There’s a sequence in Napheesa Collier’s recent thirty-point game against the LA Sparks that tidily highlights the sort of perpetual, undercurrent threat she is. Barely three minutes into the first quarter, Collier seems to bolt out of nowhere to intercept a pass between the Sparks’ Layshia Clarendon and rookie Cameron Brink, rocketing the ball back down the court, uncontested, for an easy layup. Watch back in the lead-up to the steal and see Collier, who plays for the Minnesota Lynx, all coiled energy and at least three steps ahead of the sequence that’s about to play out.
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