With the WNBA offseason underway, tensions are running high. The current CBA expires next week, and with no new deal in sight, players and league officials are locked in high-stakes negotiations. The usual back-and-forth has only intensified in recent days, with both sides issuing public statements.

Complicating matters further is a pair of players themselves. Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier, the co-founders of the offseason league Unrivaled, have been active in discussions, but it’s their league that’s now being viewed as a potential threat to the WNBA’s interests . As ESPN’s Brian Windhorst put it while speaking on Front Office Sports today : “The negotiations and the revenue sharing are more complicated. You also have something that the NBA doesn’t have, which is p

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