The WNBA wants Boston to wait in line before getting a team of its own, but Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey doesn’t want to play that game.

Healey has been working with outgoing Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca, new Celtics owner Bill Chisholm, the WNBA, the NBA, and the owners of the Connecticut Sun (who agreed to a deal that would see their franchise move to Boston) to ensure that Boston lands a team sooner rather than later, she told The Boston Globe ‘s Michael Silverman.

“The league has been saying this is a timing issue and Boston needs to wait, and I don’t believe that Boston should wait,” Healey told Silverman. “Nor should the Tribe have to wait. We’ve got women players right now, management, staff, and a women’s professional league that would benefit from this. Why peo

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