Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James saluted the Las Vegas Aces’ A’ja Wilson after she won her fourth WNBA MVP.
“4 piece chicken nugget!!!!” James wrote on Instagram.
Wilson now stands alone among WNBA players. She’s the only one with four MVPs in her trophy cabinet, moving ahead of Lauren Jackson, Lisa Leslie and Sheryl Swoopes.
Only five players in the NBA have achieved the feat: James, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan and Bill Russell. Considering Wilson is only 29, she could chase down Kareem’s all-time record of six MVPs.
The Aces’ closing stretch moved the 6’4″ center to the top of the MVP list. They won 16 straight games to claim the No. 2 seed in the playoffs, and their best player averaged 26.1 points, 12 rebounds and 2.3 rebounds over that span.
Wilson left no doubt as to her status as the best player in the WNBA right now, and she’s on a path to challenge for the title of greatest of all time.
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