The Unrivaled women’s basketball league is tipping off its second season on January 5. Yet, the league was dealt a tough blow before games even began, as news broke on January 1 that Minnesota Lynx star and Unrivaled co-founder Napheesa Collier would be missing the entire season. Collier is undergoing surgery on both of her ankles later this week, which will cause her to be sidelined for four to six months. She injured her right ankle in early August, which caused her to miss several weeks during the WNBA regular season, and then tore several ligaments in her left ankle during Game 3 of the Lynx’s WNBA Semifinals series against the Phoenix Mercury. While Collier has made many headlines (especially in the mainstream sports sphere) in recent months because of her criticism of WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert amid the ongoing CBA negotiations, those who have seen Collier compete know that she’s one of the league’s elite players. And Collier’s comments about Engelbert going viral caused her own star power and n
