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Message: [QUOTE="EricLA, post: 5317253, member: 26"] [URL='https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/45845041/wnba-2025-napheesa-collier-minnesota-lynx-mvp-favorite'][B]Can Pheesa have it all?[/B][/URL] Overall a really great article. A couple of interesting quotes: [I]"Even though we're not competing leagues, we can always say, 'Look how much Unrivaled is paying us,'" Collier said. "That should allow us to make more money in the W. I feel like it gives us a leg up because it gives us players more power. There is more than one league we can play in, and we all want to play in the WNBA." Collier wants both leagues to thrive. But like most negotiations, it's complicated. And Collier -- ever calm and steady -- is right in the middle of it[/I]. "[I]I am also employed by the W, so if I'm working against the W, I'm taking away money from myself," Collier said. "Of course, I want us to get paid as much money from the W as we can because I am playing in it.[/I]" Pheesa is apparently too nice LOL - she talks to the team in the huddle right before a game starts: "[I]She be talking s---, but it just ain't good. Hell no. But we're working on it," Lynx teammate [URL='https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2987891/courtney-williams']Courtney Williams[/URL] told ESPN[/I]. After losing in the finals last season... she was pissed and motivated. "[I]That was the switch for her ... she came into this season with a chip on her shoulder, appropriately backing up the words of, 'Yeah, I'm a sore loser because I want to win,'" Reeve said. "She came in with that, and I was so giddy." Collier added: "[It's] taking all of that anger and frustration and disappointment and turning it into: We don't want to feel that way again. We have to make sure we are, individually, doing everything in the offseason to get better and then come back and have a different outcome[/I]." "[I]Of course, I want to be the MVP," Collier said. "But I'm never going into a game like, 'I need to get this many points and I need to get mine so I can get my MVP numbers.' You see it year after year: If your team is winning, you'll get the awards. My No. 1 goal is a championship. I'd much rather get Finals MVP than league MVP, because that means we won[/I]." Pheesa is unflappable and gets HUGE praise from her HC: "[I]She has more grace in her pinkie than I do in my entire body," Reeve said. "She is so graceful in everything that she does that she makes it look easy. And I'm sure it's not ... but she never looks overwhelmed." This calm, collected exterior as Collier navigates her responsibilities, her different worlds, is something she learned as a child from her father. He told her to remain humble off the court, and to never show frustration on it -- a tactic that will get under her opponents' skin more than anything[/I]. Just an absolutely amazing young woman. How blessed are we that she is a UConn alum??!!! [/QUOTE]

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