WNBA legend Lisa Leslie joined UNINTERRUPTED’s “The Shop” for an episode and spoke on a variety of topics. The two-time champ and three-time MVP spoke to LeBron James and Draymond Green about promoting the WNBA as well as the pay gap between the NBA and WNBA.
Green argued that “NBA players support the WNBA more than we probably support the fucking NBA.”
In a sneak peek of the episode, the two-time WNBA champion and three-time league MVP discussed the WNBA pay gap and how NBA players can continue to support their counterparts in the women’s league.
She also brought up how one player with a $12M salary could cover every player in the WNBA.
“From a salary standpoint, it’d be great for the women to be able to make more money,” Leslie said. “It’s a lot of work — it’s a lot of hard work. I think I saw something that said one player that makes maybe $12 million on an NBA team can cover the whole WNBA’s salaries. And so that’s kind of crazy.”
“Again, we’re 26 years young, so it’s not like we’re comparing ourselves to the NBA, but I do feel like the pay gap would be something that — we could just take a donation around the NBA maybe,” the Los Angeles Sparks legend added, pantomiming passing around a hat for contributions.
“Maybe one night y’all don’t go to the casinos.”
Click on ‘Follow Us’ and get notified of the most viral WNBA stories via Google! Follow Us
Leslie is one of the WNBA’s Top 25 Players of All Time, an honor the first woman to dunk in a WNBA game earned last year.
