, but according to ESPN, she is not involved in the daily operations of the team and left her position on the WNBA board of governors in October 2019.
It is unclear how serious James’ offer is to take ownership, but it would likely be supported by the franchise and others in the league who criticized Loeffler’s response to the Black Lives Matter movement.
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The NBA and WNBA dedicated their summer seasons to light up the movement, and in July, Loeffler spoke out publicly against the league’s decision.
“I strongly oppose the Black Lives Matter political movement, which has advocated the withdrawal of funds from the police, called for the removal of Jesus from churches and the disruption of the nuclear family structure, harbored anti-Semitic views and promoted violence and destruction throughout the country, “she said at the time, according to USA Today.
She also told ESPN in an interview in July that the movement did not align with the message.
“The ‘Black Lives Matter’ statement is very different from the Black Lives Matter organization,” she said. “I think we all agree that the life of every African American is important.”
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Loeffler did not indicate what he plans to do with his part of the team, but the players made it clear that they would not mind a change of ownership.
In August, they wore shirts to support the opponent. Striker Elizabeth Williams told The New York Times that the team felt as if Loeffler was using them for political gain.
“When we realized what our owner was doing and how she was kind of using the Black Lives Matter movement for her political gain, we felt that we didn’t want to feel lost as pawns in this.”