WNBA All-Star rips into league leadership over salaries, treatment of stars Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese—but above all ‘lack of accountability’

Napheesa Collier, wearing a white Lynx jersey, stands on the court with her hands on her hips. (Credit: Christian Petersen—Getty Images)

In an extraordinary moment in professional sports, the WNBA All-Star Napheesa Collier used a postgame press conference to air her grievances about the way the league in general, as well as commissioner Cathy Engelbert specifically, does business.

The Minnesota Lynx forward, who is a five-time All-Star and vice president of the Women’s National Basketball Players Association, used Tuesday’s press conference to argue that the WNBA is being mismanaged. “We have the best players in the world. We have the best fans in the world,” Collier said. “But right now we have the worst leadership in the world.”