In 2022, Napheesa Collier knew she wasn’t ready to return to the Minnesota Lynx as soon as she did following the birth of her daughter Mila in May of that year, but she wanted to at least take the floor with Sylvia Fowles for a few games before the legendary center retired.
Collier rejoined the Lynx in early July 2022 after roughly 10 months away from the team, going on to play four games to finish the year and send her close friend Fowles off into retirement after 15 seasons in the league. The time away wasn’t easy for Collier, who even watched some Lynx games from her hospital bed while planning how she would make a return to the court.