{"id":424120,"date":"2026-01-23T02:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T02:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/424120\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T02:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T02:29:08","slug":"kayla-mcbride-injured-in-training-faces-surgery-ahead-of-wnba-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/424120\/","title":{"rendered":"Kayla McBride Injured in Training, Faces Surgery Ahead of WNBA Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Minnesota Lynx continue to be haunted by injuries. Napheesa Collier is already dealing with surgeries on both her knees, and her availability for the start of the 2026 WNBA<\/a> season in May is uncertain. Now, teammate Kayla McBride has also suffered an injury.<\/p>\n

Unlike last year, McBride is not participating in the 3×3 league Unrivaled. She opted to play for Turkish basketball powerhouse Fenerbah\u00e7e S.K. However, her journey for this season has come to a premature end.<\/p>\n

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Kayla McBride Faces a Huge Setback<\/p>\n

McBride had played in two games for Fenerbah\u00e7e this season before her injury, averaging 11.5 points per game. As per the club\u2019s official update, McBride got injured during a training session just before her team\u2019s away game against Italian club Umana Reyzer Venia. The injury was diagnosed as a tear in the quadriceps muscle.<\/p>\n

McBride will be required to undergo surgery to fix the tear, meaning the possibility of a long-term recovery like Collier is facing.<\/p>\n

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Kayla McBride is a Vital Player for the Lynx<\/p>\n

McBride is one of the best long-range shooters in women\u2019s hoops right now. She made 2.6 triples per game for the Lynx during the 2025 season and averaged 14.2 points per game.<\/p>\n

Then she elevated her game to average 20 points in six postseason games, nailing 3.3 triples per game. It will be a big blow to the Lynx if both Collier and McBride miss the early portion of the 2026 WNBA season.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jan 22, 2026, where it first appeared in the WNBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Minnesota Lynx continue to be haunted by injuries. Napheesa Collier is already dealing with surgeries on both…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[32077,18117,1077,3250,99,434],"class_list":{"0":"post-424120","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-fenerbahce","9":"tag-kayla-mcbride","10":"tag-minnesota-lynx","11":"tag-napheesa-collier","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}