The Mercury entered this week having lost back-to-back games for the first time all season. After a stellar start to their experiment in the desert, a tiny bit of doubt about its long-term feasibility had started to creep in,

Napheesa Collier is having the best season of her career, and her peers are noticing.

The 23-year-old Iowa alum was a near-unanimous selection for WNBA Rookie of the Year and finished fourth in MVP voting, and she wrote her name in the records books along the way. More WNBA News: Caitlin Clark's Wild Sequence in Fever-Wings Has Fans in Disbelief Clark broke several WNBA records including single-game assists (19) and single-season assists (337),

In the latest WNBA rankings by ESPN, Caitlin Clark comes in 9th right behind her Fever teammate Aliyah Boston.