“I want to play and players want to play,” WNBPA first …

The WNBA and WNBPA have been negotiating a collective bargaining agreement for more than a year and are now eight days out from the league’s latest deadline: March 10, after which the league says the season faces delays. In recent days, the players’ tone has shifted. Multiple members of the union’s executive committee spoke to reporters in Brooklyn on Monday ahead of the Unrivaled semifinals. “I want to play and players want to play,” WNBPA first vice president Kelsey Plum said. “We’re going to continue to negotiate and do everything we can to get this done in a timely fashion. But obviously a strike would be the worst thing for both sides because we are in a revenue share, so no revenue, no revenue to share.”

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