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Charted: How do top WNBA player salaries compare to the NBA?

Charted: How do top WNBA player salaries compare to the NBA?
The Golden State Valkyries is already generating *** lot of excitement here in the Bay Area, and that's before they even tipped off here at Chase Center over in Oakland now today at their training facility. More excitement as they introduced two of their draft picks with the number 17 pick in the WNBA draft. This week, the Valkyrie selected Cheyenne Sellers, *** guard from the University of Maryland. She helped take her team to the NCAA tournament, and now she'll help build the culture of the latest WNBA expansion team. I feel like we're kind of looked at as underdogs, and I, I love taking on that role and The best thing about it is that no one knows what to expect from us. We get to write our own story and create our own destiny, and I think that's the most exciting part. The Valkyries also selected Caitlin Chin with the 30th pick. Chen, *** guard from UConn, just helped the Huskies claim the national title less than 2 weeks ago. This is *** once in *** lifetime thing that happens, so making sure I make the most of. Winning the national championship and then having the best time at the draft with my teammates and then now being here and being able to experience this with Cheyenne so just sort of taking everything in and making the most of it. The Golden State Valkyries are the first WNBA team to sell over 10,000 season tickets, and that's before they've even played their first game. However, that will be in just *** few weeks on May 6th here at the Chase Center, and they will face the LA Sparks in San Francisco, Sarah McGrew, KCRA 3 News.
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Charted: How do top WNBA player salaries compare to the NBA?
The WNBA season tips off Friday, but players are eyeing more than just the scoreboard 鈥� they鈥檙e pushing for a higher salary cap.The league and its players association have begun negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement, which determines the maximum teams can spend on player salaries.The Hearst Data Journalism team took a look at how much the WNBA鈥檚 top performers earned and compared those figures to their NBA counterparts. Currently, the NBA鈥檚 current salary cap is set at $140.5 million. The WNBA current salary cap is set at $1.3 million. To put that into perspective, the minimum salary for an NBA player is $1.1 million, only $200,000 less than what an entire WNBA team can spend on all player salaries.Meaning, the lowest-paid NBA player earns about five times more than the highest-paid WNBA player this season.Take a look at the graphic below to see how NBA and WNBA salaries stacked up over the same seasons.

The WNBA season tips off Friday, but players are eyeing more than just the scoreboard 鈥� they鈥檙e pushing for a higher salary cap.

The league and its players association have begun negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement, which determines the maximum teams can spend on player salaries.

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The Hearst Data Journalism team took a look at how much the WNBA鈥檚 top performers earned and compared those figures to their NBA counterparts.

Currently, the NBA鈥檚 current salary cap is set at $140.5 million. The WNBA current salary cap is set at $1.3 million.

To put that into perspective, the minimum salary for an NBA player is $1.1 million, only $200,000 less than what an entire WNBA team can spend on all player salaries.

Meaning, the lowest-paid NBA player earns about five times more than the highest-paid WNBA player this season.

Take a look at the graphic below to see how NBA and WNBA salaries stacked up over the same seasons.