Sources: Napheesa Collier stays with Lynx on $1.4M supermax deal
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Key Points:
- Napheesa Collier is signing a one-year, $1.4 million supermax contract to return to the Minnesota Lynx, becoming the third WNBA player to sign such a deal.
- Collier, 29, finished second in MVP voting for the second consecutive year in 2025, averaging 22.9 points and 7.3 rebounds while achieving a historic 50-40-90 shooting split.
- Despite an ankle injury that caused her to miss games and end her season early, Collier remains the Lynx's best player and is expected to miss time at the start of the upcoming season due to surgery recovery.
- The Lynx have lost several key players in free agency and the expansion draft but retained Collier and re-signed Courtney Williams and Kayla McBride, also drafting Olivia Miles with the No. 2 pick.
- Under the new collective bargaining agreement, Collier will be an unrestricted free agent in 2027 and cannot be "cored," a mechanism similar to the NFL's franchise tag.
