Las Vegas Aces forward A'ja Wilson don become first five-time Most Valuable Player for WNBA history. Di 30-year-old collect 65 out of 74 first-place votes and she don join Michael Jordan and Bill Russell as five-time MVP winners across NBA and WNBA; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar get di overall record wit six.
Wilson hear say she win her third award in a row from former US vice-president Kamala Harris through voice message while she dey Aces practice court, where emotion catch am. "When you dey dream as young girl, you dream so big and you write your goals down and you just never imagine say you go fit check dem one by one," she tok.
She average 26.2 points to lead di league in scoring for di third season in a row, register at least 20 points for 33 games and tie her own single-season record of 13 games wey she get 30 or more points. Di eight-time All-Star don win three titles wit di Aces for di past four years.
Wit di Aces dey trail Golden State Valkyries 2-0 for dia best-of-five semi-final, Wilson don say make dem no do any pre-game ceremony for her. "I love di fans, but I no go do dat," she tok. "I go dey warm up wit my team."
Aces coach Becky Hammon praise Wilson impact: "I just need to put her for different planet."
