Wnba Offseason Schedule 2025-26: Every Important Event To Know

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The WNBA is heading into a captious offseason arsenic nan convention and WNBA player's relation look to travel to statement connected a caller corporate bargaining agreement.

The WNBA offseason timeline will beryllium heavy limited connected nan advancement and eventual signing of a caller CBA. Once (or if) nan WNBA and WNBAPA motion a caller CBA, nan convention will pivot their attraction to free agency, description drafts and nan draught lottery, while galore players move their attraction to nan adjacent play of Unrivaled.

Before nan 2026 play tentatively originates precocious adjacent spring, here's a look astatine immoderate cardinal events up this offseason.

As mentioned above, nan WNBA and WNBAPA are presently trying to work together connected a caller CBA. The CBA they signed successful 2020 will expire astatine nan extremity of October. If nan 2 sides cannot work together connected a caller CBA by Oct. 31, it won't needfully consequence successful a lockout. The convention and nan WNBAPA tin besides work together connected an extension, which would let them much clip to work together connected a caller CBA.

WNBA draught lottery: TBA

Over nan past 3 years, nan WNBA draught lottery has taken spot successful either November aliases December. Last year, nan Wings won nan No. 1 prime successful nan lottery, which they utilized to prime Paige Bueckers retired of UConn. The day for nan draught lottery has not been announced, but it will extremity up determining nan apical of nan 2026 draught order.

With 2 caller description teams, nan Toronto Tempo and Portland Fire, group to statesman play successful 2026, location will beryllium description drafts for nan Tempo and Fire to build their rosters. The Tempo and Fire each precocious named caller caput coaches, pinch nan Tempo bringing connected championship-winning coach Sandy Brondello and nan Fire landing Alex Samara arsenic their coach.

The day for these description drafts has yet to beryllium announced, but past year, nan Valkyries' description draught took spot successful early December. The Valkyries were nan astir successful description squad successful WNBA history, making nan playoffs successful their first season.

WNBA free agency: Winter 2026

WNBA free agency is expected to statesman successful nan wintertime of 2026, erstwhile it besides began past year. An charismatic day has not been announced, and a caller CBA will request to beryllium signed earlier free agency begins. This will beryllium a important offseason because there are complete 100 players who will beryllium free agents, including stars for illustration Napheesa Collier, Breanna Stewart, Allisha Gray, A'ja Wilson, Kelsey Mitchell and Jonquel Jones. A number of these stars are expected to enactment put, but location could beryllium a batch of subordinate activity this offseason.

While nan WNBA's early remains murky arsenic nan convention remains isolated connected a caller CBA, Unrivaled is group to return successful early January of 2026. The first play of nan 3-on-3 women's hoops convention was a success, and they're adding caller young stars this twelvemonth successful Paige Bueckers, Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen.

2026 WNBA draft: Spring 2026

The day for nan 2026 WNBA draught has besides not been announced yet, but complete nan past 4 years, nan draught has taken spot successful April, pursuing nan NCAA title game.