Draymond GreenForward, Golden State Warriors

Draymond Green Analyzes Historic WNBA CBA: Why This Deal Changes Everything

21 Mar 2026 · 1 min

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In this YouTube monologue, former NBA player and commentator Draymond Green reflects on the newly ratified collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the WNBA and the WNBPA. He commends the women athletes for their strong negotiating stance, noting that they "stood on business" and secured a deal that raises salaries and improves conditions. Green contrasts this with the NBA, arguing that most NBA players lack leverage because their primary income source is the league itself, making them reluctant to hold out. He suggests that a WNBA holdout could have applied additional pressure on owners, who are eager to maintain the league’s recent financial momentum. Green also predicts that as the salary cap rises, fewer players will seek opportunities overseas, solidifying the WNBA as a primary source of income for its athletes. Overall, he celebrates the agreement, praises the players, and highlights the broader labor‑economic implications for women’s basketball.

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WNBA and the WNBPA finally comes to a CBA deal. Respect to the ladies. Y'all stood on business. Y'all been talking the talk. Y'all walked the walk. And it's so hard to do. Good of a deal as this is, I always think you can get better. And personally, NBA players can't hold their ground and end up with these awful deals in large part due to it is the main source of money for 98% of guys. And so guys wanting to get back to playing. I was actually in favor of the WNBA actually going into a holdout. And I know everybody's on TV like, "Oh man, like y'all don't wanna lose all the momentum that y'all gained." Well, guess who else don't wanna lose the momentum that they gained? The owners. The owners that been funding the league that had been losing money and now it's winning. They also don't wanna lose the momentum. They had an opportunity to, if they strike, really apply more pressure to the owners and get more of what they wanted. As the salary cap rises, people will stop doing other things. They'll stop going to Europe, they'll stop doing other things. And so then this could be their main source of income. Well, once that happens, you're no longer in the same position that you were before. In saying that, happy they got a deal done that they're happy about. Happy that the money is going up. Well deserved. Shout out to the ladies. Thank you.