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[Women’s Hoops Network @WomensHoops_USA]

TONIE MORGAN WINS IT FOR KENTUCKY AT THE BUZZER!!!! 🫨

[TOGETHXR @togethxr]

Looks like a whole league is reacting to @PHEEsespieces’s statement 👀

[Underdog WNBA @UnderdogWNBA]

Erica Wheeler clinches the final playoff spot for the Storm.

[Seattle Storm @seattlestorm]

NNEKA FOR THE WIN 🫡🫡🫡

[xo @parachuuute24]

Maya Moore’s overall career record is 491-78, she won 88% of her games (high school, college, wnba, Olympics)!!! She’s the definition of a winner

[Tyler DeLuca @TylerDeLuca]

Nneka Ogwumike is FIRED UP after getting tangled up with Luisa Geiselsoder

[Can ♓️✨ @prettycan4]

I would say Studbudz is 90% of why I think this all star wknd was fun. Fans were able to get an access pass and increased engagement. To be fair take them out of the equation I don’t know what this would have looked like from a fan’s perspective.

[Andrew Dukowitz @adukeMN]

I know this will be a firestorm topic

WNBA players currently receive just 9.3% of the leagues revenue(this includes ticket sales, merch, TV deals) for reference their male counterparts in the NBA is 50.0%.

This resulted in their salary cap being set at just 1.507 million for this year(less than half of Joe Ingles 3.634M)

In theory if they received even 40% of the leagues revenue that salary cap would be at 6.481 M.

That increase would mean roster expansion could occur, players could theoretically still make 3x their current salary and owners would still bring in 60% of the revenue.

Now to put that into perspective, that still means an entire WNBA roster would be paid less than Rob Dillingham will make in 2025-26(6.576M)

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Now yes, the WNBA did lose 40 million dollars in 2024, but this is in large part due to the TV deal they are currently signed to, which in 2026 goes from roughly 45 Million annually to 200 Million annually.

This will result in essence result in the league making money over night from losing 40 to a net gain of 115M just on the TV deal alone. Even if the game and tickets sales were to stop growing, and merch stopped selling, it would still be in the green.

The current CBA would amount to players going from 1.507M in salary cap to just 4.0 M… a substantial raise however it would cost the league just 2.5 M out of that 115M TV deal profits.

If the players got 40%, that’s just 17.204M as a salary cap… a 11x raise over their current salaries, and still in the grand scheme of things less than 1 Jaden McDaniels(24.393M)

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The league is built on players whether you’re a CC, Aja, or Phee fan they deserve to get a bigger slice of the pie for the work they all have put in, and as the revenue grows, they should as well.

The WNBA players are not asking to be paid dollar for dollar what the NBA players make, from what I understand they just want a fair share of the revenue.

Now let’s enjoy some hoops.

[Ângel | wings 🪽 (23-16) @barbiefitting]

coach cheryl said whatever yall seen on her last night was AI😭😭😭

[commissioner ella 😌 @fromhalfcourt_]

my last two brain cells holding on for dear life

https://t.co/akwJSnLHYR

[Ângel | wings 🪽 (23-16) @barbiefitting]

“hey now you’re an all-star” t surprising court this is so cute yall😭😭

[espnW @espnW]

Ilona Maher dropped by the ESPYS red carpet to talk about her historic nomination, body positivity, and even showed off her back muscles 💪

[tee, allegedly. @teeapparently]

looking like pastor p and saying this 😭😭 she kills me

[espnW @espnW]

Alex Morgan and Diana Taurasi clinked trophies upon receiving the 2025 ESPYS Icon Award 🥂

[I talk hoops 🏀 @trendyhoopstars]

The Dallas Wings now hold two 2027 first-round picks and a potential shot at the No. 1 overall pick in next year’s draft—if they miss the playoffs this season. 👀🔥✨

[Women’s Hoops Network @WomensHoops_USA]

BREAKING: WNBA Announces THREE Expansion teams 🚨

Cleveland (2028)
Detroit (2029)
Philadelphia (2030)

Thoughts?!

[Seattle Times Sports @SeaTimesSports]

Storm legend Sue Bird will be honored on August 17 with a statue at Climate Pledge Arena that will stand next to the newly unveiled Lenny Wilkens statue. (via @PercyAllen206) https://t.co/PSPXdajxV4

[Chris Williamson @CWilliamson44]

Watching this unfold in real time was NUTS!!!