WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert does nothing to regain players' trust | Opinion

 Cathy Engelbert can tap dance until the WNBA Finals are over. The damage is irreparable.

The WNBA commissioner’s non-denial denials and plea for sympathy were not the assurance the players needed that Engelbert can be an honest broker in these tense contract negotiations. What little trust the players still had after that fruitless bargaining session at the All-Star Game was ethered earlier this week when Napheesa Collier shared how little Engelbert really thinks of them, and Engelbert would not — could not — counter that in her news conference ahead of Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Friday night.