When the Lynx get back together for training camp next spring — and yet another attempt at back-to-back titles — most of their most important players should be rested.
Lynx starters to mostly rest this offseason
When the Lynx get back together for training camp next spring — and yet another attempt at back-to-back titles — most of their most important players should be rested.
October 20, 2017 at 2:57AM
![Minnesota Lynx forward Maya Moore (23) hit a key basket with under a minute left to give the Lynx a little breathing room. ] AARON LAVINSKY ï aaron.lavinsky@startribune.com The Minnesota Lynx defeated the Los Angeles Sparks 85 - 76 in game 5 to win WNBA Championship Series Wednesday night, October 4, 2017 at Williams Arena in Minneapolis.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/LLAMMFALE6H5JMQFQ5B4AOFCQU.jpg?&w=712)
Starters Lindsay Whalen, Seimone Augustus, Maya Moore and Rebekkah Brunson have again opted to not play basketball overseas this fall and winter.
Center Sylvia Fowles, the WNBA MVP both in the regular season and in the Finals, will return to China but plans on playing only the final portion of her team's schedule.
That means the Lynx — the league's oldest team last season — will be as ready as possible to pursue a fifth title in eight years.
They've won WNBA championships in 2011, '13, '15 and '17. The last repeat champion was the Los Angeles Sparks in 2001 and 2002.
Napheesa Collier of the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx took home $200,000 on Friday after she beat Washington Mystics forward Aaliyah Edwards in the final of Unrivaled's 1-on-1 tournament.
