The WNBA this season will lose $40M, a “bit better" than the $50M “forecast and reported by several media outlets months ago but still a loss." The NBA owns nearly 60% of the league, and some NBA owners “want more transparency” from Commissioner Adam Silver about when they will “get to see some return from the suddenly popular WNBA.” A source said that when one “combines the NBA owners’ personal stakes in WNBA teams and the WNBA itself,” the amount owned rises to 75%. Sources said that Knicks owner James Dolan has been “pushing Silver behind the scenes” (N.Y. POST, 10/18).
NBA owners seek transparency amid WNBA losses
