The WNBA and the Women's National Basketball Players Association recently agreed to a 40-day extension of the current collective bargaining agreement, pushing the deadline to get a new CBA done to Jan. 9, 2026. Upon agreeing to the extension, the WNBPA released a statement saying, "We expect substantive movement from the league within this window."

Sure enough, it didn't take long to learn that the league had delivered a new offer with improved salaries: max contracts with a $1 million base salary (open to multiple players on the same team), an average salary above $500,000 and a minimum salary above $225,000, a source with knowledge of the situation told CBS Sports. Furthermore, the offer would raise the salary cap from $1.5 million to $5 million, and further growth would be tied to reve

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