{"id":75239,"date":"2025-07-19T13:20:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T12:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=75239"},"modified":"2025-07-19T14:27:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T13:27:12","slug":"mercury-all-star-alyssa-thomas-preparing-for-potential-lockout-ahead-of-cba-discussions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/mercury-all-star-alyssa-thomas-preparing-for-potential-lockout-ahead-of-cba-discussions\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;We\u2019re prepared for that\u201d &#8211; Mercury All-Star Alyssa Thomas preparing for potential lockout ahead of CBA discussions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Phoenix Mercury star, Alyssa Thomas opens up on her stance on the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) discussions. She was speaking on Friday&rsquo;s media availability at the WNBA All-Star Weekend. The event kicked off in Indianapolis with Liberty made a sweep in Skill Challenge and 3-Point Contest. <\/p><p><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/liberty-star-sabrina-ionescu-calls-stephen-curry-after-wnba-3-point-contest-win\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu calls Stephen Curry after WNBA 3-Point Contest win<\/a><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alyssa Thomas Keeps Her Stance Clear for potential lockout heading into CBA talks<\/h2><p><em>&ldquo;I think in the past when we&rsquo;d talk lockout, it was hard,&rdquo; <\/em>Thomas shared her thoughts via Desert Wave Media Co. <em>&ldquo;So many young players don&rsquo;t knowing, but I think we have a united front, and now people understand more and more how important that can be, so it&rsquo;s exciting that we&rsquo;re all on the same page.<\/em><\/p><p><em>&ldquo;If a lockout is what it comes to, I think we&rsquo;re prepared for that.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas on her sixth WNBA All-Star appearance, CBA negotiations, the possibility of a lockout, playing for Mercury coach Nate Tibbetts and more.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WNBA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#WNBA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WNBAAllStar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#WNBAAllStar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pqrn2JdEBw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/Pqrn2JdEBw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Desert Wave Media (@DesertWaveCo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DesertWaveCo\/status\/1946231965218132251?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>July 18, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Alyssa Thomas&rsquo; fellow teammate, Satou Sabally is also prepared for the CBA and she called the proposal &lsquo;a slap in the face.&rsquo; Apart from her, Breanna Stewart, Angel Reese, and Natasha Cloud also had same opinions. Recently, the league had a meeting with the players where nothing transpired. Negotiations will be continued. <\/p><p>Players have shared their concerns regarding player salaries, and revenue sharing. The WNBA have reached its high in last two years and we have seen the growth since Caitlin Clark&rsquo;s entry into the league. Market value and brand share skyrocketed. WNBA are slowly becoming a biggest women&rsquo;s sport brand in the USA. The CBA is set to expire in October and players will continue fighting for a balanced CBA. <\/p><p>Thomas also spoke out on the fan culture in the WNBA.<em> &ldquo;At the end of the day, we&rsquo;re here doing our jobs. They don&rsquo;t have people coming to their jobs saying these nasty things,&rdquo;<\/em> she said. <\/p><p>Mandatory Credit: Bruce Kluckhohn-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas also spoke out on the fan culture in the WNBA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":75265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[7019,8674,48],"class_list":["post-75239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wnba","tag-alyssa-thomas","tag-cba","tag-wnba"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;We&rsquo;re prepared for that&rdquo; - Mercury All-Star Alyssa Thomas preparing for potential lockout ahead of CBA discussions - The Playoffs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Alyssa Thomas opens up on her stance on the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) discussions. 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