A meeting expected to provide a solution to the longstanding problem went by without doing anything to ease the tension. The league came in with no proposal ready, but assured that the league would begin working on an official response to their proposal, making the situation a little dicey.

Does this mean a potential WNBA lockout is on the cards? And how would the players react if that were to happen? WNBA legend Breanna Stewart made her intentions clear on the Game Recognize Game podcast.

“We’ve approved the strike authorization vote, which means we’re able to formally lock out whenever we want because we have the majority of the players’ votes behind us think that for me personally, the sooner it gets at W base season, we’re prepared to do it, to not play, but we don’t want to. We want to play because we know how important it is to be on the court,” says basketball’s beloved Breanna Stewart.

Breanna, the Vice President of the WNBPA committee, is well aware of how these litigations go.

The WNBPA has been given a free hand to do the needful by the players’ union, and if they feel things aren’t going the way they were supposed to, a strike might be inevitable.

Breanna Stewart and her basketball family will not be averse to sitting out if they are forced to amidst this dispute because they don’t want their fight for justice to go in vain.

Meanwhile, there was also a serious accusation against Breanna Stewart. She addressed the same during the podcast.

Stewart talks about the conflict of interest situation with Unrivaled

While Breanna Stewart is championing the players’ cause in the WNBA, she is also the co-founder of Unrivaled with Napheesa Collier, which puts her in a precarious situation.

“I know a lot of people are kind of hating about [me] being a part of Unrivaled and also trying to negotiate the WNBA, but it’s like, I want two things to both be successful,” confessed Stewie.

Breanna’s stake in Unrivaled isn’t enough to discredit her for her efforts.

Unrivaled is paying its players a much higher salary compared to the WNBA, with a reported payout of $220,000 in 2025, and that number is said to have increased in 2026.

The reported proposal from the league would leverage salaries from a meager bracket of $250,000 to close to $1.3 million in 2026, with average salaries going from $120,000 to a projected $540,000. But that is as far as they would oblige.

Stewart believes that figure doesn’t cut it, proposing 30% share through a gross-revenue model.

Yet what the league offered was less than 15% of the net revenue, arguing that if the players’ demands are met, it could result in nearly $700 million in losses over the life of the agreement. That is where it’s facing the biggest roadblock.

However, Breanna’s dedication to both her causes was quite evident in her statement before the impending Feb 1 meeting.

“There are moments and times where you have to do both,” Stewart noted. “That’s what I’ll be doing on Monday. I want to make sure I’m present in that meeting on Zoom, and at the same time, be ready for our game at 8:45 at night.”

Stewart is not flinching away from responsibilities and is ready to get the game on board, so both Unrivaled and WNBA are part of her to-do list now. With Unrivaled going on in full flow, WNBA fans are also looking forward to the league returning to action.