If Delle Donne sits, team will pay

The Washington Mystics intend to pay Elena Delle Donne despite the WNBA denying its reigning MVP a medical exemption to opt out of the league's season, according to Mike Thibault,

the team's coach and general manager.

A league-appointed panel of doctors denied the request by Delle Donne, who has Lyme disease. It means the Mystics don’t have to pay her $215,000 salary if she decides not to play. Delle Donne has not made a decision on playing in the 22-game season, which starts July 25 in Bradenton, Fla.

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Oladipo is having second thoughts about calling it a season. After announcing he would sit out because of concerns over his surgically repaired right knee, Oladipo said the workouts in Orlando, Fla., have him to rethinking his decision.