Silver won’t set deadline in WNBA labor negotiations

LOS ANGELES -- As the WNBA and the Players’ Association continue to negotiate for a new collective bargaining agreement, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said he is not prepared to set a drop-dead date for when a new agreement would have to be put in place to ensure the WNBA season would start on the scheduled May 8 opening night. However, he urges everyone involved to operate with a new heightened sense of urgency. “What I would love to do is put pressure on everyone,” Silver said at his annual press...