Adam Silver urges WNBA, players' union to work faster on CBA negotiations to avoid a work stoppage‎

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has called on the WNBA and its players' association to increase their urgency to get a labor deal done in time for the new season to begin on schedule in early May. Silver didn't propose a firm deadline for a WNBA collective bargaining agreement Saturday in his annual address during NBA All-Star weekend, but he urged both sides to pick up the pace to avoid a work stoppage. “What I’d love to accomplish is sort of putting pressure on everybody,” Silver said.