When Napheesa Collier returned to the Lynx just ahead of the All-Star break, there was a level of concern about what that would mean for superstar rookie Olivia Miles.
Collier missed the first 27 games of the season as she recovered from offseason surgery on both of her ankles, while Miles’s immediate arrival alongside the stellar play of Natasha Howard, Kayla McBride and Courtney Williams kept the Lynx atop the WNBA. Last season, Minnesota finished with a league-best 34–10 record behind an MVP-caliber season from Collier, the franchise’s longtime superstar.