Adam Silver appears at the annual Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Forum in New York City last month. Caitlin Ochs/Reuters

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has said that WNBA players will get “a big increase” in pay from the league’s new collective bargaining agreement (CBA).

Speaking on NBC’s “Today” show on Tuesday before the start of the new NBA season, Silver was asked whether players in the WNBA should be receiving a larger share of the league’s revenue.

He initially responded “Yes,” then clarified: “I think ‘share’ isn’t the right way to look at it because there’s so much more revenue in the NBA. I think you should look at it in 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.

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