Tension is rising in the ongoing labour battle between the WNBA and the union representing the players, with the existing collective bargaining agreement expiring next week and no new deal in sight.

And the back-and-forth — with both sides taking shots at the other — ramped up quickly on Tuesday and Wednesday.

It started Tuesday morning when the head of the NBA, which partly owns the women's league, said he was confident a new deal would get done and that WNBA players would get significant raises. But one of his word choices — when he answered a question about whether WNBA players merit a larger share of that league's revenues — raised the ire of the union.

"Yes. I mean, I think 'share' isn't the right way to look at it because there's so much more revenue in the NBA," commissioner Adam

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