What Bam Adebayo thinks of A’ja Wilson’s historic WNBA supermax contract

A’ja Wilson’s supermax contract earns Bam Adebayo’s approval

Reacting in comments shared via Zach Weinberger, Adebayo made it clear he saw Wilson’s deal as long overdue.

“About time. They’ve been fighting for this for a long time. So, for them to have that opportunity to obviously get super-max, and it has the ‘M’ at the end, you see how much the game is growing, how much their game is growing, how much attention is surrounded by their game,” Adebayo said.

The contract backs that up. Wilson agreed to a three-year deal worth about $5 million, making it the richest contract in WNBA history and the first deal of its kind to put a player comfortably into seven figures annually.

Her 2026 salary is set to begin at roughly $1.4 million, which underlines just how dramatically the market has shifted under the league’s new financial structure.

Bam Adebayo sees A’ja Wilson deal as start of bigger change

Adebayo also made it clear he does not view this as the finish line.

“How much attention is surrounded by their person, to where they love the needle that much; to where those contracts look like that. And I’m happy it’s only going up from there,” he added.

That part matters just as much as the headline number. The WNBA’s new CBA has pushed the team salary cap to around $7 million for 2026, creating room for elite players to land contracts that better reflect their value.

Wilson, already a four-time MVP and one of the defining stars of the league, has effectively reset the standard for top-end earnings.

But Adebayo’s reaction was not simply about one contract. It was about a financial shift that players have been chasing for years, and one that could reshape the league from here.