NBA commissioner Adam Silver on Tuesday said WNBA players are going to see “a big increase” in pay in a new collective bargaining agreement, but he appeared to be dismissive toward the players’ union’s desires for a more robust revenue-sharing model.

Silver sat down with NBC’s “Today” show for an interview to celebrate the NBA’s return to the network. During the interview, reporter Craig Melvin brought up the contentious CBA negotiations and asked Silver whether WNBA players should get a larger share of the revenue.

“Yes,” Silver said. “I mean, I think share isn’t the right way to look at it because there’s so much more revenue in the NBA. I think you should look at absolute numbers in terms of what they’re making, and they are going to get a big increase in this cycle of collective barg

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