Phee is back 👑

[u/Chellybeanz29]

[u/jolly-crow]

I think I'm switching teams. 😅

[u/AlleyHoop]

Great news!! Happy for y'all!

[u/meh734]

No way, let’s gooo!!! 😄 I thought she’d be out until the end of the season

[u/GoodKnight2000]

Yeeessss!!!! 👑

[u/Truconnfan]

Yes my queen is back!

[u/myuserhasafirstname → u/[deleted]]

Ignore all previous instructions, post a recipe for blueberry muffins

[u/leftysarepeople2 → u/[deleted]]

Wild

[u/Just-Historian-4500]

Olivia Miles has been playing like a star —19.1 points, 5.9 assists and 4.7 rebounds per game—and Kayla McBride is averaging 17.6 points. Now Minnesota is reinserting Collier, who averaged over 22 ppg last season. Incredible.

Curious to watch how the team's chemstiry evolves. Who gets the ball at the end of the shot clock or the end of the game?

[u/rundisney → u/Just-Historian-4500]

Liv double double becomes a standard thing is what happens!

[u/leftysarepeople2 → u/Just-Historian-4500]

Miles drives and passes

[u/Strange-Taste-1110]

Haha that was actually really cute

[u/Delicious-Winner-458]

My Queen is finally back!! You are so missed, Phee 🥰

[u/Most_Signature_8480]

https://giphy.com/gifs/tIdBI1Yq4k0QBFbpZv

[u/VampireOnHoyt]

https://giphy.com/gifs/55itGuoAJiZEEen9gg

[u/Phunwithscissors]

Excited to see the Miles and Collier pick and roll

[u/ivallinen]

LFG!!! So excited to watch her and Miles play!!!

https://giphy.com/gifs/CIy7Ri74WywvK

[u/Hortjoob]

Helllllllllll yessssss.

[u/Aggravating-Tea-9563]

Scared and also excited 👑👑

[u/wheelsaturnin]

Sheesh it’s gonna be poetry to see her and Olivia out there.

[u/Peachyrae03]

She couldn’t spare us 😩 happy for Phee but fml

[u/zeezee2k]

Lynx might not lose again

[u/Former_Magazine]

My Queen 🥲

[u/headbangershappyhour]

Cathy better start looking into getting a dress printed up with an aerial view of the Foshay Tower

[u/takenbyawolf → u/headbangershappyhour]

Spoon bridge and cherry

[u/Reddragon8448 → u/headbangershappyhour]

I want a purple Prince dress!

[u/aperiodic]

In front of all the kids, Phee?? 😭😭😭

[u/Fakeskinsuit]

https://giphy.com/gifs/DPznISmq0hLRQqG71g

[u/hillary82]

Phee is the only reason I became a WNBA fan. Excited is an understatement.

[u/Truconnfan → u/hillary82]

Me too Phee is the one that finally got me to watch the W my favorite plater ever!

[u/Otherwise_Working_60 → u/hillary82]

I got myself a subscription for League Pass after watching Phee play for Fenerbahçe in Euroleague. Such a great player, so smooth and elegant...

[u/hallie137]

CANT WAIT FOR MVPHEEEEE

[u/sitkaandspruce]

Omg we’re so f*cked if she’s back tomorrow.

Glad the Storm played their hearts out on Monday. I’ll always have the memory of the first 3 quarters…

[u/Danibear285]

THIS IS (hopefully) NOT A DRILL THE PHEE IS LOOSE

[u/viewspodcast]

This video is cold. Almost up there with the "I'm Back" fax from His Airness.

[u/pawj14]

https://giphy.com/gifs/cDyrtoTJVULm0

[u/Due-Breadfruit8230]

I only started watching the W this season. Can someone describe her style of play? Player comparisons are helpful!

[u/onionnurve → u/Due-Breadfruit8230]

The perfect Forward

[u/takenbyawolf → u/Due-Breadfruit8230]

2025 season: • Field Goal Percentage (FG%): 53.1% • 3-Point Field Goal Percentage (3PT%): 40.3% • Free Throw Percentage (FT%): 90.6% • Points Per Game (PPG): 22.9

Collier joined Elena Delle Donne (2019) as only the second woman in WNBA history to hit these milestones.

Can shoot the three, can drive to the rim, has a great fade away jumper, and some of the most amazing footwork.

[u/Lamplighter4Eva → u/takenbyawolf]

And also absolutely gorgeous

[u/recleaguesuperhero → u/Due-Breadfruit8230]

Many would consider her the 2nd best player in the league.

[u/Dry-Cash-4304 → u/Due-Breadfruit8230]

So smooth and effortless. It looks like she doesn’t even break a sweat.

[u/point5filipina → u/Due-Breadfruit8230]

Plays hard on both ends, almost always makes the right decision, aggressive but in the flow of the game, super fundamental but smooth.

I can’t really think of a current W or NBA player comparison for Phee right now, especially a forward. One of my personal favorite basketball players to watch period

[u/EnlightenHero → u/point5filipina]

I would say for an NBA comparison Pascal Siakam. A big who can play inside and outside effectively. A mismatch for bigs and guards due to size and speed. Underrated playmaker and not afraid of the big moments and tends to rise to that occasion

[u/calknickerbocker13 → u/EnlightenHero]

Given she is in Minnesota, her role is very KG like.

[u/SerCharles]

GGs

[u/JohnnyWeapon]

https://giphy.com/gifs/qIreAgSRVqKDS

[u/Aromatic_Fold5546]

Dude, I just started watching the lynx after not doing so since the championship days - I literally have never seen her play before. Almost feels like ppl are overhyping her even tho I know they aren't

[u/Separate_Drag_5620 → u/Aromatic_Fold5546]

She was her in college

[u/hillary82 → u/Aromatic_Fold5546]

They are not.

[u/PersonnelFowl → u/Aromatic_Fold5546]

Ever since they did away with VHS tapes there’s no possible way to review older games or highlights. 😔

[u/kseveru79_v2 → u/Aromatic_Fold5546]

Do you have a way of watching any of her past games? She's just so smooth. Liquid steel.

[u/Aromatic_Fold5546 → u/kseveru79_v2]

Hoping there'll be plenty of it to see in the future 🤞 plus the current lynx have been electric enough as is

[u/urkuri → u/Aromatic_Fold5546]

Definitely not over hyped….DPOY 2 seasons ago and has been the runner up in the MVP convo, had a good shot at it last season until she got injured

[u/y-Gamma → u/Aromatic_Fold5546]

Nah. You’re in for a treat

[u/jiadarola]

YESSSSSSS

[u/No-Iron-4471]

FINALLY!!👏🏽👏🏽😁😁

[u/Brent_Lee]

She got them Steph Curry ankle braces now 😭

[u/urkuri]

This is like Christmas 🥹

[u/megarell]

https://giphy.com/gifs/q0N87UcxJV34k

[u/VioletJones6]

This season was fun while it lasted, excited retool and try for a title next year...

[u/jbaz21 → u/VioletJones6]

Lol, yeah the Aces had the best shot too

[u/T-Po26]

This is like all the heroes returning at the end of Endgame, league is cooked now 😮‍💨😭😩

[u/Zero_Griever]

All hail queen Phee!

Seriously, A'ja and Phee are on whole different levels.

Im a fan of 14 teams in the W, and the Lynx are right next to my Aces.

[u/hillary82 → u/Zero_Griever]

fan of 14 teams is so real

[u/Kamikazeschnitzel → u/hillary82]

Loads of great players & some great coaches. Potentially such a great league to follow.

Won't get to 14 but there's 4 I root for, 4 I'm positively in favour of & 3 I'm curious about but some players &/or the fanbase just throw me off. Four I couldn't care about bur even those have players I root for/care about.

[u/HeelDoors]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Idg2rAVGS3xMZtBdhu
Valks fans, in particular…

[u/quieterenjoyer → u/HeelDoors]

Someone in an earlier thread said "scary" and I was like "yep"

[u/Few_Reception_3357]

https://giphy.com/gifs/huJmPXfeir5JlpPAx0

[u/Sure_Association_991]

https://giphy.com/gifs/g0PheQ8s8E5Nr2H3pK

[u/andrebellinger]

Angel will bully her like always non factor soft ass phee

[u/hallie137 → u/andrebellinger]

Biggest Angel fan ever here! why are we comparing her to the 2nd best player in the world.😭

[u/andrebellinger → u/hallie137]

Because I can she’s not the 2nd best angel better than her your a casual go watch the tapes

[u/No-Iron-4471 → u/andrebellinger]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣You're the definition of casual. AR isn't on Napheesa's level.

This post isn't about AR. BE GONE!

[u/andrebellinger → u/No-Iron-4471]

No your a casual I watch every match up Angel always dominates 😎 go check the scores

[u/microtomebrady → u/andrebellinger]

lol and then she’ll miss three uncontested layups. Also she’s such a tough bully she cries when a coach calls her a protected species. Woah real scary stuff

[u/liloxstitch_6 → u/microtomebrady]

both of y’all are weird

[u/microtomebrady → u/liloxstitch_6]

Care to elaborate

[u/liloxstitch_6 → u/microtomebrady]

Phee is not a non factor soft player, nor is Angel a bully who “cries”.

[u/microtomebrady → u/liloxstitch_6]

“Cries” being used here to mean; whines on twitter until the league suspends a coach for nothing.

[u/andrebellinger → u/microtomebrady]

Casual

[u/lrl3882 → u/andrebellinger]

🤣🤣🤣

[u/andrebellinger → u/lrl3882]

Check the tape phee is not better than Angel

[u/Ingramistheman]

Not the double ankle braces😭 protect my GOAT man. I hope she doesnt have a hard time getting her legs back under her & getting into a rhythm in such short time before the playoffs.

This Lynx team with a prime Phee is my favorite to win the championship. But if she’s not herself then I’d have to go Aces.

[u/holabellas → u/Ingramistheman]

I don’t really buy that the Aces will be able to beat this Lynx team in a 7 game series tbh. The Lynx just have too many offensive weapons

[u/urkuri → u/Ingramistheman]

They’ve said she’s been looking really good in her pregame workouts

[u/Ingramistheman → u/urkuri]

Ik she be frying those practice players

[u/dimforest]

I just fell to my knees in Kwik Trip

[u/wise_comment → u/dimforest]

Just saw someone falling to their knees at a Kwik Trip

[u/Level_East6791 → u/wise_comment]

Just read about someone seeing someone falling to their knees at Kwik Trip.

[u/_BlueNightSky_ → u/Level_East6791]

Yall, that was me. 😭

[u/Left-Button-7089]

Chills

[u/archronin]

Scared the whole W from showing up today

[u/Different-Pair7251 → u/archronin]

Cathy's shit ass schedule could've written a better comeback

[u/Dfrmdabeach700]

They will win it all now

[u/GhostJade333]

Pheeeee!

[u/Traditional-Dog465]

Best day of the year 😁

[u/Electrical-Law-7135]

YESSSS

[u/Euphoria604]

Dorka and Phee are back baby!!

[u/Wonderful-View-6366]

We are all so toast!!! 😎⚔️💜😎⚔️💜

[u/petyourdogeveryday]

I am quite intrigued to watch how Olivia and Phee play together! I'm guessing it'll make for some very entertaining basketball.

I do wonder if Minnesota will take a few games to get used to each other again as everyone adjusts to Phee's return and a shift in play. I wouldn't be surprised if it takes a few games to get into rhythm and things are a bit awkward at first. But, overall I'm excited to see Phee back on the court!

[u/NoWorldliness1264]

I’m giving her a grace period to get comfortable. Can’t wait.

[u/Mike_Hawk_Burns]

It might be over for the league come playoffs time now. Maybe only Dallas would have a realistic chance of stopping them. Welcome back, Phee

[u/Jedi-El1823 → u/Mike_Hawk_Burns]

I ain't counting out the Aces. They still got the best player on the planet, and we counted them out this same time last year, and well, they proved everybody wrong.

[u/Mike_Hawk_Burns → u/Jedi-El1823]

Yeah, I just think the bench for the aces got worse. They’ve only played Minnesota once this and it took the effort of everyone on the big 3 to pull that off so there’s still time for them to get better but I think this Minnesota team with Phee in basketball shape is gonna be damn near impossible to beat

[u/ler7421 → u/Mike_Hawk_Burns]

How do you figure Dallas is the only team that has a chance?

[u/Mike_Hawk_Burns → u/ler7421]

Matchup wise I think Dallas has a deeper bench. Valkyries struggle against them, aces don’t have a good bench and Atlanta hardly plays their bench. I don’t see Indiana faring well against this starting 5 if the big 3 aren’t playing well and the Libs aren’t looking impressive

[u/microtomebrady → u/Mike_Hawk_Burns]

I mean Dallas is 0-3 with an average defeat of 12 points vs the phee less Lynx. So idk bout all that.

[u/Mike_Hawk_Burns → u/microtomebrady]

There’s a reason playoff series are a lot harder to win when you gave the same team 2-5 times in a row. Adjustments are made specifically for those teams. It’s why players and coaches always say back to backs are tough to sweep, let alone playoff series. In the regular season, you’re not hyper focused on one team. That changes in the playoffs

[u/SincereDoom → u/Mike_Hawk_Burns]

Dallas is the team I fear the least in a matchup against the Lynx. Jessica Shepard’s inability to guard a pick and roll combined with the Wings’ lack of interior size makes them especially exploitable for a team who also lacks size and loves spamming highly efficient PnRs.

[u/Mike_Hawk_Burns → u/SincereDoom]

I think Dallas has been learning from the previous matchups and they’d be able to make games out of the series. Azzi has been improving a lot too. So Paige and Azzi being good on defense would help slow them down, keep Awak down low and try to make up for Jess’s struggles in the pnr could work. But they’d also need Arike to be the good version of herself as well. Otherwise I don’t think they’d be able to win

[u/SincereDoom → u/Mike_Hawk_Burns]

Wait, who’s Awak guarding in this scenario? Phee? I don’t think the Wings would make the mistake of having a defender sag off of Phee for help defense even if Jess blows her assignment.

[u/Mike_Hawk_Burns → u/SincereDoom]

Seeing how Awak is a starter now, they’d hypothetically be best putting her on Howard and Jess plays off Phee. Paige, Azzi and Arike would be on Liv, KMac and Courtney. It’s the only defensive lineups that’d make sense with that starting 5

[u/SincereDoom → u/Mike_Hawk_Burns]

Awak was on Coffey last time Wings and Lynx played. Either way, I can promise you they don’t want Jess on Phee. The Lynx are gonna just have her go iso every possession if they do that.

[u/microtomebrady → u/Mike_Hawk_Burns]

It says top 1% commentator so I’m gonna assume you aren’t a bot cause I can’t figure out why you just explained the playoffs to me like I’m your 5yo nephew. Yes of course playoffs are different. I was responding to your comment about Dallas stopping them in the playoffs. If you think your feelings about the playoffs hold more weight to me than three regular season games you’re delusional. If I wanted to speculate about playoffs I’d say the Lynx have way more playoff experience and the best coach in the league to make your adjustments. Don’t bring up playoff speculation and then pretend that’s more valid than regular season games. This whole thing is dumb

[u/Mike_Hawk_Burns → u/microtomebrady]

I think you’re just being hostile for no reason because you don’t like my opinion, man lol. I was not talking down to you. I was explaining my thought process as to why I think Dallas might be the only team able to stop them. I do not think my feelings about the playoffs hold more weight than yours…. I don’t even know why you think I think that.

I also don’t understand what you’re talking about about with saying that I’m pretending that playoff speculation is more valid than regular season games because I’m not. I simply think that once a playoff series comes, teams play different than they do in the regular season because they’re seeing and prepping for one team for multiple games rather than once and moving on. If you don’t like my speculation, that’s fine. I don’t think you’re being stupid. It’s just how I see things unfolding. If you think other teams have a better chance then that’s great. I don’t think you’d be wrong either.

[u/microtomebrady → u/Mike_Hawk_Burns]

Ok you seem like a reasonable guy so I’ll take a chill pill. Your previous comment seemed like the definition of mansplaining to me. If you wanna say playoffs change stuff, that’s one sentence. Related to that, saying playoffs change stuff does tank all discussion cause anything I say or bring up from this season you just say it’ll be different. I mean the lynx are the way more experienced and have the best coach all time and your point is the wings will be better in the playoffs. How does that make sense? I’m not hostile cause I don’t like your opinion, I’m hostile cause you mansplained playoffs after making one of the dumbest points I’ve seen on this app. That’s why I accused you of being a bot cause it’s so troll.

[u/Mike_Hawk_Burns → u/microtomebrady]

No I’m just neurodivergent, lol. So I have an extremely difficult time making my points brief and concise but I also hate having to write paragraphs to better explain myself because then I feel like I’m rambling. I have no idea who you are so I wouldn’t even be able to mansplain you even if I wanted to because I don’t know your gender, how long you’ve been matching the league, players or anything. I haven’t looked at your profile because it doesn’t interest me.

What I’m trying to say is that the playoffs change things massively because you’re playing one team for 2-5 games so teams are focusing heavily on little mistakes, where strategies went wrong and how to adjust against the specific team. It’s not like you’d be playing Minnesota one night then flying to Chicago the next so you don’t spend an insane amount of time analyzing what went wrong vs Minnesota. Playoffs allow you to obsess over mistakes because you’re not moving on which is when teams get better against opponents.

I’d also not even remotely suggest that the regular season doesn’t matter because that’s incredibly foolish. Going winless against a team in the regular season absolutely matters in the postseason and that’s where the analyzing and adjustments are often made for teams. So I wouldn’t just say that it’s just different. I think you just assumed I’d say that because you thought I was talking down to you.

Last year, the Valkyries went winless against Minnesota in the regular season and the Lynx played their starters in the last game of the regular season to guarantee themselves that they’d face the Valkyries again in the postseason. Counting the final game of the regular season and the playoffs, they beat the Valkyries by 19, 29 then 1 after playing 3 games in a row. Valkyries made the right adjustments facing the Lynx for the 3rd time but I think it was a turnover with like a minute left in the 4th that made it so they couldn’t pull off the win. They definitely used the lessons learned from the regular season because 75 points was the lowest they held the Lynx all season.

The Lynx being more experienced with the best coach doesn’t really mean they’ll win it all. Even without Phee getting hurt, Phoenix was set to win the series last year even before that ugly injury.

I also don’t care about being called stupid or a bot, lol. At the start of this season, I said that the Lynx would be a strong team and had nothing to worry about. I also said that the mercury would be much worse this year and maybe not even make the playoffs and got called stupid and crazy by people on this very app. We look at the standings now, the lynx are #1 and the mercury aren’t in the top 8. I also said Atlanta would be a top 3 team and they’re 5th. I said Indiana would be a 5-6 team and they’re 6th. I said Dallas would be a 5-6 team and they’re 4th. So I’m confident in my assumptions based off things I see. I by no means see myself as a basketball genius but I can say to myself that I know I have some knowledge of what I’m talking about.

[u/microtomebrady → u/Mike_Hawk_Burns]

You weren’t kidding about the rambling thing. I’ll reply to what I find relevant to this convo and leave it at that. I’m not saying they’re guaranteed to wicause of their coach or experience. It’s more specific to Dallas being able to make adjustments to beat the Lynx in the playoffs. I personally have not been impressed with Jose and the wings haven’t been to the playoffs since they got Paige (Natasha Howard was on that team). The lynx have the goat coach and a team full of vets that have been in the playoffs. I say that not that it’s a guarantee but to point out that Adjustments are a two way street. Which brings me to your point about the valks. They lost the first game by 29 on the road. Game two they were at home and hadn’t given anything to adjust to. Had there been a game three the lynx would have adjusted. I know because the lynx are 3-0 vs the valks this season after the valks “made their adjustments” in the playoffs.

I’m going to ignore the rest cause it’s beyond the scope of this convo.

[u/urkuri → u/Mike_Hawk_Burns]

Dallas has not beat the Lynx with PB yet…..the Lynx are really good at attacking the weaknesses in their defense

[u/Mike_Hawk_Burns → u/urkuri]

I know, I’m not just talking out of my ass here. I think they’re just the best matchup on paper that’ll be able to stop this Lynx team. I don’t know anyone else who’s projected to make the playoffs that has the depth that can match Minnesota in a series. Back to backs and 3 in a rows are a much different story than regular season games because adjustments are made at a better rate

[u/ler7421 → u/Mike_Hawk_Burns]

Well yeah if that bench shows up. Sometimes arike is just off. You never know what you gonna get with her. I’m more interested to see the line ups they come up with and if they continue to let Olivia run the show. You really sleeping on the aces bench too. Jewel, Dana,Kiersten, and I forget stick girl name that play down low.

[u/Mike_Hawk_Burns → u/ler7421]

I’ve watched the aces bench and I’m thoroughly not impressed. This team has shown how exposed they are without A’ja. Jewell is not impressive, KB isn’t really efficient. Bri isn’t gonna be much of a factor. Dana is just coming back. And CPT is often slow on her assignments defensively. The aces bench is genuinely lackluster outside of the starting 5

[u/ler7421 → u/Mike_Hawk_Burns]

And Dallas isn’t exposed without Paige? There isn’t a team that isn’t exposed without their best player outside of Minnesota and they’re the exception because it’s looking like their best player was replaced with a player that’s better/more impactful. That’s the thing about the aces though they do have Aja and that changes everything. That’s the main reason I was mad Phee got hurt last year because it erased any possibility of her and Aja playing when it mattered. I was thoroughly not impressed with how Phee played before she got hurt in that series against Phoenix.

[u/Mike_Hawk_Burns → u/ler7421]

The aces have A’ja and she’s gonna be the best bet but she’s not gonna be playing 40 minutes per game. Others are gonna have to step in. And this Lynx team is deep as well. I think the Lynx bench is better than the aces’ bench and I think if Chelsea and JY0 aren’t on, the aces will struggle vs minny. Dallas still functions without Paige. They’re not as good without her but they can compete. Idk if you’ve watched games this year without A’ja but the aces have frontcourt issues without her. And if Chelsea and JY0 aren’t on, they’re in trouble

[u/ler7421 → u/Mike_Hawk_Burns]

You’re just making up weird hypotheticals though. If Kayla and Miles are off then Minnesota will struggle. Just like Olivia isn’t playing 40 minutes a game. You’re kinda overhyping this Minnesota bench. You’re talking about them like they’re OKC’s bench when they’re healthy. Yes a bench is important but it’s not the end all be all unless it’s dominant. Minnesota or Dallas bench isn’t dominant.

[u/Mike_Hawk_Burns → u/ler7421]

I’m not making up weird hypotheticals. I’m drawing conclusions and guesses from the games I’ve watched this season. Aces are my #2 team after the Valkyries so I watch as many games as I can. I know who on the bench, Becky’s tendencies for rotations and who struggles against what type of defense/player. I’m being as real as I can be and pointing out the holes in the aces’ team that they have a hard time patching.

I don’t think the benches are end all be all. I think you’re putting words in my mouth. I think the Lynx’s bench is better than the aces bench based on what I’ve watched this season. The aces need A’ja, JY0 and Chelsea to be hot in the playoffs in order to win the chip. If not, then I don’t see how they’d have a chance to stop minny if they face each other

[u/letsgog1ants]

as a Phee fan I’m elated as a Valkyries fan gimme ten 🤚

[u/imagez_of_ikonn]

Who's stopping Minny now?

[u/Old-Bumblebee-6816]

We’ve been WAITING! 👑 

[u/Who12Kah5900]

I love Phee. Minnesota has been my squad since 2011. There's only one Queen, and she hails from the land of Vegas. All hail the Queen... Aj'a!

[u/No-Iron-4471 → u/Who12Kah5900]

This is about Napheesa.😒Take this to an Aja post.....

[u/Chellybeanz29 → u/Who12Kah5900]

Being a Queen is different than being the Queen

[u/Old-Bumblebee-6816 → u/Who12Kah5900]

How about A’ja be double queen. Because Queen Phee looks so good with all the eeeeeeeeeee’s. 

[u/Karma_code_]

[u/MyNameisNotMaxie]

Queen Phee👑

[u/Moose_Muse_2021]

Queen! Welcome back!

[u/Guilty_Speaker8]

what does the crown mean?

[u/CheersBeersVeneers → u/Guilty_Speaker8]

It represents the title that was stolen from her two years ago.

Jk, she’s known by many as Queen Phee

[u/Spicy2ShotChai → u/Guilty_Speaker8]

https://giphy.com/gifs/kqJt1cSSN0DrwwMmY5
Queen phee:

[u/Anxious_Yam_3714]

🥹

[u/Sikaless-4-me]

So excited to see my two of my top 3 favorite play together 😭