The WNBA expansion Toronto Tempo officially introduced Monica Wright Rogers as its first general manager.
Feb 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM ETTORONTO - Becoming a WNBA general manager has been a long time coming for Monica Wright Rogers.
"I feel like a lot of my career I've been pointing to a position like this," Wright Rogers said."Since picking up a ball and shooting my first WNBA basket, my passion for the W and what it's done for my life.Wright Rogers has the luxury of time as Toronto doesn't tip off until 2026. And while she's been tasked with building a basketball operations department from scratch, the two-time WNBA champion says immediate plans revolve around"listening and learning.
Wright Rogers was traded to the Seattle Storm in July 2015 but missed the remainder of that season with a knee injury. She returned to the court with the club in 2016, her final WNBA campaign. "There's so many different things that impact basketball that I want to make sure we have enough runway to actually think about it deeply and make really good, strong hires. My philosophy is take a long time to make sure you hire the right person and I think I wanted to give my GM enough time to do that."
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