Napheesa Collier reportedly cancels meeting with WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert; relationship is 'beyond repair'

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Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier and WNBA comissioner Cathy Engelbert do not appear to be mending fences anytime soon. One day after Engelbert said that she planned to sit down with Collier, the forward has reportedly canceled her meeting with the commissioner, per Kendra Andrews and Ramona Shelburne of ESPN.

Tensions between Engelbert and the players have been simmering all season amid ongoing CBA negotiations. But things hit a boiling point last week when Collier used her end-of-season press conference to read a scathing statement about the WNBA front office,

In a press conference on Friday, Engelbert said that she was "disheartened" to hear Collier's comments, but vowed to "do better."

Per Andrews and Shelburne, Engelbert's press conference on Friday "pretty much pushed the relationship beyond repair."

This story will be updated.