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WNBA Announces Commissioner's Cup Tournament with $500,000 Prize

The WNBA will introduce an in-season tournament named the Commissioner's Cup in the upcoming 2021 season, per a release.

Every team will play 10 intra-conference games in the first half of the season that will be considered Commissioner's Cup games. The the team with the best winning percentage in each conference in "Cup games" will face off on Aug. 12 in Phoenix.

The winning team will be awarded $500,000 to split among its players, along with a custom designed cup that will be passed on from champion to champion season to season, per Yahoo Sports's Cassandra Negley.