This winter will be one of the most important offseasons in the history of the WNBA . The W is expanding, adding two new expansion teams ahead of the 2026 season. There are also the ongoing collective bargaining agreement (CBA) negotiations between the league and the player's union. Those negotiations got an unfortunate update on Tuesday.

The WNBA and the WNBPA are “extremely unlikely” to reach a new CBA agreement by Friday's deadline, per The Athletic's Ben Pickman.

Erin D. Drake, senior advisor and legal counsel for the WNBPA, spoke with The Athletic on Tuesday’s episode of the “No Offseason” podcast. She shed more light on these negotiations.

“We have worked hard to be able to say on Friday, we did it. Unfortunately, that’s not going to happen,” Drake said. “In a dance, it take

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