There's excitement as a stellar class of female basketball phenoms get set to join the WNBA. There's also been renewed attention on the pay disparities that exist between the WNBA and the NBA. Rookie superstars like Caitlin Clark, Kamila Cardoso and Rickea Jackson are all estimated to make an average of $76,535 for their salaries this season. That number is a long way from last year's top-three picks in the NBA rookie class, who averaged roughly $10 million a year in salary.
Draft pick salaries renew conversations about WNBA revenue, pay disparity. See story here.