In 2023, WNBA players make an average $113,295 as base salary, with the highest salary in the league a little over $241,000, compared to an NBA player’s $9.7 million. That’s 85 times more.

In some ways, WNBA free agency in 2025 is a dress rehearsal for the madness to come next year. With the league and its players association beginning the process of negotiating a new collective ...