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Message: [QUOTE="CamrnCrz1974, post: 2714313, member: 1052"] My comments and observations about Griner, from earlier in this thread: In just five WNBA seasons, Griner has accomplished the following: [LIST] [*]4× WNBA All-Star (2013–2015, 2017) [*]WNBA scoring champion (2017) [*]5× WNBA blocks leader (2013–2017) [*]WNBA Peak Performer (2017) [*]All-WNBA First Team (2014) [*]2× All-WNBA Second Team (2015, 2017) [*]2× WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award (2014, 2015) [*]2× WNBA All-Defensive First Team (2014, 2015) [*]2× WNBA All-Defensive Second Team (2016, 2017) [/LIST] In just five years, Griner ranks 8th all-time in the history of the league in total blocks and #1 in blocks per game. And in her fifth year, despite being injured for a good portion of he season, she still lead the league in scoring (offense) and blocks (defense). As an aside, despite only have 1 WNBA Championship, Griner's teams have made at least the Conference Finals/Playoff Semi-Finals EVERY year. So her teams have been in the "final four" every single year -- and one of those years was WITHOUT Diana Taurasi AND Penny Taylor. Last year, Griner averaged 21.9 ppg, 7.6 rpg, and 2.5 bpg, while shooting 57.7 percent from the floor and 81.5 percent from the foul line. These were her numbers: #1 in the WNBA in scoring (by 2.0 ppg) #1 in field goals made #1 in blocks #1 in PIE ([I]an estimate of the player’s statistical contributions while on the court in relation to the game totals. If all players and teams performed equally, player PIE Ratings would be 10% and teams would be 50%[/I]) #3 in field goal percentage #9 in rebounding Griner played 26 (of 34) games last year, which hurt her candidacy for MVP. She very likely could have won the award had she played the entire season. And she played last year without DeWanna Bonner (pregnancy) and Candice Dupree (traded), not to mention the retirement of Penny Taylor. Minnesota, by contrast, still had Maya Moore plus Lindsay Whalen, Seimone Augustus, Rebekkah Brunson, and Sylvia Fowles; LA, by contrast, still had Candace Parker and Nneka Ogwumike, Chelsea Gray, and DPOY Alana Beard. Griner did all of this, notwithstanding having less talented teammates (outside of Diana Taurasi) and the increased focus on her because of the lack of production/star power among the rest of the Phoenix roster. [/QUOTE]

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