Overview
- The league’s Feb. 6 written offer kept a net-based share and proposed a $5.65 million 2026 cap with added housing and facility standards.
- The players seek roughly 30% of gross revenue and a $10.5 million cap, while the league projects that plan would produce about $700 million in losses that the union disputes.
- Silver said he is engaged behind the scenes but not at the bargaining table, urging faster progress as negotiations inch forward.
- Offseason business is compressed as the expansion draft for Portland and Toronto is already delayed, the WNBA Draft is set for April 13, and training camps are due to open in roughly two months before the May 8 tipoff.
- In December, 98% of players authorized a strike, though union leaders have said a work stoppage is not imminent.