WNBA, Players' Union Agree To Start Free Agency Monday

Alexa PhilippouApr 5, 2026, 10:11 PM ET
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The WNBA and WNBPA agreed that free agency will start on Monday, the league introduced Sunday night.

The designation interval, together with sending qualifying gives and core participant designations, can be held Monday and Tuesday. Negotiations will run Wednesday by way of Friday and signings will start Saturday.

The WNBA draft is about for April 13.

The WNBA and WNBPA verbally agreed to the phrases of a brand new collective bargaining settlement March 18. Both sides ratified the phrases every week later, however the long-form doc remains to be being accomplished.

Over 100 gamers are free brokers and can profit from the huge wage bumps featured within the new deal.

Training camps are set to start April 19 after which preseason video games April 25. The first day of the common season is May 8.