As a little girl, A'ja Wilson wanted to be the best at everything she did. Now she has led the Aces to the first back-to-back WNBA titles in 21 years.
Michael Voepel covers the WNBA, women's college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women's basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996.
"My mom says I always wanted to tell my story," Wilson said."At the time, I said I wanted to be an author and an illustrator." Wilson had even better stats in 2023 than in her 2022 MVP season, although she finished third in MVP balloting -- we'll get to that in a bit. She was named the WNBA's top defensive player for the second year in a row.
When discussing Wilson, Aces coach Becky Hammon paused for a second to try to hold back the tears forming in her eyes. Now the Aces have won back-to-back titles, something no team had done in the WNBA since 2002. With Las Vegas'"core four" under contract through next season, talk of a three-peat and a second Olympic gold medal will surround Wilson in 2024.But even though"blessed" is both one of Wilson's most repeated words and how she views her life, she had to fall in love with basketball, the game her father, Roscoe, introduced her to at age 11.
"Is it a bamboo wick?" Wilson said."What smells the best? What's the best for the planet? What can we do to make them even better?" "Defensively, her timing is so good, whether it's blocking shots or altering them. And on the pick-and-roll, when guards see a post like her in the lane, it really deters them."Wilson was completing a worksheet with pictures of a hammer, an ambulance, a Band-Aid and a plant. The instructions were to circle the ones that made noise. The first two were obvious. But Wilson circled all four.
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