Napheesa Collier # 24 of Minnesota Lynx shoots the ball against Breanna Stewart # 30 from the New York Liberty in the second quarter of the third game of the WNBA final at the Target Center on October 16, 2024 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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The brief
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The Lynx star, Napheesa Collier, grants half of her $ 200,000 award for winning the first season of “unrivaled” to her training and performance and coache staff.
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Necklace co -founded the league with Breanna Stewart to give players the opportunity to play in the off -season of the WNBA without going abroad.
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Necklace was the defensive player of the year of the WNBA last season and led the lynx to the WNBA final.
Minneapolis (Fox 9) – Minnesota Lynx striker, Napheesa Collier, won $ 200,000 after his team, Lunar Owls won the first season of Ligue 3 against 3 “unparalleled?
Necklace co -founded the league with New York Liberty Breanna Stewart star. According to ESPN, Collier gives half of its money price, $ 100,000, to its training and performance staff as well as team coaches.
The beginnings of the “unrivaled” league
Why should you worry about it
Necklace and Stewart had the idea of having the League in the off -season of the WNBA, so professional players do not have to travel abroad to continue playing and earning their living. The players earned more contracts abroad than playing professionally in the United States
The league had an arena and tailor -made practice facilities in Miami.
A star necklace for lynx
What we know
Necklace spent six seasons with the lynx after being drafted by Minnesota in 2019. She has an average of 17.4 points and 7.9 rebounds for her career and is a WNBA star four times.
She led the lynx to the WNBA final last season, against Stewart and La Liberty, in a series that has known the five complete games and ended controversial in a Lynx defeat. Necklace was the defensive player of the year of the WNBA last season.
