Assessing WNBA CBA negotiations, from salaries to salary cap

"No player has not talked about salary," Ogwumike said of her conversations with other players about the new CBA. The owners probably also want to hold firm on the terms of the yearly draft, on maintaining a hard salary cap and on the core-player designation. "If there is a league that is paying you more, you would prioritize that league, you would think," Ogwumike said. Although the WNBA maximum is 12 players, teams can also opt to roster 11, giving them more money to spend per spot while remaining under the league's hard salary cap. "I've played more years than I wanted to with only eight available players," Ogwumike said before Samuelson's injury.