Overview
- Reporters on Friday, Nov. 13 said the 2027 regular season is expected to open May 7 and could run as late as Oct. 24 if the Finals reach seven games, though the league has not released a full game-by-game schedule.
- The recently ratified collective bargaining agreement allows a maximum of 50 regular-season games in 2027 and 2028 and up to 52 games beginning in 2029, and the CBA runs through 2032.
- The 2027 calendar is expected to omit a midseason international break used in prior World Cup years, with an international pause planned for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics instead.
- The WNBA will field 15 teams in 2027 after owners approved the sale and relocation of the Connecticut Sun to Houston as the Comets, and the league has a planned expansion team scheduled to join in 2028.
- Players, team officials and commentators warn that adding six regular-season games inside a tighter calendar could raise injury risk and workload pressure, prompting talk of larger rosters, altered rest plans and other operational changes as the league finalizes details.