The WNBA's new CBA is historic. Here's what it would look like in NBA terms

Last week, reports surfaced that the WNBA and WNBPA had come to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) in what was a huge win for the players, as the salary cap exploded, and with it, potential WNBA player salaries. Here's how some of the most important numbers break down, according to ESPN : Players will be paid more than ever, with the salary cap starting at $7 million (up from $1. 5 million in 2025) and the supermax starting at $1.

4 million ($249,244 in 2025), sources told ESPN's Shams Charania. The average salary will be around $600,000 ($120,000 in 2025), with the minimum salary surpassing $300,000 ($66,079 in 2025), sources told Charania. As a fun exercise, we decided to take a look at what these numbers would look like in NBA terms, that is, what they would be if the NBA's current CBA experienced a similar leap to the one the WNBA just achieved.

For starters, the WNBA's salary cap jumping from a measly $1. 5 million to $7 million amounts to a mind-boggling 367 percent increase. In NBA terms, that would be like the salary cap jumping from its current $141 million figure (we're rounding up a bit from $140.

588 million to keep things as simple as possible here) to $659 million. When put like that, it shows how massive the WNBA salary cap spike is. (At the same time, Tyus Jones will make $7 million this season, i.