The 2019-20 NBA season was expected to resume in July, but there are players who are concerned because of safety or optics. The 2020 WNBA season has also gone through a similar path.
On Friday, Mechelle Voepel of ESPN reported that the WNBA will offer players their full salaries for the 2020 season, even though there will be only about 22 games this season at IMG Academy in Florida. That is a huge move by the team owners, some of whom are not billionaires who can afford NBA teams.
Since Ted Leonsis is the principal owner of Monumental Sports & Entertainment, the Mystics’ parent organization, that doesn’t apply to the defending WNBA champions.