Two-time WNBA MVP, five-time WNBA All-Star and two-time WNBA champion A’ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces and 2024 No. 1 overall draft pick Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever lead the voting after the first round of fan returns for 2024 All-Star Game. Wilson currently leads the league in scoring (27.9 points per game) and rebounding (11.3
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Image courtesy WNBA. The WNBA and Wilson Sporting Goods unveiled the official game ball that will be in use throughout the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup in-season tournament. The event tips off Saturday, June 1 when the Chicago Sky, led by Angel Reese, the No. 7 overall pick in the 2024 WNBA draft class, visit the Indiana
2023 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year, A’ja Wilson. Photo: WNBA. Las Vegas Aces center A’ja Wilson is the 2023 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year. A 6-4 sixth-year league veteran, Wilson also earned the honor last season. This season she garnered 32 votes from a national panel of 60 sportswriters and broadcasters. Connecticut Sun
After her heroic individual effort, Wilson chose to spread the credit. “I didn’t do this alone,” she said. “My teammates get all the glory because without them I don’t even get the basketball.” Chelsea Gray had 12 assists, and Kelsey Plum had seven for the Aces. Wilson, a 6-foot-4 forward, shot 16 for 23 from
With the WNBA Finals and World Cup over, it’s time to take a look back at what each WNBA team did this season and forward at what their offseason goals should be. Here is the final installment in our series: the No. 1 seed and champion Las Vegas Aces. Aces statistical rankings (per game) 2nd
I decided to rank the Top 4 players on each team who I think should have the best shot at Finals MVP if their team wins. Performances in losses for their team were not taken into consideration, not even a little. I believe regular season MVP should have less to do with team success and
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Las Vegas won Game 1 despite Connecticut dictating the style of play. In Game 2, the Aces found their offensive pace early and maintained it — that led to a comfortable 85-71 win, putting them one victory away from the first championship in franchise history. The star of the show was once again the M’VP.
LAS VEGAS, NV – MAY 23: A’ja Wilson #22 of the Las Vegas Aces drives to the basket during the game against the Los Angeles Spark on May 23, 2022, at Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by David Becker/NBAE via Getty Images. Las Vegas Aces forward A’ja Wilson is the 2022 WNBA
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert and All-Star MVP Kelsey Plum. Image: NBA Photos. Team Wilson set a WNBA All-Star record for points scored in a 134-112 win over Team Stewart in this season’s event. Led by the game’s MVP, Kelsey Plum (Las Vegas Aces), Team Wilson survived a comeback attempt by Team Stewart in the third
A’ja Wilson (Las Vegas Aces) and Breanna Stewart (Seattle Storm) lead the voting after the first round of fan returns for the 2022 WNBA All-Star Game. This season the annual event takes place Sunday, July 10, in Chicago at Wintrust Arena, the home of the defending league champion Chicago Sky. The game will be televised
Last August, on an episode of the Tea with A & Phee podcast, Arike Ogunbowale and Napheesa Collier lamented that the new WNBA collective bargaining agreement had yet to affect them. As members of the 2019 draft class, Ogunbowale and Collier — the 2021 All-Star MVP and a Tokyo Olympian, respectively — were two of
Stanford’s Cameron Brink. Photo © Baranduin Briggs, all rights reserved. Social Media Recap With a 63-56 home win over Washington Saturday afternoon at Maples Pavilion, No. 2 Stanford finished undefeated in Pac-12 regular-season play for the eighth time in program history. After the game, the league’s regular-season champions celebrated their title and Senior Day. However,
The Las Vegas Aces announced that 2020 WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson re-signed with the only W team she’s ever known. 🅰️ 𝗜𝗦 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗬! 🥷@_ajawilson22 is staying in Sin City! 🎰#ALLIN ♦️♠️ pic.twitter.com/1Es08QMGG8 — Las Vegas Aces (@LVAces) February 2, 2022 The 25-year-old forward signed a two-year deal with Las Vegas. As a restricted
The Toronto Raptors have signed forward D.J. Wilson to a second 10-day contract via the COVID hardship exception. Wilson, 6-foot-10, 231 pounds, averaged 12.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 2.5 steals and 23.5 minutes in two games during his first stint with the Raptors. He recorded 15 points, eight rebounds, four assists and a career-high