With flashy confidence, Minnesota Lynx’s Olivia Miles makes seamless entry to WNBA

Seven games into her nascent WNBA career, Olivia Miles strolled into the press conference room at Target Center last week as if it were her living room. It might as well be, given how often she’s in there to talk about her game, and her easy manner with reporters.

Suddenly, Miles stopped. “It’s cold in here!” she said, an understandable reaction from someone still in her game shorts and a black tank top. Like everything else with the flashy rookie point guard, this observation was spot on; the Lynx keep the room as cool as a supermarket dairy aisle. Then Miles took a seat on the riser next to veteran forward Natasha Howard and began fiddling with Howard’s left ear, like an annoying little sister.

“What’s wrong with you?” Howard said.

Honestly? Nothing. 

Five nights later, in Phoenix, Miles delivered her best performance yet, spurring the Lynx from the jump in a 111-77 blowout. She we...