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Message: [QUOTE="eebmg, post: 3679233, member: 7548"] Ok. The article is not up on ESPN with the voting particulars [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/29907662/las-vegas-aces-forward-aja-wilson-named-wnba-mvp[/URL] 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 [B]Dangerfield got 44 of 47 votes.[/B] 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). [B]"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."[/B] 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." [/QUOTE]

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