"Collier had finished the regular season with historic efficiency, becoming the second W.N.B.A. player to shoot at least fifty per cent from the floor, forty per cent on three-point shots, and over ninety per cent from the free-throw line. Her hallmark is her reliability, not her explosiveness. She does not seem like the kind of person who would burn a league down."
"But on Tuesday, at the start of her exit interview, that was exactly what she appeared to be doing. She sat at the podium with papers in her hands, and, in the course of four minutes, read her prepared remarks. She said that the league office paid lip service to players' health, that it ignored increasingly urgent concerns about referees losing control of games. It seemed not to care about the quality of the product on the floor."
Napheesa Collier was the Minnesota Lynx's reliable, efficient forward and early-season front-runner for Most Valuable Player before suffering a season-ending ankle ligament tear in Game Three of the semifinals. The Lynx lost Game Three and ultimately the series without her, with Collier sidelined and the coach suspended. Collier finished the regular season with historic shooting efficiency, joining the 50/40/90 club. In her exit interview she read prepared remarks accusing the league office of paying lip service to player health, failing to address referees losing control, neglecting on-court product quality, and raising concerns about superstar players' low pay.
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