Golden State Warriors Granted WNBA Expansion

SAN FRANCISCO — Joe Lacob’s love and support of women’s basketball dates back nearly three decades to when he became one of the original investors in the former American Basketball League.

It became one of his first big sports ventures after watching Tara VanDerveer lead the Americans to a gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

Now, after years of hoping and planning, the WNBA is finally coming to the bay.

Lacob is spearheading the operation and happy to do his part, along with everyone else within the Warriors, to build the game — and Stanford coach VanDerveer was i…