Welcome to a new era of the WNBA, courtesy of Golden State Valkyries and Atlanta Dream‎

LAS VEGAS – At 9:02 p.m. here on Friday, a group of players who didn’t belong stopped hugging and dancing long enough to thank the people that gave them a chance. The Golden State Valkyries, after reaching the WNBA Finals in their second year of existence, waved to the dozens of fans that followed them here. And a new world order for this league arrived, rocketing directly into and through the old one, leaving a million little pieces of what-has-been scattered through this particular universe. A