Phoenix Mercury star Satou Sabally commented on the possibility of a WNBA lockout amid a standstill in CBA negotiations.Sabally shared her reaction to a potential lockout looming during the team's practice session at their training facility, Mountain America Performance Center."It would be very interesting to see if the league finally makes an effort into showing us that they value us or seeing where their employees will go," Sabally said on Tuesday.After developments in the past week, the sentiment around the league is that a lockout is now imminent, as the current CBA deadline is on Oct. 31. WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert and WNBPA vice president Napheesa Collier had a much-publicized fallout that further supported the belief that a lockout might happen.The CBA establishes rules that govern the money that is given to the players, the teams and the league. However, if there is no agreement reached, there will be no league.Satou Sabally and the Mercury are preparing for Game 3 of the 2025 WNBA Finals at the newly-renamed Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix. Sabally has averaged 20.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists on 41.9% shooting in the finals.Mercury star Satou Sabally comments on the team's mindset amid a 2-0 hole in the finalsThe Phoenix Mercury dropped the first two games of the WNBA Finals against the Las Vegas Aces at Michelob Ultra Arena. The best-of-seven series now shifts to Phoenix for Games 3 and 4. During Tuesday's practice ahead of a must-win Game 3, Satou Sabally shared the Mercury's mindset."If you're negative, that's not gonna help you," Sabally said. "So just stay positive, really keeping a leveled field. You don't have to be overly positive and make up your mind that it doesn't matter that you lost two games in a row, but keeping things in perspective and looking forward that's there's still a lot of basketball left."The fourth-seeded Mercury dismantled defending champions New York Liberty in the first round and eliminated the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx in the semifinals. Phoenix now aims to climb out of a 2-0 hole against the No. 2 Las Vegas.Satou Sabally was named an All-Star starter in her first season with Phoenix. She is also the team's leading scorer in the regular season (16.3 ppg) and the playoffs (18.4 ppg).