INDIANAPOLIS -- Shortly before tip-off of the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game, the players took the floor for warm-ups. Instead of their league-issued gear, they were wearing T-shirts with a clear message regarding their ongoing collective bargaining agreement negotiations with the league: "Pay us what you owe us."

Before the WNBA All-Star Game in Indianapolis on Saturday, team captains Caitlin Clark and Napheesa Collier met with the media.