Well, you’d be wrong.

For scale, the NBA’s number one draft pick will earn more than $10 million.

The people are pissed.

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On X (formerly Twitter), reactions ranged from the genuinely stunned to the sadly unsurprised.

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Another person noted, What if I told yall this is a great improvement from just 5 years ago.

A lot of them used to come in making 40k.

Genuinely insane how low of a salary shell be making.

Yes, shell get tons in endorsements but this is highway robbery, wrote one person.

Others urged more people to support the WNBA by watching and buying merch.

They not getting paid cuz you not watching!

Which may be true.