Aja Wilson wins WNBA MVP

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I do not see an article but it was shown on the JUMP and she is being interviewed by Rachel Nichols

Edit. Crystal wins ROY and Reeve COY

 

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Ok. The article is not up on ESPN with the voting particulars

Aces' Wilson easily wins 1st WNBA MVP award

Las Vegas Aces forward A'ja Wilson was announced as the WNBA's MVP on Thursday, while the Minnesota Lynx's Crystal Dangerfield and Cheryl Reeve were named rookie and coach of the year, respectively.

www.espn.com

Wilson smoked the field

Wilson was picked first on 43 of 47 ballots of a national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters, who selected their top five for the award. Wilson was second on the other four ballots.

The Seattle Storm's Breanna Stewart got three first-place votes, and 34 for second place. The Chicago Sky's Courtney Vandersloot got the other first-place vote.


and Crystal was even more dominant in the voting

Dangerfield got 44 of 47 votes. Atlanta Dream guard Chennedy Carter, the No. 4 draft pick, was second with two votes, and Dallas Wings forward Satou Sabally, the No. 2 draft pick, was third with one vote.

Dangerfield said she was proud if she could be an inspiration to other players who weren't drafted in the first round.

"Absolutely, because everyone still has to go out there and play basketball," she said. "What number you got drafted doesn't really matter when you step on the floor. I had an opportunity to do my job, and that's what I did."

Dangerfield is the fifth Lynx player to win rookie of the year, joining Betty Lennox (1999), Seimone Augustus (2006), Maya Moore (2011) and Napheesa Collier (2019). She is the sixth player from UConn to get the award, joining Diana Taurasi (2004), Tina Charles (2010), Moore (2011), Stewart (2016) and Collier (2019).

"They try to make us grow up pretty quick there," Dangerfield said of UConn's success in preparing players for the pro ranks. "So it's a credit to them."

But Reeve who won coach of the year for the third time, gives a lot of credit to Dangerfield's ability to absorb information quickly and make adjustments in games, despite not having much practice time in the bubble.

Dangerfield said that Reeve sat her down during the season and told her, "You're doing great, but if I'm not hard on you, we'll regret it because we didn't get the most out of you.' She worked with me to get better, and I can't ask for more from her."

 

[nwhoopfan]

Wow, surprised it was such a landslide victory in the voting. All year long it seemed like it could have gone either way. Did Stewie missing the last 2 games make that much of a difference?

 

[eebmg]

Wow, surprised it was such a landslide victory in the voting. All year long it seemed like it could have gone either way. Did Stewie missing the last 2 games make that much of a difference?

I think Stewie had about 3-4 subpar games shooting the ball at the end and Aja overtook the scoring numbers and when you are at that level, people notice. And when Vegas took over the #1 seed, the best player on the best team argument also flipped to Aja. No doubt she deserves it but I am sure this will make Stewie pretty hungry to dominate in the Playoffs and get her second Finals MVP

 

[JDuro]

Congrats to A’ja! Well deserved!

 

[eebmg]

Congrats to A’ja! Well deserved!

Such a humble and beautiful soul.

 

[bballnut90]

Big congrats to A'ja, she's been tremendous 3rd year. Also quite surprised at the landslide vote, i thought her and Stewart were very much neck and neck with each other all season.

 

[MSSportsGuy]

Aja had a terrific year and has helped make the Aces one of the favorites to win it all. Stewart had a great season as well coming off of a serious injury. I would have predicted a closer vote but Aja is very deserving.

I had a feeling Dangerfield would surprise some observers. Her slide to the next round was in part 3 AA juniors left early. She found herself in a great situation in Minnesota and took full advantage of it. Kudos to her on a fine rookie year.

 

[bbfanLA]

If the top five vote getters for MVP make up the all-WNBA first team, there will be two Huskies, Stewart and Collier, along with Wilson, Vandersloot and Candace Parker.

 

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If the top five vote getters for MVP make up the all-WNBA first team, there will be two Huskies, Stewart and Collier, along with Wilson, Vandersloot and Candace Parker.

MVP is different than WNBA first team. Arike being on a losing team severely hurt her chances for MVP but will not count against her in this award. Her flash and position as top scorer will win the day. Pheesa unfortunately will be second team imo.

 

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A ROY and COY award presentation photo collection

 

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A ROY and COY award presentation photo collection

Reeve should give Crystal a bear hug after her 2nd half performance

 

[Gamecockfan77]

Aja had a terrific year and has helped make the Aces one of the favorites to win it all. Stewart had a great season as well coming off of a serious injury. I would have predicted a closer vote but Aja is very deserving.

I had a feeling Dangerfield would surprise some observers. Her slide to the next round was in part 3 AA juniors left early. She found herself in a great situation in Minnesota and took full advantage of it. Kudos to her on a fine rookie year.

Dangerfield is a heck of a player.