Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 3267228, member: 5798"] [URL='https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/wsh/washington-mystics']Washington Mystics[/URL] forward Elena Delle Donne was the unanimous choice as espnW's top player for 2019. As for our awards for coach and rookie of the year, one was decided by a decisive vote, and one was a tough call that could have gone another way. [SIZE=6][B]espnW Rookie of the Year: Napheesa Collier, Minnesota Lynx[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]Many observers got very invested in -- and even rather testy about -- who would win this award. The fact that it was between UConn grad Napheesa Collier of the [URL='https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/min/minnesota-lynx']Minnesota Lynx[/URL] and Notre Dame grad Arike Ogunbowale of the [URL='https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/dal/dallas-wings']Dallas Wings[/URL] might have had something to do with that. But it was also the fact that No. 6 draft pick Collier and No. 5 Ogunbowale -- both of whom made position changes at the pro level -- presented compelling cases from an intriguing rookie class that as a group should have long-term impact and could have some MVP candidates at some point. [ATTACH type="full" alt="46247"]46247[/ATTACH][/SIZE] [URL='https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/27559573/elena-delle-donne-espnw-wnba-mvp-headlines-all-league-first-team'][Story][/URL] Smart folks at ESPN. ;) Lets hope the voters for the WNBA rookie of the year see this the same way ESPNW does. :cool: [/QUOTE]