Lynx Head Coach Cheryl Reeve broke down Napheesa Collier 's play and shared her thoughts on recent head coach firings in the WNBA in an afternoon press conference in Target Center on Friday. Reeve said Collier has experienced a natural evolution as a veteran.

It took all of two practices in April for Cheryl Reeve to truly believe that this might work. The new pieces she had acquired through the WNBA offseason — not through high-profile signings or super-team denominations — and the remaining players developed in Minneapolis over the past few years might actually pan out in a way that felt like seasons past.