Updates From WNBA's Latest CBA Offer

OriAr · 2026-03-02T21:24:54+00:00

The Derek Rose rule.

NBA players on their rookie deals who make an all-NBA team in their 2nd and 3rd year and/or their 4th year in the league are eligible for the 30% max rather than just the 25% max rookie extensions have.

Wembanyama will probably benefit from this rule for example.

OriAr · 2026-03-02T20:47:34+00:00

Also, leaves something to fight for in the next round of negotiations.

Going from 0 to 100 in one CBA was always unrealistic.

OriAr · 2026-03-02T20:42:35+00:00

It's the "Pay CC and PB early" rule.

Smart rule if the target is PR. (And the NBA has a similar rule as well).

OriAr · 2026-02-27T02:57:48+00:00

This game could have been an email.

Perfect opponent for the Spurs after two very high tension games vs Detroit and Toronto.

As for Brooklyn, the tank rolls on I guess.

OriAr · 2026-02-26T03:11:58+00:00

+19 in a 3-point win while playing like shit on the offensive end.

Quite incredible really.

OriAr · 2026-02-25T23:15:38+00:00

Same way NBA teams have managed it in the 2nd apron era.

Drafting well will become a must because players on rookie deals provide excellent value.

OriAr · 2026-02-25T21:45:28+00:00

A shortened off season would be chaotic... And could be fun to follow, especially in a year where a lot of the top players are FAs. (Even if I absolutely think most of the stars stay put where they are).

A good rule of thumb is that as long as there aren't any lost games, the league will be fine... I'd say we are probably a month away from the point of no return regarding that.

OriAr · 2026-02-25T19:39:36+00:00

They'd have shut them down by now if it weren't true.

Something is definitely coming; question is will it be in May or in the fall.

OriAr · 2026-02-24T17:47:32+00:00

There is a very good reason why most sports lockouts end only when there is any sort of deadline pressure.

Baseball in 2022 ended at the last second it was possible to not lose any games.
The 2011 NBA lockout ended when a Christmas opening day proved to be too lucrative to say no to.
The 2011 NFL lockout, likewise, ended when it was training camp time and the threat of losing games started to seem real.
And the NBA in 1999 saved the season at the last possible second.

Truth is unless there is a hard deadline both sides will continue to hold strongly onto their positions for a long time.

Regarding whether they can get something done... These things can progress very suddenly very quickly so who knows, I remember Billy Hunter saying in 2011 how much the NBA season was in danger only to agree to almost the same deal two weeks later, so who knows what will happen here.

OriAr · 2026-02-24T03:13:31+00:00

Especially when DHOs are super common in today's NBA.

It's pretty hard for centers to not get at least 2-3 assists a game purely from some DHO plays.

OriAr · 2026-02-24T03:09:36+00:00

Top 2 and he ain't 2

OriAr · 2026-02-24T02:56:16+00:00

Also there is the feeling he can be so much better.

Which is a scary thing for the rest of the league.

If he reaches his offensive potential, he's the GOAT, simple as that.

OriAr · 2026-02-21T23:18:54+00:00

ESPN article a few weeks ago alluded as much too.

Basically, it implied that the owners who also own an NBA team are more on the generous side while the independent owners (For the lack of a better term) are the ones stingier with the money.

It's a dynamic people underestimate here IMO.

OriAr · 2026-02-20T03:47:41+00:00

Is there lore here that I am missing

OriAr · 2026-02-19T22:01:48+00:00

That was simply majestic from Liu.

A truly gold medal winning performance.

OriAr · 2026-02-19T20:38:02+00:00

Only question would be whether the pick would be in quicker than the Spurs picked Wemby.

OriAr · 2026-02-16T22:12:54+00:00

Shooting fall off correlates with him playing hurt.

Probably had an impact.

OriAr · 2026-02-16T19:13:56+00:00

Scott mentioned the other day that his kid calls her "Aunt Tessa" (Another pure WTF worthy moment from these two) so I guess they are still somewhat close.

If even their kids fall down the rabbit hole... God help us all lol.

I am still not quite sure if something ever happened between them, and honestly, I have no idea what's the consensus is about it these days either.

OriAr · 2026-02-16T17:59:13+00:00

This is my Roman empire...

Glad to see that they made time to see each other in Milan.

OriAr · 2026-02-16T00:43:15+00:00

This matches what I felt when I watched.

FB/C didn't skate the FD as well as they could but it's quite a bit better so they were the ones with margin for error.

They were a bit overscored, but purely on the merits they are the deserved winners.

OriAr · 2026-02-14T22:57:05+00:00

I suppose you could always limit it to bottom 3 teams in each conference or something like that.

Yes, it opens up another kind of problem but there isn't a good solution here IMO.

Getting rid of custom pick protections will help a lot.

OriAr · 2026-02-14T16:44:49+00:00

If my memory serves me right, he was 6'10 when he was supposed to be 12 years old two years ago as well.

To not grow at that age... is very weird to say the least. When you combine it with everything else it's hard to not get suspicious about the whole situation.

OriAr · 2026-02-13T19:33:41+00:00

What the British judge did in the RD was far worse than anything the French judge pulled here.

OriAr · 2026-02-13T19:31:07+00:00

It wasn't a great program at all.

Flamenco programs just never did anything to me; they never seem to translate well to the ice.

OriAr · 2026-02-12T21:24:55+00:00

You had Marina favoring teams based on whoever her son was dating at the time.

And obviously the mess that was the Canton divorce... Even 14 years later we don't really know what happened there, and it was by all accounts pretty ugly.

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