The Women's National Basketball Players Association made its feelings known about NBA commissioner Adam Silver's choice of wording when referring to collective bargaining negotiations on Tuesday morning's "Today" show.
Silver was asked by NBC host Craig Melvin if the WNBA players should be getting a larger share of the burgeoning league's revenue. The commissioner initially replied "yes," but then clarified his response.
"I mean, I think share isn't the right way to look at it," he said, "because there's so much more revenue in the NBA. I think you should look at the absolute numbers in terms of what they're making, and they are going to get a big increase in this cycle of collective bargaining, and they deserve it."
The WNBPA responded with an Instagram post of the video with the capti

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