Elena Delle Donne #11 of Washington Mystics looks on before Game Four of the 2019 WNBA Finals between the Washington Mystics and Connecticut Sun at Mohegan Sun Arena on October 08, 2019 in Uncasville, Connecticut. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) NEW YORK - Elena Delle Donne's request to be medically excused from the WNBA season was denied, according to the league's reigning MVP.The Washington Mystics star said in a statement Monday that the independent panel of doctors the league and union agreed upon to decide whether players should be medically excused deemed her not to be "high risk, and should be permitted to play in the bubble.”Had Delle Donne been medically excused, she would have earned her entire salary for the season.