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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 3971194, member: 5798"] Without debate on the number of votes she should get, I will agree that Lisa Leslie, HOF, who was one of the players in the league's inaugural season (1997), and one of its first iconic players in the W during its infancy. I would have no problem with her likeness being depicted on their mount. She is currently the head coach for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triplets_(basketball)']Triplets[/URL] in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIG3']BIG3[/URL] professional basketball league, as well as a studio analyst for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Magic']Orlando Magic[/URL] broadcasts on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Sports_Florida']Fox Sports Florida[/URL]. She's got a trunk full of hardware = she is a three-time WNBA [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award']MVP[/URL] and a four-time Olympic gold medal winner. [B]The number-seven pick in the 1997 inaugural WNBA draft,[/B] she followed her career at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Southern_California']University of Southern California[/URL] with eight WNBA All-Star selections and two [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNBA_Championship']WNBA championships[/URL] over the course of eleven seasons with the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sparks']Los Angeles Sparks[/URL], before retiring in 2009. Leslie was the first player to dunk in a WNBA game. [B]In 2011, she was voted in [U]by fans[/U] as one of the Top 15 players in WNBA history[/B]. In 2015, she was inducted into the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame']Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame[/URL]. Leslie was also inducted into the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame']Women's Basketball Hall of Fame[/URL] in 2015. There have been so many great players that have played in the league, its's hard to narrow it down to just 4. Even if you expanded it to a 10 player mount, you're still going to leave off a lot of "GREAT" players. That said, [B]Cynthia Cooper [/B]is rightfully also in the conversation. She was the MVP of the first 4 league championships won by the now defunct [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Comets']Houston Comets[/URL] (1997-2008). It took 5 years for a team to break the Comet's "dominance" over the rest of the league. :confused: [URL='https://www.wnba.com/all-time-wnba-champions/'][B]ALL-time WNBA Champions[/B][/URL] THAT accomplishment should count for something. NBA Hall of Fame inductee Earvin "Magic" Johnson once said: [I]"once you retire, the only thing fans will remember about you is the number of championships you won." :rolleyes:[/I] Anyone here thinks [B]Sue Bird[/B] won't be a "first ballot" hall of Famer the first year she is eligible? She just might be a "unanimous" selection. Of course Geno will present her. ;) Sue lamented on the WNBA preview show aired Thursday evening that she is [B]the same age[/B] as one of her younger teammate's ([URL='https://www.wnba.com/player/mikiah-herbert-harrigan/']Mikiah Herbert Harrigan[/URL]) mother. :eek: Question: who retires first, her or Tom Brady? [I][ATTACH type="full" alt="1621201829954.png"]67481[/ATTACH][/I] [/QUOTE]

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