If there was any hope that Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier and WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert could patch things up and move forward as they both try to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement, well, that doesn't seem too likely.

ESPN reports that the relationship between the MVP runner-up and Engelbert is “beyond repair” after Engelbert denied making the comments Collier accused her of in her scathing statement after the Lynx' playoff elimination.

Collier was reportedly open to meeting with Engelbert prior to the WNBA Finals, but she canceled the meeting after Engelbert took the podium before Game 1 and said, “I did not make those comments.”

Collier had accused her of saying Caitlin Clark owes the money she makes in sponsorships to the platform the league gives

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