What hasn’t gone right for Napheesa Collier at Unrivaled?
She is one of the league co-founders. Her team, the Lunar Owls, is 8-0 and the last unbeaten club. She’s the league’s leading scorer (29.4 points) and grabs 11.5 rebounds per game. And Friday night, Collier made Unrivaled history, winning its inaugural one-on-one tournament, which comes with a $200,000 prize.
Collier’s final basket in the third game of her finals matchup against Aaliyah Edwards came on a patented Phee fadeaway. It was fitting, as Collier’s combination of footwork and finesse has made her midrange jumpers some of the most difficult shots to stop in women’s basketball.
Wearing the same sneakers, a pair of Nike Kobe 9s, that she donned in the WNBA Finals with the Minnesota Lynx, Collier, a No. 1 seed, leaped in excitement after her last shot fell. She shared embraces with her Lunar Owls teammate, Skylar Diggins-Smith who had been watching courtside, and her family members. “Queen Phee” was later presented with a crown to mark the occasion.
“I just wanted to celebrate with them, the people in my corner,” Collier said.
THE ONE. 👑 pic.twitter.com/bha9OZuMVA
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The tournament took place near Miami this week at the midpoint of…
